IN TUNE WITH LADY GAGA TABLOID
Singer released the chart-topping ‘Chromatica’ and entered the ranks of which pop icons?
LADY GAGA
Lady Gaga’s new album
Chromatica has gone to No 1, making it her sixth album to achieve such success. Gaga even broke the record for the fastest accumulation of six No 1 albums on the Billboard charts. Now, the Poker Face pop star is part of a small group of female artists — eight, to be exact — who have managed to get more than five albums to No 1 in America — and she’s only the fifth female artist to currently have six No 1 albums to her name. Gaga’s previous No 1 albums are Born This Way
(2011), Artpop (2013), Cheek to Cheek (2014), Joanne (2016) and A Star
Is Born (2018).
MARIAH CAREY
Mariah Carey also has six albums on the Billboard 200, out of a total of 15 albums she’s released since her self-titled debut 20 years ago. Her No 1 albums are: Mariah Carey (1990), Music Box (1993), Daydream (1995), Butterfly (1997),
The Emancipation of
Mimi (2005) and E=MC2 (2008).
BEYONCE
All of Beyonce’s albums have topped the Billboard 200, making her the first act in history to have six consecutive No 1 albums in America. The albums are: Dangerously
In Love (2003), B’Day (2006), I Am… Sasha
Fierce (2008), 4 (2011),
Beyonce (2013) and Lemonade (2016).
TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album did not reach No 1, peaking at No 5 on the Billboard 200, but her six subsequent albums all went to No 1 in America. Her No 1 albums are: Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red
(2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017) and Lover (2019). Though
Taylor Swift (2006) failed to reach No 1, it was the longest-charting album of the 2000s decade in America, staying on the charts for a total of 275 weeks.
BRITNEY SPEARS
Britney Spears has nine albums, six of which went to No 1 in America. Her No 1 albums start with her debut …Baby
One More Time (1999) and include Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), Britney (2001), In the Zone (2003), Circus (2008), Femme Fatale (2011). Spears is one of the few acts to have a No 1 single and studio album in each of the three decades of their career; in Spears’ case, this is the ‘90s, 2000s and 2010s.
JANET JACKSON
Janet Jackson has seven No 1 albums on the Billboard 200. Her first two albums, Janet Jackson
(1982) and Dream Street (1984), peaked at No 63 and No 147. But she made a massive jump on her third album, Control (1986), which reached No 1. Her other six charttopping albums are:
Janet Jackson’s Rhythm
Nation 1814 (1989), janet. (1993), The Velvet Rope (1997), All for You (2001), Discipline (2008) and Unbreakable (2015).
MADONNA
Madonna has nine No 1 albums out of a total of 14 released. She is the world’s best-selling female act of all time. Her chart-topping albums are: Like A Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986), Like A Prayer (1989), Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), Hard Candy (2008), MDMA (2012) and Madame X (2019).
BARBRA STREISAND
Barbra Streisand has the most No 1 albums of any female artist in history — 11 albums. She is tied with Bruce Springsteen for third place when counting both male and female artists. Above them is Jay-Z, with 14 chart-topping albums, and The Beatles, with 19 No 1 albums.