--- description: Vevo announced that Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" got 19.6 million views in a day, setting a new record for the most views in 24 hours title: Pound the Alarm! Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" Video Breaks Record image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pound the Alarm! Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video Breaks Record  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 22, 2014 5:21 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 22, 2014 5:21 PM CUT It’s quite an ass-essment: the music video website Vevo has announced that Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” got 19.6 million views in a day, setting a new record for the most views in 24 hours. The previous record, [12.3 million](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5687346/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-video-breaks-vevo-record "undefined"), was held by Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball.” .[@NICKIMINAJ](https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#Anaconda](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Anaconda?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") broke the [#24hrVevoRecord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/24hrVevoRecord?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") w/ 19.6M views! How you gonna celebrate, Nic? [pic.twitter.com/7kAWyBB4HW](http://t.co/7kAWyBB4HW "undefined") — Vevo (@Vevo) [August 22, 2014](https://twitter.com/Vevo/status/502840146644176896?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") WE BROKE THE RECORD BABY!!!!! Anaconda Video 19.6 million views in 24 hrs!!!! :) — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) [August 22, 2014](https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/502836632492703744?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") As [_The Wrap_ points out](http://www.thewrap.com/nicki-minaj-anaconda-music-video-vevo-record/ "undefined"), this isn’t Minaj’s first Vevo record: “The rapper previously set Vevo’s most-watched record, twice — her collaboration with [Justin Bieber](http://www.thewrap.com/tag/justin%5Fbieber/ "undefined") for “Beauty and a Beat” received 10.6 million views in October 2012, and “Stupid Hoe” got 4.8 million viewers in January 2012.” Minaj will be [performing](http://www.thewrap.com/nicki-minaj-bringing-anaconda-to-mtvs-video-music-awards/ "undefined") “Anaconda” at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 24 — and if [the reports](http://www.eonline.com/news/571763/nicki-minaj-and-miley-cyrus-sitting-thisclose-at-vmas-plus-more-seating-chart-scoop-including-beyonce "undefined") are true, Minaj and Cyrus could be sitting next to each other at the event, so now they’ll have something to talk about. That said, it could get real awkward real quick — especially in light of Cyrus’s [spoof](http://www.eonline.com/news/568173/nicki-minaj-slams-miley-cyrus-for-anaconda-copy-cat-pic-after-pop-star-photoshops-the-racy-cover "undefined") of the “Anaconda” cover art. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3160861/nicki-minaj-anaconda-video-world-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3160861/nicki-minaj-anaconda-video-world-record/"},"headline":"Pound the Alarm! Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video Breaks Record","datePublished":"2014-08-22T17:21:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:48:47.511Z","description":"It came in like a \"wrecking ball\" (and demolished \"Wrecking Ball\")","url":"https://time.com/3160861/nicki-minaj-anaconda-video-world-record/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Nicki Minaj","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3160861/nicki-minaj-anaconda-video-world-record/","name":"Pound the Alarm! Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video Breaks Record"}}]}] ```