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Katy Perry
Prevented from listening to pop music by her Evangelical Christian pastor
parents, Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 in Santa
Barbara, California) grew up on a strict diet of gospel music before prancing
her way to international fame as a flirtatious starlet. Spotted singing in her
parents' church at the age of 15, she honed her skills in Nashville and released
an unsuccessful gospel rock album in 2001 under her real name Katy Hudson. She
moved to LA, changed her name due to its similarity to actress Kate Hudson and
reinvented herself as a bubbly, out...
