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05-05-2025
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Ghost Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Skeletá'
Ghost grabs the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time, as the Swedish hard rock band's new studio effort Skeletá debuts atop the tally (dated May 10) with 86,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending May 1, according to Luminate. Of the album's starting sum, 89% was driven by traditional album sales — buoyed by a big vinyl sales figure. Skeletá launches with Ghost's best week ever by both equivalent album units and traditional album sales. More from Billboard Ozzy Osbourne Pledges to 'Do the Best I Can,' But Says He Won't Be 'Jumping or Running Around' at Final Black Sabbath Show Fans Choose Maroon 5 and LISA's 'Priceless' as This Week's Favorite New Music Sabrina Carpenter and Quinta Brunson Deliver Musical Ode to 'Shorties' on 'SNL': Watch Skeletá marks the ninth charted effort for the group on the Billboard 200. The band first visited the list in 2013 with its second album, Infestissumam, which also marked the act's first top 40-charting set, reaching No. 28. Skeletá scores Ghost its eighth top 40 set, and fifth to reach the top 10. The band had previously gone as high as No. 2 with its last full-length studio album, 2022's Impera. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 10, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard's website on May 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Of Skeletá's 86,000 first-week equivalent album units, album sales comprise 77,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 9,000 (equaling 12.45 million on-demand official streams of the set's songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set's first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than 15 vinyl variants, three CD variants and four cassette variants (all containing the same tracklist, but in collectible packaging). With Skeletá scoring 9,000 in SEA units (12.45 million on-demand official streams of the album's songs), the group logs its biggest streaming week ever for an album. It surpasses the opening-week of Impera (7,000 SEA; 9.11 million streams for its songs). The new album was led by the radio-promoted single 'Satanized,' which became the act's 10th top 10-charting hit on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in April. It's one of a trio of hits that the album yielded on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart prior to the album's release. 'Satanized' hit No. 3 (March 22 chart), followed by 'Lachryma' (No. 3, April 26) and 'Peacefield' (No. 13, May 3). (Skeletá is also the first full-length project from the band since the act garnered its first hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, when its viral hit 'Mary on a Cross' reached No. 90 on the tally in 2022.) With the No. 1 arrival on the Billboard 200, Skeletá lands a number of milestone achievements for Ghost. Here's a recap: Skeletá yields Ghost's best week ever by both equivalent album units and traditional album sales. The act's previous high in both metrics came in the debut week of Impera (March 26, 2022), which earned 70,000 units (of which nearly 63,000 were album sales). As noted earlier, Skeletá also garners the largest streaming week for a Ghost album. Ghost lands the biggest week of 2025, by either equivalent album units or traditional album sales, for any rock, hard rock or alternative album. Of Skeletá's first-week album sales, vinyl purchases comprised just over 44,000 copies. That's not just the largest sales week on vinyl for Ghost, but the biggest week for a hard rock album on vinyl in the modern era (since Luminate began tracking data in 1991). It's also the third-largest sales week on vinyl in the modern era for any rock album, trailing only the opening weeks of blink-182's One More Time… (49,000; 2023) and boygenius' The Record (45,000; 2023). Skeletá is the first hard rock album to lead the Billboard 200 in over four years, and the only rock, hard rock or alternative album to be No. 1 in 2025. The last hard rock album at No. 1 was AC/DC's Power Up, which premiered at No. 1 on the Nov. 28, 2020, chart and spent one week at No. 1. The last rock, or alternative, album to lead the tally was Coldplay's Moon Music, when it debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 19, 2024, chart (spending one week at No. 1). Rock, alternative and hard rock albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard's Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts, respectively. Not only is Skeletá the group's first No. 1, but it's the first chart-topper for its label Loma Vista Recordings and the first leader for Concord Label Group in nearly a decade — since James Taylor's Before This World (on Concord Records) debuted at No. 1 on the July 4, 2015-dated chart. Loma Vista had previously gone as high as No. 2 with Ghost's last full-length studio album, Impera, in 2022. Skeletá is the lone debut in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart. The titles at Nos. 2-7 are all former No. 1s. SZA's SOS slips to No. 2 (52,000 equivalent album units earned; down 1%), Kendrick Lamar's GNX falls 2-3 (48,000; down 5%), Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time is down 3-4 (46,000; down 4%), Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet descends 4-5 (44,000; down 8%), PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake's $ome $exy $ongs 4 U falls 5-6 (43,000; down 6%) and Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos is down 6-7 (38,000; down 3%). Shaboozey's Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going gallops 45-8 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned (up 110%) after a deluxe reissue on April 25 that added six additional songs, bringing its total song count to 18. The set debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the June 15, 2024-dated list. (He also played the Stagecoach Festival on April 26.) Playboi Carti's chart-topping MUSIC (7-9; 34,000 equivalent album units, down 11%) and Morgan Wallen's former leader Dangerous: The Double Album (9-10; 33,000, down 3%) round out the Billboard 200's top 10. Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
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05-03-2025
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Watch Ghost's new video Satanized and meet new frontman Papa V Perpetua as the band officially announce brand new album Skeletá
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ghost have officially kicked off their next chapter with a brand new single and devilishly daft new music video to go with it. Titled Satanized, the track is a mid-paced rock 'n' roll stomper and serves as the first cut from the Swedish spooks' upcoming sixth studio album, Skeletá, confirmed to be arriving next month. The video, predominantly in black and white, features a stressed-out monk confessing something rather nefarious and becoming overcome by possession, all while a mysterious clergy joyously jam the hell out of the track around him. Fans have already gone into meltdown speculating that that the actors playing the musicians in the video are in fact Ghost's beloved Nameless Ghouls, officially unmasked on video for the first time. Could it be?! Either way, at the end of the video, Ghost's new cast of characters are unveiled, with new-look Ghouls and a 'brand new' frontman, Papa V Perpetua, a dazzling vision in metal and purple. Skeletá follows on from 2022's critically acclaimed Impera, and arrives on April 25 via Loma Vista, right as Ghost are set to head out on their latest world tour, which will take in dozens of dates that will include stops in Europe, the UK, North America and Mexico. Watch the video for Satanized below and see Ghost's full list of upcoming tour dates below that. Papa V Perpetua is also due to appear at this summer's blockbuster Black Sabbath farewell show. UK:Apr 15: Manchester AO ArenaApr 16: Glasgow OVO HydroApr 19: London The O2Apr 20: Birmingham Utilita Arena Europe:Apr 22: Antwerp Sportpaleis, BelgiumApr 23: Frankfurt Festhalle, GermanyApr 24: Munich Olympiahalle, GermanyApr 26: Lyon LDLC Arena, FranceApr 27: Toulouse Zenith Metropole, FranceApr 29: Lisbon MEO Arena, PortugalApr 30: Madrid Palacio Vistalegre, SpainMay 03: Zurich AG Hallenstadion, SwitzerlandMay 04: Milan Unipol Forum, ItalyMay 07: Berlin Uber Arena, GermanyMay 08: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, NetherlandsMay 10: Lodz Atlas Arena, PolandMay 11: Prague O2 Arena, Czech RepublicMay 13: Paris Accor Arena, FranceMay 14: Oberhausen Rudolph Weber Arena, GermanyMay 15: Hannover ZAG Arena, GermanyMay 17: Copenhagen Royal Arena, DenmarkMay 20: Tampere Nokia Arena, FinlandMay 22: Linköping Saab Arena, SwedenMay 23: Sandviken Göransson Arena, SwedenMay 24: Oslo Spektrum, Norway USA:Jul 09: Baltimore CFG Bank Arena, MDJul 11: Atlanta State Farm Arena, GAJul 12: Tampa Amalie Arena, FLJul 13: Miami Kaseya Center, FLJul 15: Raleigh PNC Arena, NCJul 17: Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, OHJul 18: Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena, PAJul 19: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PAJul 21: Boston TD Garden, MAJul 22: New York Madison Square Garden, NYJul 24: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MIJul 25: Louisville KFC Yum! Center, KYJul 26: Nashville Bridgestone Arena, TNJul 28: Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena, MIJul 29: Milwaukee Fiserv Forum, WIJul 30: St Louis Enterprise Center, MOAug 01: Rosemont Allstate Arena, ILAug 02: Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center, MNAug 03: Omaha CHI Health Center, NEAug 05: Kansas City T-Mobile Center, MOAug 07: Denver Ball Arena, COAug 09: Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena, NVAug 10: San Diego Viejas Arena, CAAug 11: Phoenix Footprint Center, AZAug 14: Austin Moody Center ATX, TXAug 15: Fort Worth Dickies Arena, TXAug 16: Houston Toyota Center, TX Mexico:Sep 24: Mexico City Palacio De Los Deportes
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Ghost Announce New Album SKELETÁ, Unveil Single 'Satanized': Stream
The post Ghost Announce New Album SKELETÁ, Unveil Single 'Satanized': Stream appeared first on Consequence. Ghost have announced their highly anticipated new album, SKELETÁ, arriving April 25th via Loma Vista Recordings. The video for lead single 'Satanized' can be streamed below. Despite its sinister title, the new song is quite graceful and sees Ghost fully embracing their melodic-AOR side. Shades of Styx and Def Leppard are present on the prog-tinged rocker, which is drenched in a blanket reverb effect that's straight out of the 1980s. Get Ghost Tickets Here Meanwhile, the accompanying music video introduces Ghost's 'new' frontman and the latest iteration of band mastermind Tobias Forge, Papa V Perpetua, whose arrival was previously teased when Ghost were announced as part of Black Sabbath's upcoming final concert. Along with the clip, the band also launched an interactive element dubbed 'The Satanizer,' in which fans can upload a photo that will morph them into characters featured in the video. As for the new album, SKELETÁ is self-described as Ghost's 'sixth psalm,' opening a new chapter in the band's expansive, fictional lore. It will mark a shift to more personal lyrical content, away from the 'outward facing subject matter' of previous albums Impera and Prequelle. Instead, the LP will 'render the distinct individual emotional vistas of each of its 10 songs in one-on-one fashion, at times as if in a dialogue with oneself in a mirror,' as stated in the band's press release. SKELETÁ is set to drop just over a week after Ghost embark on their previously announced world tour, which includes a summer run of US arenas. That leg kicks off July 9th in Baltimore, and you can get tickets here. Pre-orders/pre-saves for SKELETÁ are available via this location, while the video for 'Satanized' and the album artwork and tracklist can be seen below. Tobias Forge will appear on the popular Morbid podcast this Friday (March 7th) for an exclusive interview about the new album. Artwork: Tracklist: 01. Peacefield 02. Lachryma 03. Satanized 04. Guiding Lights 05. De Profundis Borealis 06. Cenotaph 07. Missilia Amori 08. Marks of the Evil One 09. Umbra 10. Excelsis Ghost Announce New Album SKELETÁ, Unveil Single 'Satanized': Stream Jon Hadusek Popular Posts Jon Stewart Calls Out Elon Musk for Flaking on The Daily Show Interview Gene Hackman and Wife's Deaths Ruled "Suspicious" as Investigators Find No Signs of Gas Leak Faster Pussycat Singer's Fiancée Dies After Falling Overboard on '80s Cruise That Band Was Playing Mike Myers Debuts Elon Musk Impersonation in SNL Cold Open: Watch Gene Hackman, Oscar-Winning Actor Dead, at 95 Queens of the Stone Age Announce US Tour Dates with The Kills Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
