Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born soundtrack debuts at no. 1

Gaga now has the most no. 1 albums among women in this decade.

October 14, 2018
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s <i>A Star is Born</i> soundtrack debuts at no. 1 LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper attend the UK premiere of 'A Star Is Born' held at Vue West End on September 27, 2018 in London, England.   Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born soundtrack has debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200. The soundtrack is Gaga's fifth album to debut at no. 1 and Cooper's first.

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The album earned 231,000 equivalent album units in its first week, 162,000 of which were traditional album sales. Billboard reports the soundtrack's debut week marks the biggest week for a soundtrack in more than three-and-a-half years. The publication also notes Gaga and Cooper's soundtrack follows Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson’s 1977 version, which topped the chart for six weeks.

Rounding out the top of the chart is twenty one pilots's Trench, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V, Lil Baby and Gunna's Drip Harder , and Eric Church's Desperate Man, respectively.

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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born soundtrack debuts at no. 1