Lady Gaga achieves her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts with her latest album, Harlequin, debuting at the top spot on both tallies (dated Oct. 12). The album, which serves as the companion set to her film Joker: Folie à Deux, garnered 25,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending Oct. 3, with 16,000 of those units coming from traditional album sales.
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Lady Gaga previously topped both charts with her collaborative albums with Tony Bennett: Love for Sale in 2021 and Cheek to Cheek in 2014.
Harlequin’s debut marks the biggest opening week for any jazz album since Love for Sale earned 41,000 units in its first week on the charts dated Oct. 16, 2021.
Equivalent album units include album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit represents one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams. The full charts for Oct. 12, 2024, will be available on Billboard’s website on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Streaming equivalent album units accounted for nearly 9,000 of Harlequin’s first-week units, equivalent to 11.34 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. This marks the highest debut streaming week for a jazz album in over a year.
In addition to its success on the jazz charts, Harlequin debuted at No. 20 on the overall Billboard 200 and No. 3 on both the Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
The Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts highlight the most popular jazz and traditional jazz albums of the week based on equivalent album units earned. The Billboard 200 ranks the top albums across all genres by units, while the Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales charts focus on the best-selling vinyl and overall albums by traditional album sales.
On the Top Album Sales chart, Billy Strings’ Highway Prayer debuted at No. 1 with 19,000 copies sold in its first week, marking the artist’s biggest sales week to date. Other notable movements on the chart include Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess slipping to No. 2, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet holding steady at No. 4, and Katy Perry’s 143 dropping to No. 5.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, which focuses solely on traditional album sales, has been a key metric in the music industry since its inception in 1991. The chart’s methodology has evolved over the years to incorporate various forms of album consumption, including track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.
FAQs
Q: How many No. 1 albums has Lady Gaga achieved on the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts?
A: Lady Gaga has achieved three No. 1 albums on these charts, with Harlequin being the latest addition.
Q: What is the significance of Harlequin’s debut week performance on the jazz charts?
A: Harlequin’s debut marks the biggest opening week for any jazz album since Love for Sale in 2021, showcasing its strong reception among listeners.
Q: What other achievements did Harlequin attain on the Billboard charts?
A: In addition to its success on the jazz charts, Harlequin debuted at No. 20 on the overall Billboard 200 and No. 3 on both the Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales charts.
Q: How does Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart differ from other music charts?
A: Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart focuses exclusively on traditional album sales, providing a snapshot of the best-selling albums based on physical and digital purchases.
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