Katy Perry - Katheryn Elizabeth "Katy" Hudson
Born: October 25, 1984 (age 29), Santa Barbara, California, United States
Spouse: Russell Brand (m. 2010–2012)
Parents: Keith Hudson, Mary Perry
Genres: Christian, dance, electronic, pop, rock
Occupations: Singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist
Instruments: Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active: 1999–present
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Katheryn Elizabeth "Katheryn (Katheryn (Katy))" Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katheryn (Katheryn (Katy)) Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, philanthropist, and actress. She was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. Having had very little exposure to mainstream pop music in her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teen and released her debut studio album, Katheryn (Katy) Hudson, in March 2001. When Katheryn (Katy) Perry was a fourth grader, her teacher asked the class to make a vision board , a collage of images cut out from magazines that represents the dreams and aspirations you hope to manifest in life. The year was 1993 and Selena had just won a Grammy Award, so nine-year-old Katheryn (Katy) chose a photo of the young Latin pop singer holding her golden statuette. She also recorded a collaborative album with The Matrix and a solo album she worked on with Glen Ballard, the latter of which was never released.Fifteen years later, Perry has been nominated for her first Grammy Award in the “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” category for her ubiquitous No. 1 single, "I Kissed a Girl," from her platinum Top 10 album One of the Boys, and has been chosen as this year’s My GRAMMY® Moment artist.
By the time she was 15, Perry was determined to pursue a path in music. She spent some time in Nashville working with professional songwriters — “these seasoned country music vets who had been writing songs for forever” and honing her own songwriting skills. “Every single one of my songs is drawn 100 percent directly from my life.” At 17,
In April 2007, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records. She attracted media attention with the November 2007 online release of "Ur So Gay" and rose to prominence with the June 2008 release of her second album, One of the Boys, which produced the singles "I Kissed a Girl", "Hot n Cold", "Thinking of You", and "Waking Up in Vegas".
Fans do seem to respond to Perry’s approachable girl-next-door quality (if the girl next door were a self-described “glamour ninja”), perhaps because it’s not an act. The middle child of two pastors .
Current sales check in at over 2 million albums and more than 13 million tracks, singles and mobile product globally.
I found my vision board when I moved apartments recently, says Perry, now 24. “I knew where I wanted to be even as a young kid. The project was further promoted through the Hello Katheryn (Katy) Tour. In November 2009, she released a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which features performances of several tracks from One of the Boys. Perry's third record, Teenage Dream, was released in August 2010 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles California Gurls Teenage Dream,Firework E.T. and Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.). I just didn’t know that if I put one foot in front of the other, I would actually get there someday.
It’s a long way from being broke to stealing the show at the MTV Latin America Los Premios Awards (where Perry face-planted into a large pink cake) and hosting and performing at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool, England, which she did in November 2008, picking up the award for “Best New Act” in the process. Now Perry is gearing up for her first-ever international headlining tour, something she’s ready to tackle after spending a grueling summer on the Vans Warped Tour a multi-band circus that one critic likened “the running of the bulls in Pamplona In doing so, it became the first album recorded by a female artist in history to produce five number-one hits, and the second album overall after Michael Jackson's August 1987 album Bad. Perry embarked on the California Dreams Tour following its release. Perry’s willful determination, not to mention her songwriting and vocal talent and larger-than-life charisma, have led to an astonishing year for the saucer-eyed, raven-haired pop starlet, who, with her cheeky sense of humor and sexy pin-up girl style, was the breakthrough star of 2008” as Blender magazine put it in the issue that featured Perry on the cover.
Perry grew up singing in church. My dad would give me ten dollars, which is a lot of money when you’re nine, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere, she says. Perry was raised on a strict diet of church music; secular music, as her mother called it, was not allowed. But one night during a slumber party, Perry happened upon a Queen record “and the heavens opened and saved me,” she says. “From then on, they have been my biggest influence. Their musicality and lyrics were so flamboyant and real. I’d never heard anything like it.” The strength of the songs and Perry’s full-throated voice captured the attention of Capitol Music Group, which signed her in Spring 2007. “I’ve been through a lot of highs and a lot of lows in this business,Perry says. Before I got signed, it was tough. I’d write a check for my rent and next to it, I’d write, ‘Please, God, please. But I didn’t jump off the Hollywood sign. Everything always works out for the best. Perry met legendary producer and songwriter Glen Ballard, who spent years guiding and developing her talent and songwriting.
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