Beyonce announced that she is pregnant with twins by sharing a photograph on Instagram and naturally, the internet went wild. “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,” she wrote. Of course, Bey is no stranger to dropping bombshell announcements. When she was pregnant with daughter Blue Ivy, she announced the news during the MTV Video Music awards in 2011 and became the highlight of the whole evening.
This time too the singer did not disappoint as she had an elaborate pregnancy photoshoot for the announcement. You can see the singer in a veil and lingerie, surrounded by flowers in the pic, which has already gotten over nine million views. The Single Ladies singer surpassed Selena Gomez’s pic with a coke bottle, which had gotten 6.3 million views, in just seven hours, according to AP.
On the singer’s official website, there are more pics from her photoshoot, which also feature Blue and various shots of the singer under water. All the photos come with the caption, “I have three hearts,” in a reference to her carrying twins.
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Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement follows in a long line of tightly controlled PR moves for which the singer’s business sense has been lauded. The news was kept under tight wraps unlike many stars who’s ‘baby bump’ speculations by the paparazzi begins many months before they officially confirm the fact. However, this has never been the case with the singer. For instance, Beyonce did not break her silence about rumours surrounding husband Jay Z’s affairs in 2014 right until last year when she revealed all in her album Lemonade.
