Katy Perry Breaks Twitter Record by Becoming First Person With 100 Million Followers
Katy Perry is retaining her title of Queen of Twitter!
On Friday, the "Swish Swish" singer became the first person to reach an impressive 100 million followers on the popular social media platform.
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Twitter announced the news with a clever tweet referencing the title of Perry's latest album. "Today, we #WITNESS history," the tweet read.
Today, we #WITNESS history.
Congratulations @katyperry, the first to reach 100 million followers! #LoveKatypic.twitter.com/41aJyPTtZ2
— Twitter (@Twitter) June 16, 2017
"Thank you, @Twitter, for always giving me an opportunity to have a voice!" Perry replied. "#LoveKaty."
Thank you, @Twitter, for always giving me an opportunity to have a voice! #LoveKatyhttps://t.co/Lpc1DSk4Kw
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) June 16, 2017
Perry joined Twitter as @katyperry in 2009, reached 50 million followers by 2012 and has been the reigning queen ever since. She's followed closely behind by Justin Bieber, who currently has 96.7 million followers, Barack Obama (90.8 million), Taylor Swift (85.1 million) and Rihanna (74.1 million).
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Last July, Perry celebrated another milestone when she was the first to reach 90 million Twitter followers. #Katy90GIFParty started trending, where fans began congratulating the California native with their favorite animated images of the diva.
Upon hearing the latest news, her KatyCats showed out again, this time using the hashtag "#LoveKaty."
See some of our favorite celebratory tweets below:
QUEEN OF EVERYTHING #LoveKatypic.twitter.com/T5Be66WE0M
— ㅤㅤ (@eveaie) June 16, 2017
Congrats For the 100 million of followers Katy!!💕❤️👸🏼 @katyperry#LoveKatypic.twitter.com/huXWf4nxFx
— KatherynFan👁💕 (@Andy_KatyAri) June 16, 2017
@katyperry just got 100M followers! Keep reigning katy. #LoveKatypic.twitter.com/Yw8NrG39Xf
— Eul Nioda™ (@eul16_) June 16, 2017
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