"worth as of 2016 is $125 million. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums and over 100 million records globally throughout her career. In film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled """" in 2012, and voiced Smurfette in the 2011 film ""The Smurfs"" and its sequel in 2013. Perry also began serving as a judge on ""American Idol"" in 2018. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Pentecostal pastors Mary Christine (née Perry) and Maurice Keith Hudson. Her parents are born again Christians, each having turned"
"Katy Hudson (album) Katy Hudson is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry). It was released on February 8, 2001 by Red Hill Records. The album primarily incorporates Christian rock and contemporary Christian music elements with lyrical themes of childhood, adolescence, and Hudson's faith in God. Before its release, Red Hill went bankrupt, preventing it from marketing and promoting the album, which subsequently sold fewer than 200 copies and received mixed reviews. ""Katy Hudson"" saw Hudson exploring Christian rock and contemporary Christian music (CCM). Amongst what was described as an alternative direction"
"Eric Hudson Eric Hudson (born October 15, 1986) is an American and Grammy award-winning music producer. His father is Curtis Hudson, songwriter and producer, and most notably the co-writer of Madonna's song ""Holiday"", co-written with Eric's mother, singer/songwriter Lisa Stevens. Hudson attended Columbia High School in South Orange, New Jersey, and graduated in 2004. He is a multi-instrumentalist (including piano, drums, bass, guitar, and organ), and honed much of his early music development playing in church and conducting his own jazz band called the Jazz Funk Project. Hudson has played at Carnegie Hall, and performed at the Apollo Theater in"
"school supplies to families in need in the Chicago area. Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of ""American Idol,"" placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in ""Dreamgirls"" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in ""Sex and the City"" (2008), ""The Secret Life of Bees"" (2008), and ""Black Nativity"" (2013). In 2015, she"
"released her first book, ""Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body"", and in 2017, she released her second book, ""Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition"". Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, and musician. Her parents divorced when she was 18 months old and she and her older brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Snowmass, Colorado, and Pacific Palisades, California, by her mother and her mother's longtime boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell. Hudson's ancestry is Italian (from her paternal grandmother), Hungarian-Jewish (from"
"Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of ""American Idol,"" placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in ""Dreamgirls"" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in ""Sex and the City"" (2008), ""The Secret Life of Bees"" (2008), and ""Black Nativity"" (2013). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery"
"Kate Wolf Kate Wolf (born Kathryn Louise Allen, January 27, 1942 – December 10, 1986) was an American folk singer and songwriter. Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene, and many musicians continue to cover her songs. Her best-known compositions include ""Here in California,"" ""Love Still Remains,"" ""Across the Great Divide,"" ""Unfinished Life,"" and ""Give Yourself to Love."" Born in San Francisco, she started her music career in the band Wildwood Flower before recording ten records as a solo artist. Her songs have since been recorded by artists such as Nanci"
"a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Since 2017, Hudson has contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of ""The Voice"", becoming the first female coach to win the former. Hudson was born on September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donerson (November 7, 1950 – October 24, 2008) and Samuel Simpson (died 1999). She was raised as a Baptist in Englewood and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999. She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest"
"Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a co-founder of The Bangles. Hoffs was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family. She is the daughter of film director/writer/producer Tamar Ruth (née Simon) and Joshua Allen Hoffs, a psychoanalyst. Her mother played Beatles music for Hoffs when she was a child, and she began playing the guitar in her teens. Hoffs attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, graduating in 1976. While in college she worked as a production assistant and made her"
"Kate Michaels Kate Michaels (born Kathleen Rebecca Hall, June 2, 1969) is an American singer and actor specializing in big band/swing and musical theater. Kate Michaels is from Yuba City, one of the northernmost towns in the California Central Valley. Her mother, Janet Davis Mahan, was a high school teacher from the Sutter Buttes region and part of the Davis family receiving a portion of the original land grant made by John Sutter to the Davis family for helping to settle California. Her father, Edward Proper Hall, was a dentist and died from cancer before the age of 30. Edward"
"Kathie Lee Gifford Kathryn Lee Gifford (née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television host, singer, songwriter, and author. She is the co-host, with Hoda Kotb, of the fourth hour of NBC's ""Today"". She is best known for her 15-year run (1985–2000) on the talk show ""Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee"", which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the ""Today"" team. Gifford's first television role had been as Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on the syndicated version of ""Name That Tune"", from"
"Kate Hudson Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress, author and fashion designer. She rose to prominence for her performance in the film ""Almost Famous"" (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include ""How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"" (2003), ""Raising Helen"" (2004), ""The Skeleton Key"" (2005), ""You, Me and Dupree"" (2006), ""Fool's Gold"" (2008), ""Bride Wars"" (2009), ""Nine"" (2009), and ""Deepwater Horizon"" (2016). Hudson co-founded the fitness brand and membership program, Fabletics, operated by JustFab. In 2016, Hudson"
"Lorraine Feather Lorraine Feather (born Billie Jane Lee Lorraine Feather; September 10, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and songwriter. Feather was born in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of jazz writer Leonard Feather, and his wife, Jane, a former big band singer. Feather's parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine for her godmother Billie Holiday, for her mother (Jane), Jane's friend, singer Peggy Lee, and for the song ""Sweet Lorraine"". She began working in television as a lyricist in 1992 and has received seven Emmy nominations. Her lyrics for children include Disney’s ""Dinosaurs"" series on ABC and the"
"10, 2017 at the age of 92. Linda Hopkins Linda Hopkins (December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was an American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes. Born Melinda Helen Matthews in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the second child of the Reverend Fred Matthews, Sr. and Hazel Smith, Hopkins grew up in the section of New Orleans known by the locals as ""Zion City"". She went to school in ""Gert Town"" which bordered the Xavier University of Louisiana. Known as ""Lil Helen Matthews"""
"standard of business no civil or criminal charges of any kind relating to any of the allegations were ever filed against Hudson by any individual or company. Mark Hudson (musician) Mark Jeffery Anthony Hudson (born August 23, 1951) is an American record producer, musician and songwriter based in both Los Angeles and New York City. After first rising to prominence as a performer, songwriter and TV personality in the 1970s as a member of the Hudson Brothers trio, Hudson achieved independent success as record producer and songwriter – working with a broad variety of artists including Cher, Ringo Starr, Aerosmith,"
"Cary Hudson Cary Hudson is an American lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter of the alternative country/Southern rock band Blue Mountain. Hudson was born in the town of Sumrall, Mississippi, located approximately 15 miles from Hattiesburg. Prior to Blue Mountain, Hudson was in a band called The Hilltops, and Blue Mountain formed out of The Hilltops. Blue Mountain featured numerous drummers, most infamously Frank Coutch, and bassist/wife of Hudson, Laurie Stirratt. After the divorce of Hudson and Stirratt, Blue Mountain split, and Hudson embarked on a solo career that spawned 3 albums released on his and his cousin Chris Hudson's"
"a commercial failure for bankrupted Red Hill Records, only selling between 100 and 200 copies. ""Katy Hudson"" is the only Christian music-influenced album by Hudson, who subsequently adopted Katy Perry as her stage name. After her popularity increased, previously sold copies of ""Katy Hudson"" have become a sought-after item amongst her fans. Credits extracted from ""Katy Hudson"" liner notes. Adapted from ""Katy Hudson"" liner notes. Katy Hudson (album) Katy Hudson is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry). It was released on February 8, 2001 by Red Hill Records. The album primarily"
"California. Hudson guest-starred for a multi-episode arc on the second season of ""Smash"". She sang ""America the Beautiful"" with the Sandy Hook Elementary School chorus at Super Bowl XLVII. Hudson sang at the 85th Academy Awards in a tribute to musical films. She performed ""Same Love"" with Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Mary Lambert at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. On September 21, 2013, a new single from Hudson's forthcoming third studio album was released via her website. The 70s stylized uptempo ballad, titled ""I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)"", features T.I. with production by Pharrell, she performed this"
"Linda Hopkins Linda Hopkins (December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was an American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes. Born Melinda Helen Matthews in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the second child of the Reverend Fred Matthews, Sr. and Hazel Smith, Hopkins grew up in the section of New Orleans known by the locals as ""Zion City"". She went to school in ""Gert Town"" which bordered the Xavier University of Louisiana. Known as ""Lil Helen Matthews"" as a child, she was discovered at"
"Amerie Cynthia Lissette Gwen Stefani Janet Jackson Mary J. Blige Natasha Ramos RichGirl Se7en Usher Young Steff Rich Harrison Rich Harrison (born 1979) is an American record producer and songwriter from Washington, D.C., specializing in R&B and hip hop music. The winner of a Grammy Award, Harrison is well known for producing songs such as ""Get Right"" (performed by Jennifer Lopez), ""1 Thing"" (performed by Amerie) and ""Crazy in Love"" (performed by Beyonce and Jay Z). A classically trained pianist and trumpet player, from an early age Harrison demonstrated the ability to play music he heard on the radio, later"
"""Testimony"" Justin Bieber - single Marsha Ambrosius - ""Friends & Lovers"" K. Michelle - ""Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?"" Omarion - ""Sex Playlist"" (co-executive produced) Mariah Carey - ""#1 to Infinity"" Tyrese - ""Black Rose"" K.Michelle - ""More Issues Than Vogue"" Jakubi - 61 Barkly Justin Timberlake - ""Man of the Woods"" Eric Hudson Eric Hudson (born October 15, 1986) is an American and Grammy award-winning music producer. His father is Curtis Hudson, songwriter and producer, and most notably the co-writer of Madonna's song ""Holiday"", co-written with Eric's mother, singer/songwriter Lisa Stevens. Hudson attended Columbia High School in South Orange,"
"the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, held at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California. Several thousand guests attend this outdoor festival, which is regularly headlined by popular folk musicians such as Nina Gerber and Greg Brown. The festival traditionally closes with Wolf's song, ""Give Yourself to Love."" Kate Wolf Kate Wolf (born Kathryn Louise Allen, January 27, 1942 – December 10, 1986) was an American folk singer and songwriter. Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene, and many musicians continue to cover her songs. Her best-known compositions include ""Here in California,"""
"Pattie Howard Pattie Howard (born Francine Patience Howard, April 12, Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American Gospel and R&B Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Composer and Vocal Arranger. She is a music industry veteran who has released two albums with major record labels, RCA Records and Light Records. Howard, who owns her own full service entertainment company, PH Balanced Music, is also known for singing background for many major artists including Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Brandy, Mary J Blige, Fantasia, Queen LaTifah, Madonna, Andrae Crouch, Michael Jackson, Curtis Siger, Lisa Stanfield, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Reba Rambo,and Diana Ross. She has dozens"
"Tiffany Fred Tiffany Fred (born December 24, 1986) is an American R&B singer-songwriter born in Madrid, Spain and raised in Sicklerville, New Jersey. She has written songs for Zendaya, Jason Derulo, and Tamar Braxton. Fred garnered her first Grammy Award in 2009 for her contributions to Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album, which won Best R&B Album of the year.. Fred was again nominated in 2014 for her contributions to Fantasia's album ""Side Effects Of You,"" nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album of the year. Fred released her first EP as a recording artist titled “Drake”, an homage to the Toronto rapper,"
"Tiffany Houghton Tiffany Crystal Houghton (born December 6, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter from Dallas who is based in Los Angeles. As a pop artist, she has released numerous singles including ""High"", ""The Best"" and ""Love Like That"" , the latest received airplay on Sirius XM The Hits 1. In 2014, she is touring with the musical act ""MKTO"". As a child and young teenager, Houghton lived in New York City, had some work in television and commercials, and was the alternate child actor and singer for the musical ""Annie"". She was inspired by singer Kristin Chenoweth who visited her"
"in April 2018, which reached number 2 on the ""Billboard"" World Digital Songs chart. Melanie Fontana Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986) is an American EDM and pop singer-songwriter signed to Universal. Fontana was born in Newington, Connecticut. She moved to New York City when she was 18, after spending 7 years commuting to Manhattan, where she would audition for singing roles and work as a demo singer, recording songs for writers to pitch to record companies. Fontana co-wrote the 2011 Justin Bieber song ""Home This Christmas"" with Nasri Atweh. It was featured on Bieber's Christmas album ""Under the"
"Shaheen Sheik Shaheen Sheik (born June 17, 1975) is an American, singer, song-writer, producer, dancer and an actress based in Los Angeles, California. Her musical work spans several genres, including rock/pop, electronic and chill-out music. She grew up in Cleveland and Los Angeles, but traces her roots to Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Shaheen Sheik was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Iqbal Sheik, a psychiatrist, and Sharfudheen Sheik, a mechanical engineer. She also has an older brother, Zafar Sheik, a physician in Warren, Ohio. When she was a teenager, Sheik's family moved to Orange County, California. As a child, Sheik was"
"Brett Hudson Brett Stuart Patrick Hudson (born January 18, 1953) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was the youngest member of the musical group the Hudson Brothers, which was formed by his older brothers, Mark and Bill, in 1965. He is now a TV producer and writer. Hudson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, the youngest of three sons (Mark and Bill are his two elder brothers) born to Eleanor (née Salerno) and William Louis Hudson. His mother was Italian American (his maternal grandfather came from Carlentini, Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy). He and his brothers were nephews"
"They have two sons. Roach converted to Judaism upon marrying Hoffs. She is a vegetarian. Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a co-founder of The Bangles. Hoffs was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family. She is the daughter of film director/writer/producer Tamar Ruth (née Simon) and Joshua Allen Hoffs, a psychoanalyst. Her mother played Beatles music for Hoffs when she was a child, and she began playing the guitar in her teens. Hoffs attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,"
"has 6 million certified album units, totaling 104 million certified units in the nation. She also became the first artist to have three songs receive Diamond certifications from the RIAA with ""Dark Horse"", ""Firework"", and ""Roar"". All three of them and ""E.T."", ""California Gurls"", and ""Hot n Cold"" have each sold over 5 million digital copies. Throughout her career, Perry has sold more than 40 million albums and over 100 million records globally, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Headlining Co-headlining Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry,"
"Jesca Hoop Jessica ""Jesca"" Ada Hoop (born April 21, 1975 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who writes and performs in diverse musical styles. She has released five studio albums of her own, as well as live, acoustic and dual albums with others. Hoop was born in Santa Rosa, California to traditional Mormon parents Janette and Jack Dennis Hoop, and grew up singing hymns and folk tunes with her family in four part harmony. At age 14, her parents separated and two years later she broke away from her Mormon religion. Hoop described losing her faith"
"in late 2017. The release drew interest from the likes of Revolt TV who described Fred as a ""well-rounded artist who can not only pen the songs you love, but deliver sonically as well."" Tiffany Fred Tiffany Fred (born December 24, 1986) is an American R&B singer-songwriter born in Madrid, Spain and raised in Sicklerville, New Jersey. She has written songs for Zendaya, Jason Derulo, and Tamar Braxton. Fred garnered her first Grammy Award in 2009 for her contributions to Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album, which won Best R&B Album of the year.. Fred was again nominated in 2014 for her"
"a duet with Lori St. James, was released on iTunes. Stacey Q Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, ""Two of Hearts"", released in 1986, reached number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and the top ten on charts in other countries. Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce, bred Cardigan Welsh Corgis that have appeared in Hollywood films and television. In a 1989 interview, Swain said she"