Anaconda (song)

"Anaconda"
"Anaconda"
Single by Nicki Minaj
from the album The Pinkprint
Released	August 4, 2014
Recorded	April 2014
Studio	Glenwood Recording Studios ; (Burbank, California)
Genre	Hip-hop;
Length	4:20 (album version); 3:25 (radio edit); 2:56 (Instrumental)
Label	Young Money; Cash Money; Republic;
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Ray; Onika Maraj; Jamal Jones; Jonathan Solone-Myvett; Ernest Clark; Marcos Palacios;
Producer(s)	Polow da Don; AnonXmous; Da Internz;
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
Music video
	"Anaconda" on YouTube

"Anaconda" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 4, 2014, by Young Money, Cash Money, and Republic as the second single from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).^[2] 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.^[3] It peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single at the time. 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.

Colin Tilley directed an accompanying video for the song, which was released on August 19, 2014. 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. In 2021, "Anaconda" became the first music video for a solo female rap song to hit 1 billion views. 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. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards.^[4] 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.

^ Tobin, Patricia (August 19, 2014). "Nicki Minaj beats the music industry at its own sexist game with "Anaconda"". Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
^ Frynlund, Zach (July 24, 2014). "Nicki Minaj Played a Guessing Game on Twitter Before She Announced Her Second Single Today". Complex. Complex Media. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
^ Horowitz, Steven J. (September 12, 2014). "Sir Mix-A-Lot on Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda,' Booty Fever & New Music". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
^ "57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[1] Tobin, Patricia (August 19, 2014). "Nicki Minaj beats the music industry at its own sexist game with "Anaconda"". Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

[2] Frynlund, Zach (July 24, 2014). "Nicki Minaj Played a Guessing Game on Twitter Before She Announced Her Second Single Today". Complex. Complex Media. Retrieved July 25, 2014.

[3] Horowitz, Steven J. (September 12, 2014). "Sir Mix-A-Lot on Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda,' Booty Fever & New Music". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2015.

[4] "57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

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