Ghost Tops Active Rock Radio Chart

Grammy award-winning band Ghost just topped the Active Rock chart with current single "Square Hammer" and is the first Swedish band to have a No. 1 song on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

"Square Hammer" is featured on the band's most recent EP release, "Popestar," which debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts and has sold 75,000 units in its first four months of release.

"Popestar" was surprise released on September 16th by Loma Vista Recordings and is available online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital. The EP has been streamed over 18 million times globally. In addition to "Square Hammer", the five-track offering features covers of selections by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Eurythmics, and Imperiet.

The "Popestar" EP was recorded by Papa Emeritus III and his nameless ghouls in Linköping, Sweden and produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood, Opeth).