Singer Ariana Grande has beaten Back to You hitmaker Selena Gomez to become the most followed woman on Instagram.
According to Billboard, Gomez trailed behind Grande's 146,286,173 followers with a count of 146,267,801.
Around 13 million more people added Grande to their Instagram feeds over the last four months.
The increase in the number of followers came in the wake of the release of her latest album Thank U, Next.
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Not only on Instagram, the Bang Bang singer is active on Twitter. She has over 61 million followers on the microblogging site.
She is returning to Manchester, nearly two years after a suicide bomber killed 22 himself and attendees at her concert in May 2017.
The 7 Rings singer took to Twitter to share the news. "Manchester babes, I’m so thrilled to be headlining pride," she began her post. "My heart! I can’t wait to see you and I love you so, so much."
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The Manchester Pride Festival is slated for August 25, according to the event's Twitter account. In response to Grande's news, the festival shared their excitement, writing, "We are beside ourselves to have you performing for us."
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Fans of the superstar will recall she performed at the One Love Manchester benefit concert in June 2017. She co-organised the event, which helped benefit the survivors of the bombing and families of the victims of the May 2017 attack. At the benefit, Grande opened her set with Be Alright and Break Free, wearing an oversized sweater that read, "One Love Manchester."
During the attack, the 25-year-old was unharmed physically but later on, she revealed that she had Disorder (PTSD) after the bombing. "I hate admitting it but it very much is," she told British Vogue after being asked if the dizziness and anxiety she faced were signs of PTSD.
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"That's what everyone was telling me. It's hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss." She added, "But, yeah, it's a real thing. I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well."
Grande has also released a four-part docu-series called Dangerous Woman Diaries to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the One Love Manchester benefit concert and her Dangerous Woman tour. The series released last November.
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