Lady Gaga‘s “Mayhem” has made its mark as the No. 1 album in the United States this week.
Her seventh studio album, “Mayhem” earns Gaga the biggest opening week for an album by a woman this year with 219,000 units earned, per Luminate. “Mayhem” also granted Gaga her biggest streaming debut yet, launching to the summit with 108 million streams.
Gaga has had five of her solo studio albums debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 including “Born This Way,” “Artpop,” “Joanne” and “Chromatica,” along with the “A Star Is Born” soundtrack and “Cheek to Cheek,” an album she shares with Tony Bennett.
Ahead of “Mayhem’s” release, Gaga sold 14 different physical variants including limited-edition vinyl, CDs and cassettes featuring the original cover art. Of “Mayhem’s” 219,000 first-week units, album sales comprised 136,000 as the top-selling album of the week. Vinyl purchases comprised 74,000 of that total — Gaga’s career-best total in vinyl sales.
Gaga’s highest-charting “Mayhem” single is “Abracadabra,” which the singer premiered in a commercial break during the Grammys in February, also revealing during the record’s March release date. The collection of dance floor songs includes the previously released singles “Disease,” “Abracadabra” and “Die With A Smile” with Bruno Mars.
Blackpink member Jennie debuts at No. 7 for the first time as a solo artist with her debut LP, “Ruby,” logging 56,000 units earned. It tallied nearly 40 million streams and 26,500 sales. A collection of pop and R&B, “Ruby” includes features from Childish Gambino, Doechii, Dominic Fike, FKJ, Dua Lipa and Kali Uchis.
“Ruby” is the third record by a Blackpink member to place in the top 10 of the albums chart following “Rosie” by Rosé, which debuted at No. 3, and Lisa’s “Alter Ego,” which arrived at No. 7.
The remainder of the top ten this week is led by Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” at No. 2 with 81,000 album units earned. PartyNextDoor and Drake’s “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U” is at No. 3; SZA’s “SOS” continues at No. 4; Tate McRae’s “So Close To What” is at No. 5; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” is at No. 6; Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” is at No. 8; Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is at No. 9, and Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” rounds out the peak at No. 10.
