Creed Get Off to Strong Start on Billboard Album Chart

Creed haven't released a new studio album since 2001, but last week they returned with their mediocre comeback record, Full Circle. Creatively, it may be a bit of a mixed bag, but how will it do commercially? We got our first hint today when this week's Billboard 200 album chart was announced. Full Circle landed at No. 2 with sales of 110,000 copies, bested only by Michael Jackson's posthumous This Is It.

It's hard enough to reclaim a fan base after years of inactivity, but Creed are also returning to the spotlight at a time when the music industry is radically different than the era when they thrived. No stronger indicator of this was the fact that when Creed's last album, Weathered, debuted on the sales chart, it moved 887,000 units. Now, that was during the height of their popularity, but the sad fact is that such a sales figure would be nearly impossible today because of reduced album sales. Of the band's previous studio albums, none has gone less than sextuple-platinum. No matter how beloved Full Circle becomes, that simply won't happen, so expectations will have to be adjusted accordingly.

In other rock news, the New Moon soundtrack fell from last week's top spot to No. 8, selling 69,000 units, which brings its approximate total to about 337,000 copies in less than a month. The accompanying film will be released November 20, so it'll be interesting to see if the album gets a sales boost around that time.

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