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 Katy Perry's iHeart Living Room Series Concert
billboard.comKaty Perry teamed up with iHeart Radio to raise money for Meals on Wheels with her very own Living Room Series concert on Wednesday (May 27).Rather than her actual living room, the 30-minute set took place on stage at Los Angeles' Hotel Cafe, which the pop star described as her "growing up space" where she tested out songs in the mid-2000s before hitting it big with 2008's "I Kissed a Girl.""Tonight we're saying thanks to all the people that have been working so hard to keep us safe, and hopefully we can lift some spirits with a little music," Perry said before launching into an acoustic rendition of her 2013 No.
1 hit "Roar."Clad in a green floral-print maxidress, the pop star showed off her growing baby bump while running though her.
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