Creed Continues To Reach New Chart Peaks, Decades After Its Heyday

There was a time when Creed was perhaps the biggest band in America — and one of the most commercially viable acts around the world. Then tastes changed, and the group stepped away from the spotlight. After a lengthy hiatus, the outfit returned in 2009, but sadly has not produced a new full-length since. While new music is reportedly on the way — or at least rumored to be — the classics that made the Grammy-nominated act so popular in the first place have been growing in popularity across the United States throughout the past several years, and in some case, growing to new highs.

Creed’s Greatest Hits Hits a New Chart High

This week, Creed’s Greatest Hits lifts two spots on the Top Alternative Albums chart. It ascends from No. 9 to No. 7 on Billboard’s ranking of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs categorized as alternative, which typically refers to alternative rock. No. 7 now marks the title’s all-time best showing on this particular list. The set hits that peak in its fifty-ninth frame on the tally, and many years after it was initially released.

Creed’s Longest-Charting Successes

Greatest Hits is easily Creed’s longest-running success on the Top Alternative Albums chart, though it is not the band’s highest-peaking title. That honor still belongs to Full Circle, which debuted at No. 1 in late 2009.

Human Clay, the group’s sophomore set, has thus far spent one week at No. 22, as it debuted less than a year ago — decades after it was originally introduced to the public.

Creed’s Greatest Hits Reaches Multiple Charts

This frame, Greatest Hits appears on five Billboard rankings and is climbing on three of them. In addition to its rise on the Top Alternative Albums chart, the collection also moves up a few spots on both the Billboard 200 and Top Rock & Alternative Albums lists. It remains stationary on the Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums tallies, as it seems that streaming activity is strong enough to power the project onto quite a few charts at once.

“One Last Breath” Leads the Way

Several generation-defining tunes continue to keep Greatest Hits going, with “One Last Breath” standing out as the biggest success at the moment. This time around, the track returns to No. 1 on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart, while also climbing on both the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales and Alternative Streaming Songs rankings.

“Higher,” another one of the group’s most familiar tracks — which earned frontman Scott Stapp a Grammy — also improves on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs roster this frame.