Īccording to Minaj's sound engineer Aubry 'Big Juice' Delaine, 'Anaconda' had 27 different versions at first. Whereas Sir Mix-a-Lot focuses on a woman's body and the pleasure it gives him, Minaj raps from the perspective of the unnamed woman, and shows how she uses her body to profit and empower herself. The song has been viewed by some as a diss track, in answer to ' Baby Got Back'. The song heavily samples ' Baby Got Back' by Sir Mix-a-Lot, who also has vocals in the chorus of the song. On various digital music stores, the cover art is censored with the Parental Advisory label over Minaj's buttocks. The cover art for the single went viral on the web after being revealed. However, on August 24, 2014, Elliott contradicted Polow's recollections, saying she never received the instrumental. On August 5, 2014, producer Polow da Don claimed that the 'Anaconda' instrumental was originally intended for rapper and musician Missy Elliott, but was scrapped and then re-recorded by Minaj. 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. In 2021, Anaconda became the first music video for a solo female rap song to hit 1 billion views. 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.

The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, top forty in Austria, France and Portugal and top fifty in Czech Republic.Ĭolin Tilley directed an accompanying video for the song, which was released on August 19, 2014. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest charting single at the time.

Released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album, the song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz, and prominently samples ' Baby Got Back' (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. ' Anaconda' is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). As of 27 November 2019, Anaconda surpassed 900 million views on YouTube, making it the first solo female rap song to do so.For other songs with the same title, see Anaconda (disambiguation) § Music.

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'. 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. It was released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album. 'Anaconda' is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).

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