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.
X Factor star unrecognisable as they reunite with Dermot O'Leary after six years
ok.co.ukSix years after making it all the way to The X Factor final, where she lost to eventual champion Dalton Harris, singer Scarlett Lee thought she'd give American Idol a try - and she's been successful so far.
But the singer, 26, looked unrecognisable from her X Factor days as she joined Dermot O'Leary on the This Morning sofa on Friday to discuss her recent success across the pond.
The pair would have first met back in 2018 when Scarlett competed in the singing competition when presenter Dermot, 50, who hosted it.
Dermot, who now hosts This Morning, gushed over reuniting with Scarlett and his co-host Josie Gibson described how it looked like they must have been "a family back then." But Scarlett looked completely different from when she auditioned for The X Factor in 2017.The singer returned in 2018, where she finished the singing competition as runner-up.
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