The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 dated Mar. 22, we look at whether the latest album from one of the century's greatest pop stars will return her to the top of the chart for the first time in five years.

It is as complete a statement about who Lady Gaga is in 2025 as anything could be. MAYHEM repositions Gaga as a dance diva heavily indebted to the icons who came before her to an audience as likely to know her for wearing a meat dress as for performing with Tony Bennett.

No surprise to see Mother Monster showing off her eye for detail Things Lady Gaga loves: her fans, her music, her fiancé Michael Polansky, and from the looks of it, tattoos. As far we know, Gaga’s tattoo collection includes 24 unique designs—though she hasn’t publicly debuted one since getting her giant spine tattoo in February 2019.

"How Bad Do U Want Me" has quickly become a fan-favorite track from Lady Gaga's new album, Mayhem, but she nearly left the song on the studio floor. "I almost didn't put that on the album," the pop star,

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