Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" music video apparently broke Rihanna's VEVO record for her "Where Have You Been" video.

Enstarz reported earlier this week how Rihanna had shown the entire music industry how it is done by collecting just under 5 million views on her new music video within the first 24 hours.

However VEVO tweeted yesterday that BIEBER broke RIHANNA's record. 

VEVO tweeted: "WOW. Considering 24hrs haven't even passed and @JustinBieber's #BOYFRIENDvideo is already over 5M, it's safe to say the new record is his!"

Bieber tweeted in response: "@VEVO that is because of my fans. the #beliebers - i love them. always there for me. im always gonna be there for them. #FAMILY. THANK U"

Bieber is showing that with his hoard of faithful Beliebers anything is possible.

Rihanna managed to wrestle the VEVO record away from Nicki Minaj, who had previously held the crown with 4.8 million views over the first 24 hours for her video "Stupid Hoe". Rihanna overcame that with 4,937,281 views.

"NUMBERS ARE IN! After filtering out the BS & triple-checking, @Rihanna #WHYBvideo24hrRECORD stands @ 4,937,281! Congrats!" VEVO tweeted. "@Rihanna love this s**t! Congrats to you and the Navi."

Rihanna replied, "Anybody else lovin the way @vevo tweets?"

Rihanna's "Where Have You Been"

Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend"

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