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"Taylor Swift usually saves her emotions for her songs.\r\nHowever, she offered some heartfelt words on Twitter on Monday to mark the special day of her close friend Selena Gomez.\r\n&amp;quot;Happy 21st birthday to my friend, and the closest thing I&amp;apos;ve ever had to a sister, @selenagomez!!&amp;quot; Swift wrote.\r\n[Related: Selena Gomez&amp;apos;s Bad-Girl Moments]\r\nGomez&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Spring Breakers&amp;quot; co-star Ashley Benson also sent well wishes her way.\r\n\r\nHappy 21st baby!!!! @selenagomez http://t.co/JqCi194Wk2\r\n&amp;#x2014; Ashley Benson (@AshBenzo) July 22, 2013\r\n\r\nZendaya, who&amp;apos;s followed in Gomez&amp;apos;s footsteps as a Disney Channel star, took the time to pay the former child star a compliment.\r\n\r\n@selenagomez happy birthday beautiful lady! thank you for bring a great role model for me and millions of other girls!! &amp;#x2014; Zendaya Coleman (@Zendaya) July 22, 2013\r\n\r\nGomez herself posted a clip that shows her partying with pals to her tune &amp;quot;Birthday.&amp;quot; The track is from &amp;quot;Stars Dance,&amp;quot; the first album Gomez has recorded without her backup band, The Scene, which comes out on Tuesday.\r\nMore Celebrity Features on Yahoo!:\r\nIt&amp;apos;s a Boy for Kate Middleton and Prince William!\r\nJulianne Hough&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;Gatsby&amp;apos; Birthday (Photos)\r\nSummer Showdown: Vote for the Greatest Summer Song Ever"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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