The video was released on May 30 , 2014 , and it surpassed 100 million views on July 28 , consequently making it Grande 's second Vevo-certified music video after " The Way " . As of September 2018 , the music video has over 1.1 billion views on YouTube . The lyric video was nominated at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in the Best Lyric Video category . The official music video was nominated in the Best Collaboration , Best Female Video , and Best Pop Video categories , and it ultimately won the award for Best Pop Video . It was Grande 's and Azalea 's first time winning a VMA
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
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