Girl Gaga’s ‘MAYHEM’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Girl Gaga’s MAYHEM strikes in at No. 1 at the Billboard 200 albums chart, because the set debuts atop the tally dated March 22. It’s the 7th chief for the famous person. The set — her 7th studio album — launches with 219,000 identical album gadgets earned within the U.S. within the week finishing March 13, in step with Luminate — the largest week of the yr for an album by way of a lady. It additionally ratings Gaga her biggest streaming week ever.

Gaga prior to now led the Billboard 200 with Chromatica (2020), the soundtrack to A Megastar Is Born (with Bradley Cooper, 2018), Joanne (2016), Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett), ARTPOP (2013) and Born This Method (2011). In overall, MAYHEM is Gaga’s eleventh height 10-charting effort, stretching again to her debut undertaking, The Status, which reached No. 2 in 2010, after bowing at the record in 2008.

Additionally within the height 10 of the most recent Billboard 200, JENNIE’s debut solo album, Ruby, bows at No. 7 at the Billboard 200. She’s the 3rd member of the chart-topping quartet BLACKPINK to notch a solo height 10 – and all 3 have come within the final 3 months.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. in line with multi-metric intake as measured in identical album gadgets, compiled by way of Luminate. Devices include album gross sales, song identical albums (TEA) and streaming identical albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand professional audio and video streams generated by way of songs from an album. The brand new March 22, 2025-dated chart shall be posted in complete on Billboard‘s web page on March 18. For all chart information, practice @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously referred to as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of MAYHEM’s 219,000 first-week identical album gadgets, album gross sales include 136,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week and debuts at No. 1 on Most sensible Album Gross sales), SEA gadgets include 80,500 (equaling 108.05 million on-demand professional streams of the set’s songs; Gaga’s greatest streaming week ever, and it debuts at No. 1 at the Most sensible Streaming Albums chart) and TEA gadgets include 2,500.

With MAYHEM’s bow of 219,000 identical album gadgets, the set earns the largest week for a girl in 2025, and the most important debut by way of a lady in over six months. The final higher bow by way of a lady was once Sabrina Wood worker’s Brief n’ Candy, which began with 362,000 atop the Sept. 7, 2024-dated record.

MAYHEM was once formally introduced on Jan. 27 and went up for pre-order that very same day. The set was once launched on March 7 and was once preceded by way of a trio of height 40-charting titles at the Billboard Scorching 100 songs chart: “Illness” (attaining No. 27 in November 2024), “Die With a Smile” (No. 1 for 5 weeks starting in January; a duet with Bruno Mars), and “Abracadabra” (No. 13 in February).

Gaga ushered within the album’s liberate with an interview with Apple Song’s Zane Lowe (March 5), participated in a livestreamed Little Monsters Press Convention introduced by way of Spotify (March 6), and did double accountability because the host and musical visitor on NBC’s Saturday Evening Reside (March 8, acting “Abracadabra” and the brand new album’s “Killah”). Gaga additionally popped up and/or carried out on a large number of different systems within the lead as much as the album’s liberate, together with the livestreamed FireAid receive advantages live performance (Jan. 30), CBS’ broadcast of the Grammy Awards (Feb. 2), First We Ceremonial dinner’s Scorching Ones (Feb. 13), NBC and Peacock’s Saturday Evening Reside fiftieth Anniversary Homecoming Live performance (Feb. 16), and Vainness Truthful’s lie detector take a look at sequence (Feb. 19).

MAYHEM’s first-week gross sales had been strengthened by way of its availability throughout a bunch of editions: 14 vinyl variants (some signed, and a few come with the bonus song “Can’t Prevent the Prime,” whilst Goal’s unique vinyl has the additional song “Kill for Love”), 4 CD editions (one signed, Goal’s unique CD provides “Kill” whilst Gaga’s webstore carried a CD with the bonus song “Can’t Prevent the Prime”), a cassette tape, a deluxe CD field set with a branded T-shirt and poster, and two extensively to be had obtain albums (the usual 14-song album, after which a deluxe model unique to iTunes with the 3 song movies for “Illness,” “Die With a Smile” and “Abracadabra”).

Of MAYHEM’s opening-week gross sales, vinyl purchases include 74,000 — Gaga’s greatest week on vinyl ever.

Gaga will quickly hit the street for a sequence of main live shows, starting along with her headlining flip on the Coachella Valley Song and Arts Competition (April 11 and 18), two displays in Mexico Town (April 26-27), a loose display on Copacabana Seaside in Rio de Janeiro (Would possibly 3) and 4 displays in Singapore (Would possibly 18, 19, 21 and 24).

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX falls to No. 2 on the most recent Billboard 200 with a little bit greater than 81,000 identical album gadgets earned (down 10%), whilst 5 extra former leaders spherical out the tip six. PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U dips 2-3 (79,000; down 13%), SZA’s SOS is stable at No. 4 (69,000; down 7%), Tate McRae’s So Shut To What descends 3-5 (63,000; down 27%), and Wood worker’s Brief n’ Candy falls 5-6 (61,000; down 5%).

JENNIE’s first solo studio album, Ruby, arrives at No. 7 at the new Billboard 200, marking the BLACKPINK member’s first chart access. The set launches with 56,000 identical album gadgets earned. Of that sum, SEA gadgets include 29,000 (equaling 39.93 million on-demand professional streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 13 on Most sensible Streaming Albums), album gross sales include 26,500 (it debuts at No. 2 on Most sensible Album Gross sales) and TEA gadgets include 500.

Ruby was once preceded by way of 3 charting titles at the Scorching 100 songs chart: “Mantra,” “Love Hangover” (with Dominic Fike) and “ExtraL” (with Doechii).

Ruby was once to be had in its first week as a nine-track extensively to be had virtual obtain album, after which an expanded 15-song bodily set and a 15-track obtain and streaming version. Whilst the usual and bodily albums have just one visitor superstar (FKJ, on “JANE”), the 15-track obtain and streaming version provides additional particular visitors on a couple of tracks, together with Doechii, Dua Lipa, Dominic Fike, Infantile Gambino and Kali Uchis.

Ruby’s first-week gross sales had been aided by way of its availability throughout 4 CD variants (all containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized), 5 deluxe CD boxed set editions (each and every containing a work of branded clothes, a signed insert and a replica of the album) and two obtain editions (a extensively to be had usual model with 9 tracks and an expanded 15-song version).

JENNIE is a member of the Billboard 200-topping quartet BLACKPINK, who noticed its final album, BORN PINK, debut atop the chart dated Oct. 1, 2022, after the act’s The Album changed into its first height 10 (No. 2, 2020). JENNIE is the 3rd member of the crowd to notch a height 10-charting solo effort at the Billboard 200, following LISA, whose Adjust Ego debuted at No. 7 every week in the past (March 15 chart), and ROSÉ, whose rosie debuted and peaked at No. 3 at the Dec. 21, 2024, chart.

Rounding out the tip 10 of the most recent Billboard 200, Dangerous Bunny’s chart-topping Debí Tirar Más Fotos falls 6-8 (52,000 identical album gadgets; down 8%), Morgan Wallen’s former chief One Factor at a Time is a non-mover at No. 9 (43,000; up 3%), and Chappell Roan’s The Upward thrust and Fall of a Midwest Princess dips 8-10 (42,000; down 1%).

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