Within 24 hours of its debut, Rihanna’s music video for her song “Where Have You Been” racked up 4.9 million views through VEVO. The site is a host for music videos that operates largely through a collaboration with YouTube. The company took to Twitter to congratulate the Barbados-born singer on her accomplishment.
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By getting almost 5 million views, Riri surpasses Nicki Minaj who previously held the record with her “Stupid Hoe” video. Back then, the female rapper “clocked 4.8 million views, the highest single-video VEVO number in 24 hours ever.”
“NUMBERS ARE IN! After filtering out the BS & triple-checking,
Rihanna #WHYBvideo24hrRECORD stands4,937,281! Congrats!” VEVO tweeted. ”@Rihanna love this s**t! Congrats to you and the Navi.” In response, Riri wrote, “anybody else lovin the way @vevo tweets?”
“Where Have You Been” is the latest single from Riri’s sixth studio album “Talk That Talk.”
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