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Katy Perry Becomes First Person To Score Over 50M Twitter Followers!

Star thanks fans, before urging them to follow her boyfriend John Mayer...

Katy Perry has become the first person to pass 50 million followers on Twitter.

The Dark Horse singer now has 50.2m fans following her official account, with her nearest rival being Justin Bieber - who is just under a million behind K-Pez.

The 19-year old heartthrob currently has 49.34 million followers, while US President Barack Obama is the third most followed person on the social-networking site with 41.27m.

Former Twitter queen Lady Gaga (41m) and YouTube (39m) complete the Top 5.

Oh yeah AND we grew to 50 million Katycats! Eh, regular day at the office.

— Katy Perry (@katyperry) February 1, 2014

Speaking of her achievement, Katy tweeted: "Oh yeah AND we grew to 50 million Katycats! Eh, regular day at the office."

And how did Perry celebrate her latest Twitter milestone? By encouraging her fans to follow boyfriend, John Mayer!

The Roar hitmaker wrote: "FOLLOW FRIDAY @JohnMayer who's account has basically been in a coma state for a couple of years.

"Let's update him on all the cat youtubes he may have missed pls! Thanks!"

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