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
Only (Nicki Minaj song) "Only" was awarded with the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Awards for Best Video at the 2015 BET Awards. This was an award in which fans voted online. As of November 2018, the music video has more than 367 million views. On December 6, 2014, Minaj first performed the song on "Saturday Night Live". The rapper also performed the song during The Pinkprint Tour. On May 30, 2015, she also performed the song on the iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party 2015 in Las Vegas. Only (Nicki Minaj song) "Only" is a song by American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio