2. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, better known as Katy Perry (born October 25, 1984, Santa Barbara, California, USA) [2 is a singer, guitarist and songwriter. She was raised as the daughter of two evangelical ministers, grew up listening to gospel music and sang in church as a child. After obtaining his certificate as a student, during his first year in high school, began to pursue a musical career.
3. 2001 he published his first studio album, entitled him to his birth name Katy Hudson and the genus evangelist. The commercial launch was made after the close of the Red Hill Records label that year. Then in 2004, signed with Island Def Jam Records, the singer met with Glen Ballard and next to it, wrote a new solo album entitled (A) Katy Perry, but In was canceled.
4. A year later, signed a contract with Columbia Records and began recording the album The Matrix, with the music production team "The Matrix" who had also worked with Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne and Korn. Despite arriving to launch the music video for the song "Broken", the album was not released. But with the label Let's Hear It Records, was finally published in 2009. The following year, was a collaboration with alt-metal band POD gender, the single "Goodbye for Now."
5. Success in his musical career began in 2007, when he signed a contract with Capitol Records. She began recording and writing his first album before releasing their first EP, "Ur So Gay", [9 where the singer mocks emo style of her ex-boyfriend. However, it was a great success on the Internet. Later, he shot to fame when published in 2008 their second single "I Kissed a Girl", occupying the top of the charts in several countries, [10 and that same year, launches its first debut album One of the boys, and at the end of the year, the IFPI reported that the album is the thirty-third best-selling album worldwide in 2008
6. The Katy Perry album turned into a pop music icon with his two great singles, like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot N Cold", both songs were certified triple platinum by the RIAA [12. Totaling sales in more than three million dollars in legal downloads [12.In 2009, Perry made album with two artists, the first collaboration was with the electronic music duo 3OH! 3, single, "Starstrukk" [13 was another collaboration with Timbaland, the song "If We Ever Meet Again. "[14 After ending the collaboration, Perry recorded his first live album, MTV Unplugged, [15 released on 17 November.
7. During 2009 and 2010, Perry was working on his second studio album, entitled Teenage Dream, [16 which was published on August 30, 2010. But before released their second album, May 7 is published in the official website of the singer's first single, "California Gurls" and was released for sale May 11 as a digital download [17, the song has been first in several countries, mainly in Canada and the United States.
8. At the age of 15, when he sang in the church, attracted the attention of rock veterans in Nashville, Tennessee, which led there to hone their writing skills. [29 In Nashville, Perry began recording demos and taught by country music veterans on how to create the songs and playing guitar. [24[26 He signed with the Christian music label Red Hill, where he recorded his first album at age 15. [30 Using his real name Katy Hudson, launched the self-titled gospel-rock album in 2001
9. The album was not successful. [30/ Later, she changed her surname to Perry, the maiden name of his mother, because "Katy Hudson" refers to actress Kate Hudson. [31/29/ 18/ 29/ 30/ but Billboard Perry then signed with Columbia Records in 2004. However, the company was not liable with their vision, not let him do what he wanted. [30/ In contrast, one of the ideas of Columbia was on par with Perry to record production team The Matrix, which was working on an album, to serve as their female vocalist. Although the album was later shelved, [32/ drew the attention of the music press: his musical career
10. flourishing music career allowed it to be called "The Next Big Thing" in October 2004 by Blender magazine. [18] [30] With no current album project, Perry began recording on their own. At the age of 17, Perry left his home in Los Angeles, where he worked with Glen Ballard on an album for the Island label. [33] The album was intended to be released in 2005, but it went nowhere. Perry was dropped by Island Def Jam Music Group. [20] Some of Perry Ballard and collaboration included "Box", "Diamonds" and "Long Shot", were published in his official MySpace page. "Simple", one of the songs she recorded with Ballard, was released on the soundtrack of the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. [34] Over eighty percent completed, however, Columbia decided not to finish and left outside the company. [30]
