10 Things You Didn't Know About Katy Perry

10. Her Real Name And Childhood

Perry was in fact born Katheryn Elziabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California on 25th October, 1984. When people first look into her biography, they are also surprised to discover she was raised in a conservative Christian household; both of her parents were pastors. Ironically, now a staple on MTV, her and her sisters were banned from watching it as they grew up.

After taking singing lessons at nine years old and guitar lessons at 13, she would eventually move on to L.A at the age of 17, where she found it tough living alone - describing it as 'five years selling clothes, borrowing money and writing bad checks to pay rent'. 

Oh, how times have changed!