Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. She is known for her influence on the pop sound and style of the 2010s. Pursuing a career in gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially unsuccessful debut album, Katy Hudson (2001), under Red Hill Records. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into secular music, adopting the stage name "Katy Perry" from her mother's maiden name. With producers Glen Ballard and Greg Wells, she recorded an unreleased album titled Fingerprints while signed to Java Records and then Columbia Records before being dropped. After this, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Perry rose to fame with her second album and major label debut, One of the Boys (2008), a pop rock record containing her debut single "I Kissed a Girl" and follow-up single "Hot n Cold", which respectively reached number one and three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The disco-influenced pop album Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five U.S. number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—becoming the first album by a solo female artist to do so. A reissue titled Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012) subsequently had the U.S. number one single "Part of Me". Her fourth album Prism (2013) has themes of self-empowerment and relationships. With the music videos for its U.S. number one singles "Roar" and "Dark Horse", Perry became the first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on YouTube. Witness (2017) featured an electropop sound with themes of liberation and a political subtext, while Smile (2020) featured themes of motherhood and self-help. She later embarked on her first concert residency titled Play in Resorts World Las Vegas, selling out multiple shows and receiving critical acclaim.
Perry is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 143 million records worldwide. All of her studio albums released under Capitol have individually surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. She has nine U.S. number one singles, three U.S. number one albums and has received various accolades, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Perry has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019. Her critically acclaimed Super Bowl halftime show performance is the most watched in history. Outside of music, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012, and voiced Smurfette in The Smurfs film series. Perry began serving as a judge on American Idol, starting from its sixteenth season in 2018. She is also the most followed woman on Twitter, with over 100 million followers.
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FireAid Benefit Concert
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2025
Le gala des pièces jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement
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2025
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
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2024
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024
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2024
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2024
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2024
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2024
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2024
Cyndi Lauper: Rock in Rio 2024
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2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Ms. Leopard (voice)
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
Ms Leopard (voice)
2024
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
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2023
Flora and Son
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2023
The Coronation Concert
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2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
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2023
Power of Women: The Changemakers
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2022
ABBA V Queen
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2022
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
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2022
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
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2021
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams
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2021
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
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2021
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
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2021
Celebrating America
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2021
The Disney Holiday Singalong
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2020
Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage
singer
2020
Feels Good Man
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2020
Dear Class of 2020
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2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
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2020
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
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2017
One Love Manchester
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2017
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017
Herself
2017
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Self - Best Unapologetic Bitch Ever
2016
Zoolander: Super Model
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2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Katy (uncredited)
2016
Zoolander 2
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2016
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
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2015
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015
Singer
2015
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live
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2015
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
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2015
Lennon or McCartney
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2014
Katy Perry: Getting Intimate
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2014
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves: CMT Crossroads
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2014
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014
Her Self
2014
David Blaine: Real or Magic
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2013
The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry
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2013
Katy Perry: iTunes Festival
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2013
Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival
2013
The Smurfs 2
Smurfette (voice)
2013
Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry
2013
Propaganda
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2013
Katy Perry: Part of Me
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2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
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2012
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2011
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2011
Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011
2011
The Smurfs
Smurfette (voice)
2011
Katy Perry - London Live
2010
Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged
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2009
Melody
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Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
2025
Katy Perry Live in São Paulo: The Lifetimes Tour in The Town 2025
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Anitta Dentro da Casinha
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2020
Disney Insider
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2020
Det svenska popundret
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2019
The Rookie
Katy Perry · (1 episode)
2018
American Idol
Self - Judge · (150 episodes)
2018
The F Word
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2017
American Housewife
Katy Perry · (1 episode)
2016
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Voice
Katy Perry · (1 episode)
2012
Perez Hilton Superfan
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2011
Raising Hope
Rikki Hargrove · (1 episode)
2010
James Corden's World Cup Live
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2010
Music Nuggets
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2010
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
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2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
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2010
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
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2009
MasterChef Australia
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2009
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
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2007
Schlag den Raab
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2006
The One Show
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2006
De Wereld Draait Door
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2005
How I Met Your Mother
Honey · (1 episode)
2005
So You Think You Can Dance
(1 episode)
2005
Wildfire
Herself · (1 episode)
2005
The X Factor
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
2004
Best Week Ever
(1 episode)
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
(1 episode)
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
(0 episode)
2002
CMT Crossroads
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2002
Star Academy
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2001
Lorraine
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2001
The View
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Leute heute
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1997
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Self · (1 episode)
1995
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1994
Morgenmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
1992
ECHO-Verleihung
Self · (2 episodes)
1992
The Simpsons
Katy Perry (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Billboard Music Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1989
This Morning
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1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (4 episodes)
1984
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1984
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (4 episodes)
1981
Wetten, dass..?
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1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (4 episodes)
1975
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest · (4 episodes)
1974
The Grammys
Self · (2 episodes)
1959