Every year on October 29, the United States celebrates National Cat Day — but most cat owners are happy to honor their kitties any day, no matter where in the world they are.
This also applies to A-list musicians. Some of the biggest names in pop, country and hip-hop have sassy, cuddly, playful, spiky housemates waiting for them at home every day, from Katy Perry to Doja Cat, Adele, Kesha and more. And then there's Taylor Swift, who is so obsessed with her felines that she's incorporated them into her music multiple times — singing “guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats” in “Gorgeous” and ” Karma is a cat, purring in my arms “because he loves me” in “Karma”.
Many stars also create their own social media accounts for their pets, allowing fans to cultivate a rabid following not just for them, but for their animals as well. Justin Bieber's kitties have nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram, for example, while Ed Sheeran's cats are far behind in numbers.
And just like non-famous people, many musicians have their own favorite cat breeds. Swift is known for her love of Scottish Folds, while Bieber paid a pretty penny ($35,000!) in 2019 for a pair of spotted Bengals. Other singers make do with more common types of felines, such as black cats and tabby cats.
Regardless of breed or number of followers, however, the cats featured on this list are consistently loved by their famous owners. Keep reading to see which musicians are certified cat lovers, from Adele to Sabrina Carpenter, below.
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Adel
In 2018, Adele used National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day as an opportunity to show off her black cat to X. “I've had this joker for almost a year now,” she wrote at the time. “He is the most beautiful cat, so happy we rescued him.”
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Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani
One of music's biggest couples welcomed a new feline into their family when a tiny gray kitten showed up at their home in September 2024. “He was almost alive + so sick, but with lots of love + care, he became a healthy kitten,” she wrote Stefani on Instagram, sharing a video of Corn Shelton meowing on her porch and cuddling with another cat.
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Britney Spears
Spears may be a well-documented fan of dogs and horses, but the pop star also has a soft spot for cats. In 2021, wrote, “I really want a little cat 🐈 !!! I've never had a cat…. They look suspiciously smart to me 😼 !!!! We have one thing in common, we both like milk 🥛🤷🏼♀️😂😜 !!!!”
The following year, Spears introduced fans to her spotted cat, Wendy Instagram in May 2022.
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Doja Cat
Doja Cat didn't choose her stage name by chance – she's always been a cat lover. The rapper has a bay of cats at home, including an Oriental Shorthair named Ray, a Lykoi named Irving Saint John, and a black cat named Alex.
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Ed Sheeran
Sheeran has long been a cat lover, and even got one Instagram account for his two fur babies, Calippo & Dorito. She also had a cat named Graham, who died in 2019.
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Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding has left quite the digital footprint in what she has posted many photos of felines over the years. “I'm obsessed now,” she said Ellen DeGeneres in 2013, before she even had a cat of her own. “I never thought I'd be one of those people who would upload pictures of lots of animals, and now I am. I'm Catwoman.”
The “Love Me Like You Do” singer has since had at least three cats — spotted Bengals named Lennon and Wallace and another kitty named Eva.
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Jennifer Lopez
J. Lo introduced fans to her kitty Hendrix during the 2021 holiday season — sharing a video of the Devon Rex sitting near her Christmas tree and slowly zooming in on his face.
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Justin Bieber
Justin and Hailey Bieber are proud cat parents of their $35,000 worth of savannahs, tuna and sushi. The couple even has one Instagram account dedicated to spotted kittens.
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Kesha
Kesha is a proud self-proclaimed cat lady — what else do you call someone with a double stroller for taking kittens outside? Among the pop star's fur babies is Mr. Peep$ — who stars on her “Little Bit of Love.” music video and is credited as co-director — and Mr. Fluffy Pant$.
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Katy Perry
Perry is a cat lover at times – members of her fan base are even called Katy Cats. For many years, the pop star was pet mom to a feline named Kitty Purry, who died in 2020.
“Kitty Purry crawled through my then-boyfriend's window 15 years ago, fully pregnant and seeking shelter,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Two litters and many moons later, this street cat has become a beloved mascot for many.”
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Macklemore
Macklemore's love for Cairo the kitten is well documented. In addition to building one Instagram account for Tabby and proud showing off his athletic skills in 2014, the rapper also filmed a tutorial on how to properly hold a cat.
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MGK
MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) and Megan Fox expanded their family in 2022 by adding a spotted kitten named Whiskey to the mix. The following year, the couple adopted two more felines: tickets and Na'avi.
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Miley Cyrus
In addition to several dogs — and a pig — Cyrus' large pack of pets includes three kittens named Keke, Lilo and Shanti Om Bb. “Heaven,” she wrote in 2016 she lay with a feline on her stomach.
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Sabrina Carpenter
Carpenter has shared social media posts about her cats many times over the years and grew up with felines at home before becoming a pop star (exhibit A: a viral video of a young Sab demonstrating her “animal communication” skills).
One of the star's kitties can be seen in a TikTok video the 'Espresso' singer posted after a day of Christmas baking.
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Taylor Swift
Swift is one of music's most well-known cat lovers, with the pop star owning two Scottish Folds — Meredith Gray and Olivia Benson — and a ragdoll named Benjamin Button. The kitties often make cameos on the pop star's social media accounts, adverts and music videos, with Benji even appearing with his mum on his cover Time in December 2023.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/lists/artists-cat-lovers/
