Lady Gaga makes MAYHEM with fifth solo Official UK Number 1 album

Mother Monster's reclamation of the darker, funkier side of pop brings her back to Number 1 in the UK.

Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM makes a mighty debut at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Gaga’s sixth solo studio album – and eighth overall including her collaborations with the late Tony Bennett – earns 55,600 chart units this week, including over 36,000 physical copies, to make its showstopping entrance.

Previously, Lady Gaga reached Number 1 with studio albums The Fame/The Fame Monster (2009), Born This Way (2011), ARTPOP (2013) and Chromatica (2020). The A Star Is Born soundtrack by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (credited as a cast recording) also reached Number 1 in 2018.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK member JENNIE lands at Number 3 with her debut solo album, RUBY. It’s the second record by a BLACKPINK member to earn a place in the Top 5 following rosie by ROSÉ which reached Number 4.

Outside the Top 10, Canadian heavy metal group Spiritbox score a new personal best and their second Top 20 album with Tsunami Sea (17).

Blackpool-formed rockers Jethro Tull enter at Number 25 with Curious Ruminant, their 26th Top 40 album, finishing ahead of Geordie group The Wildhearts who enter at 29 with their latest album Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts, marking their sixth Top 40 record.

Alt-rock outfit HotWax land their first Official Albums Chart entry with their debut album Hot Shock at Number 38.

Finally, Sabrina Carpenter’s 2022 album emails i can’t send enters the Top 40 for the first time ever, soaring 27 places to Number 40 following the kick-off of her UK tour. Previously it only just missed out on a Top 40 placing after peaking at 41 in 2024.

Wicked: The Soundtrack breaks Official Chart record for the longest consecutive reign at Number 1 on the Official Compilations Chart

Wicked: The Soundtrack breaks Official Chart records today as it reaches a 16th consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Compilations Chart.

The album has been defying gravity at the top of the UK’s Compilations Chart since its release, debuting at Number 1 on 29th November. On its release it earned a hat-trick of Official Charts records: the biggest streaming debut for a musical soundtrack in UK chart history, the biggest debut week for a musical soundtrack in the 2020s, and the biggest week of vinyl sales for a musical soundtrack in the 21st century.