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Lady Gaga lights The Empire State Building on August 3, 2016 in New York City.Desiree Navarro—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly Oct 31, 2016 1:26 AM UTC Lady Gaga’s fifth solo LP, _Joanne_, has debuted at No. 1 on the _Billboard 200_ albums chart, moving 201,000 equivalent units (including 170,000 pure album sales) to become the fourth highest-debuting collection of 2016. The studio set, which features songs produced and written by the likes of Gaga, Mark Ronson, RedOne, Josh Homme, Hillary Lindsey, BloodPop, Emile Haynie, and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, becomes the pop icon’s fourth No. 1 album in the United States, following similar positioning held by 2011’s _Born This Way_, 2013’s _Artpop_, and 2014’s Tony Bennett collaboration, _Cheek to Cheek_. Despite selling over 15 million albums worldwide, Gaga’s freshman outing, 2008’s _The Fame_, reached a peak of No. 2 on the _Billboard 200_. The album’s eight-track follow-up, _The Fame Monster_, debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2009. With _Joanne_’s debut atop the weekly list, Gaga becomes the only female artist with four No. 1-peaking albums of the 2010s, surpassing both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, both of whom boast three chart-topping albums released during the decade. > [](https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/792821008814211072) _Joanne_’s 201,000-unit launch, which also includes streaming-equivalent albums, is the fourth largest of 2016 (and second best for a woman), falling short of Drake’s _Views_ (1.04 million), Beyoncé’s _Lemonade_ (653,000), and Frank Ocean’s _Blonde_ (276,000). Its traditional sales total sits at the No. 7 position on the list of 2016’s best-selling albums, behind _Views_ (852,000), _Lemonade_ (485,000), _Blonde_ (232,000), David Bowie’s _Blackstar_ (174,000), Radiohead’s _Moon Shaped Pool_ (173,000), and Blink-182’s _California_ (172,000), according to [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7557828/lady-gaga-scores-her-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-joanne?utm%5Fsource=twitter). As Gaga traveled the U.S. on a substantial promotional run for the album — which included [performances](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/23/lady-gaga-snl-ayo-million-reasons) on _Saturday Night Live_, two _Dive Bar Tour_ sets in [New York City](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/20/lady-gaga-joanne-dive-bar-tour-new-york) and [Los Angeles](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/28/lady-gaga-dive-bar-tour-trayvon-angel), and a [_Carpool Karaoke_ session](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/26/lady-gaga-carpool-karaoke-james-corden) with late night talk show host James Corden — industry sales projections gradually increased, fluctuating between 140,000 and 180,000 since _Joanne_’s Oct. 21 release. Following her stint on _Carpool Karaoke_, Gaga’s “Million Reasons,” originally released as a _Joanne_ promo track, was upgraded to official second single status after shooting to No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes chart, and will impact mainstream radio this coming week. “Perfect Illusion,” released as the album’s lead single, peaked at No. 15 on the _Billboard Hot 100_ in September. The full _Billboard 200_ albums chart will be published on Tuesday, Nov. 1. 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