Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson in 2001. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music. After being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Date of Birth : 25 October 1984, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Birth Name : Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Perry appeared as a guest judge alongside Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh during the Dublin audition stage of the seventh series of the British television show, The X Factor on June 28, 2010, (later aired on August 28).
He was one of many celebrities chosen to fulfill the role of judges while Dannii Minogue is on maternity leave. He then returned to display the "Firework" on October 17. Perry's second album titled Teenage Dream and released in August 2010. The first single from the album is titled "California Gurls". The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the fastest increase of single with Capitol Records artist since Bobbie Gentry song, "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967.
The cover of Teenage Dream is a painting by Will Cotton who depicts Perry lying naked on a cloud confectionery; Perry resemble images in the video for "California Gurls". Booklets physical edition of the album, according to the theme of confectionery, has the aroma of cotton candy. The album's second single "Teenage Dream" was released in July 2010. "Firework" is the third single from the album.
Katy Perry appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards 2010 on September 12, 2010. He was nominated for two awards and present the award "Best Male Video" with Nicki Minaj to Eminem. On September 14, Perry returned to his old high school, Dos Pueblo High School, where he appeared briefly for school students.
Perry featuring "Hot n Cold" with Elmo from Sesame Street that originally appeared on the 41st season premiere of the children's educational program on 27 September 2010. However, four days before it aired as scheduled, Sesame Workshop announced, "Based on the feedback we have received for the Katy Perry music video ... we have decided not to broadcast a segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. Katy Perry Fans can still see the video on YouTube ".
The main reason that the parents complained about the cleavage which seemed by her dress. Perry filming for the video Firework in Budapest in September 2010. An open casting call describes the 38,000 applicants to be something that has never happened before. He went on to perform a concert in Budapest on October 1, the first concert in Central and Eastern Europe , Perry has announced its own perfume will be released in autumn this year, named "Purr" which is present in a cat-shaped bottle and will be available through Nordstrom stores.
Perry's Teenage Dream brings nominations four awards at the 2011 Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Teenage Dream", and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "California Gurls". After the Grammys, Perry released the fourth single from the album "Teenage Dream", "ET" In the single remix version featuring Kanye West. The music video for E.T. directed by Floria Sigismondi and features Shaun Ross as the main lover.
In June 2011, Perry released a fifth single, "Last Friday Night (TGIF)". A remixed version featuring American rapper, Missy Elliot was released in early August. The single topped radio charts in the US and download. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on August 17, 2011, making Perry became the first female artist to have five singles from one album that are all located at # 1
