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Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Video Breaks Record for Most Views in 24 Hours!

Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Video Breaks Record for Most Views in 24 Hours!

Ariana Grande has broken a major YouTube record with her “Thank U, Next” music video!

The 25-year-old “God is a woman” singer’s video now officially has the most views within 24 hours of dropping.

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The visual, which pays tribute to some of Ariana‘s favorite female-driven movies, was released at 12 p.m. PT on Friday (November 30) and broke the record in under 22 hours.

As of Saturday at 10:55 a.m. PT, “Thank U, Next” garnered 48 million views, beating previous record holder, BTS, who earned 45.9 million views for their “Idol” music video in the first 24 hours back in August.

“Thank U, Next” has also set the record for most-viewed video using YouTube’s Premiere scheduling feature, with 829,000 viewers watching at the same time. Her fans also wrote more than 516,000 chat messages during the debut, which is also a record for YouTube Premieres.

Amazing! Watch Ariana‘s “Thank U, Next” music video here, and be sure to check out our slideshow of all of the celeb cameos!

UPDATE: YouTube confirmed to Just Jared that the video now holds the record for biggest music video debut in YouTube history, earning over 55 million views in its first 24 hours.

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