Katy Perry is born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 and she is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Katy Perry was Born in Santa Barbara, California, and was raised by Christian pastor parents. Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child.
After earning a GED during her first year of high school, Katy Perry began to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which was unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with production team "The Matrix" and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004 to 2005, neither of which were released.
After signing with the label 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 entitled simply: "Ur So Gay" that November. The single garnered public attention but failed to enter the charts.
She rose to fame with the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which went on to top most of the international charts. Perry's first mainstream studio album is "One of the Boys" and it followed later that year and subsequently became the thirty-third-best selling album worldwide of 2008. 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.