When Ghost's new studio album Skeletá debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated May 10), it not only secured the band its first No. 1, but also marked the first hard rock set to reach No. 1 in over four years.

Ghost earns its first No. 1 album on the all-genre-inclusive Billboard 200 albums chart with "Skeletá." Their sixth studio album claims the biggest opening week, by either equivalent album units or traditional album sales,

Ghost have become the first hard rock band to top the US album chart since AC/DC 's Power Up in 2020. New album Skeletá sold 86,000 equivalent album units (a total that includes physical sales, downloads and streams) during its first week of release.