Katy Perry

Katy Perry (* 25. October 1984 in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaStage name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) Is a U.S. Singer and songwriter. She was known worldwide for its hit single I Kissed a Girl.

Careers 

The love of music, discovered the pastor's daughter during a church feast, as her uncle brought her to, in the local Gospel Choir . sing[1] Later, she discovered the band Queen for himself and was immediately by the voice of front man Freddie Mercury smitten ( "When I first saw [his] voice heard, it was as if the heavens opened.").[2]

In 2001, Perry received a contract with the label Red Hill Records. Shortly thereafter she published under her real name Katy Hudson The eponymous debut album, which remained commercially unsuccessful, although it "broad appeal in the Christian music scene"[1] found. After the publication of her first album, she changed her stage name to the Birth name from her mother to the future not to the actress Kate Hudson to be confused.

2004 Perry worked for the label The Matrix, Where she began work on her first mainstream album, which was published in 2005. Some of the titles were on their official MySpacePage published Simple is on the soundtrack of A for 4 included.[3] In the music metropolis Nashville she learned the Producers Glen Ballard to know even for the No Doubt has been active. This deliberately fostered her talent and got her in the first professional recording with advice and practical help.[2] From then on, Perry became more and more into focus of the influential production companies, such as Capitol Records, And the media.

In 2005 she made the video clip Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes attention to themselves,[4] where the girlfriend of lead singer Travis McCoy plays. Even privately, the two were long a pair of three years until they separated from each other in 2008.

In May 2008 the first single was I Kissed a Girl from their next album One Of The Boys published in the U.S., which they appeared on the Warped Tour presented. To reach the title # 1 in Canada and in June the Head of the U.S. and Australian Charts.[5] On 1 August was also the title Germany released, debuting at # 2 on the Media Control single charts.[6] In the third week, the song captured in Germany place 1 Mid-September, the album One Of The Boys published. The second single was the song Hot N Cold, On 22 November 2008 as the first pure downloadable titles on the chart entry position 2 abolished in Germany.[7] Reached with the publication on CD Hot N Cold A week later the head of the German charts and was able to stay there for eight weeks continuously. Thus, the success was I Kissed a Girl in Germany, even surpassed.

For the computer game "Sims 2 - Apartment Life"Perry took her song Hot N Cold new, in fantasy language SimlischOn.

On 6 November 2008 hosted Katy Perry MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 and won the award as Best Newcomer. For ECHO 2009 Katy Perry was in the category of "Hit of the Year" nomination. After rather modest success of the third single release Thinking of you Perry published from mid-2009, the Single Waking up in Vegas, From shortly after the publication in the U.S., the success Thinking of you has exceeded.