One of the most popular actresses, singers and composers in America, Katy Perry is famous not only as an actress and singer. The star is also an ambassador good will UN. Katy Perry's biography is full of unexpected paths and turns. Let's look at how it all began.
Biography of Katy Perry
Katherine Elizabeth Hudson was born on October 25, 1984 into a family of clergy. Katherine first showed her talent for singing in a church choir. One day, little Katherine heard songs by Queen, and then the girl realized that she wanted to become a singer.
Katy Perry
When Katy Perry was in fourth grade, the teacher asked the girl to make a small collage of magazine clippings that would reflect her life aspirations and dreams. It was 1993, singer Selena had just won a Grammy award, and Katie made a collage of the Latin singer holding a gold statuette. 15 years later, Perry herself was among the Grammy nominees with the song “I kissed a Girl.” Her album One of the boys, where this composition was presented, went platinum.
After graduating from high school, Katie moved to Los Angeles to make her childhood dreams come true. At the same time, the aspiring singer, borrowing her mother’s maiden name, came up with a pseudonym – Katy Perry.
Star Trek Katy Perry
As a result of her move to Los Angeles, Katie found herself targeted by Steve Thomas and Jennifer Knapp. Thanks to this acquaintance, Katie managed to sign a contract with the Red Hill Records label. In 2001, Katy Perry released her first album called Kate Hudson. The album brought the girl considerable success, but she was dissatisfied with the result.
Katy Perry's finest hour came only in 2007, when the singer signed a new contract with Columbia and released a song called UR So Gay. At first because of the new single, in which the girl made fun of people gay, Katie was criticized for being homophobic. But, despite all the circumstances, new song Katy Perry is becoming a real hit. Even Madonna herself stated that UR So Gay is her favorite song.
A year later, Katy released her second album, One of the Boys, which brings the star to the world level. The song I Kissed a Girl from Katy Perry's new album becomes a hit on all the charts.
The reason for Katy Perry's enormous success lies in her extraordinary sense of humor. “Worry and sadness are cool, but if that’s all you have, you become boring. I try to write about everything with humor, be it joy or melancholy.” In this spirit she continued to work.
In May 2010, Katie sang a duet with popular rapper Snoop Dogg - their song California Gurls again became one of the most successful. On this wave of popularity, already in August of the same year, she presented to the public new album Teenage Dream and went on a world tour in support of it. Having traveled the world with concerts, in 2012 Katie released the song Part of Me, which immediately appeared on the first line of the Billboard Hot-100 chart.
Katie denies that world fame infected her with a harmful " star fever" “I remained myself. And people want to listen to performers who remain themselves, but at the same time do interesting, unexpected things and come up with songs about it. That's why people believe me. Besides, anyone can literally meet me on the street. I'm the same as before the hits. Only now I have schedules for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Personal life of Katy Perry
Katy Perry dated the lead singer American group Gym Class Heroes. The couple's relationship was so romantic that Katie even appeared in the group's video for the song Cupid's Chokehold. However, in 2008, the lovers broke up.
Katie's new boyfriend is British comedian Russell Brand. In October 2010, the couple decides to get married in India. The wedding organizer is the most close girlfriend singer Rihanna. A grand wedding did not guarantee family happiness. In December 2011, the couple decides to divorce. In September 2012, it became known about the singer’s new romance: Katy Perry began dating singer John Mayer.
In February 2016, Katy Perry began dating famous actor Hollywood by Orlando Bloom.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom started dating after the Golden Globes. It was at the party after the award that the stars began a relationship.
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry all free time spend together star couple was spotted on vacation in Hawaii. There were even rumors that the couple was ready to legitimize their relationship. However, Katy and Orlando are now going through a difficult period. The fact is that Katie had to move to Orlando without her beloved pets - cats. The actor did not allow Perry to transport her cats because he loves dogs and doubts that his pets will appreciate the new acquaintance with cats.
Katie had to leave her animals at home and hire a professional nanny for them, but the star is not happy that Bloom does not allow her to take the cats, and she is looking for other ways to solve the problem.
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She's almost a namesake famous actress Kate Hudson has 13 Grammy nominations and was named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2012. She writes songs herself and knows how to play the guitar, and is able to amaze fans with yet another “crazy” look (blue or pink hair and “doll” multi-tiered dresses are nothing compared to what she can still come up with). She is inspired by the work of Queen and was married to the most controversial English actor and a showman... Katy Perry's biography is varied, and we will try to cover at least her most important milestones.
Biography of Katy Perry
Parents don't mind at all!
Who would have thought that one of the brightest and most outrageous stars in modern show business would become youngest daughter Hudson evangelists from Santa Barbara, California! But it’s true - Catherine Elizabeth’s parents are very religious. And when their daughter appeared on the covers in the most incredible images and began to fill the halls, some media started a rumor that mom and dad were shocked by who their Katie had become. The singer herself denied these rumors.
Mercury fan
Katherine Hudson was born on October 25, 1984, and she took the pseudonym Perry (her mother’s premarital surname) later so as not to be confused with Goldie Hawn’s daughter, actress Kate Hudson.
Even as a girl, Katie listened to the compositions of Freddie Mercury, Nirvana, Canadians Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell. When Perry began writing music herself, it became clear that she was paying tribute to these performers (of course, adding something of her own to their style).
Church choir and gospel
She studied at school and sang in the church choir - it was there that musicians from Nashville noticed her, a teenager with a stunning contralto voice. The girl began taking vocal and guitar lessons from these masters of rock and country, and then signed a contract with Red Hill Records, a studio specializing in Christian music.
The singer’s first album “Katy Hudson” (at that time she was still performing under her real name) was released when she was 16 years old - in February 2001. The disc (containing mainly songs in the gospel genre) was not a success, although critics were lenient towards the new talent. The studio with which the debutante worked soon went bankrupt, and the singer moved to Los Angeles, dreaming of new prospects.
Promoted!
The chance presented itself only in 2006: the large recording company Virgin Records was looking for an artist whom it could promote and make a star. Company chairman Jackson Flom was impressed by Perry's talent, and the result was her collaboration with the newly formed Capitol Music Group.
This is how the songs “I Kissed A Girl” and “Hot N Cold” were born, which no longer had anything in common with Christian music. In the fall of 2007, everyone saw the new Katie - in the “Ur So Gay” video, the wheels of show business began to spin, an advertising campaign began and work on the image of the performer began.
Queen of the Charts
Katy Perry's creative biography continued with the release of the disc “One of the Boys” (released in the early summer of 2008). Within a week, the record sold almost 50,000 copies and took 9th place on the Billboard 200. Later, sales of the album exceeded 5 million copies, and it went platinum. The song “Hot N Cold” reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and conquered the Canadian, German, Russian and Danish charts. The singer received five nominations at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
The year 2009 opened with a massive Katy Perry tour, and her song “I Kissed A Girl” was nominated for a Grammy.
A year later, Katy, in collaboration with Snoop Dogg, recorded the single “California Gurls,” which became mega-popular (more than 8.5 million downloads on the Internet). The hit was the leader of many charts, and lasted six weeks in America. The second successful single was “Teenage Dream”, and in August 2010 the album of the same name was released. Perry presented it on her California Dreams Tour.
Biopic, tours and wild success
In 2012, a documentary biopic appeared in the biography of Katy Perry (which was called “Katy Perry: Part of Me”), and a year earlier she voiced the main female character (Smurfette) in the full-length feature-animated film “The Smurfs.” In 2013, a sequel to this fantasy was released. But the performer was never lucky with the Grammy. For example, the very popular 2012 single “Wide Awake” was lost to Adele’s composition at the ceremony.
Katie’s fourth disc, “Prism,” was released in 2013, and the large-scale tour “Prismatic World Tour” started in May 2014 in the capital Northern Ireland, continued in Scotland, UK. The tour included more than 100 concerts (including in New Zealand and Australia).
Another failure at the Grammys awaited the singer’s composition “Roar” (both nominations remained unrealized).
Who earned the most?
But Katie holds another record: her singles topped the Billboard Hot 100 for ten years in a row. In addition, in the summer of 2015, Perry topped the Forbes list as the most highly paid musician planets.
Katie has her own perfume line (the singer’s third perfume, Killer Queen, was released in 2013). And in the summer of 2015, the American was invited to become the face of the Moschino brand.
Personal life of Katy Perry
Indian passions and... space voyage
For some time, Katie was the girlfriend of musician Travis McCoy, but the romance ended in the late fall of 2008. Soon the singer met Englishman Russell Brand, and on the night of December 31, 2009 to January 1, 2010, they got engaged. At this time, the couple traveled around India.
In October of the same year it took place magnificent wedding(it also took place in exotic India). Russell and Katie willingly posed for the cameras and declared their love for each other, and the wife gave her husband a “ticket” to the space trip(after all, both of them are very eccentric personalities). Alas, the Briton has not yet made it into orbit.
But only a few months passed, and on the eve of 2012, Russell wanted a divorce. It is unclear what “insurmountable differences” separated the spouses. Went various rumors, but, most likely, the wife could not satisfy all the actor’s “appetites” due to touring and constant busyness. The divorce took place in July 2012, they parted amicably, and Brand showed nobility by not claiming his wife’s money.
Lovely ones scold...
But between the lovers, no, no, but some kind of black cat ran by. Either John could not moderate his temperament, or Katie had no time for love, but this tandem broke up three times, and united again three times. In the summer of 2015, they again announced that they were separating. The star's next boyfriend was Orlando Bloom, our beloved Legolas. Everything was going just fine, the actor’s mother liked Katie and seemed so happy! But the romance lasted exactly a year: from February 2016 to February 2017. And then Perry shared the bitter news with the media: Orlando had found someone else.
Katherine Hudson (Katy Perry) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actress. Known for her eye-popping outfits, quirky stage props and catchy songs, she became a pop sensation.
Conservative upbringing
Katherine was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Fans may be surprised to learn that the singer, who talks about her sexual experiences in the song I Kissed a Girl, grew up in a very conservative family. Her parents were pastors and forbade her to listen to rock and popular music. According to Perry, the only thing she was allowed to do was the soundtrack for the film Sister Act. She and her brother and sister were also not allowed to watch cable channels such as MTV and VH1.
Katy Perry (photo later in the article) began taking singing lessons at age 9 and learned to play guitar when she was 13. Around the same time, she began rebelling against her strict upbringing by getting her nose pierced. Soon she became interested music career. Perry made several trips to Nashville with her mother to record a gospel album, which was released in 2001. According to the singer, no more than 100 people managed to hear it, after which the label went bankrupt.
Early musical influences
IN adolescence Katy Perry was interested in a variety of things musical directions. A friend introduced her to the music of Queen, which remained one of her favorites. Perry was very inspired by Freddie Mercury and how flamboyant and theatrical he was. In high school, she strived to be herself, not limited to one social group. According to Katie, she hung out with rockabilly fans, guys who were trying to be rappers and just fun kids.
First attempts
Focusing on music, Perry graduated and moved to Los Angeles to work with producer and songwriter Glen Ballard, who has collaborated with stars such as Christina Aguilera and Alanis Morissette. Katie was only 17 years old and independent life turned out to be very difficult. She lived in Los Angeles for 5 years with no money, writing bad checks, selling clothes to pay rent, and living on borrowed time. Perry experienced a series of disappointments before her breakthrough occurred. She and Ballard were unable to find a record company willing to accept them, and her 2004 collaboration with music producers The Matrix failed shortly before its scheduled release. After 3 unsuccessful attempts Katy Perry finally signed with Capitol in 2007.
Debut album
That same year, Katy Perry released her first single, Ur So Gay. Pop superstar Madonna became a fan, calling the song one of her favorites at the time. Katy Perry's song evoked another singer known for her quirky, sassy lyrics. The singer admitted that the single was inspired by emo guys with lined eyes who use hair straighteners. However, her career had yet to take off until her next single, I Kissed a Girl, hit the top of the charts in the summer of 2008. Thanks to the success of this song debut album One of the Boys hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and its performer received a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance.
Katy Perry has also become famous for her theatricality. During concert tour she performed the hit with a giant tube of lip balm, thus illustrating a line from the song. The performer jumped into a huge cake and appeared on stage in a variety of wild outfits. She called her style "Lucille Ball meets Bob Mackie" - a joke that should be understood by everyone, but it should be thought about at least for a minute.
"Teenage Dream"
In 2009, Katy Perry performed on MTV. The show's soundtrack appeared around the same time. That same year, the singer made tabloid headlines for her relationship with British comedian Russell Brand. The couple got engaged during New Year's holidays which she spent in India. And on October 23, 2010, during a traditional Hindu ceremony, they registered their marriage in India. According to The Times of India, the wedding was accompanied by a procession of camels, elephants and horses, as well as performances by fire jugglers, snake charmers, dancers and musicians. Perry previously dated Gym Class Heroes member Travis McCoy.
The young pop star had big plans for the future. According to the singer, her desire was to equalize her name with Madonna. Her album Teenage Dreams was released in August 2010. On the Billboard charts, the single California Gurls quickly rose to number 1. Other hits soon followed, including the title track and "Fireworks."
The union with her did not last long - the Briton filed for divorce in December 2011. On the professional front, things were much better for Perry. With the success of Teenage Dreams, she became one of the country's top pop stars.
Katy Perry: new records
In 2012, the singer released new version his hit album Teenage Dream. It featured several new tracks, including the successful singles Wide Awake and Part of Me.
The music chart dominance continued with the release of the 2013 album Prism. Katy Perry's Roar video climbed to number one. The song "Dark Horse", the result of the singer's collaboration with Juicy J, also showed impressive results. The hit spent several weeks at the top of the charts, helping Perry break the record set by Mariah Carey, whose singles stayed at number one for 45 weeks.
Katy returned to the spotlight in 2014 with her song This Is How We Do, which featured Riff Raff.
In 2014, the pop star founded her own label, Metamorphosis Music, consisting of record company Capitol Records.
On February 1, 2015, Katy Perry made history by performing during halftime of the Super Bowl XLIX finale, which also included special guests- and - and two dancers dressed in shark costumes who became a sensation in in social networks. The performance was watched by 118.5 million viewers, making it the most watched in NFL history, according to Guinness World Records.
"Chained to the Rhythm"
Two years later in February 2017, Perry released the first single, Chained to the Rytm, from her new album Witness, which was released on June 9. A world tour in support of it began in September.
The singer has received many awards. She has received 5 American Music Awards, 6 Billboard Music Awards, 6 European MTV Awards and 5 MTV Video Music Awards.
Katy Perry collaborates with many charitable organizations such as UNICEF, Musicares, Children's Health Fund, Keep A Breast Foundation, and helps those fighting cancer and AIDS.
The singer advocates for gay rights and believes that all people, regardless of their sexual orientation deserve equal treatment.
Perry has repeatedly been included in the list of the highest paid representatives of the music industry, and her fortune in 2016 was estimated at $125 million.
In addition to music, Katy starred in the film Zoolander, which premiered in February 2016, hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, and signed a $25 million contract with ABC to serve as a judge on American Idol. which will begin in March 2018.
Katherine Elizabeth Hudson was born into a family of two pastors. As a child, the girl already showed her musical talents and sang in the church choir. Only after hearing the music of Queen did Katie understand what her own creativity should be like.
When Katy Perry was in fourth grade, her teacher asked her to make a collage of magazine clippings that would reflect her life aspirations and dreams. It was 1993, singer Selena had just won a Grammy award, and Katie made a collage of the Latin singer holding a gold statuette. 15 years later, Perry herself was among the Grammy nominees with the song “I kissed a Girl.” Her album One of the boys, on which this composition was presented, went platinum.
Go where you are respected, not where you are simply tolerated.
Perry Katy
In 2003, Katherine graduated from Dos Pueblos High School and immediately went to Los Angeles to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming famous and popular singer. At the same time, the girl came up with a pseudonym for herself - Katy Perry - after her mother’s maiden name.
Star Trek
The talented and purposeful girl was immediately noticed by Steve Thomas and Jennifer Knapp. As a result, Perry received a contract with Red Hill Records. And in 2001, the debut album of singer Kate Hudson was released. The album was quite successful, but did not bring the desired results to its creator.
Real finest hour The young performer's breakthrough came in 2007, when, thanks to a contract with Columbia, Perry's single UR So Gay appeared. Despite the fact that Katy was accused of alleged homophobia, the song became a huge hit, and Katy Perry finally woke up as a star. Pop icon Madonna once casually mentioned that Perry's "Ur so Gay" is her favorite song. Katie admitted that this small comment was a huge recognition for her.
A child cannot have a child, and I myself am still a child!
Perry Katy
A year later, in 2008, the singer’s second album, One of the Boys, appeared and gave Katie even greater success. The song from the album I Kissed a Girl became a worldwide hit and business card Perry, and also topped the most authoritative charts in almost all countries of the world.
The reason for the wild success of Perry's work lies in her special sense of humor. “Worry and sadness are cool, but if that’s all you have, you become boring. I try to write about everything with humor, be it joy or melancholy.” In this spirit she continued to work. In May 2010, Katie sang a duet with Snoop Dogg - their single California Gurls was again one of the most successful. Riding on this wave of popularity, already in August of the same year, she presented the new album Teenage Dream to the public and went on a world tour in support of it. Having traveled the world with concerts, in 2012 Katie released the song Part of Me, which immediately appeared on the first line of the Billboard Hot-100 chart.
Katie denies that world fame infected her with the harmful “star disease.” “I remained myself. And people want to listen to performers who remain themselves, but at the same time do interesting, unexpected things and write songs about it. That's why people trust me. Besides, anyone can literally meet me on the street. I'm the same as before the hits. Only now I have schedules for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
If you want to be with me, then you must make friends with my friends.
Perry Katy
Personal life
Katy Perry dated the lead singer of the American band Gym Class Heroes. The couple's relationship was so romantic that Katie even appeared in the group's video for the song Cupid's Chokehold. However, in 2008, the lovers broke up.
Katie's next choice was British comedian Russell Brand. In October 2010, they had a wedding ceremony in India. A magnificent wedding, however, did not become a guarantee of family happiness. In December 2011, they decided to divorce. In September 2012, it became known about the singer's new romance: Perry began dating singer John Mayer
Katy Perry is a very cheerful, interesting, bright and incredibly talented modern star, an American singer and composer who was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Katherine Elizabeth Hudson (real name Katy Perry, Perry - maiden name mother) was raised in a family of pastors and was the middle child in the family. At the age of 19, Katie came to live in Los Angeles.
In 2001, Katy released her first CD, Katy Hudson, which was recorded in the Christian gospel genre. In 2004, Katie joined The Matrix team. Matrix had plans to record joint album with Katie, but the project was subsequently shelved. Ultimately, in 2007, Katy Perry was offered a contract with Columbia and accepted. Debut single"Ur So Gay", due to its lyrics and video, has been accused of homophobia. The star's first full-length album, One of the Boys, was released on June 17, 2008. In April 2008, the first official single from the new album, "I Kissed a Girl", debuted in the iTunes Store. The video for this single was released on My Space on May 21, 2008. In September 2008, Katy Perry released the single "Hot n Cold". In May 2010, Perry released the single "California Gurls" with rapper Snoop Dogg. The song became an incredible hit and has sold over 8,000,000 digital downloads worldwide. In July of the same year, the second single from the album was released, which topped the American chart and was able to stay in first place for two weeks. Following the release of the singles, Katie released her third album, Teenage Dream, in August. To support the album, Katy embarked on the California Dreams Tour. Afterwards, the single from the album “Firework” was released. Merits are young, but talented star, Katy Perry, have been awarded 60 awards and 190 nominations, including “Favorite Singer”, “International Singer”, “Breakthrough of the Year”, “International Album of the Year”, “Best female video", "Top Hot 100 Artist", "Top Digital Songs", "Hit of the Year", "Favorite Pop Artist", "Best Female Video".
As for her personal life, at one time Katie had a relationship with the vocalist of the group “Gym Class Heroes” Travis McCoy, but at the end of 2008 the couple broke up. In 2009, the singer began dating famous comedian Russell Brand, whose engagement took place in India in a magical atmosphere New Year's Eve. On October 23, 2010, the couple arranged a wedding, which, like the engagement, was celebrated in India.
