Lady Gaga is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with MAYHEM.
Her latest studio effort debuts with 219,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 136,000 in album sales, 80,500 in streaming equivalent album units (108.05 million on-demand streams for the songs) and 2,500 in track equivalent album units. MAYHEM not only gives Gaga her sixth chart-topper and her biggest streaming week ever, but also logs the biggest week for a woman in 2025 so far and in over six months; the last project from a woman dates back to Sabrina Carpenter in September 2024.
Also appearing in this week’s Billboard 200 is JENNIE as Ruby debuts at No. 7, earning 56,000 equivalent album streams and giving the BLACKPINK staple her first solo chart appearance. Of that number, 29,000 is credited to streaming equivalent album units (39.93 million on-demand streams), 26,500 in album sales and 500 in track equivalent album units.
Elsewhere in this week’s top 10 are Kendrick Lamar at No. 2, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake at No. 3, SZA at No. 4 and Tate McRae at No. 5. Making up the bottom half this week are Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen and Chappell Roan at Nos. 6, 8, 9 and 10, respectively.
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