Justin Bieber hits 100 million followers on Twitter, gets a dedicated emoji

LOS ANGELES: Pop star Justin Bieber has become the second person to hit 100 million followers after Katy Perry on Twitter.

Musicians have a strong fan following on the microblogging website as among the 10 most followed people, seven are musicians.

The next most-followed musicians behind Bieber are Taylor Swift (85.5 million), Rihanna (76.9 mil) and Lady Gaga (69.5 mil).

In each other's company since Tweet number one.

Congratulations @justinbieber on #100MBeliebers pic.twitter.com/ftaTRwFrHP

— Twitter Music (@TwitterMusic) August 31, 2017

Twitter has introduced a #100MBeliebers emoji to celebrate the 23-year-old musician's milestone number.

Bieber's most tweeted songs of all time are "Boyfriend", "Baby", "Sorry", "What Do You Mean" and "Love Yourself".