Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and songwriter.
She was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California to a family of two pastors. She is the middle child in the family. He has a younger brother and an older sister. Her evangelical mother, Mary Hudson (after Perry’s father), grew up in Southern California. Her father, Murray Perry, has been a pastor for 30 years.
Katie started singing in church when she was nine years old. She continued to sing in the church until she was 17 years old. Attends Christian schools and camps. From the age of 9 to 16, he took lessons at the Academy of Music in West Santa Barbara and studied Italian opera for a short time. In her teens, she changed her last name to “Perry” (her mother’s maiden name) because Kaiti Hudson looked a lot like Kate Hudson. In her musical development, Perry was significantly influenced by Quinn, Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, Heart, Johnny Mitchell, Incubus, and others.
Career and Achievements
After being banned from listening to pop music in her early years, she began her career with gospel music. Her debut album Katy Hudson was released in March 2001. She also had a joint album with The Matrix. She worked on a solo album with Glen Ballard, but it was never released.
In April 2007, she signed a contract with Capitol Records. She attracted media attention with the song Ur So Gay and in June 2008 her second studio album “One of the Boys” was released. From it, as separate songs are I Kissed a Girl, Hot N Cold, Thinking of You and Waking Up in Vegas. The album was also promoted through her first Hello Katy Tour.
Her third album Teenage Dream was released in August 2010 and conquered the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the songs “California Girls”, “Teenage Dream”, “Firework”, “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”. In this way, her album is recorded in the history of music, because it has five number one songs.
In March 2012, her album Teenage Dream was reissued as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. From it comes the next number one song – Part of Me. She released the album Prism in October 2013. He is the fourth for the singer. Roar and Unconditionally, their joint song with Juicy J – Dark Horse, Birthday, and This Is How We Do came out as separate songs. She promoted her album through her Prismatic World Tour, which began in May 2014 and ended in late 2015.
On July 14, 2016, the singer released an audio of her new song Rise, and the next day a video with Olympic footage was released on YouTube. The song promoted the Rio Olympics for NBC. A week later, on July 22, a trailer of the official video for the song was released, followed by a second trailer released on August 1, 2016. The official video was released on August 4.
Perry has received numerous awards and nominations, including eleven Grammy and Woman of the Year nominations from Billboard magazine. She is the only artist to have spent 69 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without being in the top 10. Perry is the third best-selling digital singer in the United States according to the RIAA. She has three perfumes of her own – Purr, Meow, and Killer Queen. In July 2011, he made his film debut, voicing The Smurfs of the Smurfs.
“Witness” is the singer’s 5th studio album. Released on June 9, 2017, it topped the Billboard 200 with more than 180,000 copies sold (equivalently collected) and became the largest female debut in the chart since Lady Gaga’s “Joan” (200,000 copies). The album sold more than 800,000+ copies worldwide, of which 450,000+ in the United States. Critics described it as mixed reviews and considered it the musician’s weakest album. The first single from the album Chained to the Rythm climbed Billboard hot 100 to 4th place and was released on February 10, 2017, and reached platinum status. The second single, Bon appétit, was considered a commercial failure and reached # 59 in the United States. The third single is Swish swish, released on May 19, 2017, and is a collaboration with Niki Minaj. As the last single, the song “Hey hey hey” was released on January 12. As part of the album’s promotion, Katie toured “Witness the tour”.
Relationships
In July 2012, her 3D autobiographical film Katy Perry: Part of Me was released. It shows her California Dreams Tour and her divorce from Russell Brand. The couple seemed to be made for each other, however, after Katy’s first tour, they separated. Currently, she is with Orlando Bloom. On August 27, 2020, their daughter Daisy Dove Bloom was born.
Social Media and followers
Currently, Katy Perry is in the top 20 followed accounts with ever 104 million subscribers on Instagram and 68 million followers on Facebook.
