Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Russell Brand Looks Back on Marriage to 'Amazing' Katy Perry During 'Chaotic' Time
etonline.comRussell Brand is speaking about his time with Katy Perry.The star appeared on the latest episode of, where he discussed his past struggles with substance and alcohol abuse and the attention that surrounded his high-profile relationship with the «I Kissed a Girl» singer.Brand, 48, calls the period of time with his ex-wife as one where he was at the height of his fame but also a period where he felt disconnected.«That's when I was the most in the public eye and working in America,» he told Grylls during a down moment of their adventure. «Some aspects of it were, like, amazing, she's an amazing person and it was kind of incredible to live for a moment in that eye of the cyclone type aspect of fame.»«Aside from my, like, sort of feelings of affection for Katy, it's a time that I remember as being a little bit chaotic and a bit, for me, I'll speak for myself, but a little disconnected,» he added.Perry, 38, and Brand were married from 2010-2012.
Brand filed for divorce and announced their separation in a statement to ET. «Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I'll always adore her and I know we'll remain friends,» he said at the time.
In 2015, Brand bashed his marriage to the GRAMMY-winning singer in the documentaryg, where he said that he couldn't handle the celebrity lifestyle that came with their romance. «Oh my f**king god.
I'm living, like, this life of the very thing I detest: vapid, vacuous celebrity,» Brand said in the trailer for the film.However, the star changed his tune in 2017, when he went on to praise his ex-wife.«She was lovely.
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