Lady Gaga's
Chromatica (
Interscope) is on pace for a milestone first week. Gaga's sixth studio LP will be the year's biggest female debut and the first female #1 since
Selena Gomez's
Rare in January.
Among leading female artists, her projected first-week total of 275k units trails only
Taylor Swift's
Lover (867k),
Ariana Grande's
Thank U, Next (360k) and
Billie Eilish's
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO (314k) dating back to January 2019.
As for pop albums in 2020,
Chromatica's first week will rank second behind
BTS'
Map of the Soul: 7 (422k).
