AceShowbiz - Selena Gomez has stolen Beyonce's crown as the Instagram user to reach one million photo 'likes' in record time.

The Come and Get It hitmaker took to the image-sharing app on Monday, July 23, to thank fans for their abundance of birthday wishes, after celebrating turning 26 on Sunday with a party onboard a yacht.

"Another year down," she captioned a series of photos of herself and her gal pals. "Thank you for all the bday (sic) love. I couldn't be more appreciative of you and my best friends for celebrating with me. I love you guys like crazy! God bless!"

.@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) 24 July 2018

Followers were quick to react to the post, and helped her reached the one million milestone in just 13 minutes, earning her the new social media title.

Beyonce had previously snagged the record last summer (17), after debuting her newborn twins Rumi and Sir Carter in an elaborate photoshoot, which racked up eight million 'likes' in 12 hours.

Selena was already an Instagram queen as she boasts the largest fan presence on the platform with 139 million followers.

The singer/actress has plenty of reason to keep the celebrations going, as she has also just been named the second richest Instagram star of 2018.

Officials at Hopper HQ unveiled its annual Instagram Rich List on Tuesday, July 24, when they revealed which celebrities earn the most money from sponsored posts online.

Kylie Jenner topped the poll amid claims suggesting she can charge up to $1 million (£760,000) per social media post, while Selena is just behind, netting $800,000 (£608,000) for each ad.