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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...