Ghost EP "Popestar" Tops The Charts

Grammy Award-winning band Ghost has earned the No. 1 position on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts with the new EP "Popestar." Selling over 21,000 copies, the release is the first EP to reach first place on Top Rock Albums in the chart's history.

"Popestar" also marks the band's second No. 1 release on the Hard Rock Albums chart. This new EP was released on September 16th by Loma Vista Recordings and is available online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital.

The surprise five-track offering features leading psalm "Square Hammer" and also contains covers of selections by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Eurythmics, and Imperiet. "Popestar" was recorded by Papa Emeritus III and his nameless ghouls in Linköping, Sweden and produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood, Opeth).