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 and one younger brother, Angela and David.
• 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′ 8”
• She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining colors and vintage fashion.
• Katy did background vocals for P.O.D.’s song “Goodbye for Now”, from the 2006 album “Testify”.
• Katy did background vocals for Gavin Rossdale’s 2008 album “Wanderlust”.
• Katy gave to Miley Cyrus the song “Breakout”; to Kelly Clarkson “Long Shot” and “Time’s Up”; and to Selena Gomez “Rock God”. 
• Appeared in a 2010 commercial for “Proactiv Solution” acne skin care.
• She has 4 tattoos: a strawberry in her left foot, “Jesus” written in her left wrist and “Go with the Flow” written in Sanskrit in her right arm and a peppermint candy in her right foot.
• Vocal range: 3 octaves, 4 notes and 1 semitone; D#3 - C7
• Katy’s favorite band in Queen. And her favorite song is “Killer Queen” by same band