Oh she’s going hell for leather for the Grammys, she wants that ALBUM OF THE YEAR (and she better get it)!

Lady Gaga on MAYHEM:

"As a songwriter and producer for over 20 years,I took helm of my style and claimed it passionately in this body of work. Owning my unique blend of pop, glam, electro, industrial, dance, rock, funk musical chaos that I defined in my work years ago with my debut album "The Fame." This is the style of my formative years that is at the undercurrent of my unique sound - even as I've ventured into many different musical genres throughout my career.

Additionally, MAYHEM is my integration of who I am in real life and who I am on stage. MAYHEM musically and artistically expresses my dualities—vulnerability and intensity held together in one space. This was my time to reclaim myself, creatively and personally—and the music was the result of that process and my desire to give that sense of "reclaiming of self" to fans around the world.

Ultimately my dream was for fans worldwide to be moved by the music—dancing and partying through their personal challenges with the album as a musical metaphor knowing there is no feat too big to gain yourself back if you lose yourself. And the way to gain yourself back is to celebrate who you are. To make your art the way you want to—no matter the MAYHEM of it all. So we made this album and turned its story into a gothic dream THE MAYHEM BALL so I could coexist in it with my Little Monsters around the world.

Thank you for embracing my mayhem and for seeing the light that came after.

With love,

Lady Gaga."

I'm not crying you are x

UK Album Chart

37 33 21 MAYHEM, Lady Gaga (Peak: 1)

12th week top 40! Chromatica managed 13 as a compare here (MAYHEM still has the tour boost end of this month and the vinyl drop still to come) this should hopefully at least match that!

Good to see it stick around in the top 40 though. We had a busy week this week!

I guess this sold another 3k this week brings the UK total to 154.1k