Justin Bieber reaches 100 million Twitter followers

Justin Bieber has broken multiple records and they aren’t even music-related.

The Sorry singer is officially the second person to cross the 100-million mark of Twitter followers. Bieber, 23, is not only the first Canadian to achieve the feat, but he is also the first male to pass the milestone follower count.

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A new emoji and hashtag have been generated to celebrate the occasion. Fans can cheer for the Canadian singer’s big moment with the hashtag below, “#100MBeliebers”.

Other fun facts have been collected regarding Bieber and Twitter. There have been over two billion mentions of “Bieber/@JustinBieber” on Twitter since the Grammy-winning singer joined the social media site in March 2009.

The word “Belieber” has also been tweeted a mind-blowing 84 million times. Speaking of which, here are the singer’s three most retweeted tweets ever.

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Bieber’s top five most tweeted songs are:

The only person to beat Bieber to the punch is fellow singer Katy Perry, who crossed the 100-million threshold in mid-June. Perry is currently sitting cozy with the most active Twitter followers, a whopping 103 million.