Katy Perry

Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. She has been praised for her effect on the 2010s pop sound and aesthetic. Perry joined with Red Hill Records at the age of 16 and launched her commercially unsuccessful gospel first studio album Katy Hudson (2001). When Red Hill went bankrupt, she relocated to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue secular music, using the stage name "Katy Perry" from her mother's maiden name. Perry began work on an unreleased album named Fingerprints when signed to Java Records, then Columbia Records, before being dropped. In April 2007, she got a recording contract with Capitol Records.

Perry is one of the world's best-selling musicians, with over 143 million records sold worldwide. All of Perry's Capitol-released albums have crossed one billion Spotify streams. She has nine Billboard Hot 100 number one songs and three Billboard 200 number one albums to her credit, as well as four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award.