March 22 (UPI) -- Pop star Lady Gaga's Mayhem is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Kendrick Lamar's GNX, followed by PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake's $ome $exy $ongs 4 U at No. 3, SZA's SOS at No. 4 and Tate McRae's So Close to What at No. 5.

Two weeks may not be a very long time when it comes to understanding how an artist's new album will fit into their overall catalog. But with Lady Gaga‘s Mayhem now having been out for long enough to become her seventh chart-topper on the Billboard 200,

However, when I opened Spotify on March 7 and was greeted by MAYHEM, a brand-new Lady Gaga album — whose first track, "Disease", sounded like a grungy, gothic callback to "Born This Way" and The Fame Monster — I was instantly hooked.