Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song) Digital Spy gave the song four and a half stars out of five and said that is "one of the year's most electrifying pop anthems". In the United States, "Bang Bang" debuted atop the "Billboard" Digital Songs chart selling 230,000 digital downloads on the week ending August 3, 2014, becoming Grande's and Minaj's second chart topper there, and Jessie J's first. Its first week sales also marked the third-largest sales debut for a song in 2014, behind Grande's own "Problem" and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", both of which were co-written by Max Martin. The song launched on the US
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song) video was uploaded on MTV's website and was available for international viewing. On August 25, 2014, the video was released via Jessie J's Vevo account, and was Vevo-certified on November 5, having surpassed 100 million views. As of November 2018, it has accumulated more than 1.2 billion views. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj performed the song together at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California alongside Grande's song Break Free and Minaj's single Anaconda, and at the 2014 American Music Awards on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Jessie J performed