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Ariana Grande returned to Manchester with a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the May 22 attack — just hours after another terrorist attack struck the United Kingdom, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens in London._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 16, 2017 3:54 PM UTC Ariana Grande returned to Manchester with a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the May 22 attack — just hours after another terrorist attack struck the United Kingdom, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens in London.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 16, 2017 3:54 PM UTC Katy Perry just keeps [soaring in popularity](http://time.com/4818752/katy-perry-on-award-shows/). On Friday, the _Witness_ singer and [pop culture lightning rod](http://time.com/4814241/katy-perry-responds-to-critics-who-accused-her-of-cultural-appropriation/) became the first person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter, making her the most-followed person on the platform, Twitter reports. Perry joined Twitter back in 2009, making her something of an early adopter as a celebrity. Since then, she’s been an active user, sending out over 8,500 tweets in her time on the service; that’s about a thousand each year. She’s also been at the center of many memorable conversations and pop culture moments on the platform, from the 2015 Super Bowl’s viral [“Left Shark” debacle](http://time.com/4651147/super-bowl-halftime-show-controversial/item/2015-katy-perrys-left-shark-goes-rogue/) during her performance to her participation in the [2016 election.](http://time.com/4559589/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-roar-campaign-ad/) Intriguingly, Perry’s most popular tweets are all mentions or shout-outs to fellow artists or celebrities that she’s thrown her support behind, including messages expressing love for One Direction, Niall Horan, [Justin Bieber](http://time.com/4816510/justin-bieber-water-bottle-despacito/), Ariana Grande, [Demi Lovato](http://time.com/4754279/demi-lovato-perform-time-100-gala/), and Hillary Clinton. Her most popular tweet ever, a 2012 missive requesting that One Direction perform at MTV’s Video Music Awards, garnered more than 132 thousand retweets. This year, her tweet sending prayers to Ariana Grande following the [Manchester tragedy](http://time.com/4805251/ariana-grande-manchester-benefit-concert-fundraising/) was retweeted 72 thousand times. Her first tweet was about traveling to Berlin — and joining the platform. > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/243835619770519552) > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/866788728651513857) > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/1232852860) Perry has long used Twitter to drum up support for her projects, from [launching a global scavenger](http://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/) hunt to promote her single “Chained to the Rhythm” to interacting directly with fans [who baked cherry pies](http://time.com/4756181/katy-perry-cherry-pie/) in the lead-up to the release of her song “Bon Appetit.” This week, she’s been busy retweeting fan’s messages about the new album and promoting her upcoming world tour. She also features on a brand-new song from [Calvin Harris](http://time.com/4785837/best-songs-2017-so-far/item/calvin-harris-slide/), “Feels.” > [](https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/875730516783185920) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I think it's just good to come here again and just have back to normal. Don't let them control us or put us in fear. It's so emotional. 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