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.
Welcome to the yoga mom capital of California, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex call home
msn.comthe Duke and Duchess of Sussex to choose to raise their children. Even before doubling its royal baby population last week, this Mediterranean-style seaside town, perched between the Pacific and towering volcanic hills about 90 miles north of Los Angeles, had become something of a nursery to the stars.
Among the families reported to live here full-time or part-time are Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry with their nine-month-old daughter; Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis with their two children; and Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman with their respective husbands and children. "A lot of people in the entertainment industry have made their way up here," says Rebecca Burditt, a certified lactation consultant and mother of four in nearby Los Olivos..
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