''Lukas Graham'' (also known as ''Blue Album'') is the second studio album by Danish band

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. It was released in Denmark on 16 June 2015 through

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. The album includes the singles " Mama Said", "

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" and " 7 Years". A version of the album incorporating "

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" and "

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" from the band's debut (while removing "Hayo", the interlude and "Playtime") was released internationally on 1 April 2016, serving as the band's debut album in the United States and United Kingdom.

Artwork

The original Danish cover of the album takes its artwork from ''The Lady with the Bottles'', a 1992 painting by Danish artist Lars Helweg that is based on a nude picture of the Swedish actress

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that appeared in the magazine ''

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'' during the 1950s. The American cover was designed to be less risqué; it shows a boy looking at Helweg's painting, with his arm bent in a way that covers up the woman's breasts.

Reception

Critical reception

''Lukas Graham'' received mostly favourable reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an

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score of 75, based on 5 reviews.

Commercial performance

In Denmark, ''Lukas Graham'' was released on 16 June 2015 without any promotion. The album entered the

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at number one and spent 22 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. It has spent 163 weeks on the whole chart, including 95 weeks in the top 10, with the last one being in its 163rd charting week. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number two on the

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, with first-week sales of 24,093 copies, becoming the highest-charting album by a Danish act. ''Lukas Graham'' debuted at number one on the

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, becoming the first number-one album by a Danish act since

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'' peaked at number one in 1998. The album debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States, selling 34,000 copies. It is the highest-charting album by a Danish act. Danish singer

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previously charted at number two with the soundtrack to ''The Great Gatsby'' (2013). In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the

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Artwork

Reception

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References