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Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photo Is The Most Liked Picture Ever On Instagram

6.6 million likes within 8 hours.
Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photo Is The Most Liked Picture Ever On Instagram
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By Nash Jenkins · Updated October 26, 2020
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This article originally appeared on Time.

On Wednesday night, Beyoncé Knowles took to Instagram to announce that she was pregnant — not with one child but with twins. In the photo, she’s veiled and kneeling in front of a bouquet of flowers, gently clasping her stomach; in the caption, written on behalf of her and her husband Jay-Z, she said that they “have been blessed two times over” and “are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two.”

The photo has blown up, inevitably. In under 20 hours, it accrued more than 7.2 million likes — more than any photo ever posted on the platform, according to Instagram.

We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. - The Carters

A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

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She’s taking the title from Selena Gomez, who in July posted a shot of the singer sipping from a glass bottle of Coca-Cola whose label featured lyrics to her song “Me and the Rhythm.” That shot has 6.3 million likes today; Beyoncé’s surpassed that count in 11 hours, Instagram said, and the number continues to rise.

when your lyrics are on the bottle 😛 #ad

A photo posted by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jun 25, 2016 at 2:03pm PDT

We love you Bey.