Hey guys, this is an article from the NY Daily News it's not ENTIRELY about Creed, but it's enough to be considered creedy I guess, well they ARE in rhe headline, so that's good enough for me! Anyway, just in case anyone wants to check it out for themselves, here's the link, if for whatever reason the link doesn't work or something, the article is below.
By JIM FARBER
Daily News Feature Writer
he music industry got an early Christmas present this week via the huge numbers racked up by Creed's new album. The religious rockers generated 887,229 sales slips, making "Weathered" the second-biggest debut of 2001, easily landing the band at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.
Scott Stapp and the rest of Creed must be thanking God for their biblically large sales numbers.
The year's winner in debut sales remains 'N Sync's "Celebrity," which moved 1.8 million copies in its first week in July. But Creed's tally bests another teen dream: Britney Spears, whose "Britney" pushed 746,000 platters in its bow three weeks ago. Creed's hefty numbers also give them the fastest-selling rock album of the year, outperforming Dave Matthews, whose "Everyday" sold 732,720 copies in its opening week in February.
Retailers likewise experienced a huge boost this week with the release of the latest "Now That's What I Call Music" collection. This eighth compilation in the series, which corrals current hits, sold 548,908 copies, giving it the No. 2 slot.
Two other stars enjoyed top 10 openings this week: Kid Rock's "Cocky" strutted with 222,875 copies moved, landing it at No. 7, while Pink's "Missundaztood" opened with 220,186, taking the sixth position. The latter rates as the greater achievement, since this singer changed her style entirely, from R&B to rock.
Pink fared far better than old Mick Jagger, whose first solo album in eight years, "Goddess in the Doorway," started at No. 39, selling 67,839 copies. That put him just above Sting, whose "All This Time" moved 67,546. But then, Sting's album is live, with no new original material.
Worse was the start for Marc Anthony's "Libre." It opened at No. 57 with 52,231 sold. The reason for his poor sales may be that it's his back-to-salsa album, with no pop songs.