Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, being dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone.

At 16, Perry released a gospel album titled Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records, which was unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles at 17, adopting her stage name from her mother's maiden name. Following a series of professional setbacks, Perry signed to Capitol Records and rose to fame with the pop rock album One of the Boys (2008). Its singles, "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold", reached number one and three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 respectively. Perry's disco-influenced pop record Teenage Dream (2010) became the only album by a female artist to spawn five U.S. number-one singles: "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Its reissue, Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012), produced another U.S. number-one single "Part of Me". The dance-inspired Prism (2013) yielded two U.S. number-one singles, "Roar" and "Dark Horse". She has since released three more albums; Witness (2017), Smile (2020), and 143 (2024), though they were met with less positive reviews and commercial success compared to prior records.