Instagram and its users gave Selena Gomez a bonus 26th birthday gift yesterday: a brand new record on the platform—and the bragging rights of saying she topped Beyoncé. Gomez beat Bey's record for being the fastest user to get a million likes on a photo, fans noticed. She accomplished the feat within 13 minutes of publishing a gallery of pics from her Italian-themed yacht birthday party.

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.@SelenaGomez breaks Beyoncé’s record of the fastest Instagram post to reach 1 MILLION likes with her 26th Birthday post. She achieved this in under 13 minutes. pic.twitter.com/3JJGor2CSY — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 24, 2018

The photo is now at 7.9 million likes and counting. Gomez is the most followed person on the platform, at 139 million followers, so it's all a testament to her clout.

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Bey likely held the record with her pregnancy or twin reveal photos, both of which got a staggering amount of likes in a short period of time. The twin reveal photo, as Billboard pointed out, obtained 7.8 million likes within 12 hours:

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While the pregnancy reveal one had 6.4 million likes in only a couple hours:

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Gomez had two birthday parties over the weekend: her yacht party on Sunday and a surprise celebration backstage at the Imagine Dragons concert she attended on Saturday.

Alyssa Bailey News and Strategy Editor Alyssa Bailey is the news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton).

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