Ghost discography explained

See also: List of songs recorded by Ghost.

Artist:Ghost
Studio:5
Live:1
Music Videos:14
Ep:4
Singles:13
Compilation:2

The discography of Ghost, a Swedish rock band, consists of five studio albums, one live album, four extended plays (EPs), thirteen singles and fourteen music videos. Formed in Linköping in 2008, Ghost (formerly known as Ghost B.C. in the US) is composed of nine anonymous members – vocalist Papa Emeritus (revealed in 2017 to be Tobias Forge; all of the band's other frontmen are Forge under a different persona) and eight instrumentalists known as "Nameless Ghouls" (each representing one of the classical elements Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Ether).[1] After a self-issued demo, the band released its full-length debut Opus Eponymous on Rise Above Records in October 2010,[2] which reached number 30 on the Swedish Albums Chart.[3] "Elizabeth" was released as the sole single from the album in June.[4]

In January 2013 the band returned with new frontman Papa Emeritus II,[4] and in April the band released its second album Infestissumam.[5] The album topped the Swedish Albums Chart,[3] as well as reaching the top ten in Finland and Norway.[6] [7] In October 2014, the album was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Sweden, certifying sales of over 20,000 copies in the band's home country. Infestissumam lead single "Secular Haze" reached number 22 on the Finnish Singles Chart.[6] The band released If You Have Ghost, a five-track EP of cover versions, in November 2013,[8] which reached number 87 on the US Billboard 200.[9]

Papa Emeritus III replaced II in May 2015, when the band released the single "Cirice" followed by "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" in July, both of which reached the top five of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart.[10] Ghost's third album Meliora was released in August,[11] topping the albums charts in Sweden and Finland,[3] [6] and receiving a platinum certification in Sweden. A second EP, Popestar, featuring new original song "Square Hammer" and four covers, was released in September 2016.[12] It became the first EP to top the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart since the chart began in 2006,[13] while "Square Hammer" reached number 1 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, making the band the first Swedish band to top the chart.[10]

Ghost released their fourth album Prequelle on 1 June 2018, which is the first to feature new frontman Cardinal Copia, and was preceded by the singles "Rats" and "Dance Macabre" in April.[14]

On 13 September 2019, Ghost released Seven Inches of Satanic Panic, which has been described as a two-track EP[15] and as a single.[16] The day before, on 12 September, they released a video for the recording's A-side, "Kiss the Go-Goat", as part of their ongoing webseries.[17]

Albums

Studio albums

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions<-- Per Wikipedia discography standards, maintain a MAXIMUM of 10 charts. -->Certifications
SWE
AUS
[18]
BEL
Fla.

[19]
CAN
[20]
FIN
GER
[21]
NED
[22]
NOR
UK
[23] [24]
US
[25]
Opus Eponymous 30 90
Infestissumam 1 62 189 5 85 8 58 28

Gold

Meliora
  • Released: 21 August 2015
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
1 20 21 9 1 19 6 2 23 8
  • GLF: Platinum
  • MC

Gold[26]

Prequelle
  • Released: 1 June 2018
  • Label: Loma Vista
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL, 8T,[27] CT[28]
1 7 4 6 1 2 14 1 10 3
Impera
  • Released: 11 March 2022
  • Label: Loma Vista
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL, CT
1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Live albums

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions<-- Per Wikipedia discography standards, maintain a MAXIMUM of 10 charts. -->
SWE
BEL
Fla.

BEL
Wal.

[31]
ESP
[32]
FIN
FRA
[33]
GER
NED
NOR
SWI
[34]
Ceremony and Devotion
  • Released: 8 December 2017
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Concord
  • Formats: CD, LP, 8T, DL
2 71 49 82 13 49 53 124 18 61
Rite Here Rite Now
  • Released: 26 July 2024
  • Labels: Loma Vista
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
1
[35]
17 13 19
[36]
6 8 9

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:20em;"
Album details
Message from the Clergy
  • Released: September 12, 2022[37] [38]
  • Format: Digital download
13 Commandments
  • Released: December 1, 2023[39] [40]
  • Format: Streaming, digital download

Extended plays

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
EP detailsChart peaks<-- Per Wikipedia discography standards, maintain a MAXIMUM of 10 charts. -->
SWE
SWE
Rock

[41]
CAN
FIN
FRA
[42]
GER
SCO
[43]
UK
UK
Rock
[44]
US
If You Have Ghost
  • Released: 19 November 2013
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Universal
  • Formats: CD, 12", DL
172 11 87
Popestar
  • Released: 16 September 2016
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Universal
  • Formats: CD, 12", DL
3 1 7 12 27 32 85 6 16
Seven Inches of Satanic Panic
  • Released: 13 September 2019
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Universal
  • Formats: 7", DL
Phantomime
  • Released: 19 May 2023
  • Labels: Loma Vista, Universal
  • Formats: CD, 12", DL
1
[45]
1 15 6
[46]
18
[47]
11 3 8 3 7
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Singles

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positions<-- Per Wikipedia discography standards, maintain a MAXIMUM of 10 charts. -->CertificationsAlbum / E.P.
SWE
AUS
[48]
BEL
Fla.

CAN
[49]
FIN
GER
[50]
UK
US
[51]
US
Main.

US
Rock
[52]
"Elizabeth"2010Opus Eponymous
"Secular Haze"201222 Infestissumam
"Year Zero"2013
"Cirice"20154 46 Meliora
"From the Pinnacle to the Pit"5
"Majesty"
"Square Hammer"201675 1 23
  • IFPI NOR: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
Popestar
"Rats"201883 1 16
  • MC: Gold
Prequelle
"Dance Macabre"68 1 17
  • IFPI NOR: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • PMB: Gold[55]
  • RIAA: Gold
"Faith"2019100 6
"Kiss the Go-Goat"17Seven Inches of Satanic Panic
"Mary on a Cross"16 89 50 7 41 28 90 11
"Hunter's Moon"202182 1 36Impera
"Enter Sandman"The Metallica Blacklist
"Call Me Little Sunshine"202269 1 34
  • MC: Gold
Impera
"Twenties"
"Spillways"
5
"Jesus He Knows Me"202313 Phantomime
"Phantom of the Opera"
"Stay" rowspan="2"
"The Future is a Foreign Land"2024

Other charted and certified songs

Title!scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeaksCertificationsAlbum
SWE
BEL
Wal.

[60]
"He Is"201564
  • GLF: Platinum
  • IFPI NOR: Gold
Meliora
"See the Light"2018Prequelle
"Pro Memoria"
"Miasma"
"Witch Image"
"Life Eternal"
"Kaisarion"2022Impera
"Watcher in the Sky"95
"Darkness at the Heart of My Love"

Music videos

Title!scope="col"
YearAlbumDirector(s)Ref.
"Secular Haze"2013InfestissumamAmir Chamdin[61]
"Year Zero"[62]
"Monstrance Clock"Rob Semmer[63]
"Cirice"2015MelioraRoboshobo[64]
"From the Pinnacle to the Pit"Zev Deans[65]
"Square Hammer"2016Popestar[66]
"He Is"2017Meliora[67]
"Rats"2018PrequelleRoboshobo[68]
"Dance Macabre"Zev Deans[69]
"Kiss the Go-Goat"2019Seven Inches of Satanic Panic[70]
"Life Eternal"2021Prequelle[71]
"Hunter's Moon"ImperaAmanda Demme[72]
"Call Me Little Sunshine"2022Matt Mahurin[73]
"Spillways"Amir Chamdin[74]
"Jesus He Knows Me"2023PhantomimeAlex Ross Perry[75]
"Mary On A Cross"2024Seven Inches of Satanic PanicDurtySean[76]
"The Future Is A Foreign Land"Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[77]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Skulls, Satan and Dave Grohl: Inside Mysterious Occult-Rock Band Ghost . Bienstock . Richard . . 4 August 2015 . 20 September 2016 .
  2. Web site: Opus Eponymous - Ghost: Songs, Reviews, Credits . Rivadavia . Eduardo . . 20 September 2016 .
  3. Web site: Discography Ghost . swedishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 20 September 2016 .
  4. Web site: Ghost: Biography & History . Rivadavia . Eduardo . AllMusic . 20 September 2016 .
  5. Web site: Infestissumam - Ghost: Songs, Reviews, Credits . Monger . James Christopher . AllMusic . 20 September 2016 .
  6. Web site: Discography Ghost . finnishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 20 September 2016 .
  7. Web site: Discography Ghost . norwegiancharts.com . Hung Medien . 20 September 2016 .
  8. Web site: If You Have Ghosts - Ghost: Songs, Reviews, Credits . Monger . James Christopher . AllMusic . 20 September 2016 .
  9. News: Ghost's 'If You Have Ghost' EP Cracks U.S. Top 100 . Blabbermouth.net . 27 November 2013 . 20 September 2016 .
  10. Ghost Chart History: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . . 30 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Meliora - Ghost: Release Info . Jurek . Thom . AllMusic . 20 September 2016 .
  12. Web site: Popestar - Ghost: Songs, Reviews, Credits . Monger . James Christopher . AllMusic . 20 September 2016 .
  13. Ghost Scares Up First Top Rock Albums No. 1 . Rutherford . Kevin . . 28 September 2016 . 29 September 2016 .
  14. News: Ghost To Release 'Prequelle' Album In June; Video For 'Rats' Single Available . . 13 April 2018 . 13 April 2018 .
  15. Web site: Listen To Ghost's New EP, Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic. 13 September 2019. Kerrang!. 20 September 2019.
  16. Web site: Ghost release new single Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic. Munro. Scott. 13 September 2019. Metal Hammer. 20 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Ghost Releases New Song Kiss The Go-Goat. 12 September 2019. Kerrang!. 20 September 2019.
  18. Peaks in Australia:
  19. Web site: Discografie Ghost . ultratop.be . Dutch . 4 August 2024.
  20. Ghost Chart History: Billboard Canadian Albums . . 1 June 2023.
  21. Web site: Discographie von Ghost. offiziellecharts.de. 17 March 2022.
  22. Web site: Discografie Ghost . dutchcharts.nl . Dutch . 20 September 2016 .
  23. Web site: Ghost BC Full Official Chart History . . 20 September 2016 .
  24. Web site: Ghost Full Official Chart History . Official Charts Company . 20 September 2016 .
  25. Ghost Chart History: Billboard 200 . . 1 June 2023.
  26. Canada . Ghost . 14 December 2023.
  27. Web site: Ghost - Prequelle 8-Track Cartridge – Loma Vista Bodega . bodega.lomavistarecordings.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180414092122/https://bodega.lomavistarecordings.com/collections/ghost/products/ghost-prequelle-8-track-cartridge . 2018-04-14.
  28. Web site: Ghost - Prequelle Cassette Tape .
  29. Norway. Ghost . 8 June 2022.
  30. Sweden. artist. Ghost. 8 June 2022 .
  31. Web site: Discographie Ghost . ultratop.be . French . 4 August 2024.
  32. Web site: Discography Ghost . spanishcharts.com . 13 April 2018 .
  33. Web site: Discographie Ghost . lescharts.com . French . 13 April 2018 .
  34. Web site: Discographie Ghost . hitparade.ch . German . 13 April 2018 .
  35. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 31. Sverigetopplistan. 2 August 2024.
  36. Web site: Albumit 31/2024. Musiikkituottajat. fi. 3 August 2024.
  37. Web site: [MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] ]. Spotify . UMG Recordings, Inc. . September 12, 2022.
  38. Web site: Johnston . Maura . Maura Johnston . How TikTok brought Ghost's track'Mary on a Cross' back to life . Hypebot . 4 November 2022 . November 4, 2022.
  39. Web site: Millspublished . Matt . 2023-12-01 . Ghost just quietly released a greatest hits album with one very, very rare track . 2023-12-01 . louder . en.
  40. Web site: Kennelty . Greg . 2023-12-01 . GHOST Finally Streams Meliora B-Side "Zenith" . 2023-12-01 . Metal Injection . en-US.
  41. Web site: Veckolista Hårdrock - Vecka 38, 23 september 2016 . . 11 January 2016 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160112193445/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ . 12 January 2016 . Note: User must manually select 'Sök Alla Listor' from the menu, then select 'Genrelistor', 'Hårdrock' and week 38, 2016 in order to yield results.
  42. Web site: Le Top de la semaine: Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 38, 2016) . 10 June 2013 . . French . 5 October 2016 .
  43. Web site: Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100: 23 September 2016 - 29 September 2016 . . 5 October 2016 .
  44. Web site: Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 November 2013 - 30 November 2013 . . 20 September 2016 .
  45. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 21. Sverigetopplistan. 26 May 2023.
  46. Web site: Albumit 21/2023. Musiikkituottajat. fi. 27 May 2023.
  47. Web site: Top Albums (Week 21, 2023). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 29 May 2023.
  48. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 5 September 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1696. 4. September 5, 2022.
  49. Ghost Chart History: Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. September 20, 2022.
  50. Web site: Ghost. offiziellecharts.de.
  51. Ghost Chart History: Billboard Hot 100 . Billboard . October 19, 2022.
  52. Ghost Chart History: Hot Rock Songs . Billboard . 22 March 2022.
  53. Web site: Ghost – Year Zero. Grammofonleverantörernas förening. sv. 21 April 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240421005743/http://sys2.grammotex.se/netdata/grp006.mbr/artdata?sart=3276350. 21 April 2024.
  54. United States. Ghost . 8 June 2022.
  55. Web site: Certificates - Pro-Música Brasil. Pro-Música Brasil. 4 March 2024.
  56. Australia. 2024. single. 30 June 2024.
  57. United Kingdom. 18758-6259-1. Ghost. Mary On A Cross. February 24, 2023. February 24, 2023.
  58. France. Ghost. 4 March 2024.
  59. Web site: ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Złote płyty CD - Archiwum . 2023-06-30 . bestsellery.zpav.pl.
  60. Web site: Ghost - He is - ultratop.be. Ultratop.
  61. News: Ghost B.C.: 'Secular Haze' Video Released . . 18 February 2013 . 20 September 2016 .
  62. News: Ghost: NSFW Version Of 'Year Zero' Video Posted Online . Blabbermouth.net . 25 March 2013 . 20 September 2016 .
  63. News: Ghost: 'Monstrance Clock' Video Released . Blabbermouth.net . 3 July 2013 . 20 September 2016 .
  64. News: Ghost Unveils 'Cirice' Video . Blabbermouth.net . 8 June 2015 . 20 September 2016 .
  65. News: Ghost Go Way Way Back for the "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" Video . . 14 September 2015 . 20 September 2016 .
  66. Web site: Ghost - Square Hammer . . 15 September 2016 . 20 September 2016 .
  67. Web site: He Is (Music Video) - Ghost . . 24 August 2017 . 24 August 2017 .
  68. Web site: Ghost - Rats (Official Music Video) . Vevo . 12 April 2018 . 12 April 2018 .
  69. Web site: Watch The New Video For Ghost's 'Danse Macabre' . udiscovermusic.com . 17 October 2018 . 17 October 2018.
  70. Web site: Ghost - Chapter 8: Kiss the Go-Goat . YouTube . 11 September 2019 . 12 September 2019 .
  71. Web site: Henne . Bruce . Ghost Share 'Life Eternal' Video From 2020 Tour Finale . antiMUSIC . 5 March 2021 . 5 March 2021.
  72. Web site: Ghost - Hunter's Moon (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 30 September 2021.
  73. Web site: Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 20 January 2022.
  74. Web site: Ghost - Spillways (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 27 July 2022.
  75. Web site: Ghost - Jesus He Knows Me (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 9 April 2023.
  76. Web site: Ghost - Mary On A Cross (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 24 July 2024.
  77. Web site: Ghost - The Future Is A Foreign Land (Official Music Video) . www.youtube.com . YouTube . 24 July 2024.