Lady Gaga Blocked From A New No. 1 By Only One Space

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentLady Gaga Blocked From A New No. 1 By Only One SpaceByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorMay 27, 2026, 09:00am EDTLady Gaga at Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga's "MAYHEM Requiem" World Premiere held at AMC The Grove 14 on May 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)Variety via Getty ImagesLady Gaga's most recent album Mayhem, her sixth full-length on her own, is only a little more than a year old. The full-length dropped in early March 2025, and it produced an array of singles, from "Die With a Smile," her collaboration with Bruno Mars, to the dark dance-pop of "Disease" and "Abracadabra." After concluding the Mayhem Ball and with no new promotional cuts appearing, it seemed for a while like Gaga's Mayhem era was over, but she had at least one last move to play. Earlier this month, the singer and actress delivered Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem, a live album and concert film attached to this chapter of her career. The project was recorded in January of this year during a special show at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, and the collaboration with Apple Music was only available to view in a few movie theaters. Fans of Mother Monster nearly turn the set into another No. 1 for the singer in the United Kingdom this week, but one mega-release stops her from scoring a leader.Lady Gaga Almost Rules With Mayhem RequiemGaga almost conquers the Official Album Downloads chart this week, but instead Mayhem Requiem arrives in second place. The project comes in beneath Drake's Iceman, one of three new albums by the hip-hop superstar. He scores his fourth leader while she peaks at No. 2 for the first time in her career on the ranking of the top-selling albums on download storefronts in the U.K., such...