Stream The Pinkprint via HipHopDX . To date, Rick Ross’ Mastermind has the highest first-week sales for a Hip Hop album in 2014, with 179,000 copies sold. Nicki Minaj new album The PinkPrint debut at No. … First , Minaj , nicki , pink , Print , sales , week The Pinkprint debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, with 244,000 album-equivalent units (with 198,000 coming from pure sales and 46,000 combined track-equivalent units and streams) in its first week behind Taylor Swift's 1989 which was spending its sixth week at number one. 2 on Billboard 200 album chart after selling 244,000 copies in its first week. Nicki Minaj’s Pink Print proved to be one truly stellar album, from the awards to the number of albums sold – she shifted the industry on its axis. Spin, Spin, spin your anger on, dear. The Pinkprint: 244K: Rick Ross: Mastermind: 179K: ScHoolboy Q: Oxymoron: 139K: Shady Records: Shady XV: 138K: In 2014 Billboard began to take streaming into account for first week sales and total album sales. Congrats to Nicki Minaj for selling over 240,000 copies of “The Pinkprint” (244,000 total) with 194,000 authentic album sales and streams justifying the remaining album sales. The Pinkprint has finally hit stores, and the third official offering from Young Money’s First Lady is leaning toward low opening week sales for Nicki’s standards. It was the 2nd highest first week sales by a female artist in 2014, as well as the 2nd highest first week sales by a rap … Fact remains that the pink print posted one of the highest first week sales of the year, and the highest first week sales for … 2015 - Back to Back. 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 equivalent units (198,000 in pure album sales and 46,000 combined album-equivalent units and streams). The numbers are in, and Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint comes in at #2 on Billboard with a total of 244,000 units. The album debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 244,000 units, and was streamed 16.8 million times in its first week. Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" debuts at #2 on Billboard with 244,000 units. There were a lot of hype surrounding the release of The PinkPrint with Nicki Minaj showing a more vulnerable side on the 19-track project. Upon release, … Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj ‘s new The Pinkprint album is fighting its way up the sales chart with new first-week estimates reaching 175,000 copies. The Pinkprint launches with 244,000 units, with pure album sales representing 194,000 copies of that total. Share. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 244,000 album units sold in its first week, of which 198,000 were pure sales.