Hades

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Singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez's newly released album, Hades, is just behind BTS at number five.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It depicts Dionysus journeying to Hades to retrieve a poet who can help Athens in crisis, culminating in a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Hades was escapism that told a story about escaping, an entertaining time-waster when time was all we had.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

But I give it to his strategists — Newsom saw this future at the gates of Hades and created a unique lane that we didn’t know we needed: preacher to the uncommitted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“Perhaps they are sent elsewhere when they step through. The House of Hades is in the earth, yes? That is Gaea’s realm. She could send her minions wherever she wishes.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan