ANTI had no radio interviews, carpool karaoke, physical copies, banner, pre-orders, lead single released a month before and was released in January and sold 6k copies less. You should keep it cute
Yes, it also debuted higher than your fave's last album.
Fun fact: Gaga has been #1 in UK album charts for 12 weeks, that's almost twice as much as your fave has been, despite having a discography almost twice as big.