Lukas Graham (2015 album) explained

Lukas Graham
Type:studio
Artist:Lukas Graham
Cover:Lukas Graham Blue Album.jpg
Released:16 June 2015
Genre:Pop
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Lukas Graham (also known as Blue Album) is the second studio album by Danish band Lukas Graham. It was released in Denmark on 16 June 2015 through Copenhagen Records. The album includes the singles "Mama Said", "Strip No More" and "7 Years". A version of the album incorporating "Drunk in the Morning" and "Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind Pt 2)" from the band's debut (while removing "Hayo", the interlude and "Playtime") was released internationally on 1 April 2016, serving as the band's debut album in the United States and United Kingdom.

Artwork

The original Danish cover of the album takes its artwork from The Lady with the Bottles, a 1992 painting by Danish artist Lars Helweg that is based on a nude picture of the Swedish actress Anita Ekberg that appeared in the magazine Playboy during the 1950s. The American cover was designed to be less risqué; it shows a boy looking at Helweg's painting, with his arm bent in a way that covers up the woman's breasts.[1]

Reception

Critical reception

Lukas Graham received mostly favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews.

Commercial performance

In Denmark, Lukas Graham was released on 16 June 2015 without any promotion. The album entered the Danish Albums Chart at number one and spent 22 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. It has spent 163 weeks on the whole chart, including 95 weeks in the top 10, with the last one being in its 163rd charting week.[2] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 24,093 copies, becoming the highest-charting album by a Danish act.[3] [4] Lukas Graham debuted at number one on the Australian Albums Chart, becoming the first number-one album by a Danish act since Aqua's Aquarium peaked at number one in 1998.

The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 34,000 copies. It is the highest-charting album by a Danish act. Danish singer Coco O previously charted at number two with the soundtrack to The Great Gatsby (2013).[5]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 5,300 copies.[6]

Track listing

Notes

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7] 28
US Billboard 200[8] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 79
Chart (2016)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 94
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 136
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] 38
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)2
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 171
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi)[15] 94
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 70
US Billboard 200[19] 60
Chart (2017)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 76
Chart (2018)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[22] 8
Chart (2019)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[23] 15
Chart (2020)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 13
Chart (2021)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 13
Chart (2022)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[26] 15
Chart (2023)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] 17

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabel
Denmark17 June 2015Copenhagen[28]
United Kingdom1 April 2016Warner Bros.[29]
United States
Australia[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lukas Graham Releases Boob-Free U.S. Debut Album . 1 April 2016 . MIX-FM . 9 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190109110315/https://mymixfm.com/news/articles/2016/apr/01/lukas-graham-releases-boob-free-us-debut-album/ . 9 January 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: danishcharts.com - Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham [Blue Album]]. Danishcharts.dk. 24 May 2023. 13 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230513152357/https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Lukas+Graham&titel=Lukas+Graham+[Blue+Album]&cat=a. live.
  3. Jones. Alan. Official Charts Analysis: Everything You've Come To Expect tops the Official Albums Chart. Music Week. 9 April 2016. 8 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Treo. Thomas. Lukas Graham smadrer Aquas rekord. Lukas Graham. 9 April 2016. Danish. 8 April 2016. 28 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428071750/http://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/dkmusiknyt/lukas-graham-smadrer-aquas-rekord/6029915. live.
  5. Web site: Treo. Thomas. Dansker til tops i USA med Jay-Z. Lukas Graham. 11 April 2016. Danish. 12 May 2013. 28 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428074936/http://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/dkmusiknyt/article4203212.ece. live.
  6. Web site: Weekly Music News Sales Report and Analysis | Alan Cross. 13 April 2016. 7 May 2016. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413180517/http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-news-sales-report-analysis/. live.
  7. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 14 (dal 1 April 2016 al 2016-04-07). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. 8 April 2016. 18 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818074946/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2228. live.
  8. Chris Stapleton Surges to No. 2 on Billboard 200, Lukas Graham, Weezer and Twenty88 Debut in Top 10. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Caulfield, Keith. 11 April 2016. 11 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160411034523/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7326494/chris-stapleton-traveller-billboard-200-chart-lukas-graham-kanye-west-life-of-pablo. live.
  9. Web site: ALBUM TOP-100 2016 . Hitlisten . Danish . 31 December 2016 . 30 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161230202617/http://hitlisten.nu/top2016.asp . live .
  10. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2015. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 24 July 2020. 3 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603155845/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2015&dspp=1. live.
  11. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2017. 6 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106173445/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2016.htm. live.
  12. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2016. Ultratop. 24 July 2020. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121193617/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2016&cat=a. live.
  13. Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. 24 July 2020. 15 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190415215928/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-canadian-albums. live.
  14. Web site: LA PRODUCTION MUSICALE FRANCAISE AU TOP DE L'ANNEE 2016 !. 5 January 2017. SNEP. January 14, 2017. French. 10 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170110221133/http://www.snepmusique.com/actualites-du-snep/la-production-musicale-francaise-au-top-de-lannee-2016/. live.
  15. Web site: Tónlistinn – Plötur – 2016. Plötutíóindi. is. 1 April 2022. 15 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210115212320/https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-plotur-2016/. live.
  16. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 2016. Recorded Music NZ. 25 December 2016. 26 December 2016. https://archive.today/20161226200635/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4311. live.
  17. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2016. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 24 July 2020. 14 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191214074854/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2016&dspp=1. live.
  18. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2016. Official Charts Company. 31 December 2016. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919093918/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/. live.
  19. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. 9 December 2016. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161208120131/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums. live.
  20. Web site: Album Top-100 2017. Hitlisten. 11 January 2018. 16 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116112722/http://hitlisten.nu/top2017.asp?list=Album%20100. live.
  21. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2017. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 16 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135356/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20170001. live.
  22. Web site: Album Top-100 2018. Hitlisten. Danish. 16 January 2019. 16 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190116100303/http://hitlisten.nu/2018_album_t100.html. live.
  23. Web site: Album Top-100 2019. Hitlisten. Danish. 15 January 2020. 14 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114175340/http://hitlisten.nu/top2019.asp. live.
  24. Web site: Album Top-100 2020. Hitlisten. 13 January 2021. 14 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114142819/http://hitlisten.nu/top2020.asp?list=Album%20100. live.
  25. Web site: Album Top-100 2021. Hitlisten. 6 January 2022. 6 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106042835/http://hitlisten.nu/top2021.asp. live.
  26. Web site: Album Top-100 2022. Hitlisten. 1 February 2023. 2 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230202140815/http://www.hitlisten.nu/top2022.asp. live.
  27. Web site: Album Top-100 2023. Hitlisten. 13 January 2024.
  28. Web site: Lukas Graham (Blue Album) by Lukas Graham on iTunes. 17 June 2015. Apple Inc. Denmark. 8 April 2016. 7 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407102136/https://itunes.apple.com/dk/album/lukas-graham-blue-album/id1001503634. live.
  29. Web site: Lukas Graham by Lukas Graham on iTunes. 16 June 2015. Apple Inc. United Kingdom. 8 April 2016. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308130459/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lukas-graham/id1081573096. live.
  30. Web site: Lukas Graham by Lukas Graham on iTunes. 16 June 2015. Apple Inc. Australia. 8 April 2016. 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409114416/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/lukas-graham/id1081573096. live.

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