Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in February 2015 earned her a Guinness record for being the most-watched performance in history.
The American singer Katy Perry has achieved various world records and commercial achievements throughout her career. She first appeared in the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records as the first and only female artist to have sold over three million digital downloads for her first two singles, "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". Other Guinness records she has since earned include becoming the first and only female artist to have five US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from one album. Perry achieved this with her third studio album, Teenage Dream. She also held multiple world records for being the most followed female person, female pop star, and overall Twitter user, which Guinness published in different years. As of 2022, Perry has achieved a total of 19 appearances on Guinness World Records.
Billboard magazine named her as the "Greatest Pop Star of 2010". She also placed 25th on their 2024 list of the "Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century". The magazine additionally ranked her fifth on its 2025 "Top Women of the 21st Century" list, and 15th on the overall list. She is the only artist with three songs that have sold over six million digital downloads in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era. In 2019, Perry was declared the most certified recording artist of Capitol Records by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and five years later, Teenage Dream became the first and only album to contain four RIAA diamond-certified songs.
In 2014, "Dark Horse" was the most-watched music video on YouTube, earning Perry another Guinness record. The song was also the fourth most-streamed song on Spotify that year, and she was the most-streamed female artist and fifth overall. Perry became the first artist to have two music videos with one billion views on YouTube in July 2015. A decade later, she became the first and only artist to have two music videos with over four billion views on the platform.
With an estimated net worth of $360 million, Perry is also one of the wealthiest music artists. She ranked among Forbes' highest-paid female musicians lists from 2011 to 2019, consistently landing in the top ten each year, ranking first in 2015 and 2018. The singer was also included in magazine's list of "America's Richest Self-Made Women" in 2024 and 2025.
Guinness World Records
In 2008, Perry's first two singles, "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" from her second studio album, One of the Boys, sold over three million digital downloads in the United States.[1] This earned her a place in Guinness World Records as the first and only female artist to accomplish this, which was published in the 2010 edition of the book.[2] She obtained another world record upon becoming the first and only female artist to have five US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from one album. The singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" are from her third studio album, Teenage Dream, and all peaked at number one on the chart. It was the second album overall to achieve this, following Michael Jackson's Bad.[3]
Perry reached over 50 million followers on Twitter (later known as X) on February 1, 2014 and became the most followed person on the platform,[4] appearing in the 2015 edition of Guinness World Records.[5] The singer appeared again with this world record in the next year's edition, along with three more records.[6] In 2017, she further extended her record for the most followers, and Guinness gave her two more titles of most followed female person and female pop star on the platform.[7] As of April 2021, Perry still holds the world record for the most followers on Twitter for a female popstar.[8]
Perry's performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on February 1, 2015 was seen by 118.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched halftime show at the time.[9] This earned her a Guinness record for the largest television audience for a Super Bowl halftime performance. She held the world record for eight years until Rihanna broke it on February 12, 2023.[10]
In 2016, Guinness recognized Jiff, a pint-sized Pomeranian dog that appeared on Perry's "Dark Horse" music video. The 10-meter walk of the dog in the music video, using his hind legs for 6.56 seconds, earned him a world record.[11]
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In the United States, Teenage Dream is Perry's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending September 11, 2010.[21] Since its release, the album has spent a total of 443 weeks on the chart as of October 2025.[22]Prism, her fourth studio album, also debuted at number one on November 9, 2013,[23] and became her second-longest charting album, remaining on the charts for 102 weeks.[24] Continuing her streak, on July 1, 2017, Witness, Perry's fifth studio album, became her third album to debut atop the Billboard 200.[25] Overall, her last six studio albums, including One of the Boys, Smile, and 143, peaked in the top 10 of the chart.[24]
Perry has accumulated nine number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, her most recent being "Dark Horse" in 2014.[26] The song is her longest-running on the chart, remaining there for 57 weeks.[27] After a decade, she remains among the artists with the most number-one songs on the Hot 100.[28] On the chart dated July 5, 2008, "I Kissed a Girl" peaked at the top position of the Hot 100, becoming the 1000th number-one of the rock era (the 961st number-one single on the chart). In addition, the song also gave Capitol Records two consecutive number-one singles following Coldplay's "Viva la Vida", making it the first time since 1976 that the label had two back-to-back chart-toppers on the Hot 100.[29] "California Gurls", which featured the American rapper Snoop Dogg, holds the record for the fastest number-one ascent on the Hot 100 by a Capitol Records artist. It took four weeks to reach the chart's summit.[30] On the chart dated December 14, 2011, "The One That Got Away", the sixth and final single from Teenage Dream, entered the top five of the Hot 100, making the album the third to have six or more top-five singles on the chart, following Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson and Faith by George Michael.[31]Teenage Dream is also one of the albums with the most Hot 100 top-10 songs.[32] From May 2010 to September 2011, Perry spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks inside the chart's top 10,[33][34] a record that has stayed unbroken as of May 2022.[20] On the chart dated March 3, 2012, "Part of Me", the lead single from the Complete Confection reissue, was the 20th song in Billboard's history to debut at the top of the Hot 100.[35]
Teenage Dream is the album with the most number-one songs on the Pop Airplay chart, with six number-ones. Its first five singles, including "Part of Me", all peaked at number one on the chart.[36] "E.T.", a collaboration with Kanye West, set a record for most weekly plays in the chart's history: for the week ending May 1, 2011, Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems registered 12,330 plays over its 131 stations—an average of 94 plays per station. This figure rewrote Perry's previous record with "California Gurls" in July 2010 (12,159).[37] That record was later broken yet again by Perry, when "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" registered 12,468 plays for the week dated August 13, 2011.[38] Two years later, "Dark Horse" set the mark for the most weekly plays in the Pop Airplay chart's history with 16,151 plays dated March 1, 2014.[39] When "Chained to the Rhythm", the lead single of Witness, entered the top ten of the chart in March 2017, she became fifth among the artists with the most top-10s, tied with Maroon 5 and Usher.[40] Overall, Perry, Maroon 5, and Rihanna are the artists with the most number-one songs on the Pop Airplay chart, with 11 number-ones each.[41] As of March 2014, she has held the top spot on the chart for a total of 46 weeks, more than any other artist, with "California Gurls" spending the most weeks atop the chart among her number-one songs.[39]
When Perry's collaboration with Nicki Minaj, "Swish Swish", peaked at number one on the Dance Club Songs chart, the singer became the record-holder for the most consecutive number-one songs, with 18 songs.[42] "Waking Up in Vegas", the fourth and final single of One of the Boys, was her first chart-topper, peaking at number one for the week ending August 22, 2009. Furthermore, Teenage Dream became the first album to generate seven number-ones on the Dance Club Songs chart when "The One That Got Away" topped the chart on January 7, 2012.[43]
On the Rhythmic Airplay chart, Perry achieved her first number-one hit with "E.T." in May 2011, a rare feat for female pop artists considering she was the third to ever do so.[44] She is also one of the artists with the most Songs of the Summer number-ones, and the third with the most top-10s, tied with Justin Bieber, Elton John, and Post Malone.[45]
Perry's second concert tour, the California Dreams Tour, ranked 13th on Billboard's Top 25 Tours of 2011 after grossing $48.9 million.[46] Her third concert tour, the Prismatic World Tour, grossed $108 million and ranked fifth on the magazine's Top 25 Tours list in 2014.[47] The tour grossed over $41.7 million the following year from 27 shows in the first half of 2015.[48] Moreover, her first concert residency, Play, grossed $46.4 million, the 21st among the highest-grossing residencies in Billboard Boxscore history.[49]
Perry has achieved various records and achievements during the Nielsen SoundScan era. Prism debuted with 286,000 copies sold and acquired the largest first-week sales by a female artist in 2013, surpassing the 270,000 sales of Miley Cyrus' Bangerz.[23] However, this feat was surpassed by Beyoncé's self-titled fifth album, Beyoncé, when it sold 617,000 copies in December of that year.[85] At the time of its release, Prism had the second-highest first-week sales of the year for a pop record behind Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (339,000 sales) and marked Perry's highest first-week sales. The album also had the highest opening week sales for a female pop artist since Madonna's twelfth studio album, MDNA, which was released in March 2012, and sold 359,000 copies.[23] In 2014, Prism was the eighth best-selling album during the first half of the year with sales of 453,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Perry and Pharrell Williams were the only artists with an album and a single on the mid-year best-selling lists.[86]
During its first week on sale in 2013, "Roar" sold 557,000 digital downloads, earning Perry the sixth all-time highest single-week sales at that time and also her biggest digital song sales week ever, breaking her previous record held by "Firework", which sold 509,000 digital copies for the week ending January 8, 2011. It was the biggest first-week single sales for a Capitol Records artist, and the third-biggest debut for a digital song at that time.[87]
According to the annual music industry reports by the Nielsen Company, Perry ranked as the eighth top digital artist in 2008 (5.85 million units sold),[88] moved to fourth in 2010 (11.837 million),[89] and secured the top spot in 2011 (15.187 million). The same year, Teenage Dream was ranked the ninth top digital album, with 299,000 copies sold.[90] From 2009 to 2014, Perry had at least one song that made the top 10 of the year's top digital songs, making her the only artist to have achieved such a feat.[91] Among these songs is "California Gurls," which was the top digital song of 2010 with 4.4 million digital downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan.[89] In addition, she is the only artist to have three songs selling six million digital downloads, with "Firework" selling 7 million, "Roar" at 6.11 million, and "Dark Horse" at 6.08 million as of October 2015.[92]
As of February 2017, Perry's pure sales in the United States stand at 6.5 million for albums and 70 million for digital songs, according to Nielsen Music.[93] In August 2020, they revealed that "Dark Horse" was the singer's most on-demand streamed song (1.2 billion), while "Firework" was her best-selling song (7.4 million digital downloads) and her most-heard song on the radio (6.8 billion audience impressions).[94]
Luminate index
The Luminate index uses audience, social media data, and exclusive Luminate data used on Billboard charts to rank the most influential music artists every quarter of the year.[95]
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Perry is the thirteenth top digital singles artist in the United States, with 121.5 million digital singles[100] and 19 million album units.[101] She is one of only five music artists in RIAA history to have more than 100 million certified songs.[102] In 2017, she became the first artist to have three diamond-certified songs from the RIAA. Her new certification for "Roar" joined her previously diamond-certified songs "Dark Horse" and "Firework".[103] Seven years later, "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "E.T.", and Teenage Dream have also been certified diamond, bringing a total of seven diamond certifications from the organization.[104] The latter is one of the few LPs from the 2010s to achieve diamond certification,[105] and is also the first and only album with four diamond-certified songs on its tracklist.[106]
In 2019, the RIAA announced Perry had become the most certified recording artist of Capitol Records. She is also the label's first artist to achieve 100 million certified units.[102]
Perry has achieved two number-one albums and four number-one singles on the ARIA Charts in Australia. Her first chart-topper was "I Kissed a Girl," which stayed at the summit of the national singles chart for six weeks, the longest for any number-one song in 2008.[107]Prism was the second best-selling album of 2013. Its lead single, "Roar", was the best-selling single of the year after selling 560,000 digital downloads.[108] More than a decade later, the song has become the country's fourth most certified single of all time (22-times platinum) according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), tied with "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars and "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. Perry also has six more singles that are certified at least 10-times platinum or higher by the ARIA, which include "Firework" with 16-times platinum, "Dark Horse" with 13-times platinum, "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" with 11-times platinum, and "Hot n Cold" with 10-times platinum.[109] As of June 2019, she has garnered over 685 million streams in Australia and has sold more than 1.8 million albums.[110]
"Rise", the official anthem Perry recorded for the 2016 Summer Olympics, became 2016's second song to debut atop Australia's ARIA Singles Chart following "Pillowtalk" by Zayn Malik. She has accumulated 14 weeks at number-one atop the chart, placing her at fifth position on the list of artists with the most number-ones in the 2010s.[111]
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA)
Perry appeared multiple times in reports published by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA). These reports were calculated by collating the titles that appeared in their radio broadcast logs from July to June each year.[112]
Throughout her career, Perry has achieved three number-one and two top-10 albums on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.[117] She has achieved 10 number-one, six top-five, and four top-10 singles on the Canadian Hot 100.[118] Additionally, Teenage Dream, "Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "Roar", and "Dark Horse" are all certified diamond by Music Canada.[119]
The Nielsen Company reported that "Hot n Cold" and "I Kissed a Girl" were the sixth and eighth among Canada's top digital songs of the Nielsen SoundScan era from 2005 to 2010.[120] In 2019, Nielsen Music/MRC Data Canada published a decade-end music report for the 2010s, ranking Perry fourth among top artists in song sales (5.813 million), sixth for on-demand video streams (448.239 million), eighth for airplay spins (2.06 million), and 10th for airplay audience (10.487 billion). They also listed Teenage Dream as the eighth best-selling album of the decade after selling 376,000 copies in Canada.[121]
Perry's first number-one in the United Kingdom was "I Kissed a Girl," which stayed atop the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in 2008.[122] Since then, she has achieved four more number-one singles and two number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). Her albums have spent a total of 174 weeks in the top 40 of the national chart, while her songs have spent 320 weeks in the top 40.[123] In January 2015, "Roar" became the 157th single in British chart history to achieve one million sales in less than a year and a half after its release. The song also marked the singer's second million-seller after "Firework".[124] In June 2024, the OCC revealed that "Roar" is Perry's best-selling song with 2.8 million units sold and her most-streamed song with over 218 million streams. Her other top singles in the nation include: "Firework" selling 2.2 million units, "Dark Horse" at 1.7 million, "Feels", "California Gurls", and "I Kissed a Girl" at 1.6 million, "Hot n Cold" at 1.5 million, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and "Teenage Dream" at 1.4 million, and "The One That Got Away" at 1.2 million.[125]
Perry has two multi-platinum albums and 10 multi-platinum singles in the United Kingdom, certified by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Teenage Dream is her highest certified album (six-times platinum), while her highest certified song is "Roar" (five-times platinum).[126]
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
Perry was listed eight times in annual reports published by the Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL). These reports were compiled using information collected from recorded music broadcasts on radio and television or played in public spaces.[127]
For the week ending May 24, 2019, the remix version of "Con Calma" with Daddy Yankee featuring Snow topped the BillboardArgentina Hot 100 number one for 10 consecutive weeks. It became the chart's longest-running number-one at that time.[132]
In Brazil, Perry has 40 songs that have received certification from Pro-Música Brasil (PMB). Among these, "Dark Horse" received the highest certification, achieving eight-times diamond status. "Roar" followed with five-times diamond certification. In total, she has 15 diamond-certified songs in the country as of February 2025.[133]
Witness topped NetEase Cloud Music's sales charts in China in June 2017. The album has also registered online sales of over 1.4 million songs on various music services in the country, more than a week after its release.[134]Witness was later certified five-times platinum in China.[135]
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) issued Perry multi-platinum certifications when she visited India in November 2019. Teenage Dream was certified two-times platinum, and both Prism and Witness earned three-times platinum certifications.[136]
In New Zealand, Perry has achieved two number-one albums and nine number-one singles on the Official Aotearoa Music Charts. Teenage Dream spent a total of 137 weeks on the Top 40 Albums Chart, becoming her longest-charting album.[137] For the week ending October 23, 2025, the album registered its 260th week on the Official Catalog Albums Chart and was certified 10-times platinum by Recorded Music NZ.[138] "Dark Horse" is Perry's longest-charting song on the Top 40 Singles Chart with 37 weeks,[137] while "Roar" is her most certified single, with six-times platinum certification.[139]
During the Asian leg of the Prismatic World Tour, Prism received multi-platinum certifications, including four-times platinum in the Philippines and two-times platinum in Indonesia and Thailand.[140] Perry was the first solo artist to perform at the Philippine Arena during her tour on May 7, 2015. It was one of her biggest shows then, with over 30,000 attendees.[141][142]
On the Gaon Digital Chart in South Korea, for the week ending September 11, 2010, every track from Teenage Dream that had not been released earlier debuted on the International Download Chart. All 12 songs from the album made it onto the chart for that week.[143] Similarly, during the week ending October 26, 2013, all previously unreleased tracks from the Prism debuted on both the International Digital and Download Charts, each selling thousands of digital downloads. All 13 songs from the album, with an additional three from the deluxe edition, made it onto the chart for that week.[144] Among these songs is "Roar", which previously debuted at number one on the International Digital Chart for the week ending August 17, 2013.[145] It was Perry's first and only number one song on the chart and has sold more than 120,000 digital downloads as of December 2013.[146]
"I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" both topped the official singles charts of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in 2008.[147] In Austria, Perry achieved another number-one single with "Roar" and a number-one album with Teenage Dream, which has remained on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Albums Chart for 207 weeks.[148] In March 2017, Prism was certified three times platinum by IFPI Austria, making it the singer's highest-certified album in the country.[149] In Germany, Perry has obtained four top-10 albums and 11 top-10 singles on the GfK Entertainment Charts, while in Switzerland, she has five top-10 albums and 10 top-10 singles on the Swiss Hitparade Charts.[150][147]Teenage Dream charted on the GfK Albums Chart for 192 weeks, and in 2025, it was certified two-times platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for surpassing 400,000 album-sale units. The album remains Perry's longest-charting and highest certified album in Germany.[150][151] Similarly, in Switzerland, Teenage Dream spent a total of 208 weeks on the Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart, making it her longest-charting album in that region as well.[147]
In France, Perry has acquired four top-10 albums and 10 top-10 songs on the SNEP Charts.[152]One of the Boys and Teenage Dream were both certified two-times platinum by the Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP).[153] The latter has sold 266,200 copies in the country as of December 2013 and spent 89 weeks on the French Albums Chart.[154][152]Pure Charts reported in 2014 that when Prism reached 100,000 sales in France, Perry and Rihanna were the only international female artists to reach this milestone with their recent releases.[155] By April 2017, the album had reached 260,000 copies sold.[156] In December 2014, "I Kissed a Girl" was ranked 175th among France's best-selling singles of the 21st century with 275,900 copies sold.[157] The song continued to be Perry's top-selling song in the country as of June 2017.[158]
Perry has attained two top-10 albums and seven top-10 singles on Hitlisten charts in Denmark, while in Norway, she has three top-10 albums and nine top-10 singles on VG-lista charts.[159][160]One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, the Complete Confection, and Prism are all certified two-times platinum by IFPI Danmark, with each album selling 40,000 units in Denmark.[161]IFPI Norge certified One of the Boys as two-times platinum, while both Teenage Dream and Prism received five-times platinum certifications. In addition, "Roar" was certified eight-times platinum in November 2021, making it Perry's most certified song in Norway.[162]
In Croatia, Perry became the third artist, after Coldplay and Lady Gaga, to reach number one on the Top lista airplay chart across three different decades. She achieved this feat when "When I'm Gone", a collaboration with Alesso, reached the chart's top position in March 2022. Perry has accumulated four number-one songs with a total of 25 weeks atop the airplay chart.[163]
Perry has earned two number-one albums and four number-one singles in the Republic of Ireland. Teenage Dream, her first number-one album, stayed on the Irish Albums Chart for 413 weeks and was certified double platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).[164][165]Prism debuted at number one in October 2013, marking Perry's second number-one album in the country.[166]
"I Kissed a Girl" peaked at number one on the official singles chart of the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) in 2008,[167] and was among the year's best-selling digital singles in Italy.[168] Thereafter, Perry has obtained a total of five top-10 albums and 11 top-10 singles, with additional two number-ones on the DVD chart.[167] According to the FIMI, she is the 100th most certified music artist in Italy since the certification database became available in 2009.[169] She also consistently ranked among the most certified artists every year from 2011 to 2023, except in 2016 and 2020.[170]
In the Netherlands, Teenage Dream, Prism, and Witness peaked in the top 10 of the Dutch Album Top 100. The former stayed 207 weeks on the chart with an additional 12 weeks from the Complete Confection reissue.[171] In 2014, "Dark Horse" became Perry's first and only number-one song on the Dutch Single Top 100. It stayed on the chart for 40 weeks, longer than any of her other songs.[172]
With over 151 million records sold worldwide,[173] Perry is among the best-selling music artists of all time.[174] According to The Daily Telegraph, she is 10th among female artists who have sold the most records worldwide.[175] In October 2023, Perry was reported to be the best-selling female artist of Capitol Records.[176]
As of August 2025, Teenage Dream has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide,[105] making it Perry's best-selling album to date.[177] She has six singles that have sold over 10 million digital downloads worldwide: "Firework" selling 17 million, "Roar" at 15 million, "California Gurls", "E.T.", and "Dark Horse" at 13 million, and "Teenage Dream" at 12 million.[178]
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
Perry appeared multiple times in annual digital music reports published by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The organization declared her the Top Global Female Recording Artist of 2013, calling her "a global phenomenon." Prism was the top global album by a female artist that year, and "Roar" was the second top global single by a female artist.[179] The following year, "Dark Horse" was the top global single by a female artist after selling 13.2 million units.[180]
According to Pollstar, the Prismatic World Tour was the fourth best-selling tour in the world, and the best-selling by a solo female, in 2014, with a gross of $153 million and 1,407,972 attendees.[185] The following year, the publication's mid-year report revealed that the tour grossed $35.7 million from 35 international dates in the first half of 2015.[186] At the end of 2015, the Prismatic World Tour was the 27th best-selling globally, grossing $51 million from 43 dates.[187]
Witness: The Tour, Perry's fourth concert tour, was the world's 77th best-selling tour in 2017. It grossed $28.1 million and had 266,300 attendees according to Pollstar.[188]
Perry is one of the wealthiest music artists. In September 2023, Forbes estimated her net worth at $340 million,[189] which increased to $360 million by June 2025.[190] Upon earning $135 million throughout 2015, she became the world's highest-paid female musician that year and set an all-time record. These earnings led to her gaining two Guinness records.[11][14]
Perry has garnered 115 billion streams from various platforms throughout her career.[213] As of September 2024, Smile has achieved over four billion cumulative streams globally.[214]
In 2010, "California Gurls" was the top-selling single on Amazon Music, and "Teenage Dream" ranked ninth.[215] The following year, "E.T." became the fourth best-selling single,[216] and in 2013, "Roar" was the second best-selling single on the platform.[217] Perry was Amazon Music Unlimited's 20th most-streamed artist in the United Kingdom in 2017.[218]
In December 2022, it was reported that she helped Amazon Music become a "Christmas power player" through her holiday single "Cozy Little Christmas", which was exclusive to the platform when initially released in 2018. Stephen Brower, global co-lead and artist relations at Amazon Music, credited the song's commercial success with helping Amazon Music grow its seasonal music offerings and attract more listeners during the holiday season.[219]
Deezer
Perry was Deezer's fourth most-streamed female artist worldwide in 2017[220] and ranked 15th in 2020.[221] In 2023, she was 50th on the platform's overall list of most-streamed artists,[222] and Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was the 37th most-streamed album of the year.[223]
After the Brazilian shows of Perry's fifth concert tour, the Lifetimes Tour, in September 2025, Deezer announced her most-streamed songs in the country. One of these songs is "Woman's World", the lead single from her seventh studio album, 143.[224]
iTunes
"I Kissed a Girl" was the fourth single that sold the most digital downloads on iTunes Store in 2008.[225] In 2010, "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream" were the platform's second and 17th best-selling singles.[215] The year after, "Firework" and "E.T." were the third and seventh best-selling singles, while Teenage Dream was the ninth best-selling album on iTunes Store.[226]
In August 2013, "Roar" debuted at number one on the iTunes Store in 68 countries when it was released.[227] In addition, Prism reached number one in 100 countries and had the second-highest first-week digital sales for a female album that year.[228][229]
In Spotify's 2014 year-end report, Perry was listed as the most-streamed female artist globally, ranking fifth overall.[230] She was also the year's most-streamed female artist in Italy[231] and second in the Netherlands;[232] she ranked eighth and sixth among the overall list of most-streamed artists in Australia and the Philippines.[233][234] "Dark Horse" was the platform's fourth most-streamed song globally for the year[230] and was ranked in the top 10 of most-streamed songs in Denmark (ninth),[235] Finland (fourth),[236] Mexico (fourth),[237] the United Kingdom (ninth),[238] and the United States (second).[230] The song spent 11 weeks atop the Spotify US Weekly chart, the longest run in the top spot for any number-one song in 2014.[239] The following year, Perry was Spotify's most-streamed female artist in Italy;[240] in 2017, she placed third.[241]
Perry was the second most-streamed female artist globally among women listeners on Spotify in 2015.[240] By 2017, she remained the second most-streamed female artist globally among women listeners.[242] The same year, "Chained to the Rhythm" set a new record on Spotify for accumulating more than three million streams on its February 10, 2017, release day.[243] This feat earned Perry a Guinness record.[7] The song was also the platform's fourth most-streamed song among women listeners globally in 2017.[242]
Bloomberg News published a report in October 2018 listing Perry as the eighth among the first 10 artists who have reached one billion streams on Spotify. She was also ranked as the world's ninth most-streamed female artist of all time on the platform.[244]
One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, Prism, Witness, and Smile have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.[245] As of August 2025, Teenage Dream has become Perry's most-streamed album globally, while "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is her most-streamed song with 1.6 billion streams.[246] Additionally, the singer has nine more songs that have more than a billion streams on Spotify.[247]
As of October 2025, Perry's official YouTube channel has accumulated more than 45 million subscribers, making it the 34th most subscribed channel on the platform.[248] She also has 26 Vevo-certified music videos, each reaching more than 100 million views.[249] When the music video for "Roar" reached one billion views in July 2015, she became the first artist in history to have two music videos with over a billion views on YouTube. "Dark Horse" had previously reached one billion views as well.[250] Five years later, when "Hot n Cold" hit one billion views in November 2020, Perry became the first female artist to have six music videos with over one billion views on the platform. The other music videos of hers that have over one billion views are "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "Firework", and "Bon Appétit".[251]
In 2023, "Roar" became the first music video by a female artist to reach three billion views;[252] a year later, it surpassed four billion views, making Perry the first female artist to accomplish such a feat.[253] In June 2025, Perry became the first and only artist in YouTube history to have two music videos with over four billion views on the platform. She achieved this when "Dark Horse" crossed the milestone.[254] Also, Prism became the first studio album to have two songs with more than four billion views on YouTube.[255]
Most-Watched Music Videos of the 2010s (United Kingdom)
4th ("Roar")
Miscellaneous
In 2014, HuffPost Canada reported that Perry earned 24.7 million Facebook likes, 27 million Twitter followers, 9.5 million Instagram followers, and three billion YouTube views, making her the most prominent public figure across social media at that time.[260] As of October 2025, she ranked third among the most followed musicians on X with over 104 million followers, and ranked 22nd among the most followed Instagram users with more than 205 million followers.[261][262] Overall, Perry was the sixth most followed musician on social media with a combined total of over 377 million followers across Facebook, Instagram, and X.[261]
Perry was the seventh most searched person in 2011 on Bing and the second most searched musician.[263] The following year, she ranked sixth as the most searched person, third among musicians, and "Part of Me" was the 10th most searched song of that year.[264] In 2013, she was the ninth most searched musician on Bing.[265]
In 2010, Perry was listed on Google's Year in Search as the second most searched person of the year.[266] In 2012, she ranked tenth for most Googled images.[267] The subsequent year, she was the seventh most Googled celebrity and the ninth among musicians in the United States.[268][269] Additionally, "Roar" was Australia's fifth most Googled song and the sixth most Googled song lyrics of 2013.[270]
In 2014, Perry was the most-Shazamed female artist in the United States.[271] During the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, her live performance of "Firework" was the most-Shazamed song of the show and the overall game.[272] On the same month, the singer's live performance of "By the Grace of God" during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, was the second most-Shazamed song of the ceremony.[273]
Perry was the second most searched celebrity on Yahoo! in 2011, behind Kim Kardashian. She also ranked fourth among overall searches.[274] In 2014, Perry was the seventh most-searched artist on Ticketmaster.[275]
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