-Highest position for an international artist ever
ORICON Japanese Physical Singles Chart:
#10 (NE) Born This Way - 5k
-First single by a western female to debut in the top 10, and the only western female song to reach the top 10 since Faye Wong's "Eyes On Me" reached #9 in its fourth week in March 1999.
But, if sales were deflated all around then she might have sold more under normal circumstances.
Maybe but I don't think she would've scored a top 10 placing. Actually I forgot to mention a few new releases had been postponed so that would've affected it's position as well.