Katy Perry Biography:
In her early life, Katy Perry was born October 25, 1984 with birth name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson at her hometown in Santa Barbara, California (CA), United State of America (USA). Katy Perry was incorporated to her parents’ ministry, and she started singing in their church from the age of nine; she continued singing in the church until she was 17. As a child, Katy Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. Katy Perry was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug. Katy Perry took her GED after her freshman year of high school and decided to leave school to pursue a career in music. Katy Perry initially started singing “because I was at that point in my childhood where I was copycatting my sister and everything she did.” Her sister practiced with cassette tapes, and Katy Perry took the tapes herself when her sister was not around. Katy Perry rehearsed the songs and performed it to her parents, who suggested she should take voice lessons. Katy Perry grabbed the opportunity and began taking lessons at age nine to 16. Katy Perry enrolled in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera for a short time.
In her career, Katy Perry rose to famous and popular on 2007 with her internet hit, and on 2008 with her breakthrough single “I Kissed a Girl”. As Katy Hudson, Katy Perry released a self-titled gospel album on 2001. Katy Perry on 2004 recorded an album with production team The Matrix, but it was never released. After signing on with Capitol Music Group on 2007, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first mainstream album, One of the Boys.
On August 28, 2009 Colorado-based band 3OH!3 released a remix of their song “Starstrukk” which features Katy Perry as guest vocalist; the idea for the collaboration came after Katy Perry’s tour that featured 3OH!3 as the supporting act. The song was released over iTunes on September 8, 2009.
On October 2009, MTV Unplugged revealed that Katy Perry was one of the artists to perform for them, and that Katy Perry would be releasing a live album of the performance, including two new tracks, “Brick by Brick” and Fountains of Wayne cover “Hackensack”. The album was released on November 17, and includes both a CD and a DVD.
On December 2009, Timbaland released his album Shock Value II, which included a song that features Katy Perry. The track, titled, “If We Ever Meet Again”, has been chosen as the fourth single off the album. Katy Perry began working on “Teenage Dream” on October 2009.
It has been announced that Katy Perry is working with numerous artists and producers including Greg Wells, Guy Sigsworth, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Ryan Tedder, Rivers Cuomo, Thaddis “Kuk” Harrell, Greg Kurstin, Ester Dean, The-Dream and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, who told Rap-Up magazine on December 2009 that the sound of the album will be pop/rock, the same sound as One of the Boys.
Katy Perry’s first single from the album is titled “California Gurls”. Capitol Records sent the song to United State (U.S.) radio on May 7, 2010 Katy Perry on May 11, 2010 announced that her new album would be titled Teenage Dream and it will be out August 24 in the United State (U.S.) and August 30, 2010 in Australia. Katy Perry is set to make her film début, starring in the 2011 film The Smurfs, as Smurfette, alongisde Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Winters, Alan Cumming, and George Lopez.
Katy Perry has a contralto vocal range. Among Katy Perry’s 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 .
Katy Perry is popular and famous for her unconventional style of dress. It is often humorous, bright in color, and reminiscent of different decades, and she frequently uses fruit-shaped accessories, mainly watermelon, as part of her outfits. Having learnt dancing at an early age, Katy Perry fancied about having her own style. Katy Perry’s transformation into an artist began with fashion, inspired by American film actress Dominique Swain’s portrayal on 1997 film adaptation of the novel Lolita. Katy Perry defines her fashion style as “a bit of a concoction of different things”. Johnny Wujek, Katy Perry’s stylist, described her style, upon meeting her for the first time, as “very colorful and vintage”. Katy Perry’s fashion has caught the attention of designers, who were giving her nearly as much attention as fans of her music.
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