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Prequelle is the fourth studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released on 1 June 2018 and produced by Tom Dalgety. The album's first single, "Rats", was released ahead of the album on 13 April, and as of 28 July, had peaked at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The second single, "Dance Macabre", later topped the same chart for two weeks as well. The album marked the band's strongest selling debut to date, landing at number 3 on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 copies in its first week, with 61,000 of those being "traditional" album sales. T

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Release · MusicBrainz

Type
Album
Artist
Ghost
First released
2018-06-01
arena rockdiscogs/the most popular album released every year from 1950 to 2020gothic metalgothic rockhard rockheavy metal

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11
Total plays
97

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Music

Genre
Metal
Year
2018
Tracks
10

Key facts

Album.length
41:43
Album.name
Prequelle
Album.type
studio
Album.artist
Ghost
Album.cover
Ghost - Prequelle (album).jpg
Album.recorded
2017–2018
Album.studio
Artery Studios, Stockholm, SwedenPsalm Studio, Bath, EnglandWestlake Studios, Los Angeles, California
Album.genre
Hard rock arena rock progressive rock pop rock
Album.label
Loma Vista
Album.producer
Tom Dalgety
Album.prev_title
Popestar
Album.prev_year
2016
Album.next_title
Seven Inches of Satanic Panic
Album.next_year
2019

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
album
Follows
Popestar
Performer
Ghost
Record label
Spinefarm Records
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publication date
2018-06-01
language of work or name
English language
form of creative work
studio album
title
Prequelle
number of parts of this work
10
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Music and themes
  • Reception
  • Awards and nominations
  • Track listing
  • Personnel
  • Ghost
  • Additional personnel
  • Technical
  • Charts
  • Weekly charts
  • Year-end charts
  • Certifications
  • References

Prequelle is the fourth studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released on 1 June 2018 and produced by Tom Dalgety. The album's first single, "Rats", was released ahead of the album on 13 April, and as of 28 July, had peaked at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The second single, "Dance Macabre", later topped the same chart for two weeks as well. The album marked the band's strongest selling debut to date, landing at number 3 on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 copies in its first week, with 61,000 of those being "traditional" album sales. The album's themes include medieval times and the Black Death, along with more contemporary subject matter.

"Prequelle" was nominated for the Best Rock Album Grammy Award at the 61st annual awards ceremony and the Swedish Grammis Award in the category of hard rock/metal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prequelle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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