This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the early returns for Mother Monster's latest No. 1 album. Lady Gaga is over a decade and a half into her superstar career, and with this March’s Mayhem she’s proving to still be one of the most reliable performers in pop music.

If Lady Gaga’s seventh studio album, Mayhem, is any indication, the superstar has spent the last five years doing some serious creative self-reflection. We’ve seen a number of different iterations of the superstar in the last few years: box-office-darling Gaga and Oscar-winning Gaga with A Star Is Born,

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are marveling at the high-wire act Gaga pulled off with her seventh studio album.