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.
Watch 'American Idol' Hawaii Preview & See Show's Full Schedule Amid Coronavirus
billboard.comDespite sending all the contestants home last week due to the coronavirus lockdown, American Idol will soldier on over the next few weeks thanks to already-in-the-can footage from the final judgment rounds in Hawaii and some clip shows focusing on the contenders who will become household names once the live shows kick off...
eventually.The first of two previously taped Showcase episodes from Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii, was filmed earlier this year and it finds the top 40 singers performing a concert on the beach before finding out if they make it to the top 20.
The two-hour show (8-10 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC) is part one of a two-night run that a press release promises will leave judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and.
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