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\n\tLady Gaga<\/a>\u2019s Mayhem<\/a> <\/em>debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, per the publication<\/a>. It\u2019s the star\u2019s seventh time topping the chart and it also marks Gaga\u2019s largest debut via streaming of her career.<\/p>\n \n\tMayhem<\/em> bows at Number One with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., according to Luminate. Of those units, 80,500 come from streaming \u2014 the equivalent of more than 108 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s songs \u2014 with the album debuting at Number One on the Top Streaming Albums chart as well.<\/p>\n \n\tThe album marks Gaga\u2019s seventh Number One-bowing album on the Billboard 200 chart. Gaga has debuted at Number One previously with 2020\u2019s Chromatica<\/em>, the 2018 soundtrack to A Star Is Born<\/em> with Bradley Cooper, 2016\u2019s Joanne<\/em>, 2014\u2019s Cheek to Cheek <\/em>with Tony Bennett, 2013\u2019s Artpop<\/em>, and 2011\u2019s Born This Way<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tMayhem<\/em> also earned the biggest week of 2025 for an album by a woman. It\u2019s also the largest debut album by a woman in more than six months. Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/a><\/em>, which bowed with 362,000 units on Sept. 7, 2024, was the last big-selling woman-led debut (Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em> appears at Number Six this week).<\/p>\n \n\tMayhem<\/em>\u2019s first week sales were boosted by a bevy of editions, including 14 vinyl variants, four CD editions, a cassette tape, and a deluxe CD box set, plus downloadable offerings of both the standard and deluxe album versions. Vinyl comprised 74,000 of Mayhem<\/em>\u2019s opening-week sales.<\/p>\n