Nicki Minaj's video beats Miley Cyrus' for maximum views

Rapper Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' is the most viewed music video in 24 hours, after beating Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball', which previously held the record with 12.3 million views.

'Anaconda' has got 19.6 million views within a day of its release, announced music video website Vevo, reported People magazine.

Minaj, 31, took to Twitter to share her excitement in addition to Instagramming a screen grab of one of Vevo's tweets, which included the phrase 'A$$mazing'.