The lead single from Katy's acclaimed album PRISM, Roar, was released 13 years ago TODAY.

The song became one of the biggest hits of all time, some milestones and achievements below:

• 15 worldwide #1s

• 9.9M sold units in 2013, 5th biggest song of 2013 globally

• 4,3B views on YouTube, 12th biggest MV of all time

• #1 in the US, certified 15x

• #1 in Australia, certified 22x

• the biggest song of 2013 in Australia

• the 7th biggest song of the 2010s decade in Australia

• 5x diamond in Brazil

• certified in 20 countries worldwide

• nominated for Grammy's Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance

• winner of 2024 VMA's Most Iconic Performance

• nominated for VMA's Video of the Year and Best Female Video

• one of the most beloved pop tracks in history

• cultural reset in the online fan communities

Happy birthday to this solo global smasha!

she did that

worst song on PRISM

Hated this song when it came out and still hate it now.

The repeated 'woo-ooo-oooh' do my head in

such a bad song, and i've always said that

baby me thought this was the best song of all time

im glad baby me is long gone

This song is actually very camp, come to think of it

Oh well, good for a throwback!

Awful song and a ripoff to boot

Half of prism was so much better than this, she really had a chance to pivot here with that funeral thing then released this.

I still love it till this day, it's one of those songs that put me in good mood while singing it.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by UnusualBoy

stinging like a bee

I earned my stripes

a cute kidzpop

A solo #1 from 13 years ago, not everyone has that - this smash!

Amazing song!!! I was 8 years old and now I'm 21 years old!!! It still smashing when I go to some Nostalgia Party of the 10s!!!

#Throwback2010s

#LOL

#HarlemShake

Embarrassingly bad

Applause is still better

This song was the start of her downfall, so embarrassing and cringe

Horrible song. Dark Horse outsold

A formulatic and safe, yet good anthemic pop song. Far from my favorite from Ms Katheryn, but a massive bop back in the day.

A classic.

The song that traumatized a generation of monsters

and their Mother Monster, too

In hindsight it was the beginning of the end.

A disgustingly saccharine and generic song that will always be compared to a superior song it copied. The video, too. 💀