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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s widely acclaimed jazz album, Cheek To Cheek, tops the charts it’s first week out of the gate at #1 this week on the Billboard 200 Album.

Plus, the duo land at #1 on the Jazz Album and Traditional Jazz Album Charts.

Released September 23rd on Streamline/Columbia/Interscope Records, Cheek To Cheek has received extensive widespread critical praise around the world:

• USA TODAY (“an epic musical mashup”)
• ROLLING STONE (“Gaga has real chemistry with Bennett”)
• PEOPLE (“An unlikely pairing results in beautiful music on this album of jazz standards. [Gaga] is a revelation.”)
• THE TIMES OF LONDON (“crooning nirvana”)
• CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (“A musical match made in jazz/standards heaven”)

With the release of Cheek to Cheek, Bennett breaks his own record, set in 2011 when DUETS II debuted at #1 at the age of 85. Now at 88, Bennett remains the oldest artist in music industry history to have an album on the #1 spot on the Billboard charts.

Cheek To Cheek marks Lady Gaga’s third consecutive #1 album release in just over three years; this is the second time in Bennett’s career that he has had an album debut at #1 in both Billboard’s Pop and Jazz Album charts.

Cheek To Cheek features classic jazz standards sung by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in a combination of vocal duets and solo performances. Each song was handpicked by the artists, and the album features classic selections from the Great American Songbook including “Anything Goes,” “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” “Sophisticated Lady,” “Lush Life,” and the record’s title track, “Cheek To Cheek.”