Katy Perry

This singer got married to actor Russell Brand in October 2010, but the relationship ended after two years. Later she was in a relationship with singer John Mayer but this was also short-lived.

She is associated with many charitable organizations such as ‘UNICEF’, ‘Keep A Breast Foundation’, ‘The Human Society of the United States’, ‘MusiCares’ ‘Young Survival Coalition’, ‘Children’s Health Fund’ and many more organizations which work towards helping people suffering from cancer and HIV/AIDS.

This artist is also a supporter of the rights of gay and believes that all humans, irrespective of their sexual orientations should be treated equally.

Katy Perry (earlier known as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) was born to Maurice Keith Hudson and Mary Christine Perry on 25th October 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. She has two siblings, an elder sister and a younger brother.

She received elementary education from institutions such as ‘Paradise Valley Christian School’ and ‘Santa Barbara Christian School’.

She and her siblings were brought up in a conservative manner with many restrictions. In her house only gospel music was allowed so she had to secretly listen to other sort of music which her friends provided her with.

She completed her General Education Development (GED) requisites from the ‘Dos Pueblos High School’ when she was fifteen year old. Then to follow a career in music she joined the ‘Music Academy of the West’ where she leaned Italian Opera.

She was taken to the place called Nashville in Tennessee by rock musicians Jennifer Knapp and Steve Thomas who recognized her talent as a singer. There she was trained in song writing and play guitar.

Her first music album was launched in the year 2001, which was a gospel music record named after the singer as ‘Katy Hudson’. This was launched under the label of music record label ‘Red Hill Records’. However, the album was not a successful one.

Eventually, she shifted from gospel music to popular music and wrote songs in association with American songwriter Basil Glen Ballard, Jr. At the age of seventeen, she travelled to Los Angeles, but initially, she could get a break. She recorded a few songs with some music labels but the albums were not released due to various reasons.

In 2005, the film ‘The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants’ included a song sung by Katy Perry. She was also a backing vocalist for the songs ‘Old Habits Die Hard’, ‘Goodbye for Now’. She even featured in the video of the ‘Learn to Fly’ song.

She was introduced to Jason Flom, the one who chairs the ‘Virgin Records’ company by an acquaintance Angelica Cob-Baehler, and in the year 2007, she signed a contract with the ‘Capitol Records company

In 2008, her song ‘I Kissed a Girl’ from the same album hit the music stores and it was received well by the listeners making it to top the music charts in many countries. It even topped the ‘U.S. Billboard Hot 100’ list.

Her album ‘Teenage Dream’ was a huge success, with five songs which topped the ‘Billboardf Hot 100’ list consecutively. She became the first female to have such a record at the Hot 100 list and was placed second after Michael Jackson as an artist to have this record.