Tony Bennett Breaks Tony Bennett’s Record For Oldest Person With A #1 Album
This week, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s new duets album, Cheek To Cheek, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending on 9/28. This makes the 88-year-old singer the oldest person to have a No.1 album, breaking a record that he set three years ago for his Duets II album, which also featured a collaboration with Gaga. Cheek To Cheek sold 131,000 copies and closely beat out Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival and Barbra Streisand’s Partners.
Cheek To Cheek is out now via Streamline/Interscope/RPM/Columbia.