We do not claim any rights for any content in this application. The content provided to you in the application is available free in the public domain. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.Ĭhained To The Rhythm (feat. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson born October 25, 1984, known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer and songwriter.