Katy Perry

Katy Perry is the professional name of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, an American singer, songwriter and television personality born on 25 October 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, she has been dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone. At 16 she released a gospel album, Katy Hudson (2001), on Red Hill Records, which was unsuccessful.

After moving to Los Angeles she signed to Capitol Records and rose to fame with the pop rock album One of the Boys (2008), whose lead single "I Kissed a Girl" topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Teenage Dream (2010), a disco-influenced pop record, became the only album by a woman to yield five US number ones: "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Its 2012 reissue added the number one "Part of Me".

The dance-inspired Prism (2013) produced two more, "Roar" and "Dark Horse". Her later albums Witness (2017), Smile (2020) and 143 (2024) met with varied critical and commercial success. Her singles with Max Martin and Dr. Luke, including "I Kissed a Girl", are among her best known.

She works in pop, rock and disco, plays vocals and guitar, and has released on Red Hill, Java, Columbia and Capitol. The page estimates sales of over 151 million records worldwide and seven RIAA diamond certifications, and she was the world's highest-paid female musician in 2015 and 2018. She was the first artist with multiple videos at one billion YouTube views.

Her accolades include 20 Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, a Juno Award and seven MTV Video Music Awards, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She is presented as a real person throughout, married to Russell Brand from 2010 to 2012, with Orlando Bloom as partner from 2016 to 2025.