



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). “i”, a track performed by Kendrick Lamar.For other songs with the same title, see Anaconda (disambiguation) § Music. Did Nicki Minaj win a Grammy Award for “Anaconda”?Īward nomination for Best Rap Song for 2015. Other songs sampled in this tune include the 1984 classic hit “Yes It’s You” by Sweet Charles Sherrell. Sir Mix-a-Lot’s 1992 hit “Baby Got Back” is heavily sampled in it. All three producers also co-wrote the song. They were assisted by co-producer Jonathan Solone-Myvett. “Anaconda” was produced by Da Internz and Polow da Don. However, she did so with the help of numerous other songwriters, including the following: American parody artist, Bart Baker performed a parody of the song in 2014. South Korean singer, Leo also released his version of this single in 2014.“Anaconda” received covers from a host of recording artists, such as the 2016 version performed by Armenian singer, EMMY.The song did not fail to prove its amazing success in other regions like Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, where it ranked within the top 10.For example, its peak rankings in the United States and in the UK were #2 and #3 respectively. “Anaconda” performed well on the global charts.The rapper’s first live performance for this song was at the MTV Music Video Awards in 2014. At the event, she also performed “Bang Bang” together with Ariana Grande and Jessie J, the song’s other joint singers.The single was also nominated under the category of Best Female Video, which it lost to Taylor Swift’s hit “ Blank Space”. This track’s visual won the award for Best Hip-Hop Video at the MTV Video Music Awards held in 2015.Canadian rap icon, Drake is featured on this video. Famous video director, Colin Tiley is responsible for directing this video. A music video for “Anaconda” was released on August 19th, 2014.Minaj dropped this song as the album’s second single. It is featured as the 12th track on the Minaj’s third career album, named, The Pinkprint. This hip-hop tune was released on August 4th, 2014.
