Lady Gaga And Beyoncé Have Been Replacing One Another At No. 1 On A Chart All Year – Forbes

NEW YORK – OCTOBER 02: Musician Lady Gaga, Billboard Magazine Editor and Cheif Bill Werde and … [+] singer Beyonce pose the childrens chorous from P.S. 22 at Billboard’s 4th Annual Women In Music event at The Pierre Hotel on October 2, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have worked together in the past, and for nearly two decades now, the two superstars have occupied some of the same spaces in the entertainment world. They have topped the charts and competed against one another, and now, the powerhouses are stuck in a fun feedback loop on one Billboard ranking–one which has been going on for months.
For the entirety of 2024, Gaga and Beyoncé have been taking turns replacing one another atop the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The two stars have both earned several stays in the penthouse on Billboard’s ranking of the most-consumed full-lengths in the U.S. that are described as some form of electronic dance, and they have not let any other musician rule in quite some time.
Gaga and Beyoncé have now replaced one another in first place on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart seven times throughout 2024 alone. Just when it seems like one title is the ruler and the other is finally falling down the ranking, something happens that spurs interest in one project or the other, and who is running the show changes again.
Of the 16 chart weeks that have been published so far in 2024, Gaga has controlled the Top Dance/Electronic Albums list with The Fame for 10 frames. Beyoncé’s Renaissance has ruled for the other six.
Beyoncé topped the tally for the first three weeks in 2024 with Renaissance, just as she had for months prior. Gaga replaced her at No. 1 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart during the chart frame dated January 27 with The Fame.
Just one turn later, Renaissance was back at No. 1, where it held for two frames. Then, during the chart week dated February 17, Gaga’s The Fame jumped back into the highest rung, but only for one period. Renaissance was back in charge by February 24.
Gaga’s The Fame then sat at No. 1 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart for half a dozen consecutive weeks–the longest reign so far in 2024. On April 13, Beyoncé traded places with her former collaborator again. This week, The Fame rules once more.
The Fame is the title with the most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the tally’s history. So far, it has racked up a total of 186 frames. Renaissance claims the second-most, with 57 stints on the throne.

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