The Swedish group Ghost achieves historical performance in the world rankings with its new album Skeletáwho won sales, a few days before a highly anticipated concert in Paris.
Ghost dominates the charts with Skeletá
The 25 Avril via Loma Vista Recordings were built, SkeletáGhost’s sixth studio album, made a resounding beginnings. According to a press release, the opus rose directly to first place in Billboard 200becoming the first Hard Rock album to reach this position since Power Up AC/DC in 2020. It is also the very first number 1 for Loma Vista Recordings.
In the United States, the album has totaled 86,000 equivalent units in a week, including 77,000 sales of pure album, an impressive figure at the time of streaming. Among these, 44,000 are vinyls, establishing a weekly sales record for a hard rock album since the start of the Soundscan era in 1991. Ghost ranks just behind Blink-182 and Boygenius for the best week of vinyl sales of a rock album on this period.
Confirmed worldwide success
Outside the United States, Skeletá has also conquered rankings in many countries. The album is number 1 in Sweden, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Finland and Canada, and number 2 in the United Kingdom. In France, he rose to fourth place in the top albums, while being number 1 of physical sales and the rock/metal ranking.
-This commercial success confirms the position of Ghost as a major figure of modern rock, capable of federating a large audience with music mixing massive riffs, new wave pop and theatrical aesthetic refrains. The criticisms also praised the album, qualifying it in turn “powerful”, “luminous”, “introspective”, even “masterpieces” in certain specialized media.
Paris is preparing for an exceptional concert
In the wake of these successes, Ghost continues his world tour, the SkeleTour. After triumphant concerts in Lyon and Toulouse, Papa V Perpetua and the Nameless Ghouls are preparing to captivate Paris on May 13 at Accor Arena. The event, presented as a total scenic experience, is reinforced by the prohibition of phones, promoting a complete immersion.
Fans can expect a setlist including the new pieces of Skeletáalready acclaimed live. Each show opens onto Peacefieldwhose official clip compiles sequences filmed during the tour. Also note the viral success of clips of Satanized et Lachrymaaccumulating more than 7 and 5 million views respectively.
There are still a few places for the Paris concert, available via Live Nation and GDP. If we believe the enthusiastic returns of the fans after the previous dates, the May 13 meeting promises to be unforgettable.
