About Katy Perry

• Katy’s hometown is Santa Barbara, California, USA. 

• Her birth name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.

• She was born on October 25, 1984.

• Former Christian singer, now pop/rock singer.

• Katy released her first album “Katy Hudson” in 2001

• Perry is her mother’s maiden name.

• Parents Keith Hudson and wife Mary Perry are both pastors. She’s their middle child and has one older sister Angela Hudson and one younger David Hudson.

• Her first single “I Kissed A Girl” was number one on the Billboard charts for seven weeks.

• Katy changed her last name from Hudson to Perry to avoid being confused with American actress Kate Hudson.

• Perry recorded her first pop album in 2005, but lost her label deal and any chance for its release.

• Has a contralto vocal range.

• Her height is 5′ 6 ½”

• She also became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining colors and vintage fashion.

• Katy gave Miley Cyrus the song “Breakout”; Kelly Clarkson “Long Shot” and “Time’s Up”; and Selena Gomez “Rock God”. 

• Got engaged to Russell Brand during the Christmas holidays in 2009. They were dating since September 2009.

•Katy and Russell married on October 23, 2010 in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India, the same place where Russell proposed.

• Appeared in a 2010 commercial for “Proactiv Solution” acne skin care.

• She has 4 tattoos: a strawberry on her left foot, “Jesus” written in her left wrist, “Go with the Flow” written in Sanskrit in her left arm, and a smiling red and white candy on her right ankle. 

•She has a cat named Kitty Purry. Katy and Russell also have a cat together. They named it Krusty.

•Maxim’s #1 Hottest Woman Alive 2010

•Has her own fragrance collections Purr and Meow and she has an OPI Katy Perry collection.

•Her favorite color? She loves pastels.

•First woman and second artist, following Michael Jackson, to have five #1 singles (Billboard Hot 100) in one album.