KATY PERRY
Kathryn 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 Named 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.
Perry Rose To Fame In 2008 With Her Second Album "One Of The Boys", A Pop Rock Record Containing The Singles "I Kissed A Girl" And "Hot N Cold". The Former Tracl Also Sparked Controversy For It's Themes Of Lesbianism. Her Third Album, "Teenage Dream" (2010), Ventured Into Disco, And Was Her First Record To Top The Us Billboard 200. It Peaked At Number One On The Us Billboard Hot 100 With The Singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T" And "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)", While "The One That Got Away" Rwached Number Three On The Chart. The Album Became The First By A Female Artist To Produce Five Number One Songs In The Us And The Second Overall After Michael Jacksons "Bad". In 2012, Perry Re-Issued The Album As "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection" Which Produced The Songs "Part Of Me" And "Wide Awake". Her Next Record Was "Prism" (2013) Which Became Her Second To Top The Us Charts. It Is Influenced By Pop And Dance, And She Became The First Artist With Multiple Videos To Reach One Billion Views On Vevo With The Videos For It's Songs "Roar" And "Dark Horse". She Followed This With 2017s "Witness" Which Delved Into Electropop And Became Her Third Album To Chart At Number One In The Us. "Chained To The Rhythm" Was The Albums Most Successful Single, Breaking Spoitify's Record At The Time For Most First-Day Streams For A Song By A Female Artist.
Perry Has Received Various Awards, Including Four Guiness World Records, Five Billboard Music Awards, Five American Music Awards, A Brit Award, A Juno Award, And Thirteen Grammy Award Nominations. She Has Been Included In The Annual Forbes Lists Of Highest Earning Woman In Music From 2011 To 2019. Her Estimated Net Worth As Of 22016 Us $125 Million. She Is One Of The Worlds Best-Selling Music Artists, Having Sold Over 18 Million Albums And 125 Million Singles Worldwide. In Film, She Released An Autobiographical Documentary Titled "Katy Perry: Part Of Me" In 2012, And Voiced Smurfette In The 2011 Film "The Smurfs" And It's Sequel In 2013. Perry Also Began Serving As A Judge Of Americal Idol In 2018.