Katy Perry

 Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, born on October 25, 1984, is an American TV personality and singer-songwriter. Vogue has described her as the "Queen of Camp", in reference to her influence on pop music as well as her zany fashion. Perry started her musical career in gospel at the age of 16, released her debut album, Katy Hudson under Red Hill Records in 2001. It was an uncommercial success. When she was 17, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue secular music. Later, she adopted the stage name of "Katy Perry" as it was her mother's maiden name. Columbia Records signed her to an album however she was subsequently removed before signing with Capitol Records. She rose to fame through One of the Boys (2008) the pop-rock album featuring two singles "I Kissed a Girl", and "Hot and Cold" and "Hot n Cold" respectively. Both was a top-ten hit on the U.S. charts. Billboard Hot 100 respectively. Teenage Dream (2010), an album with a disco influence, produced five U.S. number-one singles: "California Gurls", Teenage Dream", Firework", and "E.T. ", as well as "Last Friday Night(T.G.I.F. )"--becoming only the second album of a woman to achieve this. Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012) was an reissue of the album. It was the source of "Part of Me" which was the U.S. number one single. Two of her songs about empowerment, "Roar" (US number one) and "Dark Horse" (US number one) came from Prism (2013). Perry's music videos were among the first to hit 1 billion views on Vevo. Witness the album, which was electropop with feminist themes, included a political undertone as well as Smile (2020), was the result of her recent motherhood experience as well as her the journey to mental health. Following that, she started her Las Vegas concert residency entitled Play (2021-2099) that was praised by critics and commercial popularity.