No. Her name was originally Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. She changed her name to avoid confusion with the actress Kate Hudson. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)
By throwing a bottle at him...Yep. Awkward. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Fans started throwing chapsticks at her when she performed "I Kissed A Girl" because of the lyrics, "tastes of her cherry chapstick." (Photo by Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images)
Perry is actually her mother's maiden name. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG)
She is actually a natural blonde. (Photo by Sasha Haagensen/GettyImages for DirecTV)
Smurfette in the movie: Smurfs: The Movie in 2011. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Kitty Perry! How Cute! (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)
Believe it or not, she was only 15! (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
"Purr" (Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images)
Katy Perry left home at age 17 to pursue a full time career in music. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
2! An older sister and younger brother. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Katy would cite Freddy Mercury of Queen and Alanis Morrissette as her biggest inspirations in music. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Katy's parents are both pastors. (Photo by Michael Caulfield/Getty Images for VH1)
She started at the age of 9, singing at the church she attended. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
That's right. Sir Paul McCartney. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
As of right now, no. But she did help deliver her sister's baby in her sister's living room. (Photo by Neil Lupin/Getty Images)
Katy Perry was not allowed to watch the Smurfs, which ironically she voiced later in her career, and she wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Teenage Dream had five singles on the album, which ties the record for most ever with Michael Jackson's album, "Bad" (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
After a few months of high school, Katy decided to get her GED and start pursuing music right away. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
John Mayer! Unfortunately it did not work out between the two. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)
Katy Perry visited UNICEF programmes in health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, child protection and youth development. (Photo by UNICEF via Getty Images)
You probably didn't guess this, but she keeps locks of both Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus's hair in her purse at all times. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)
Her record label, when she was first signed, wanted her to be the next Avril Lavigne. Katy Perry declined. (Photo by Chloe Rice/Disney Parks via Getty Images)
Mixing the best CD's. They say she has the best taste in music among any people they know. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
She gives them away to backstage crew workers. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
At the age of 15, Katy Perry had just dropped out of high school and was singing in her church choir. A producer from a Nashville Tennessee record label noticed her and took her under their wing to teach her songwriting and guitar. (Photo by Karl Walter/Getty Images)
The X-Factor. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Long Shot was featured in The Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Perry has written for artists such as Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, and Kelly Clarkson. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
"One Of The Boys" (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Katy was supposed to appear in Russel Brand's film, Get Him To The Greek, but he later had her scene cut from the film. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
The hit single was inspired partially by Scarlett Johansson. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Believe it or not, Italian Opera.... (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Originally, Katy Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Today Katy Perry turns 35 years old. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Gospel. (Photo by Goran Gajanin/Getty Images)
Katy Perry is engaged to Orlando Bloom! (Photo by Mauricio Santana/Getty Images)
April 28, 2008. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Disney World of course. So fitting. (Photo by David Roark/Disney Parks via Getty Images)
39 Things You Never Knew About Katy Perry…
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