Lady Gaga's Mayhem starts at the top of the Billboard 200 album charts, per the publication It's the star's seventh time leading the charts, and this also represents Gaga's biggest first-week streaming achievement in her career.
Mayhem Bows at number one with 219,000 equivalent album units achieved in the U.S., reports Luminate. Among these units, 80,500 stem from streaming activities—equivalent to over 108 million on-demand official streams of the album’s tracks—and the record also starts at the top spot on the Top Streaming Albums chart.
This album marks Lady Gaga's seventh debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. She previously reached the top spot in 2020. Chromatica the 2018 soundtrack for A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper, 2016's Joanne , 2014's Cheek to Cheek with Tony Bennett, 2013's Artpop , and 2011's Born This Way .
Mayhem Additionally, she secured the highest weekly earnings in 2025 for an album by a female artist. This achievement also marks the biggest first-week album release by a woman in over six months. Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet , which debuted with 362,000 units on September 7, 2024, marked the most recent major release led by a woman. Short n' Sweet is listed at Number Six this week).
Mayhem The initial week saw a surge in sales thanks to an array of editions such as 14 different vinyl variations, four distinct CD releases, a cassette version, and a premium CD boxed set, along with digital downloads of both the regular and special edition albums. Out of these, vinyl records accounted for 74,000 units. Mayhem 's opening-week sales.
Elsewhere on the charts, Kendrick Lamar's track remains prominent. GNX slides to Number Two with slightly over 81,000 units sold. Drake collaborates with PartyNextDoor on this one. Some Sexy Songs for You drops to Number Three with 79,000 units achieved, SZA's SOS stays at Number Four earning 69,000 units, and Tate McRae's So Close to What completes the Top Five with 63,000 units achieved.
In other chart updates, Jennie's debut solo studio album, Ruby , debuts at Number Seven on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 56,000 units.
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