Ariana Grande becomes the FIRST woman on Instagram to earn 200million followers

Ariana Grande earned another notch on her pop star belt by becoming the first woman on Instagram to garner 200million followers.

The 27-year-old Sweetner songstress achieved the impressive social media feat over the weekend.

Grande is closely trailed by makeup mogul Kylie Jenner with 193million followers and fellow singer Selena Gomez, whose follower count totals out at 190million.  

Upon learning the news of Ariana’s achievement, Lady Gaga, who featured Grande on her hit track Rain On Me, took to Instagram to publicly congratulate her.

‘[Congratulations] to my friend @arianagrande for 200 million followers! You’re a queen! Wear that crown!’ captioned Gaga on a mermaid inspired self-portrait shared with her 43.4million followers.

The very first person to reach the platform’s 200million follower milestone was world renown professional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in January of this year.

Since breaking the record, the 35-year-old Portugal national team captain had added over 37million to his follower count. He now sits at over 237million.

On Sunday night, Ariana and Gaga wowed their united fanbases, while performing their hit Rain On Me at Sunday’s virtual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony.

And the Dangerous Woman singer took to Instagram after the show to pen a touching tribute to the Born This Way singer, 34, and to share behind-the-scenes snapshots of their performance.  

‘thank u so much for having me @ladygaga i love u with all my heart always,’ began the singer in her post’s caption.  

‘u were so beyond brilliant tonight. so grateful to have been a part of this with u. & thank u again @mtv.’

The first image in Ariana’s virtual photo album showed her and Gaga donning some next level face masks, while rehearsing choreography in a studio space.

Gaga’s mask had the logo for her latest studio album Chromatica printed on it in a metallic shade of pink and it had silver spikes sewn into it, while Ariana’s was completely covered in sparkling rhinestones. 

The ladies appeared to have on grey sports bras and they both rocked colorful eyeshadow looks. 

Ariana included a brief clip in her slideshow that she took while getting her hair done before the big show.

Hands can be seen wrapping hair around the base of her pigtail as she posed for her front-facing camera. 

One particularly noteworthy image was one of Ariana pumping a generous helping of hand sanitizer into Gaga’s open palms. 

The pair were fully dressed in their performance outfits and had on face masks, while seemingly hanging out backstage.

The final photo showed Grande exiting the award show’s filming venue in her glamorous ensemble with her realtor beau Dalton Gomez by her side.

The pair, who began dating earlier this year, held hands as they made their way past security. 

Prior to taking the stage, Ariana wished her 200million Instagram followers a ‘happy VMA day’ and admitted that she was ‘so excited for u see our first rain on me performance.’ 

‘@ladygaga is f**king incredible and i’m so honored to share this moment with her and u all also just want to say thank you to @MTV being so diligent in making this such a safe & healthy experience for all of the performers and crew involved. 

‘it’s so greatly appreciated and i can’t imagine how difficult it was to figure out! see u all so soon!’ concluded the Dangerous Woman singer.

being so diligent in making this such a safe & healthy experience for all of the performers and crew involved. it’s so greatly appreciated and i can’t imagine how difficult it was to figure out! see u all so soon!

Lady Gaga’s show stopping performance at Sunday night’s VMAs was a medley of songs including 911, Rain On Me, and Stupid Love, from her hit album Chromatica.

Making a statement on abiding by safety guidelines, Gaga wore an LED face mask throughout her set, as well as Ariana who wore a black silk mask, as she joined her for their hit For Rain On Me.

The pair wore similar outfits to that of the video for Rain On Me, which was a big winner on the night.

Rain On Me, which first premiered in May, took home the VMAs for Best Collaboration and Song Of The Year. 

Ariana also received the VMA for Best Music Video From Home for her other duet Stuck with U featuring Justin Bieber.