Lady Gaga tops Official Albums Chart for fourth time thanks to A Star Is Born
A star is reborn! Lady Gaga makes a triumphant return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, as part of the cast recording of her new hit movie A Star is Born.
The blockbuster soundtrack features 18 all-new songs performed by Lady Gaga and her leading man – and the movie's director – Bradley Cooper, along with key scenes featuring other co-stars.
Overall, this is the fourth time Lady Gaga has seen an album top the chart – she was last there five years ago, when Artpop went to Number 1 in 2013. See Lady Gaga's full UK chart history
A Star is Born's new entry at the top means Twenty One Pilots have to settle for runner-up position, with third album Trench finishing just under 2,000 combined sales behind. It is, however, a new personal best for the American duo – their previous album Blurryface peaked at 5 in 2015.
New entries and high climbers
Along with the two big entries at 1 and 2, there 11 further new entries or re-entries this week, kicking off with Surrey rockers You Me At Six scoring their fifth Top 10 album with VI going straight in, fittingly, at 6.
Rock veterans Echo & the Bunnymen land a 10th Top 40 album with The Stars The Oceans & The Moon, while rap duo Lil Baby & Gunna start at 12 with their debut collaboration Drip Too Hard, and KT Tunstall scores her eighth Top 40 album as Wax goes straight in at 15.
A boxset reissue of John Lennon's 1971 classic Imagine returns it to the Top 40, in at 19; K-Pop gods BTS zoom back up 21 slots to 24 with Love Yourself – Answer following their two dates at London's O2 Arena; while American singer-songwriter Cat Power scores a new UK chart personal best – The Wanderer is new at 29.
Synth outfit Gunship land a debut Top 40 with Dark All Day; US prog rockers Coheed & Cambria go in at 36 with The Unheavenly Creatures; comic actor and singer Matt Berry starts at 38 with Television Themes; and rounding off our new entries at 40 is American singer-songwriter Steve Perry, who scores his first solo Top 40 with Traces.
View the full Official Albums Chart Top 100
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Dneaeade
I love Lady Gaga so I'm very happy for her. Her acting in the movie is indeed incredible. But I wish she would return with pop anthems like she used to do in her first 3 albums. I'm tired of her country or piano-voice style songs. I wish she would return to her pop roots very soon.
thierry henon
Good point!! back then she could do no wrong!! ALEJANDRO is my favourite one...love the video ...
de Sascha
Cool for GaGa! She rocks!
Piran
I love the soundtrack to 'A Star Is Born' a lot, so I'm very happy it debuted at #1 today! I can't wait to see the film too. :)