Creed
Creed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed in 1994. Creed was prominent in the post-grunge movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s, releasing three consecutive multi-platinum albums. Human Clay (1999), the band's second studio album, received diamond (11× platinum) certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Creed has sold over 28 million records in the United States, over 53 million albums worldwide, and was the ninth best-selling musical act of the 2000s.
Creed has been categorized as post-grunge, hard rock, alternative rock, and alternative metal, and also as grunge, nu metal, and heavy metal.
Creed was one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their first three studio albums, My Own Prison, Human Clay, and Weathered, have all gone multi-platinum in the United States, selling six million, 11 million, and six million copies respectively. The band also won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001. In 2011, Billboard ranked Creed as the 18th-best artist of the 2000s. Writers at 106.3 The Buzz consider Creed one of the "Big Four" of post-grunge.
Creed has been categorized as post-grunge, hard rock, alternative rock, and alternative metal, and also as grunge, nu metal, and heavy metal.
Creed was one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their first three studio albums, My Own Prison, Human Clay, and Weathered, have all gone multi-platinum in the United States, selling six million, 11 million, and six million copies respectively. The band also won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001. In 2011, Billboard ranked Creed as the 18th-best artist of the 2000s. Writers at 106.3 The Buzz consider Creed one of the "Big Four" of post-grunge.
