number one singles–' California Gurls', ' Teenage Dream', ' Firework', ' E.T.', and ' Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' - becoming the first album by a solo female artist to do so, and tied her with Michael Jackson's Bad. The disco-influenced Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five U.S. Three subsequent albums have topped the U.S. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with her second album, One of the Boys, a pop rock record containing her controversial debut single ' I Kissed a Girl' and the song ' Hot n Cold', which respectively reached numbers one and three on the U.S. After being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. Luke, and Max Martin on an album that remains unreleased.
Perry subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. After Red Hill ceased operations, she moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music, adopting the stage name 'Katy Perry' from her mother's maiden name.
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 television judge.
