Katy Perry

Katherine Elizabeth Hudson, better known as Katy Perry is an American singer, composer, songwriter, actress, and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. In April 2007, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records.

She became known for her single “Ur So Gay”, released in 2007, and the worldwide hit “I Kissed a Girl”, which topped the charts in many countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Subsequent singles “California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg),” “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “E.T.,” “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” “Part Of Me,” “Roar” and “Dark Horse” also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Perry is the second artist, after Michael Jackson, whose 5 singles from the same album reached number one on the US chart.

In addition to music, Katy also plans to make movies and create her own line of perfume (includes the fragrances “Purr” and “Meow”). She voiced Smurfette in the feature film version of The Smurfs. EA Games plans to develop several games within the Sims franchise, with Perry as the protagonist.