Katy Perry makes Twitter history with 100 million followers

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 12, 2017 shows Katy Perry as she attends 102.7 KIIS FM's 2017 Wango Tango at StubHub Center in Carson, California. Katy Perry's songs used to delight in first-time innocence -- she kissed a girl (and she liked it), and a night of love made her feel like she was living a teenage dream. Now 32, the pop superstar has discovered adulthood. On a new album, her sound is sultry and her experiences are anything but chaste."Witness," which comes out June 9, 2017, marks Perry's first album since 2013 and comes after the artist largely retreated for a year following the blockbuster success of her "Prism" album and tour. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Rich FURY
This file photo taken on May 12 shows Katy Perry as she attends 102.7 KIIS FM’s 2017 Wango Tango at StubHub Center in Carson, California./ AFP /

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pop superstar Katy Perry has made history by becoming the first user to garner 100 million followers on Twitter, the social media platform announced.

“Today we #WITNESS history,” Twitter said Friday in a tweet, referencing the title of Perry’s recently released fifth album.

“Congratulations @katyperry, the first to reach 100 million followers! #LoveKaty.”

The 32-year-old singer recently livestreamed her life for 96 hours, inviting fans to watch as she slept, cooked, did yoga, cuddled with her dog Nugget and chatted with a stream of celebrities who showed up at her door.

Despite putting her life temporarily under observation with 41 cameras, Perry — born Katheryn Hudson to conservative Christian parents in California — said she struggled to handle the attention to her life more broadly.

“I built up this Katy Perry thing that everybody knows and that’s the reason why they’re tuning in and it’s fantastic, but it’s more of a facade,” she told the therapist Siri Singh.

“I’m human and I’m living under this crazy microscope,” she said, tears smudging her mascara.

Singer Justin Bieber trails on Twitter with just under 97 million followers, while Perry’s pop rival Taylor Swift has 85 million.

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