Lady Gaga’s Debut Album Brings Her To A Landmark She’s Never Seen

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentLady Gaga’s Debut Album Brings Her To A Landmark She’s Never SeenByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorJun 11, 2026, 08:00am EDTLady Gaga's The Fame, her debut full-length, has now spent 400 weeks on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart. That's a first for the global pop superstar. Lady Gaga performing live on the Other stage during Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, Worthy Farm. 26th June 2009. Job: 70882 Ref: EWT - (Photo by Edd Westmacott/Avalon/Getty Images)Getty ImagesLess than a month ago, Lady Gaga quietly released a new live album, Apple Music Live — Mayhem Requiem. The set was tied to a one-night-only concert she performed in Los Angeles earlier in 2026, which was filmed and released to theaters for an extremely short window only a few weeks back. As that project nearly disappears from the charts in the United Kingdom, it is the singer-songwriter's debut full-length that not only climbs, but brings her to a longevity milestone she has never seen before.Lady Gaga’s The Fame Celebrates 400 WeeksAs of this period, The Fame, Gaga's debut full-length, has lived on the Official Albums chart for 400 weeks. The tally, published every week by the Official Charts Company, ranks the 100 most-consumed releases, regardless of genre or length, throughout the U.K. Sales and streams of any title help it remain or become a charting win, and for 400 periods, The Fame has ranked among the most popular musical efforts in the country.The Fame Is Lady Gaga’s Longest-Charting AlbumUnsurprisingly, The Fame is Gaga's first title to make it to 400 weeks on the Official Albums chart. It remains the Grammy and Oscar winner's only set to rack up triple-digit weeks on the tally. The Fame has charted for so long that it has spent just one week longer on the rundown than all of...