KATY PERRY: Statistics 2017

During the year 2017, Katy Perry released a total of four music videos and two lyric videos to promote the singles of the album "Witness". On February 10, Katy Perry released the lyric video for "Chained To The Rhythm," which received more than 5 million views in the first 24 hours, becoming the most watched female lyric video in the first 24 hours. Currently lyric video already has more than 78 million views.

In the same month, Katy released the official music video for "Chained To The Rhythm," which is currently the most viewed in the "Witness" era with over 440 million views.

In April, Katy Perry released the music video for "Bon Appétit". The music video garnered more than 16 million views in the first 24 hours, making Katy Perry's most viewed video in the first 24 hours.

In June, the music video for "Feels" with Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and Big Sean was released on YouTube. The music video was the 5th most viewed electronic video on VEVO UK in 2017, check out:

1. Jonas Blue - MAMA
2. Jax Jones - You Don't Know Me
3. The Chainsmokers - Closer (Lyric)
4. Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For
5. Calvin Harris - Feels

Full list: Katy Perry is the most viewed artist on VEVO Australia, Poland and other countries

In July, Katy released the lyric video of "Swish Swish" starring the Brazilian singer Gretchen. Lyric video rocked social networks and received more than 6 million views in less than 24 hours, breaking the record of the lyric video of "Chained To The Rhythm" and becoming the most watched female lyric video in the first 24 hours . (The record currently belongs to Taylor Swift, with the lyric video of "Look What You Made Me Do")

The music video for "Swish Swish" with Nicki Minaj was released in August with the participation of a number of celebrities including Bill Walton, Julius Bjornsson, Jared Safier, Gaten Matarazzo, Russell Horning and others. The music video received more than 15 million views in its first 24 hours and reached 100 million views in just 10 days, making it the 9th fastest video to reach that mark.

Currently, all music videos of the official singles of the album "Witness" already have more than 300 million views, and all are present in the list of the "20 female videos released in 2017 most viewed of the year". Check out:

1. Becky G - Mayores: +863M Views
2. Dua Lipa - New Rules: +836M Views
3. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do: +800M Views
4. Karol G - Ahora Me Llama: +532M Views
5. Simone & Simaria - Loka: +510M Views
6. Shakira - Me Enamoré: +506M Views
7. Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm: +439M Views
8. Zayn, Taylor Swift - I Don’t Wanna Live Forever: +426M Views
9. Katy Perry - Bon Appétit: +419M Views
10. Camila Cabello - Havana [Audio]: +409M Views
11. Kygo, Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me [Audio]: +409M Views
12. Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa: +393M Views
13. Camila Cabello - Havana: +393M Views
14. Cardi B - Bodak Yellow: +390M Views
15. Shakira - Perro Fiel: +387M Views
16. Katy Perry - Swish Swish: +361M Views
17. Miley Cyrus - Malibu: +327M Views 
18. Prince Royce, Shakira - Deja vu: +301M Views
19. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry: +273M Views
20. Zedd, Alessia Cara - Stay [Lyric]: +249M Views
Updated: 12/29/2017

Warning: Only those videos in which the main artist is a female artist (and not a feat.) or duets, available on the VEVO platform were listed.

Still in 2017, Katy Perry received more than 4.6 billion views on YouTube this year, being 2nd the most watched female artist on YouTube in 2017. Check out the list below for female artists who received the most views in 2017:

1. Shakira: +4,657B views in 2017

2. Katy Perry: +4,621B views in 2017
3. Taylor Swift: +3,719B views in 2017

4. Ariana Grande: +2,063B views in 2017

5. Rihanna: +1,665B views in 2017
Updated: 12/29/2017
With that, Katy remains the most watched female artist on YouTube. Check out the most watched female artists on YouTube:

1. Katy Perry: +15.303B views

2. Taylor Swift: +13.948B views

3. Shakira: +12.366B views

4. Rihanna: +12.264B views
5. Beyoncé: +8.594B views
6. Ariana Grande: +8.138 views
7. Adele: +6.978B views
8. Selena Gomez: +5.925B views
9. Sia: +5.838B views
10. Lady Gaga: +5.221B views

Updated: 12/29/2017

The numbers do not stop there! Katy Perry received more than 5.5 million subscribers on her VEVO channel (KatyPerryVEVO) and more than 1 million subscribers on her official channel (KatyPerryMusic), becoming the 3rd female artist with more subscribers on her channel.
Check out the list of female artists with more subscribers on YouTube:

1. Taylor Swift - 26.763.599 (+6.2M in 2017)
2. Rihanna - 26.235.558 (+2.44M in 2017)

3. Katy Perry - 26.015.454 (+5.59M in 2017)

4. Ariana Grande - 18.704.672 (+3.84M in 2017)

5. Shakira - 18.364.785 (+7.19M in 2017)
Updated: 12/29/2017

Although released on previous albums, some Katy videos received millions of views on YouTube this year, such as "Roar", "Dark Horse", "Firework" and more. This year, "Last Friday Night" and "Firework" surpassed  the mark of 1 BILLION VIEWS, making Katy the first and only female artist to have 4 videos over 1 billion views on YouTube.

Even releasing in 2013, "Roar" received more than 670 million views in 2017, being the 34th most viewed video of the year! In total, 13 videos of Katy received more than 100 million views in 2017, check out:

1. Roar: 671M views in 2017
2. Dark Horse: 545M views in 2017
3. Chained To The Rhythm: 440M views in 2017
4. Bon Appétit: 420M views in 2017
5. Swish Swish: 360M views in 2017
6. Feels: 320M views in 2017
7. Hot n Cold: 247M views in 2017
8. Firework: 241M views in 2017
9. Last Friday Night: 213M views in 2017
10. Wide Awake: 205M views
11. The One That Got Away: 164M views in 2017
12. Part Of Me: 150M views in 2017
13. Unconditionally: 135M views in 2017

The album "Witness" is the fourth female album released in 2017 with more streams in Spotify, with more than 650 million streams only in 2017! Check out the 5 female albums of 2017 with more streams on Spotify:

1. Zara Larsson - So Good: 2.3B streams
2. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa: 1.2B So Good
3. Shakira - El Dorado: 1.1B streams
4. Katy Perry - Witness: 650M streams
5. Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me: 600M streams

In addition to being the second most viewed female artist on YouTube in 2017, Katy Perry is also the most streamed female artist of the year, with more than 4.6 billion views on YouTube and over 1.2 billion streams on Spotify, marking 5.8 BILLIONS STREAMS! (without feats). If we count feats, Katy Perry received more than 6.6 BILLION streams in 2017 (Spotify & VEVO)!

Also, in June, Katy Perry performed "Katy Perry Witness World Wide", a "Reality Show" that lasted 96 hours live on YouTube to promote the album "Witness", accumulating 49 MILLION viewers around the world.

Sources: Kworb.net, Socialblade, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify & Billboard