Lady Gaga’s “Mayhem” has made its mark as the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Her seventh studio album, “Mayhem” earns Gaga the biggest opening week for an album by a woman this year with 219,

Mayhem” is the love child of Mother Monster’s two most commercially successful albums, 2008’s “The Fame” and 2011’s “Born This Way.”

She dances on the line between clever self-referentiality and less inspired rehashing on her new LP, committing to the over-the-top excess that first made her a star.