Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's new jazz album 'Cheek To Cheek' debuts today at No.1 on the Billboard 200 edging out Kenny Chesney and Barbra Streisand. This tis the second No.1 for Bennett and the third one for Gaga. The standards album, released Sept. 23 under Streamline/Interscope/Columbia Records, sold 131,000 copies in the week ending Sept. 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It also hits No. 1 on both the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.
TOP | 1 | #1 Anything Goes Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Streamline/Interscope/RPM | IGA/IGA/Columbia | ||||
2 | The Big Revival Kenny Chesney Blue Char/Columbia Records | |||||
3 | Partners Barbra Streisand Columbia Records |
88-year old Bennett is the oldest living act to earn a No. 1 album, beating a record he set himself back in 2011. That year, a then 85-year old Bennett scored his first No. 1 album with Duets II (which included a collaboration with Gaga on "The Lady Is a Tramp").