Nicki Minaj Performance ("Bang Bang" with Jessie J and Ariana Grande). "The Pinkprint" was officially released on December 15, 2014, and debuted at number two on the US "Billboard" 200, with first week sales of 244,000 overall units (198,000 in pure album sales and 46,000 combined album-equivalent units and streams). Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from critics. "Billboard" magazine's Niki McGloster called it "her best album to date". Sheldon Pearce of "The A.V. Club" thought that "The Pinkprint" is "the closest Nicki Minaj has ever gotten to balancing her tendencies". Randall Roberts from the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that
Automatic (Nicki Minaj song) "", she has a song called ['Automatic'], and the song is so similar to the song that I played for Slim." She felt that her "new sound she brought to the table" was taken by Minaj, and stated that "whether my fans liked that or not, it was my sound." Following Minaj taken her sound, Kim found Minaj "catty" and "obnoxious", but said that she never had a problem with her. The song was included on the setlist of Minaj's . Automatic (Nicki Minaj song) "Automatic" is a song recorded by American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her second