Lady Gaga is back with a monster week on Billboard’s charts, thanks to her new album, MAYHEM.

The set blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (March 7-13), according to Luminate — the biggest weekly sum for an album by a woman this year.

MAYHEM earns Gaga her seventh career Billboard 200 No. 1, tying her with Janet Jackson for the fifth-most among women in the chart’s history (which dates to 1956). Taylor Swift leads with 14, followed by Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (nine) and Beyoncé (eight).

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Meanwhile, nine songs from MAYHEM chart on the latest Billboard Hot 100, led by former five-week No. 1 “Die With a Smile,” with Bruno Mars, at No. 2. Here’s a recap (all of which are debuts except where noted):

Rank, Title:

  • No. 2, “Die With a Smile,” with Bruno Mars (spent five weeks at No. 1)
  • No. 19, “Abracadabra” (up from No. 29; peaked at No. 13 in February)
  • No. 52, “Garden of Eden”
  • No. 61, “Vanish Into You”
  • No. 69, “How Bad Do U Want Me”
  • No. 81, “Perfect Celebrity”
  • No. 85, “Zombieboy”
  • No. 93, “Killah,” feat. Gesaffelstein
  • No. 95, “LoveDrug”

The seven debuts up Gaga’s career count to 46 total Hot 100 entries. She first appeared on the ranking dated Aug. 16, 2008, with “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis, her first No. 1, for three weeks beginning on Jan. 17, 2009. She boasts six No. 1s, among 18 top 10s.

MAYHEM also debuts at No. 1 on Top Dance Albums, becoming Gaga’s record-breaking eighth leader, as she surpasses Louie DeVito for the most in the chart’s 24-year history. Her 2008 debut, The Fame, has spent a record 193 weeks at No. 1.

Gaga also charts nine songs, all from the new set, on Billboard’s recently launched Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart:

  • No. 1, “Abracadabra” (up from No. 2; fourth total week at No. 1)
  • No. 3, “Garden of Eden”
  • No. 4, “Vanish Into You”
  • No. 5, “Disease”
  • No. 6, “Zombieboy”
  • No. 8, “Killah,” feat. Gesaffelstein
  • No. 9, “LoveDrug”
  • No. 12, “Shadow of a Man”
  • No. 13, “Don’t Call Tonight”



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