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Originally posted by Billboard
Congratulations are likewise in order for Republic Records, which is promoting "Shake" to pop and adult radio. With Swift's hit at No. 1 and Minaj's "Anaconda" at No. 2, Republic claims the Hot 100's top two ranks simultaneously for the first time in its history.
Below Swift's new Hot 100 leader, Minaj's jump from No. 39 to No. 2, with top Digital and Streaming Gainer honors, marks the chart's other major news.
Following the release of its video on Aug. 19, "Anaconda" makes a 42-1 lunge on Streaming Songs with a 1,287 percent surge to 32.1 million streams; 95 percent of its total is from Vevo on YouTube. The overall sum is the highest since Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" drew 36.4 million streams (Sept. 28, 2013) following the first full week after its video premiered. The greatest streaming total since the chart launched on March 2, 2013, and the only other song (in addition to "Wrecking Ball") to tally more weekly streams than "Anaconda": Baauer's "Shake" peaked with 103 million (powered heavily by user-generated clips featuring the song's audio) the week that the survey debuted.
The "Anaconda" video, and her performance at the VMAs, spurs a 24-6 leap for the cut on Digital Songs (120,000, up 132 percent). The track is slithering toward Radio Songs, primed to pounce in with 25 million (up 33 percent).
With the 39-2 ascent of "Anaconda," Minaj snares her highest Hot 100 rank. The song passes the No. 3 peaks of two 2011 hits: her own "Super Bass" and her featured turn on Spears' "Till the World Ends."
"Anaconda" is Minaj's 11th Hot 100 top 10, extending her record among female rappers. Missy Elliott ranks second with nine.
Meanwhile, the 39-2 ascent for "Anaconda" marks the second-biggest jump ever within the Hot 100's top 40. Only the Black Eyed Peas made a loftier leap in the region when "Boom Boom Pow" blasted 39-1 on April 18, 2009.
On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Anaconda" becomes Minaj's third No. 1 (10-1). It's her third No. 1 on Rap Songs (4-1), where it dethrones Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Grande, after a record-tying 18-week reign. (Elliott's "Hot Boyz," featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip, reigned for 18 weeks in 1999-2000). On the Hot 100, "Fancy" falls out of the top 10 (5-11). The collab spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and remains the only title to have led Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart this year; one week remains in the survey's tracking period before the season's final rankings are revealed.
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Originally posted by Adonis
Queen of VEVO reads like Queen of EBay... I can just see Nicki in 10 years talking about some I am the Queen of VEVO as she tries to snatch someone who's younger and prettier and more talented than her.
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She actually isn't the queen of VEVO though. That's Rihanna. 
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I never thought it had been so successful. Congrats Onika (even though I hate the song)! 
I posted the 6x certification the day it was added (the 20th) in here and on Twitter (via NMCharts) and RIAA mentioned the certification on Twitter during the VMAs. 
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