Pop star Katy Perry has created history by becoming the first Twitter user to reach 100 million followers.
The 'Fireworks' hitmaker reached the milestone number of fans on the micro blogging site on Friday, and is followed by Justin Bieber, who has 96.7 million followers, while Barack Obama (90.8 million), Taylor Swift (85.1 million) and Rihanna (74.1 million) are placed third, fourth and fifth respectively.
To celebrate Perry's achievement, Twitter posted a video compilation of her tweets since she joined in 2009 along with a message saying, “Today, we #WITNESS history. Congratulations @katyperry, the first to reach 100 million followers! #LoveKaty”.
The 'Chained to the Rhythm' singer joined Twitter in 2009 and has sent out about 8,500 tweets since.
