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 hidden history behind ‘booty calls’ and other slang words
nypost.comhis estate is pulling out of print). It was the name of one of Seuss’ fictional creatures, but soon took on the modern meaning.
With his new book, “The Hidden History of Coined Words” (Oxford University Press), Keyes, who has written about retro language, euphemisms and much more, reveals other surprising origins of common words.
Here are some of them:Long before the much-analyzed relationship between Taylor Swift and Katy Perry became grist for Page Six, a famous newspaper columnist was the first to use this now-common term in print.
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