

The song was also nominated for two categories at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Female Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, winning the latter. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. I said, where my fat ass big bitches in the club Fuck them skinny bitches, fuck them skinny bitches in the club. She broke it previously “Stupid Hoe” and “Beauty and a Beat”.

This also made Nicki Minaj the first and only female artist, to break the VEVO 24 Hour record three times. Following the video's release, it broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release, being surpassed by Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" in 2015. An accompanying video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley and released on August 19, 2014. The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It went on to spend eight weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, consequently becoming Minaj's highest charting single in the United States to date but remaining in the number two spot due to the popularity of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Sort of a play on the phrase trouser snake (again, meaning penis), only using the kind of. The song prominently samples "Baby Got Back" (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. In a slang context, an anaconda would be a long, thick penis. And I think everybody that was involved was super open to, 'Whatever we have to do for the sake of the song whatever's the best look for the song, let's do that.' And everybody put egos aside. The song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz. 'We were like, 'Well, we're not leaving until it gets right,' I didn't get home until the next day, until it was daylight. It was released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album. As of 27 November 2019, Anaconda surpassed 900 million views on YouTube, making it the first solo female rap song to do so."Anaconda" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).

To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. This also made Nicki Minaj the first and only female artist, to break the VEVO 24 Hour record three times. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. The song prominently samples "Baby Got Back" (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz. "Anaconda" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).
