Katy Perry - Wikipedia. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 2. Katy Perry, is an American singer and songwriter. 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 2. 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.

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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 2. Perry rose to fame in 2. One of the Boys, and its singles "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". The former track also sparked controversy for its sapphic themes. Her third album, Teenage Dream (2.

U. S. Billboard Hot 1. California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E. T.", and "Last Friday Night (T. G. I. F.)" as well as the number- three single "The One That Got Away".

The album became the first by a female artist to produce five number- one songs in the U. S., and the second overall after Michael Jackson's album Bad. In March 2. 01. 2, she re- issued the album as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, which produced the songs "Part of Me" and "Wide Awake". Her fourth album, Prism, was released in 2. She became the first artist with multiple videos to reach one billion views on Vevo with the videos for its songs "Roar" and "Dark Horse".

Her fifth album, Witness, followed in 2. Perry her third number- one album on the U.

S. Billboard 2. 00. Perry has received many awards, including four Guinness World Records, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award, and has been included in the Forbes list of "Top- Earning Women In Music" (2. Her estimated net worth as of 2.

L.A. Times entertainment news from Hollywood including event coverage, celebrity gossip and deals. View photo galleries, read TV and movie reviews and more. BibMe Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer and songwriter. After singing in church during her. Rick Perry had a phone call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman last week. Well, at least he thought it was the Prime Minister of Ukraine. It was.

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She is one of the best- selling music artists of all time, having sold 1. In film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2. Smurfette in the 2. Watch Looking For Kitty Hindi Full Movie.

The Smurfs and its sequel in 2. Watch Hand In Hand Online Goodvideohost. Life and career. 19. Early life. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Pentecostal pastors Mary Christine (née Perry) and Maurice Keith Hudson.[2] Her parents are born again Christians, each having turned to religion after a "wild youth".[3] Perry has English, German, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry.[4] Through her mother, she is a niece of film director Frank Perry.[5] She has a younger brother named David, who is a singer,[6] and an older sister, Angela.[7] From ages 3 to 1.

Perry often moved across the country as her parents set up churches before settling again in Santa Barbara. Growing up, she attended religious schools and camps, including Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona and Santa Barbara Christian School in California during her elementary years.[2][8] Her family struggled financially,[9] sometimes using food stamps and eating from the food bank intended to feed the congregation at her parents' church.[1. Growing up, Perry and her siblings were not allowed to eat Lucky Charms as the term "luck" reminded their mother of Lucifer, and had to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs".[1. Perry primarily listened to gospel music,[1. She discovered popular music through CDs she sneaked from her friends.[1.

While not strictly identifying as religious, Perry has stated, "I pray all the time – for self- control, for humility."[1. Following her sister Angela, Perry began singing by practicing with her sister's cassette tapes. She performed the tracks in front of their parents, who suggested she take vocal lessons. She began training at age 9,[1. At 1. 3, Perry was given her first guitar for her birthday,[3][1.

She tried to "be a bit like the typical Californian girl" while growing up, and started rollerskating, skateboarding, and surfing as a teenager. David described her as a tomboy during her adolescence.[1. She took dancing lessons and learned how to swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug.[1. Career beginnings. Perry completed her General Educational Development (GED) requirements at age 1. Dos Pueblos High School to pursue a musical career. She briefly studied Italian opera at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.

Her singing caught the attention of rock artists Steve Thomas and Jennifer Knapp from Nashville, Tennessee, who brought her there to improve her writing skills.[2. In Nashville, she started recording demos and learned how to write songs and play guitar.[1. After signing with Red Hill Records, Perry recorded her debut album, a gospel record titled Katy Hudson. She released the album on March 6, 2.

Phil Joel's Strangely Normal Tour[2. United States.[2. Katy Hudson received positive reviews from critics, though was commercially unsuccessful and sold an estimated 2. December.[2. 6][2. Transitioning from gospel music to secular music, Perry started writing songs with producer Glen Ballard, and moved to Los Angeles at age 1. In 2. 00. 3, she briefly performed as Katheryn Perry to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson.

She later adopted the stage name Katy Perry, using her mother's maiden name. In 2. 00. 4, Perry signed to Ballard's label, Java, which was then affiliated with The Island Def Jam Music Group. She began work on a solo record, but the record was shelved after Java was dropped.[3. Ballard then introduced Perry to Tim Devine, an A& R executive at Columbia Records, and she was signed as a solo artist. Over the course of the next two years, Perry wrote and recorded material for her Columbia debut, and worked with songwriters including Desmond Child, Greg Wells, Butch Walker, Scott Cutler/Anne Previn, The Matrix, Kara Dio. Guardi, and Max Martin and Dr. Luke.[3. 2][3. 3] In addition, after Devine suggested they become a "real group", she recorded with the Matrix.[3.

Perry was dropped from Columbia in 2. After the label dropped her, she worked at an independent A& R company called Taxi Music.[3. Perry had minor success prior to her breakthrough. One of the songs she had recorded for her album with Ballard, "Simple", was featured on the soundtrack to the 2. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.[3. She provided backing vocals on Mick Jagger's song "Old Habits Die Hard",[3. Alfie.[3. 8] In September 2.

Blender named Perry "The Next Big Thing".[3. She recorded background vocals on P. O. D.'s single "Goodbye for Now" and was featured at the end of its music video in 2. That year, Perry also appeared in the music video for "Learn to Fly" by Carbon Leaf, and played the love interest of her then- boyfriend, Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travie Mc.

Coy, in the band's music video for "Cupid's Chokehold".[3. Breakthrough with One of the Boys. Perry was part of the 2. Warped Tour lineup.

After Columbia dropped Perry, Angelica Cob- Baehler, then a publicity executive at the label, brought Perry's demos to Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom. Flom was convinced that she could be a breakthrough star and she was signed to Capitol Records in April 2. The label arranged for her to work with Dr.

Luke in order to add an "undeniable smash" to her existing material.[4. Perry and Dr. Luke co- wrote the songs "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" for her second album One of the Boys. A campaign was started with the November 2.

Ur So Gay", aimed at introducing her to the music market.[4. A digital EP led by "Ur So Gay" was later released to create interest.[3][4. Madonna helped publicize the song by praising the track on the John. Jay & Rich radio show in April 2. In March 2. 00. 8, Perry made a cameo appearance as a club singer in the Wildfire episode "Life's Too Short",[4.

June on The Young and the Restless for the show's magazine Restless Style.[4. Watch And While We Were Here Online Free HD. Perry released her first single with Capitol, "I Kissed a Girl", on April 2. One of the Boys. The first station to pick up the song was WRVW in Nashville, who were inundated with enthusiastic calls the first three days they played it.[4.

The track reached number one on the U.