The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (8/22)

Posted by Doug Klinger on August 22, 2014 in Most Popular Music Videos

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40 million. That’s how many times Nicki Minaj’s music video for “Anaconda” was watched this week. That’s over 6 years worth of time spent watching Nicki Minaj shake her butt and spray herself with whip cream over the past 2 days. It is by far the most popular video of the week. I was going to come in here and talk about how it was neck and neck between Nicki and Taylor Swift, but really, it’s wasn’t even close. Don’t get me wrong, with over 27 million views, Taylor has a great week with “Shake It Off,” but “Anaconda” still outdid it by over 13 million views in 2/3 the amount of time. While this week’s list is full of fantastic videos, the list is usually top heavy with two 25+ million view videos sitting at the top of the list as the only videos of the week to even crack a million views.

Ella Eyre drops a breakup anthem on us with the number three video this week, while Haim and Gerard Way round out the top five with some sweet fabricated TV show vibes. Action Bronson gives an amazing performance in the sprawling "Easy Rider" video, The Weeknd gets NSFW in “Often,” and Tove Lo hits us with some trippy effects in the video for “Not On Drugs.” Looking for a bigger bite of this week's music video pie? Then check out this playlist of the 25 most popular new music videos. Looking for a bigger bite of regular pie? Then come on down and meet us at Applebee's, the first slice is on us! 

Also, if you're around watching the MTV VMAs this weekend, why not join us for our live blog while you do it! You can log in and speak your mind, or just stop by to read our drunk thoughts on Ariana Grande's outfit. See ya there!

Nicki Minaj 'Anaconda' music video

1. Anaconda

Nicki Minaj

Director: Colin Tilley

40.4M
Taylor Swift 'Shake It Off' music video

2. Shake It Off

Taylor Swift

Director: Mark Romanek

27.5M
Ella Eyre 'Comeback' music video

3. Comeback

Ella Eyre

Director: Jon Jon Augustavo

646.1K
Haim 'My Song 5' music video

4. My Song 5

Haim

Director: Dugan O'Neal

625.3K
Gerard Way 'No Shows' music video

5. No Shows

Gerard Way

Director: Jennifer Juniper Stratford

474.9K
Action Bronson 'Easy Rider' music video

6. Easy Rider

Action Bronson

Director: Tom Gould

305.5K
CD9 'Me Equivoque' music video

7. Me Equivoque

CD9

Director: Daniel Shain

266.7K
The Weeknd 'Often' music video

8. Often

The Weeknd

Director: Sam Pilling

257.7K
Tove Lo 'Not On Drugs' music video

9. Not On Drugs

Tove Lo

Director: Rikkard Häggbom

213.7K
Korn 'Hater' music video

10. Hater

Korn

Director: David Yarovesky

203.2K

Doug Klinger is the co-founder/content director of IMVDb and watches more music videos than anyone on earth. You can find him on twitter at @doug_klinger.



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