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
Nicki Minaj videography Nicki Minaj videography American rapper Nicki Minaj has been featured in eighty-nine music videos (thirty-seven as a lead artist and fifty-one as a featured artist), nine commercials, and four documentaries. Additionally, Minaj has featured in three films: the animated "" (in which she voiced the woolly mammoth Steffie) and "The Other Woman", in which she played Lydia (an opinionated law-firm assistant). In 2009 Minaj signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment, and released her first solo music video under the label (for the single "Massive Attack") in March 2010. The rapper released the first music video from "Pink Friday",