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.
The 13 latest people hauled before court after 'shameful' acts in Manchester riots
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 12-year-old boy who admitted getting involved in two separate bouts of violent disorder in Manchester is amongst the latest to be hauled before our regions courts.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attended outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers, and was seen to stand in front of a bus, before kicking at it as it drove past him.
Days later, he went into the city centre and was seen to attack the front of a vape shop before going into a Sainsburys store with others who were looting.
Remanding him into local authority accommodation, District Judge Joanne Hirst asking the boy: "If you don’t listen to your mum or to me, where are you going to end up?” The boy replied quietly: "Prison." READ MORE: Manchester courts: Boy, 12, pleads guilty after appearing at TWO riots Others also hauled before the courts for their part in the unrest across Greater Manchester include two women who shouted racist abuse outside the same hotel whilst wearing an England flag which was draped around their waists, and a man who exposed himself in front of police officers.
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