 Katy Perry is like strawberry!
The top charts around the world
are all dedicated to “California Gurls” by the lady known as Katy Perry
who is an enthusiastic and dynamic singer-songwriter and musician.
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara,
California, and was raised by Christian pastor parents. She grew up
listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child.
 After earning a General Educational Development certificate during
her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career.
She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which
failed with the closing of its record label that year.
She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed
most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were
released.Perry has a contralto vocal range. Among Perrys musical
influences are Alanis Morissette, pop rockers Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar,
Joan Jett, Shirley Manson, and Freddie Mercury, the late frontman of the
British band Queen. Growing up listening to gospel music, Perry had few
references when she began recording songs
After signing on with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record
label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released
her first Internet single, “Ur So Gay”, that November, which garnered
attention but did not chart. She rose to fame with her second single “I
Kissed a Girl” in 2008, which topped international charts.
Perry’s first mainstream album One of the Boys followed later that
year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling
album of 2008 worldwide. It was accredited platinum certification by the
Recording Industry Association of America; “I Kissed a Girl” and her
second single “Hot N Cold” both received multi-platinum certifications.
Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000-10 decade by Billboard.
She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often
combining colors and vintage fashion. Her next album, Teenage Dream, is
scheduled to be released in August 2010.
Perry is known for her unconventional style of dress. It is often
humorous, bright in colour, and reminiscent of different decades, and
she frequently uses fruit-shaped accessories, mainly watermelon, as part
of her outfits. Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy but is
now currently engaged to Russell Brand. |
