Nicki Minaj 'Anaconda' Music Video Smashes VEVO Record for Most Views in 24 Hours, Beating Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' [WATCH]

According to VEVO's official Twitter account, in its first day, "Anaconda" was watched 19.6 million times, a staggering new high for the video streaming site. Minaj beat the previous record set by Miley Cyrus, who racked up 19.3 million views of her naked Terry Richardson directed music video for "Wrecking Ball" in September 2013.

The record has also previously been held by One Direction, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus (again, for "We Can't Stop").

Minaj teased and celebrated the news on her Twitter last night (Aug. 21), declaring that she loves her fans (called Barbz). And while the hawk-eyed masses knew of Minaj's record, they had to keep their excitement under wraps until the official VEVO announcement.

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