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.
Three women who joined riots outside asylum seeker hotel hauled before court
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree women have pleaded guilty to violent disorder during a disturbance outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers.
It follows scenes of violent disorder in the region days after the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport which triggered riots across the country - including in Newton Heath, Bolton, and Manchester city centre.
A string of people have been hauled in front of a district judge charged with taking part in the disorder as the police vow that all those involved will 'face the full force of the law'.
On Monday (August 12), a 12-year-old boy, thought to be one of the youngest rioters in the country, pleaded guilty to two offences of violent disorder after being caught at two different riots.
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