Baby you are fireworks!  I love Katy Perry - I think she is one of the greatest singers of my generation.
I'm a fan as well.  She sang gospel musicv when she was younger?
No way!  I will need to look up some of her videos.  What else has she done that is not publicly common knowledge?
Her first album which came out in 2001 was released under her real name hwich is Katy Hudson.  It didn't do very well, though.
What was that album called?  When did she change her nickname from Hudson to Perry?
working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Perry rose to fame in 2008 with the release of her second album, a pop rock record titled "One of the Boys", and its singles "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". The former track also sparked controversy for its sapphic themes.
in "New Girl" resembles a younger version of herself. She said "I think Jess as a person, and the way that her personality is, has some of myself and especially some of my younger self," she suggested. "[She resembles] my 13-year-old self." Deschanel added that Jess will explore her lost youth after she is dumped by her long-term boyfriend. "I have to find a new support system, so I'm basically living my 20s as I approach my 30s