Beyonce Shatters Instagram Photo Record as She Announces Pregnancy with Twins (Photo)

 

U.S celebrity couple, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are expecting a set of twins!

 

The multi-award winning singer announced the pregnancy news on her Instagram page last night, and social media has been buzzing with excitement ever since.

 

The Instagram post has since gone wild, skyrocketing to become the most liked image on the photo-sharing platform of all time and claiming the Guinness World Record. 

 

In under eight hours, the photo, in which a pregnant Beyonce cradles her belly in front of a profusion of flowers, shot to 6,481,207 likes. And as at time of writing this report, after 15 hours, it was at 7,554,225 likes, and over 374,000 comments.

 

Beyonce had captioned the viral photo; "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."

 

Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement knocks popular singer, Selena Gomez off the top spot, with a photo from June 2016 showing the pop singer drinking a bottle of Coca-Cola. It generated 6,315,187 likes.