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18 Mar 2025

Lady Gaga Charts 9 Songs on Hot 100 From ‘MAYHEM,’ Breaks Record on Top Dance Albums

Lady Gaga is back with a monster week on Billboard’s charts, thanks to her new album, MAYHEM.

The set blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (March 7-13), according to Luminate — the biggest weekly sum for an album by a woman this year.

MAYHEM earns Gaga her seventh career Billboard 200 No. 1, tying her with Janet Jackson for the fifth-most among women in the chart’s history (which dates to 1956). Taylor Swift leads with 14, followed by Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (nine) and Beyoncé (eight).

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Meanwhile, nine songs from MAYHEM chart on the latest Billboard Hot 100, led by former five-week No. 1 “Die With a Smile,” with Bruno Mars, at No. 2. Here’s a recap (all of which are debuts except where noted):

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Rank, Title:

  • No. 2, “Die With a Smile,” with Bruno Mars (spent five weeks at No. 1)
  • No. 19, “Abracadabra” (up from No. 29; peaked at No. 13 in February)
  • No. 52, “Garden of Eden”
  • No. 61, “Vanish Into You”
  • No. 69, “How Bad Do U Want Me”
  • No. 81, “Perfect Celebrity”
  • No. 85, “Zombieboy”
  • No. 93, “Killah,” feat. Gesaffelstein
  • No. 95, “LoveDrug”

The seven debuts up Gaga’s career count to 46 total Hot 100 entries. She first appeared on the ranking dated Aug. 16, 2008, with “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis, her first No. 1, for three weeks beginning on Jan. 17, 2009. She boasts six No. 1s, among 18 top 10s.

MAYHEM also debuts at No. 1 on Top Dance Albums, becoming Gaga’s record-breaking eighth leader, as she surpasses Louie DeVito for the most in the chart’s 24-year history. Her 2008 debut, The Fame, has spent a record 193 weeks at No. 1.

Gaga also charts nine songs, all from the new set, on Billboard’s recently launched Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart:

  • No. 1, “Abracadabra” (up from No. 2; fourth total week at No. 1)
  • No. 3, “Garden of Eden”
  • No. 4, “Vanish Into You”
  • No. 5, “Disease”
  • No. 6, “Zombieboy”
  • No. 8, “Killah,” feat. Gesaffelstein
  • No. 9, “LoveDrug”
  • No. 12, “Shadow of a Man”
  • No. 13, “Don’t Call Tonight”

18 Mar 2025

Carin León Lands Double Win Across Latin Charts with ‘El Amor De Mi Herida’

Carín León expands his radio reach with his third No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “El Amor De Mi Herida” rises 2-1 on the March 22-dated list. The song also adds a second week atop the Regional Mexican Airplay chart.

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“El Amor De Mi Herida” lands at the summit on Latin Airplay despite a 3% dip in audience impressions in the U.S. It earned 8 million across Latin stations in the week of March 7-13, according to Luminate.

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The song gives León his third No. 1 through his 19th appearance on Latin Airplay. The Sonora, Hermosillo singer’s previous best was “Según Quién,” with Maluma. His longest-leading champ (four weeks atop between Dec. 2023-Jan. 2024) arrived two years after “Llorar y Llorar,” with Mau y Ricky, earned León his first No. 1 (one week, 2022).

While León secures just his third No. 1 on Latin Airplay, he’s been a radio hitmaker for over five years. Nine of his entries have reached to the top 10. His last being “Alch Sí,” with Grupo Frontera (No. 3 high) in March 2024.

Further, León’s mainstream breakthrough “Me La Aventé” reached No. 6 high on Regional Mexican Airplay in 2019. There, he’s placed 13 total top 10s among 17 career entries, while seven of those have landed at No. 1, including “El Amor De Mi Herida,” where León repeats the feat with a second week at the penthouse.

“El Amor De Mi Herida” is one of 16 songs on his fifth studio album, Palabra De To’s, which earned the singer a third No. 1 on Regional Mexican Albums last December. The song was composed by Alejandra Zeguer, Johan Sotelo and Omar Robles.

17 Mar 2025

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Dominates Both Billboard Global Charts

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” continues atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, adding a 12th week at No. 1. It also rebounds for an 11th week atop Billboard Global Excl. U.S. The ballad first led both lists last September.

Meanwhile, two tracks debut in the top 10 of each survey: JENNIE’s “Like JENNIE” and Doechii’s “Anxiety.”

As previously reported, Gaga’s MAYHEM launches at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming her seventh leading set, and JENNIE’s Ruby begins at No. 7.

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The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Die With a Smile” leads the Global 200 with 116.9 million streams (up 4%) and 9,000 sold (up 17%) worldwide March 7-13.

Nos. 2-4 on the Global 200 hold in place, with ROSÉ and Mars’ “APT.” at No. 2, after 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” at its No. 3 high; and Lamar’s “Not Like Us” at No. 4, following four weeks at No. 1 beginning last May.

JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” soars in at No. 5 on the Global 200 with 68.4 million streams and 6,000 sold worldwide. The BLACKPINK member adds her fourth solo top 10 on the chart; the group has likewise collected four top 10s, while fellow members LISA (three top 10s), ROSÉ (two) and Jisoo (one) have also hit the tier as soloists.

Also in the Global 200’s top 10, Doechii’s “Anxiety” bounds in at No. 6 with 56.9 million streams and 9,000 sold, becoming her first top 10. The history of the song – recorded in 2019 – is winding: When it was available only via YouTube, Sleepy Hallow co-opted its hook for the chorus of his own “A N X I E T Y”; billed to Sleepy Hallow featuring Doechii, it was released in 2023. The update experienced a TikTok-led revival in recent weeks, as users have soundtracked the “A N X I E T Y” chorus to a scene of Will Smith and Tatyana Ali dancing from an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the Smith-led sitcom that aired on NBC in 1990-96. “A N X I E T Y” falls 21-27 in its second week on the Global 200, led by 29.6 million streams worldwide (down 2%).

Meanwhile, the new attention for “A N X I E T Y” sent fans to Doechii’s solo, YouTube-only version, prompting the rapper/singer to release her original “Anxiety” wide to digital and streaming retailers on March 4. Her version debuts on the Global 200 following the first full tracking week (March 7-13) reflecting its wider release (and split consumption options with Sleepy Hallow’s take, which, as noted above, dips slightly in streams).

Additionally, “Anxiety” and “A N X I E T Y” prominently sample Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” (featuring Kimbra), the 2012 smash that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks, was that year’s No. 1 Hot 100 song and went on to win two Grammy Awards, including record of the year. That hit vaults 191-130 on the Global 200, up 20% to 16.5 million streams and 27% to 1,000 sold worldwide in the tracking week.

On Global Excl. U.S., “Die With a Smile” rises 2-1 with 92.3 million streams (up 2%) and 4,000 sold (up 17%) outside the U.S. March 7-13.

“APT.” descends to No. 2 after a record 17 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning in November.

JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” enters Global Excl. U.S. at No. 3 with 61.5 million streams and 4,000 sold outside the U.S. She achieves her fifth solo top 10 on the chart – surpassing the four top 10s that BLACKPINK and the group’s LISA as a soloist have each notched; ROSÉ boasts two solo top 10s and Jisoo, one.

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 4 on Global Excl. U.S., after three weeks on top last August, and Gaga’s “Abracadabra” magically reappears in the top five (8-5), after reaching No. 4.

Plus, Doechii’s “Anxiety” debuts as her first Global Excl. U.S. top 10 at No. 7, with 36.9 million streams and 4,000 sold outside the U.S.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 22, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 18. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Additional reporting by Trevor Anderson.

16 Mar 2025

Lady Gaga’s ‘MAYHEM’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM moves in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set debuts atop the tally dated March 22. It’s the seventh leader for the superstar. The set — her seventh studio album — launches with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 13, according to Luminate — the biggest week of the year for an album by a woman. It also scores Gaga her largest streaming week ever.

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Gaga previously led the Billboard 200 with Chromatica (2020), the soundtrack to A Star Is Born (with Bradley Cooper, 2018), Joanne (2016), Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett), ARTPOP (2013) and Born This Way (2011). In total, MAYHEM is Gaga’s 11th top 10-charting effort, stretching back to her debut project, The Fame, which reached No. 2 in 2010, after bowing on the list in 2008.

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Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, JENNIE’s debut solo album, Ruby, bows at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. She’s the third member of the chart-topping quartet BLACKPINK to notch a solo top 10 – and all three have come in the last three months.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 22, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 18. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of MAYHEM’s 219,000 first-week equivalent album units, album sales comprise 136,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week and debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 80,500 (equaling 108.05 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; Gaga’s biggest streaming week ever, and it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart) and TEA units comprise 2,500.

With MAYHEM’s bow of 219,000 equivalent album units, the set earns the biggest week for a woman in 2025, and the largest debut by a woman in over six months. The last larger bow by a woman was Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, which started with 362,000 atop the Sept. 7, 2024-dated list.

MAYHEM was officially announced on Jan. 27 and went up for pre-order that same day. The set was released on March 7 and was preceded by a trio of top 40-charting titles on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Disease” (reaching No. 27 in November 2024), “Die With a Smile” (No. 1 for five weeks beginning in January; a duet with Bruno Mars), and “Abracadabra” (No. 13 in February).

Gaga ushered in the album’s release with an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe (March 5), participated in a livestreamed Little Monsters Press Conference presented by Spotify (March 6), and did double duty as the host and musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (March 8, performing “Abracadabra” and the new album’s “Killah”). Gaga also popped up and/or performed on numerous other programs in the lead up to the album’s release, including the livestreamed FireAid benefit concert (Jan. 30), CBS’ broadcast of the Grammy Awards (Feb. 2), First We Feast’s Hot Ones (Feb. 13), NBC and Peacock’s Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Homecoming Concert (Feb. 16), and Vanity Fair’s lie detector test series (Feb. 19).

MAYHEM’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across a gaggle of editions: 14 vinyl variants (some signed, and some include the bonus track “Can’t Stop the High,” while Target’s exclusive vinyl has the extra track “Kill for Love”), four CD editions (one signed, Target’s exclusive CD adds “Kill” while Gaga’s webstore carried a CD with the bonus track “Can’t Stop the High”), a cassette tape, a deluxe CD box set with a branded T-shirt and poster, and two widely available download albums (the standard 14-song album, and then a deluxe version exclusive to iTunes with the three music videos for “Disease,” “Die With a Smile” and “Abracadabra”).

Of MAYHEM’s opening-week sales, vinyl purchases comprise 74,000 — Gaga’s biggest week on vinyl ever.

Gaga will soon hit the road for a series of major concerts, beginning with her headlining turn at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (April 11 and 18), two shows in Mexico City (April 26-27), a free show on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro (May 3) and four shows in Singapore (May 18, 19, 21 and 24).

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX falls to No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 with a little more than 81,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), while five more former leaders round out the top six. PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U dips 2-3 (79,000; down 13%), SZA’s SOS is steady at No. 4 (69,000; down 7%), Tate McRae’s So Close To What descends 3-5 (63,000; down 27%), and Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet falls 5-6 (61,000; down 5%).

JENNIE’s first solo studio album, Ruby, arrives at No. 7 on the new Billboard 200, marking the BLACKPINK member’s first chart entry. The set launches with 56,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 29,000 (equaling 39.93 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 13 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 26,500 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 500.

Ruby was preceded by three charting titles on the Hot 100 songs chart: “Mantra,” “Love Hangover” (with Dominic Fike) and “ExtraL” (with Doechii).

Ruby was available in its first week as a nine-track widely available digital download album, and then an expanded 15-song physical set and a 15-track download and streaming edition. While the standard and physical albums have only one guest star (FKJ, on “JANE”), the 15-track download and streaming edition adds further special guests on a few tracks, including Doechii, Dua Lipa, Dominic Fike, Childish Gambino and Kali Uchis.

Ruby’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across four CD variants (all containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized), five deluxe CD boxed set editions (each containing a piece of branded clothing, a signed insert and a copy of the album) and two download editions (a widely available standard version with nine tracks and an expanded 15-song edition).

JENNIE is a member of the Billboard 200-topping quartet BLACKPINK, who saw its last album, BORN PINK, debut atop the chart dated Oct. 1, 2022, after the act’s The Album became its first top 10 (No. 2, 2020). JENNIE is the third member of the group to notch a top 10-charting solo effort on the Billboard 200, following LISA, whose Alter Ego debuted at No. 7 a week ago (March 15 chart), and ROSÉ, whose rosie debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Dec. 21, 2024, chart.

Rounding out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Debí Tirar Más Fotos falls 6-8 (52,000 equivalent album units; down 8%), Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 9 (43,000; up 3%), and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess dips 8-10 (42,000; down 1%).

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15 Mar 2025

Papa Roach Rules Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart With ‘Even If It Kills Me’

Papa Roach extends its career-best streak of No. 1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, lifting a place to No. 1 on the March 22-dated survey with “Even If It Kills Me.”

The track is the band’s fourth No. 1 in a row and 11th overall. The group’s streak dates to the one-week reign of “No Apologies” in 2022, followed by triumphs for “Cut the Line” in 2023 and “Leave a Light On” in 2024.

The Jacoby Shaddix-led band takes over sole possession of the 10th-most No. 1s in the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart’s 44-year history. The act first reached the chart with the No. 4-peaking “Last Resort” in 2000 and first led with “Lifeline” in 2009.

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Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:
20, Shinedown
18, Three Days Grace
15, Five Finger Death Punch
14, Foo Fighters
14, Metallica
13, Godsmack
13, Van Halen
12, Disturbed
12, Linkin Park
11, Papa Roach

Concurrently, “Even If It Kills Me” holds at its No. 4 high on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 3.6 million audience impressions, up 7%, in the week ending March 13, according to Luminate. It’s tied for the band’s best placement on the ranking (which began in 2009), alongside “Kill the Noise” (2021) and “No Apologies.” The song is also bubbling under Alternative Airplay, where the band boasts 20 career entries, including the No. 1 “Last Resort.”

On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart (dated March 8, reflecting data Feb. 28-March 6), “Even If It Kills Me” ranked at No. 7, after hitting No. 4 in February. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 634,000 official U.S. streams in that span.

“Even If It Kills Me” is currently a standalone single. The band’s most recent album, Ego Trip, debuted at its No. 6 peak on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in April 2022 and has earned 180,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated March 22 will update on Tuesday, March 18, on Billboard.com.

15 Mar 2025

Lola Young Earns First Billboard Airplay Chart No. 1 With ‘Messy’

Lola Young scores her first No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart, as “Messy” lifts a spot to the top of the Rock & Alternative Airplay tally dated March 22.

The song rules the all-rock-format, audience-based ranking with 4.7 million audience impressions earned March 7-13, up 5% week-over-week, according to Luminate.

Its reign is buoyed by success on the spins-based Alternative Airplay and Adult Alternative Airplay charts. “Messy” rises 4-3 on the former and 6-5 on the latter, marking a new best on each ranking.

The English singer-songwriter becomes the first act to notch a first No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay in 2025. The last act to do so, Myles Smith (also from England), first led with “Stargazing” in December 2024. Both Smith and Young have dominated in their first appearances on the chart.

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A multi-format hit, “Messy” concurrently rises 10-9 on Adult Pop Airplay and bullets at its No. 10 best on Pop Airplay.

On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart (dated March 15, reflecting data Feb. 28-March 6), “Messy” remained at its No. 2 best. In addition to its radio airplay, it drew 11.6 million official U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads in that span.

“Messy” is on This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, Young’s sophomore studio set. Released in June 2024, it has so far reached No. 6 on Top Alternative Albums (Feb. 8) and earned 191,000 equivalent album units.

All Billboard charts dated March 22 will update on Tuesday, March 18, on Billboard.com.

14 Mar 2025

Jelly Roll’s ‘Liar’ Leads Country Airplay for Career-Best Fifth Week

Jelly Roll’s “Liar” rules Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a fifth consecutive week, becoming his sole longest-leading hit.

The song tops the list dated March 22 with 31 million audience impressions (down 5%) March 7-13, according to Luminate. The Nashville native co-authored it with Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson and Taylor Phillips. It was produced by Zach Crowell. The track is from his studio set Beautifully Broken, which arrived as his first No. 1 on both Top Country Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200 last October.

“Liar” breaks out of a tie with “Need a Favor,” which led for four weeks starting in August 2023, for Jelly Roll’s longest Country Airplay command. “I Am Not Okay” is next, having logged three frames on top beginning last November. All seven of his entries have hit No. 1, with four tallying double-digit dominations; additionally, “Save Me,” with Lainey Wilson, led for two frames in December 2023.

“This is truly incredible. I want to thank everyone on my promotion team, the label, and to everyone who has listened to ‘Liar’ and this entire Beautifully Broken record,” Jelly Roll tells Billboard. “Y’all have changed my life. Ben, Ashley and Taylor, y’all are all incredible — thank you for writing this one with me. Five weeks? This is just unreal.”

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Meanwhile, Jelly Roll is tied with Kane Brown for the longest active run of Country Airplay No. 1s. Most recently for Brown, “Miles On It,” with Marshmello, led for a week in November. He’s looking to up his streak to eight, as his latest single, “Backseat Driver,” holds at its No. 18 high (10 million, up 1%).

Plus, Jelly Roll’s run of Country Airplay No. 1s — which began with “Son of a Sinner,” his introductory hit at the format in January 2023 — is the second longest out-of-the-gate streak in the chart’s 36-year history. The longest belongs to Luke Combs, who snapped off 14 from the start in 2017-22.

All charts dated March 22 will update Tuesday, March 18, on Billboard.com.

14 Mar 2025

Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ Earns 2nd Week at No. 1 on U.K. Singles Chart

Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” has twirled its way to a second week at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart (March 14).

The song first hit the top spot last week, almost five years after its initial release in 2020 and more than 18 months on from the release of her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. “Pink Pony Club” gave Roan her first-ever No. 1 single in the U.K., besting her previous high of No. 2 with “Good Luck, Babe!” in 2024.

But “Pink Pony Club” could face stiff competition over the next week from Roan herself following the release of her new country-tinged single, “The Giver,” on Friday.

Writing on her Instagram, Roan discussed entering the country genre for the first time: “Country music is fire,” she wrote. “It’s the campiest of camp. some of you may be new to the country scene and not quite sure what to make of me having a fiddle and banjo in my song. Understandable boo … it is something different and sometimes different can feel bad because it’s unfamiliar, but I encourage you to give her another shot ;)”

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U.S. singer-songwriter Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” hits a new high at No. 2 and will no doubt be a close competitor to Roan over the next week. As Mayhem claims the top spot on the Official Albums Chart, Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” rises to a new high of No. 3, while “Garden of Eden” debuts at No. 23, giving Mother Monster her 32nd top 40 hit in the U.K.

Doechii scores the week’s highest new entry with “Anxiety” closing the week at No. 4, her first-ever top five on the U.K. Singles Chart. The song, which samples Gotye’s Hot 100-topper “Somebody That I Used to Know,” was first released in 2019 and reissued last week following a viral TikTok moment (March 5).

On March 10, it was announced that Doechii would collect Billboard’s esteemed Woman of the Year prize at the upcoming Women In Music ceremony in Los Angeles on March 29.

14 Mar 2025

Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Debuts at No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem has stormed to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart to give the pop icon her fifth chart-topper (March 14).

The new LP now joins The Fame (2009), Born This Way (2010), Artpop (2013) and Chromatica (2020) as No. 1 hits in the U.K. 2018’s A Star Is Born film soundtrack also hit the top spot on upon release, but is credited as a cast recording, according to the Official Charts Company.

The triumph follows a flurry of activity on release week from the U.S. star, which included pulling double duty on Saturday Night Live March 8, and the announcement of tour dates in Singapore and Mexico over the coming months. She’s also set to play a huge free concert in Brazil on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach on May 3.

Two singles from the record, “Die With a Smile” and “Abracadabra,” have peaked at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart during the album’s rollout. 

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Speaking to Billboard’s Stephen Daw, Lady Gaga discussed the carefree approach to making Mayhem and defying industry expectations. “I do think that I felt a lot of pressure, over the years, to prove myself as a musician,” she said. “And that sometimes stopped me from having fun. So, I tried to have a lot of fun making this record.”

Elsewhere on this week’s charts, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet falls one place to No. 2 as her U.K. and Ireland tour comes to a close, while her 2022 LP Emails I Can’t Send rises 27 spots to No. 40, the first time the album has made it into the top 40.

BLACKPINK member JENNIE’s debut solo album, Ruby, finishes the week at No. 3, and is the highest charting solo LP by any of the group’s members. ROSÉ’s 2024 record, rosie, finished at No. 4, and LISA’s recent Alter Ego peaked at No. 20. 

Tate McRae’s So Close To What rises two places to No. 4, and Sam Fender’s People Watching stays strong for a third consecutive week in the top five, ending the week at No. 5.

14 Mar 2025

Chart Rewind: In 2020, Maren Morris’ ‘The Bones’ Crowned Hot Country Songs After a Year-Plus Climb

On March 14, 2020, Maren Morris’ “The Bones” rose a spot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her first leader on the list.

The song, which Morris co-wrote with Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins, and Greg Kurstin produced, reached the Hot Country Songs penthouse in its 53rd chart week, beginning a 19-week domination. It also led Country Airplay for two frames in February 2020, becoming her fourth leader, and proceeded to be a crossover hit, dominating Adult Pop Airplay for a week that April and Adult Contemporary for a week in September. It also reached the top 20 on Pop Airplay and, boosted by a remix with Hozier, Adult Alternative Airplay.

“The fans have spoken on this one,” Morris told Billboard upon “The Bones” crowning Country Airplay. “It’s a real, gritty love song. I couldn’t be more proud that it’s become one of the biggest songs of my career to date.”

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Morris, from Arlington, Texas, sent her debut single, “My Church,” which pays homage to the Grand Ole Opry, to No. 5 on Hot Country Songs in March 2016, marking her first of nine top 10s.

In 2016, Morris won the best new artist trophy at the Country Music Association Awards. In both 2020 and 2021, she earned female vocalist of the year honors, while “The Bones” won for song of the year in 2021.

Morris, who has been an outspoken advocate for fellow female artists in country music, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, announced in 2023 that she was shifting to pop. In August 2024, she made that segue with the five-song set Intermission.

Now 34, Morris tours next on July 12 in Quebec, with more dates scheduled through September.