Lady GaGa earns her 4th No. 1 album on Billboard 200

October 31, 2016 - 12:21 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lady GaGa earns her fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with "Joanne". The fifth studio album by the Mother Monster has 201,000 total copies sold this week, including 170,000 in traditional album sales, AceShowbiz reports citing Nielsen Music.

GaGa becomes the first female artist with most No. 1 albums in a decade, beating out Beyonce Knowles and Taylor Swift, who each earned three No. 1 albums during the decade. Among all acts, Justin Bieber and Drake lead with six chart-topping albums each since 2010, while One Direction and Kanye West each boasted four.

GaGa's 201,000 equivalent album units launch is also the fourth-largest debut of 2016 and the second-biggest for a woman. Ahead of it are Drake's "Views" (1.04 million copies sold), Beyonce's "Lemonade" (653,000) and Frank Ocean's "Blonde" (276,000 units).

In terms of traditional sales, "Joanne", meanwhile, becomes the seventh-largest bow of the year and the second-biggest for a woman, behind Drake's "Views" (852,000 copies sold), Beyonce's "Lemonade" (485,000), Frank Ocean's "Blonde" (232,000), David Bowie's "Blackstar" (174,000), Radiohead's "A Moon Shaped Pool" (173,000) and Blink-182's "California" (172,000).

GaGa has thanked fans for her new achievement. She posted on Twitter, "I can't believe I'm the Female Artist with THE MOST #1 ALBUMS THIS DECADE! 4 #1s That's a grand slam! @billboard Thank you to my fans!"

At No. 2 on this week's Billboard 200 is Michael Buble's "Nobody But Me", debuting with 91,000 units. Pentatonix's "A Pentatonix Christmas" bows at No. 3 with 60,000 units. Korn's "The Serenity of Suffering" starts at No. 4 with 57,000 units, while Drake's "Views" slips to No. 5 with 38,000 units.

Chris Tomlin's "Never Lose Sight" launches at No. 6 with 32,000 units. The "Suicide Squad" soundtrack plunges to No. 7 with 31,000 units. The original Broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" descends to No. 8 with 30,000 units.

Rounding out the latest top 10 are Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" which debuts at No. 9 with 27,000 units and Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker", which bows at No. 10 with 25,000 units.