Katy Perry breaks Twitter record, reaches 100 million followers

Saturday, June 17, 2017
Break out the 'Fireworks,' singer Katy Perry has now broken a Twitter record!

'Last Friday Night,' Perry became the first person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter, but her competition isn't far behind.
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Justin Bieber currently boasts 97 million followers, and Taylor Swift -- with whom Perry has some very public 'Bad Blood' -- comes in with 85 million followers.

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