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. The disco-influenced pop album Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five U.S. 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. After this, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. 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. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into secular music, adopting the stage name 'Katy Perry' from her mother's maiden name. Pursuing a career in gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially unsuccessful debut album, Katy Hudson (2001), under Red Hill Records. She is known for her influence on the pop sound and style of the 2010s. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality.
