![]() “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.It was certified Double Platinum in Australia, and Gold in Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.Īrtist’s age on Release Date: Onika Tanya Maraj aka Nicki Minaj was 32 years old when she released this song.Ĭover Versions: Bart Baker and Tiffany Tynes – A group on Bunnies for the movie Sing – Amateur artists covered this song on Youtube. The song reached the top 10 in several countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Double Platinum for sales over 2 million copies. ‘Anaconda’ topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts and reached number 4 on the US Rhythmic charts. In the US, it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 21 on the Mainstream Top 40. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it Silver for sales over 200,000 copies. In the UK, the song reached number 3 on the Official Charts Company and topped the R&B Charts. Label: Young Money – Cash Money – Republic Songwriter/s: Onika Maraj – Jamal Jones – Jonathan Solone-Myett – Ernest Clark – Marcos Palacios – Sir Mix-a-lot ![]() ![]() She’d call you back after a couple more hours.” She would hit us up, she’d be in the studio vibing, coming up with different ideas, making sure those ideas were cool. I don’t really know Nicki Minaj, but I can tell you this: Lazy, she is not. Sir Mix-a-Lot explained to MTV News how Nicki was in touch with him the whole time she was recording the song, he said: “She called while she was in the studio. I thought, if we’re doing this, then everybody is going to have fun with it.” If they don’t like a song, they’ll be like, ‘No.’ As soon as they walked in the studio, we were laughing and having fun. My biggest thing was seeing how my girlfriends Sherika and Thembi were going to react. I started laughing when I said, ‘Boy toy named Troy. The song was a simple one to write, I just created the melody and then I let the words happen. I wanted to be sexual but be playful with it and I wanted it to be so melodic that even if you don’t understand English you could still go along with the melody and you would have no idea about all the raunchy shit I’m saying, I get a kick out of that. ![]() In an interview with Complex Magazine Nicki said: “I wanted to create a song that embraced curvy women. The song is a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back: hit back in 1992. A fun singalong song as described by Nicki.
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