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" Nicki Minaj has set a new Vevo record with her music video for &amp;#039;Anaconda&amp;#039;. The racy Colin Tilley-directed clip racked up 19.6 million views in its first 24 hours online, making it the site&amp;#039;s most-watched video premiere ever.      The title was previously held by Miley Cyrus, whose video for &amp;#039;Wrecking Ball&amp;#039; picked up 19.3 million views on its first day of release in September 2013. Minaj has held Vevo&amp;#039;s most-watched record twice in the past.  The video for her track &amp;#039;Stupid Hoe&amp;#039; was viewed 4.8 million times upon its release in January 2012 and she also featured on Justin Bieber&amp;#039;s October 2012 single &amp;#039;Beauty and a Beat&amp;#039;, which clocked up 10.6 million views in 24 hours.  &amp;#039;Anaconda&amp;#039; - which samples Sir Mix-A-Lot&amp;#039;s 1992 hit &amp;#039;Baby Got Back&amp;#039; - recently helped the singer-rapper break Michael Jackson&amp;#039;s record for the most Billboard Hot 100 hits, after it debuted at number 19 on the Billboard chart. The clip for the track has received a mixed response from the hip-hop community. Sir Mix-A-Lot gave his approval in a tweet, claiming he had already watched the video 37 times, but Grandmaster Flash recently told BBC Radio 1xtra that the twerk-filled promo &amp;quot;wasn&amp;#039;t totally necessary&amp;quot;, given Minaj&amp;#039;s success and achievements. &amp;#039;Anaconda&amp;#039; is the lead single from the 31-year-old New Yorker&amp;#039;s upcoming third studio album, The Pinkprint, which is expected to be released later this year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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