Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, October 25, 1984) is a singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by parents Christian pastor, Perry grew up listening to gospel music and singing alone in his local church as a child. After obtaining a GED in the first year of high school, he began to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, a self-titled album released in 2001 gospel, which failed. Later, he recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004 to 05, were released.

After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, his fourth album in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released his first single on the Internet "Ur So Gay" in November, which attracted public attention but failed to chart. She shot to fame with the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which was the best international charts. Perry first studio album from one of the big boys followed later this year and later became the best selling album of 33 best in the world in 2008. It was certified platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, while "I Kissed A Girl" and her second single "Hot N Cold" have both received multi-platinum certifications. Her second studio album, Teenage Dream was released in August 2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 The album featured the Billboard chart-toppers "California gurl," "Teenage Dream", "Fireworks" and "AND

"And the final topper Hot Digital Songs," Last Friday Night (TGIF). "Albums produced four Hot 100 toppers, this album, Teenage Dream, one of only nine albums ever to produce four or more Hot 100 Number Ones. With" ET "at number one Figure May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist in history to spend the entire year, 52 consecutive weeks, a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100

Perry has been credited as a guest judge on the seventh series of The X Factor TV show in the UK, launched a perfume called "Purr" and appears in the film The Smurfs 2011. Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy, she married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010.