Ghost discography
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]
Ghost discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Music videos | 14 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 13 |
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.[8] 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,[9] which reached number 87 on the US Billboard 200.[10]
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.[11] Ghost's third album Meliora was released in August,[12] topping the albums charts in Sweden and Finland,[3][6] and receiving a platinum certification in Sweden.[8] A second EP, Popestar, featuring new original song "Square Hammer" and four covers, was released in September 2016.[13] It became the first EP to top the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart since the chart began in 2006,[14] while "Square Hammer" reached number 1 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, making the band the first Swedish band to top the chart.[11]
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.[15]
On 13 September 2019, Ghost released Seven Inches of Satanic Panic, which has been described as a two-track EP[16] and as a single.[17] 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.[18]
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [3] |
AUS [19] |
BEL Fla. [20] |
CAN [21] |
FIN [6] |
GER [22] |
NED [23] |
NOR [7] |
UK [24][25] |
US [26] | |||
Opus Eponymous |
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30 | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | |
Infestissumam |
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1 | 62 | 189 | — | 5 | 85 | — | 8 | 58 | 28 | |
Meliora |
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1 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 8 |
|
Prequelle | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
Impera |
|
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 | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [3] |
BEL Fla. [20] |
BEL Wal. [30] |
ESP [31] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [32] |
GER [33] |
NED [23] |
NOR [7] |
SWI [34] | ||
Ceremony and Devotion |
|
2 | 71 | 49 | 82 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 124 | 18 | 61 |
Extended plays
Title | EP details | Chart peaks | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [3] |
SWE Rock [35] |
CAN [21] |
FIN [6] |
FRA [36] |
GER [22] |
SCO [37] |
UK [24][25] |
UK Rock [38] |
US [26] | ||
If You Have Ghost |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 172 | 11 | 87 |
Popestar |
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3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | — | 32 | 85 | 6 | 16 |
Seven Inches of Satanic Panic |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Phantomime |
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1 [39] | 1 | 15 | 6 [40] | 18 [41] | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details |
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Message from the Clergy |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album / E.P. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [3] |
AUS [44] |
BEL Fla. [20] |
CAN [45] |
FIN [6] |
GER [46] |
UK [25] |
US [47] |
US Main. [11] |
US Rock [48] | ||||
"Elizabeth" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Opus Eponymous | |
"Secular Haze" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | Infestissumam | |
"Year Zero" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Cirice" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 46 | Meliora | |
"From the Pinnacle to the Pit" | — | — | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
"Majesty" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Square Hammer" | 2016 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 23 | Popestar[upper-alpha 2] | |
"Rats" | 2018 | 83 | — | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | Prequelle | |
"Dance Macabre" | 68 | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | |||
"Faith" | 2019 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | ||
"Kiss the Go-Goat" | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | —[upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | — | 17 | Seven Inches of Satanic Panic | ||
"Mary on a Cross" | 16 | 89 | — | 50 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 90 | — | 11 | |||
"Hunter's Moon" | 2021 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 8] | — | 1 | 36 | Impera | |
"Call Me Little Sunshine" | 2022 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 9] | — | 1 | 34 | ||
"Twenties" | —[upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Spillways" (solo or featuring Joe Elliott) |
—[upper-alpha 11] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
"Jesus He Knows Me" | 2023 | —[upper-alpha 12] | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 13] | — | 13 | — | Phantomime | |
"Phantom of the Opera" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Stay" (feat. Patrick Wilson) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Other charted and certified songs
Title | Year | Peaks | Certifications | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWE [3] |
BEL Wal. [61] | ||||
"He Is" | 2015 | 64 | —[upper-alpha 14] | Meliora | |
"See the Light" | 2018 | —[upper-alpha 15] | — | Prequelle | |
"Pro Memoria" | —[upper-alpha 16] | — | |||
"Miasma" | —[upper-alpha 17] | — | |||
"Witch Image" | —[upper-alpha 18] | — | |||
"Life Eternal" | —[upper-alpha 19] | — | |||
"Kaisarion" | 2022 | —[upper-alpha 20] | — | Impera | |
"Watcher in the Sky" | 95 | — | |||
"Darkness at the Heart of My Love" | —[upper-alpha 21] | — |
Music videos
Title | Year | Album | Director(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
"Secular Haze" | 2013 | Infestissumam | Amir Chamdin | [63] |
"Year Zero" | [64] | |||
"Monstrance Clock" | Rob Semmer | [65] | ||
"Cirice" | 2015 | Meliora | Roboshobo | [66] |
"From the Pinnacle to the Pit" | Zev Deans | [67] | ||
"Square Hammer" | 2016 | Popestar | [68] | |
"He Is" | 2017 | Meliora | [69] | |
"Rats" | 2018 | Prequelle | Roboshobo | [70] |
"Dance Macabre" | Zev Deans | [71] | ||
"Kiss the Go-Goat" | 2019 | Seven Inches of Satanic Panic | Unknown | [72] |
"Life Eternal" | 2021 | Prequelle | [73] | |
"Hunter's Moon" | Impera | Amanda Demme | [74] | |
"Call Me Little Sunshine" | 2022 | Matt Mahurin | [75] | |
"Spillways" | Amir Chamdin | [76] | ||
"Jesus He Knows Me" | 2023 | Phantomime | Alex Ross Perry | [77] |
Footnotes
- "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but registered on the Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.[20]
- "Square Hammer" was also included on the deluxe reissue of Meliora.
- "Rats" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 28 on the Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.[20]
- "Dance Macabre" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number seven on the Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.[20]
- "Kiss the Go-Goat" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[51]
- "Kiss the Go-Goat" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 32 on the Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.[20]
- "Kiss the Go-Goat" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[52]
- "Hunter's Moon" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[56]
- "Call Me Little Sunshine" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 87 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[57]
- "Twenties" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[58]
- "Spillways" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number two on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[58]
- "Jesus He Knows Me" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[59]
- "Jesus He Knows Me" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[60]
- "He Is" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but registered on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.[20]
- "See the Light" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[62]
- "Pro Memoria" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[62]
- "Miasma" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number eight on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[62]
- "Witch Image" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[62]
- "Life Eternal" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[62]
- "Kaisarion" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[58]
- "Darkness at the Heart of My Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[58]
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