The American singer Katy Perry has accumulated various world records and commercial achievements throughout her career. She first appeared in the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records as the first 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 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 made 20 appearances overall 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 only album to contain four RIAA Diamond-certified songs.
"Roar," the lead single of Perry's fourth studio album Prism, is Australia's fourth most certified single of all time according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). In Canada, Teenage Dream was the eighth best-selling album of the 2010s, and it was certified Diamond by Music Canada, along with seven of her singles. The Official Charts Company (OCC) reported in 2024 that ten of Perry's singles have sold 1.2 million units or higher within the United Kingdom, with "Roar" being her biggest seller and most streamed song. In Brazil, she has 15 songs that are certified Diamond or higher by Pro-Música Brasil (PMB), and in Italy, the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) listed her among the most certified music artists since 2009. Globally, Perry was named the Top Global Female Recording Artist in 2013 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). With over 151 million records sold worldwide, she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
In 2014, "Dark Horse" was the fourth most-streamed song globally on Spotify, and Perry was the most-streamed female artist, ranking fifth overall. That year, the music video for "Dark Horse" was the most-watched video on YouTube worldwide. She then became the first artist to have two music videos, "Dark Horse" and "Roar", reach over one billion views in 2015. A decade later, Perry obtained another milestone, becoming the first artist with two music videos that surpassed four billion views on YouTube. As of November 2025, she has garnered more than 125 billion cumulative streams from various digital and streaming platforms.
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 2020, consistently landing in the top ten each year, ranking first in 2015 and 2018. The singer was also included in its 2024 and 2025 lists of "America's Richest Self-Made Women". She is the ninth top touring female artist of the 21st century according to Pollstar.
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. These sales earned her a place in Guinness World Records as the first female artist to accomplish that, which was published in the book's 2010 edition. She obtained another world record upon becoming the first 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.
Perry reached over 50 million followers on Twitter (later known as X) on February 1, 2014, becoming the most followed person on the platform, appearing in the 2015 edition of Guinness World Records. The singer re-appeared with the same world record in the next year's edition, along with three more records. 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. As of April 2021, Perry still holds the world record for the most followers on Twitter for a female popstar.
Her 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. This earned Perry 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.
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. Since its release, the album has spent a total of 461 non-consecutive weeks on the chart as of March 2026, and has become one of the longest-charting albums by any female artist. Prism, her fourth studio album, also debuted at number one on November 9, 2013, and became her second-longest charting album, remaining on the charts for 102 weeks. Continuing her streak, on the chart dated July 1, 2017, Witness, Perry's fifth studio album, became her third album to debut atop the Billboard 200. Her albums One of the Boys, Smile, and 143 peaked in the top 10 of the chart.
Perry has accumulated nine number-one singles on the BillboardÃÂ Hot 100, her most recent being "Dark Horse" in 2014. The song is her longest-running on the chart, remaining there for 57 weeks. After a decade, she remains among the artists with the most number-one songs on the Hot 100. 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). 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 songs top the Hot 100. "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. 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. Teenage Dream is also one of the albums with the most Hot 100 top-10 songs.
From May 2010 to September 2011, Perry spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks inside the chart's top 10, a record that has stayed unbroken as of May 2022. On the chart dated March 3, 2012, "Part of Me", the lead single from a reissue titled ', was the 20th song in Billboards history to debut at the top of the Hot 100. Five years later, "Chained to the Rhythm", the lead single ofÃÂ Witness, debuted at number four on the Hot 100 for the week dated March 4, 2017. This debut marked the highest for a song by a female artist since Adele's "Hello" opened at number one on November 14, 2015. The song became Perry's 14th Hot 100 top 10 and the third highest-debuting among her Hot 100 entries, behind "Part of Me" and "California Gurls". As of August 2017, she is the ninth artist with the most consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 since its inception on August 4, 1958.
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. "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 stationsâÂÂan average of 94 plays per station. This figure rewrote Perry's previous record with "California Gurls" in July 2010 (12,159). 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. 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. When "Chained to the Rhythm" 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. 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. 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.
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. "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.
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. 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.
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. However, this feat was surpassed by Beyoncé's self-titled album, when it sold 617,000 copies that December. 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 2012 album MDNA sold 359,000 copies in its first week. 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.
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.
According to the annual music industry reports from the Nielsen Company, Perry ranked as the eighth top digital artist in 2008 (5.85 million units sold), moved to fourth in 2010 (11.837 million), 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. 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. Among these songs is "California Gurls," which was the top digital song of 2010 with 4.4 million digital downloads. This amount of digital sales gave Perry a record for the highest pre-album street date track sales in the Nielsen SoundScan era. 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.
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 SoundScan. In August 2020, they revealed that "Dark Horse" was the singer's most on-demand streamed song (1.2 billion streams), 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).
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 and 19 million album units. She is one of only five music artists in RIAA history to have more than 100 million certified songs. 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". 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. The latter is one of the few LPs from the 2010s to achieve Diamond certification, and is also the only album with four Diamond-certified songs on its tracklist. In August 2019, the RIAA announced Perry had become the most certified recording artist of Capitol Records. She is also the label's first artist to accumulate 100 million certified units.
Perry's first chart-topper in Australia was "I Kissed a Girl," which stayed atop the ARIA Singles Chart for six weeks, the longest for any number-one song in 2008. Since then, she has achieved two number-one albums and three more number-one singles on the ARIA Charts. In June 2010, "California Gurls" climbed to the top position of the ARIA Singles Chart and stayed there for four weeks, marking Perry's second number-one single. Later that September, Teenage Dream became her first number-one album on the ARIA Albums Chart, where it remained at number one for two weeks. In October 2013, Perry obtained her second number-one album with Prism, which became the second-best-selling album of the year, with 179,000 copies sold. Its lead single, "Roar", became her third number-one single and was the year's best-selling single, with 560,000 digital downloads sold. "Rise", the official anthem Perry recorded for the 2016 Summer Olympics, became her fourth and most recent number-one single. It was also the second song in 2016 to debut atop the ARIA Singles Chart following "Pillowtalk" by Zayn Malik. She has accumulated 14 weeks at number-one atop the chart, and ranked fifth on the list of artists with the most number-ones in the 2010s.
Three of her albums have received multi-platinum certifications from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): Teenage Dream at seven-times Platinum, Prism at six-times Platinum, and One of the Boys at three-times Platinum. "Roar" has become Australia's fourth most certified single of all time (22-times Platinum), 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 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. As of June 2019, the singer has garnered over 685 million streams and sold over 1.8 million albums in Australia.
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 of last year to June of the current year. The most played songs were published up to 2013, while the most played artists were up to 2020.
Throughout her career, Perry has achieved three number-one albums on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart with Teenage Dream, Prism, and Witness. The latter became her album with the longest chart run, staying on the chart for a total of 279 weeks. She also obtained 10 number-one singles on the Canadian Hot 100 with "I Kissed a Girl", "Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Firework", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "Part of Me", "Wide Awake", "Roar", and "Dark Horse". Among these songs, "Hot n Cold" spent the most weeks on the chart, lasting there for 56 weeks. In 2025, Perry ranked 66th on the year-end Top Artists list published by Billboard Canada.
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. 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.
Teenage Dream has been certified Diamond by Music Canada (MC). Seven of Perry's songs have also received Diamond certifications: "Hot n Cold", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "Roar", and "Dark Horse".
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. 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. According to Guinness World Records, Perry is the fourth female artist with the most consecutive weeks in the top 20 of UK Singles Chart (30 weeks), tied with Beyoncé.
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 Perry's second million-seller after "Firework". In June 2024, the OCC revealed that "Roar" has become her 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. By October 2025, Perry had surpassed one billion cumulative streams across the United Kingdom, recognized by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Perry has two multi-Platinum albums and 10 multi-Platinum singles in the United Kingdom, certified by the BPI. Teenage DreamÃÂ is her highest certified album (six-times Platinum), while her highest certified song is "Roar" (five-times Platinum).
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. According to the PPL, Perry is the third most played female artist of the 21st century, while "Roar" and "Firework" were among the most played songs of the 2010s.
For the week ending May 24, 2019, the remix version of "Con Calma" with Daddy Yankee featuring Snow topped the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 number one for 10 consecutive weeks. It became the chart's longest-running number-one at that time.
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. In October 2024, the Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD) reported Perry's top 10 most played songs in Brazil for the last five years, with "Firework" taking the top spot.
Throughout her career, Perry has obtained 2.3 billion on-demand streams in China, recognized by Billboard China.
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.
In Japan, Perry has obtained two top-10 albums on the Oricon Albums Chart with Teenage Dream and Prism. The latter stayed 73 weeks on the chart with an additional 40 weeks for the Complete Confection reissue. More than a year after its release, Teenage Dream received a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in December 2011. On the Billboard Japan Hot 100, Perry has acquired three top-10 singles with "I Kissed a Girl", "California Gurls", and "Roar". The latter has become her highest-peaking song, reaching number four, and is her longest-charting song, remaining on the chart for a total of 24 weeks from 2013 to 2014.
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. 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. "Dark Horse" is Perry's longest-charting song on the Top 40 Singles Chart with 37 weeks, while "Roar" is her most certified single, with six-times Platinum certification.
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.
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. 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. Among these songs is "Roar", which previously debuted at number one on the International Digital Chart for the week ending August 17, 2013. It became Perry's only number one song on the chart and has sold more than 120,000 digital downloads as of December 2013.
"I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" both topped the official singles charts of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in 2008. In Austria, Perry achieved another number-one single with "Roar" and a number-one album with Teenage Dream, which has remained on the ÃÂ3 Austria Top 40 Albums Chart for 207 weeks. In March 2017, Prism was certified three times Platinum by IFPI Austria, making it the singer's highest-certified album in the country. 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. Teenage Dream charted on the GfK Albums Chart for 210 weeks and was certified two-times Platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) in 2025. The album remains Perry's longest-charting and highest certified album in Germany. Similarly, in Switzerland, Teenage Dream spent a total of 230 weeks on the Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart, making it her longest-charting album in that region as well.
In the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Perry ranked 101st among the Top Radio Artists of the 2000s according to TopHit, 35th in the 2010s, and 75th in the 2020s. As of December 2025, "Hot n Cold" is Perry's song with the most airplays in the CIS, having received over 2.6 million airplays since its release. "Chained to the Rhythm" follows with more than 2.2 million airplays.
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.
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. One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, the Complete Confection, and Prism are all certified two-times Platinum by IFPI Danmark. 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.
In France, Perry has acquired four top-10 albums and 10 top-10 songs on the SNEP Charts. One of the Boys and Teenage Dream were both certified two-times Platinum by the Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP). The latter has sold 266,200 copies in the country as of December 2013 and spent 89 weeks on the French Albums Chart. 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. By April 2017, the album had reached 260,000 copies sold. 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. The song continued to be Perry's top-selling song in the country as of June 2017.
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 two-times Platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). Prism debuted at number one in October 2013, marking the singer's second number-one album in the country. Perry's number-one singles on the Irish Singles Chart include "I Kissed a Girl", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", and "Roar", the latter of which is her longest-charting song at 61 weeks.
"I Kissed a Girl" peaked at number one on the official singles chart of the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) in 2008, and was among the year's best-selling digital singles in Italy. 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. According to the FIMI, she is the 98th most certified music artist in Italy since theÃÂ certification database became available in 2009. She also consistently ranked among the most certified artists every year from 2011 to 2025, except in 2016, 2020 and 2024. As of November 2025, Perry has acquired 23 Platinum and 11 Gold certifications for both her albums and singles in Italy.
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. In 2014, "Dark Horse" became Perry's 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.
For the week dated June 9, 2017, Witness debuted at number one on the Top 100 ÃÂlbumes, becoming Perry's only number-one album in Spain. She obtained four more top-10 albums and three top-10 singles on the Top 100 Canciones. Her longest charting song, "Hot n Cold", spent 40 weeks on the charts despite peaking at number 13. According to Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE), "Roar" and "Dark Horse" are tied as Perry's most certified singles in the country, both receiving two-times Platinum certification.
With over 151 million records sold worldwide, Perry is among the best-selling music artists of all time. According to The Daily Telegraph, she is 10th among female artists who have sold the most records worldwide. Multiple publications have reported that Perry is the best-selling female artist of Capitol Records. In 2015, Guinness World Records listed Perry, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna as the only female artists who have released three digital singles that have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide.
Perry has garnered more than 125 billion streams globally throughout her career.
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. The following year, "Dark Horse" was the top global single by a female artist after selling 13.2 million units.
In December 2022, it was reported that Perry 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.
In August 2013, "Roar" debuted at number one on the iTunes Store in 68 countries when it was released. In addition, Prism reached number one in 100 countries in 2013, while Witness reached the top spot in 46 countries in 2017.
More than a week after its release in June 2017, Witness has registered online sales of over 1.4 million songs on various music services in China, with NetEase Cloud Music achieving 40% of that with 560,000 songs.
"Dark Horse" spent 11 weeks atop the Spotify US Weekly chart, the longest run in the top spot for any number-one song in 2014. "Chained to the Rhythm" set a new record for accumulating over three million streams on its release day, February 10, 2017, on Spotify. This feat earned Perry a Guinness record for the most-streamed track by a female artist on the platform in 24 hours.
Spotify published a report in October 2018, listing Perry as the ninth most-streamed female artist of all time and eighth among the first 10 artists to reach one billion streams on the platform. One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, Prism, Witness, and Smile have surpassed one billion streams on the streaming service. As of August 2025, Teenage DreamÃÂ 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. Overall, the singer has nine more songs that have surpassed one billion streams, 62 million monthly listeners, and over 30 million followers on Spotify.
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. She also has 26 Vevo-certified music videos, each reaching more than 100 million views. The music video for "Roar" reached one billion views in July 2015, making her 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. 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".
In 2023, "Roar" became the first music video by a female artist to reach three billion views. A year later, it surpassed four billion views, making Perry the first female artist to accomplish such a feat. In June 2025, Perry became the first 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. Prism also became the first studio album to have two songs with more than four billion views on YouTube.
In 2014, the Prismatic World Tour broke the venue record at Sydney's Allphones Arena, selling 89,500 tickets and beating the record previously held by One Direction, who sold 81,542 across seven shows the previous year. 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.
Perry's fifth concert tour, The Lifetimes Tour, in Monterrey, Mexico, in April 2025, set a record for the fastest sellout concert tour in that region. It was reported that the concert tickets sold out within 30 minutes, prompting Perry's management to add another show. In August of the same year, shows at Hangzhou's Olympic Expo Center, Shanghai's Mercedes-Benz Arena,ÃÂ and Haikou's Wuyuan River Stadium in China sold out one minute after going on sale.
Perry's second concert tour, the California Dreams Tour, ranked 13th on Billboards Top 25 Tours of 2011 after grossing $48.9 million. Her third concert tour, the Prismatic World Tour, grossed $108 million and ranked fifth on the magazine's Top 25 Tours list in 2014. The tour grossed over $41.7 million the following year from 27 shows in the first half of 2015. Her first concert residency, Play, grossed $46.4 million, becoming the 21st highest-grossing residency in Billboard Boxscore history.
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. 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. At the end of 2015, the Prismatic World Tour was the 27th best-selling globally, grossing $51 million from 43 dates.
, 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. In March 2026, the publication ranked Perry ninth among the top touring female artists of the 21st century with a total gross of $461,563,109.
Perry is one of the wealthiest music artists. In September 2023, Forbes estimated her net worth at $340 million, which increased to $360 million by June 2025. 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.
In its opening weekend in July 2012, Perry's documentary concert film ' grossed $7,138,266 in 2,730 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking eighth at the box office. The film has grossed $25,326,071 in the United States and Canada as well as $7,400,885 in other territories, totaling $32,726,956 worldwide. Within the United States, it is the seventh highest-grossing documentary and the fifth highest-grossing music concert film of all time. In September of that year, the DVD for Katy Perry: Part of Me was released, selling 140,342 copies and generating a profit of $1.985 million within the first month in the United States. Moreover, the 3D Blu-ray sold over 40,000 copies within two weeks of release.
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 social media user at that time. As of January 2026, she ranked third among the most followed musicians on X with over 85 million followers, and ranked 22nd among the most followed Instagram users with more than 205 million followers. Overall, Perry was the sixth most followed musician on social media with a combined total of over 357 million followers across Facebook, Instagram, and X. In 2025, she was ranked the 11th most famous pop artist by YouGov during the fourth quarter of the year.
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.
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