<div align="justify">Singer Katy Perry has become the first Twitter user to reach 100 million followers.<br /><br />The singer, who just released her electronica-inflected album "Witness," joined Twitter in February 2009, reaching 50 million followers on @katyperry by mid-2012.<br /><br />The second most-followed Twitter account belongs to Justin Bieber, who currently has 96.7 million followers. Next in line are Barack Obama (90.8 million), Taylor Swift (85.1 million) and Rihanna (74.1 million).<br /><br />Twitter congratulated Perry on reaching the milestone with a retrospective video of her tweets over the years.<br /><br />The 32-year-old singer also set new records on YouTube, with the video for single "Bon Appetit" topping 16.8 million views in 24 hours after it was released last month.</div>
<div align="justify">Singer Katy Perry has become the first Twitter user to reach 100 million followers.<br /><br />The singer, who just released her electronica-inflected album "Witness," joined Twitter in February 2009, reaching 50 million followers on @katyperry by mid-2012.<br /><br />The second most-followed Twitter account belongs to Justin Bieber, who currently has 96.7 million followers. Next in line are Barack Obama (90.8 million), Taylor Swift (85.1 million) and Rihanna (74.1 million).<br /><br />Twitter congratulated Perry on reaching the milestone with a retrospective video of her tweets over the years.<br /><br />The 32-year-old singer also set new records on YouTube, with the video for single "Bon Appetit" topping 16.8 million views in 24 hours after it was released last month.</div>