Selena Gomez Takes a Page Out of Taylor Swift's Instagram Songbook

Lip-sync of other stars' tunes are becoming social video gold

Last week, Taylor Swift was the No. 1 celebrity on the Adweek/Shareablee Instagram branded video charts after she posted a clip of herself driving in a car while lip-syncing to Kendrick Lamar's hip-hop tune "Backseat Freestyle." The Spotify-dissing songstress picked up 913,500 likes and comments for the 15-second social video.

And it appears that Selena Gomez might have taken notice because she grabbed the top spot in the celebrity category this week by employing the same tactic.

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