Rap-Up.com || Beyoncé Sets Twitter Record With Pregnancy Announcement

Everyone was atwitter over Beyoncé’s pregnancy reveal at the MTV Video Music Awards. The surprise announcement was a social media phenomenon and helped Twitter break a new record.

According to Twitter, the news of a little one for Mr. and Mrs. Carter set a new record on the microblogging service: 8,868 tweets per second. The previous record took place when the U.S. women’s soccer team took on Japan in July, registering 7,196 tweets per second.

Not only did B deliver a Twitter blockbuster, but her public reveal also helped MTV achieve ratings gold. The 28th annual show was the most watched VMAs in the network’s history, with a record 12.4 million total viewers and 8.5 million of those 12-to-34 years old, according to AdAge.

Beyoncé performed “Love on Top” during the broadcast, rubbing her baby bump as a smiling Jay-Z looked on.

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62 Comments

Music Lover
August 29th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Only the Queen!

So happy for Bey!

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Holler. Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 1:00 am
@Music Lover, Rihanna is going to try [as always] stay as relevant as possible. King B aint even on twitter & got ya’ll going loopy.

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isabella! Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 3:47 am
@Holler., first off why bring rihanna in to this? She is in the UK promoting loud she wasn’t even at the billboard awards, i swear haters keep hating, loud is going strong with over 5 million sold. i love bey so i won’t bring her in this! just so you know, rihanna is one of 3 artist this year that has sold over 5 million. who needs to stay relevant are those who are selling less! Now congratulations to beyonce, she said when she was 30 she was going to have a baby. :)

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maya Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 11:00 am
@isabella!, actually rihanna WAS at the billboard awards cheering Bey on! Talk when Rihanna finally get a #1 album & learns to fucking sing.

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??? Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 3:01 pm
@maya,

…umm You don’t have a #1 album either. Maybe YOU should get one and then talk about someone else workin’ on one, hater.

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Fin Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
@Holler., Shutup

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NickiMinaj
August 29th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
I love her .. but im gonna miss her voice and dancemoves but im happy! :D

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Brionna
August 29th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Yass I expect nothing less from the Queen!!!!!! and Brooklyn :)

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Mya
August 29th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
The Queen!!

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meme
August 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
i tink it weird how shes showing a belly already…she just shot like 5 videos 2 weeks ago??

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teamMinajUK Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
@meme, yeah i know but if you google it ( you’ll find reps for her have confirmed shes two months) that would explain all the ballads and videos she been doing and if you go back two months ago thats around the time she did glastonbury and kinda hinted on her pier mogan interview ha we are so dumb from lyrics on 4 and how she been talkin about love all summer and jayz we should of known lol :)

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yummykissezxoxo Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
@teamMinajUK, lmao omg yeah like on countdown she said im tryna make us 3 from this 2 cause your still the one haha beyonce and these damn jaw dropping moments and yeah i heard she was either two months or close (ladys see what spandex can do haha)

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Isis Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
@teamMinajUK, 2 months? She looks to be at least 4 months. You don’t even have a belly at 2 months….

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Real Issh Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
@meme, Are you retarded ? Please , think before you write . Thank you .

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Lo Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 8:38 pm
@meme, I think its weird that your always on a Beyonce post.

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sglade
August 29th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Honey B cannot be stopped. She runs this town tonight. And tomorrow.

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Stre3t Danc@
August 29th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
#winning! That’s INSANE!

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Aaliyah
August 29th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
beyonce was NOT the reason for the high ratings.

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WACK BITCH Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
@Aaliyah, well, who was it than?

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Real Issh Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
@Aaliyah, They just said she was . Read what MTV said . We didn’t make it up .#Stan

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isabella! Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 3:49 am
@Real Issh, i get what @Aaliyah is saying because no one knew that beyonce was going to show she was pregnant so who ever watched didn’t watch for that reason but i know as soon as someone posted it on twitter millions of people turned it on.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
@isabella!, It says “helped” not her being the reason . @Aaliyah can’t read , so you joined the illiterate team .

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Jamaican
August 29th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
I love that picture of her lol, she’s so cute. I couldn’t be happier for her having one of the happiest moments in her life coming soon. God bless that beautiful child along with the family.

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JHP
August 29th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
When I saw her rubbing her baby bump with all that happiness and pride in her eyes, and the joy I seen in Jay’s face, that moment made my night right there. For the first time, I think I realized how beautiful a marriage and having a child can be. As young as I am (15) I’m not planning on doing it soon, but it’s things like that that want to make you find love

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dededededede Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
@JHP, Please, use a condom.

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Beyonce is desperate
August 29th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Yawns#

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Real Issh Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
@Beyonce is desperate, Go to sleep .

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Real Issh
August 29th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Breaking records without a twitter , that’s dope . I’m a happy stan .

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RL
August 29th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Meh, she is another woman get pregnant. i dont see why she is important that she is pregnant (i bet because she is a celeb), she is not the only female who pop babies.

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Castooor
August 29th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Like only Bey can!

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Winston Churchill
August 29th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
You know the government saves every tweet you do? Big Brother is watching even if you think they aren’t. Just another way to control and watch people.

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Carmo Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
@Winston Churchill, riiiight, cause that tweet about what you ate for dinner last february will be some high value leverage for the government in the future. fuck out of here with that conspiracy bullshit.

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JussSaying Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
@Winston Churchill,

Oh boo, get over it! Go sit in your living room with your tin foil hat. The goverment dont give a fuck about you or anybody else.

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OMG!!!! Reply:
August 29th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
@Winston Churchill, lol wy u say that?

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Nick
August 29th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Who else?

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WatchTheThrone
August 29th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
congrats to her but it’s kinda sad that this breaks twitter records…..
not the haiti earthquake, not the norway shootings, not even osama getting killed
our society’s getting dumbed down more and more by this celebrity & gossip news

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Whitney Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 5:36 am
@WatchTheThrone, i agree.

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Joe Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 7:20 am
@WatchTheThrone, All that is depressing, people want to forget it.

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??? Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 3:16 pm
@WatchTheThrone,

Hey that news has no business here. That kind of information requires a higher number of brain cells and functioning than most people on this site harbor.

Check out Joe’s reply. The grim social problems in the world should be totally overlooked and forgotten because of one-super-uber-famous woman’s pregnancy. Can’t you see that??????

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kingb bish
August 29th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
SOOOO HAPPY 4 THE CARTERS!!!!!!

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kingkong
August 30th, 2011 at 3:28 am
wow the long live the King/Queen lol

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Fan Of A Fan
August 30th, 2011 at 3:55 am
would twitter care if i was pregnant ?

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MusicHead Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 8:20 am
@Fan Of A Fan, it should be “were” not “was” & no it would not care.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
@MusicHead, Lmaooooo .

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Fan Of A Fan Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 3:08 pm
@MusicHead, its a blog site not a fuckin english essay

well at least im young enough to actually take one cos i know that you must be like in your 30′s

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Natalia
August 30th, 2011 at 5:14 am
..and I’m so happy ! :)

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beyonce flop singles
August 30th, 2011 at 6:14 am
wow seen a video of beyonce copies keri hilson on youtube . i see beyonce is still unoriginal ,,keri just performed in that same mj jacket at the everret prom .and who cares about this bitch shes overrated!

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T Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 9:39 am
@beyonce flop singles, um who the hell is keri hilson? Gtfoh with that. Bey is the most successful black female artist of this generation & u will deal.

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Lo Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 6:33 pm
@beyonce flop singles, You love Beyonce, your on the DL.

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bobs
August 30th, 2011 at 8:46 am
Bitch is already using AN embryo to boost her album sales… She gon make Mommy Dearest look like Mother Teresa.

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whocares
August 30th, 2011 at 8:53 am
um tiwtter? thats all media and alot of you care about. that what makes a artist now a days? i miss how it use to be just about the talent of an artist not about how many “likes” on facebook and how many tweets. what the world has come too, so sad for popular music.

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DaDonRoMaN Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 9:19 am
@whocares, but Beyonce Dnt Have A Twitter Tho.. Your Comment Was Irrelevent cause This Post Have Nuthin To Do With Making or Breaking An Artist. It Just Says Beyonce’s Pregnancy Broke Twitter Records

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dwayne jonathan
August 30th, 2011 at 11:07 am
just cant wait 4 the delivery date!!!!!!

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Fin15 Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
@dwayne jonathan, I think you can wait for your delivery Date!!!!!!

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Fan Of A Fan
August 31st, 2011 at 3:05 pm
im so happy for her :D
i cant wait till i get pregnant so i could be on all the blog sites, the news and the radio :D
shit i might just get knocked up right now :D

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brainfood.com
August 31st, 2011 at 3:21 pm
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine?

~Jeremy Taylor

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YuHoes Funny
August 31st, 2011 at 7:08 pm
I Hate When People Call Beyonce King B because Nicki Was calling herself a King First & Uhm I Still Love B Dont Get Me Wrong But I Feel She Shoulda Stuck to Queen B .. Congrats Bey Hope The Baby Comes Out Beautiful Like Its Mommy

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Lo Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 8:40 pm
@YuHoes Funny, Nicki has no RIGHTS to be called Queen nor King, maybe Princess. Beyonce sees there is no other male artist claiming the King spot so she decided to own it her self King B.

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Fin15 Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
@YuHoes Funny, Shutup and get use to it Bludy hell

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Jazz Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
@Fin15, Well i am having SEX!!! Now so stop talking to me!!!!

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Fin15 Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
@Jazz, How old are you should you be talking lik that because i am 18.

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Jazz Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
@Fin15, I am only 20 And i am have SEX!! SEX!! SEX!! with our parts tuching it is so nice I mean NICE!!!

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