Beyonce’s Baby Bump Reveal Sparks Twitter Record

First Published: August 30, 2011 2:21 PM EDT Credit: WireImage

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Beyonce arrives at the The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on August 28, 2011 Caption Beyonce arrives at the The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on August 28, 2011 Beyonce’s pregnant performance at the MTV Video Music Awards sparked a Twitter record.

When Beyonce performed at 10:35 PM EDT Sunday night, there were 8,868 tweets per second. Twitter said that rate was a record for the service.

At the VMAs, Beyonce revealed a baby bump, cupping her growing belly for photographers as she arrived and rubbing her tummy when she performed. The 29-year-old singer is married to Jay-Z.

The VMAs drew MTV’s biggest audience since the network began measuring its viewership. Sunday night’s show attracted 12.4 million viewers.

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