While her energy has understandably been on more pressing concerns the past few week, Lady Gaga has experienced a period of chart success that rivals any in her impressive pop career to this point.
Last week, her Ariana Grande duet "Rain on Me" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 -- Mother Monster's fifth overall No. 1, and just her second to debut in the top spot.
Then this week, it was parent album Chromatica's turn to take a bow, as the set entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at No.
1 -- Gaga's sixth album to do so, and with her best first-week numbers in nine years. What's behind the Gaga surge? And what smashes might she have left on Chromatica?