Lady Gaga’s Domination Becomes Even More Impressive

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem celebrates 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Dance Albums chart, with The Fame rising to No. 2 and Born This Way also charting. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MAY 03: (Exclusive Coverage) Lady Gaga poses backstage during Lady Gaga MAYHEM On The Beach: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Copacabana beach on May 03, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)

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Lady Gaga has spent more than 15 years as one of the defining figures in dance-pop. She helped bring electronic music into the mainstream with her debut album The Fame, and while she’s stepped outside the genre plenty of times — diving into jazz, rock, country, and even film scores — she always comes back to the dance floor.

Earlier this year, Gaga dropped Mayhem, which returned her to her club roots. It’s quickly become one of the most successful sets of her career on Billboard’s dance charts, and it’s not her only big winner at the moment.

Mayhem Continues Its Reign

Mayhem holds at No. 1 on the Top Dance Albums chart, scoring its twentieth nonconsecutive week in charge. That’s 20 weeks at the top out of the 21 it’s spent on the tally — an almost uninterrupted run.

At the same time that Mayhem rules, Gaga’s debut The Fame moves up one spot from No. 3 to No. 2. That decade-plus-old project’s ascent gives her control over the loftiest two positions on the ranking of the most consumed dance albums in the U.S.

Lady Gaga Controls Three Spots on the Dance Tally

The pop icon fills three spaces on the Top Dance Albums chart this frame. Alongside Mayhem and The Fame, her 2011 full-length Born This Way also appears, and it’s steady at No. 12. Multiple wins at the same time isn’t uncommon for Gaga, particularly when she’s in the middle of a new promotional era — and clearly, fans are listening to more than the new material.

Mayhem Becomes Gaga’s Third-Longest No. 1

With this latest stint at No. 1, Mayhem becomes Gaga’s third-longest-running leader on the dance albums tally. It moves past Born This Way, which spent 19 weeks at No. 1. It now trails only Chromatica (36 weeks) and The Fame, which set the all-time record on the list with 193 weeks in charge.

Mayhem Slips on Other Billboard Rankings

While Mayhem continues to dominate its genre chart, it’s starting to cool elsewhere. The project dips on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Streaming Albums list. Meanwhile, The Fame rises on the Billboard 200, powered in part by the attention Gaga is getting with her current project and her Mayhem Ball Tour.

Lady Gaga Returned to Her Dance-Pop Roots with Mayhem

Mayhem arrived in early 2025, more than 15 years after The Fame helped turn Gaga into a superstar with tracks like “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” Since then, she’s reinvented herself repeatedly, and yet she keeps returning to dance music. Her latest set produced dark dance tunes like “Disease” and “Abracadabra,” as well as her vintage pop-rock Bruno Mars collaboration “Die with a Smile.”