Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song) of the sexiest videos of 2014 by VH1. As of November 2018, the video has more than 820 million views. On 24 August 2014, Minaj first performed the song live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. The performance followed Ariana Grande's individual performance of her single "Break Free" and was followed by a performance of Jessie J, Grande, and Minaj's joint single "Bang Bang." On September 9, 2014, Minaj performed the song live at Fashion Rocks. On September 19, 2014, Minaj performed the song at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival. On November 9, 2014, Minaj performed "Anaconda" at the
Only (Nicki Minaj song) today in June 2013, Nicki Minaj stated that she hoped Drake would be making an appearance on the album continuing to say "We're supposed to meet up this week to get some stuff crack-a-ling in the studio. I think there'll be another feature on the album that will blow people away. I'm super excited about that too, but it's obviously a secret!". On October 26, 2014, Nicki Minaj posted the single cover on Instagram, informing that this would be the third single of her upcoming album "The Pinkprint". The cover art for the song was an illustration that depicts Minaj