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.
Sia Recalls Helping Katy Perry Out of a ‘Real Breakdown,’ Playing Liaison During Orlando Bloom Break
usmagazine.comSia revealed in a new interview that she helped Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom get back together in 2018 after they split.The “Chandelier” singer, 44, told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, August 12, that she was in contact with both the American Idol judge, 35, and the Pirates of the Caribbean star, 43, without the other knowing.“I’d be on the phone with Orlando and have call waiting with Katy trying to call me,” Sia recalled.Perry and Bloom started dating in January 2016 after meeting at a Golden Globes afterparty.
They announced in a joint statement to Us Weekly in March 2017 that they were “taking respectful, loving space,” only to reconcile their romance less than one year later.
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