Creedence Clearwater Revival Joins Pink Floyd And Metallica In A Historic Chart Feat
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits by Creedence Clearwater Revival has long ranked as one of the most successful albums in the history of the Billboard 200. The compilation gathers together the rock group's most familiar tunes, all of which were released within just a few short years. Creedence Clearwater Revival dropped its first full-length, a self-titled affair, in 1968 and its final album, Mardi Gras, in 1972. In that short window, the act somehow produced enough massive wins to continue powering one bestselling greatest hits set for decades.
Americans continue to stream and buy Chronicle, keeping the title on the Billboard 200 once again and helping it reach an incredible milestone.
Chronicle has now lived on the Billboard 200 for 750 weeks. It is only the fifth album in history to reach that landmark figure on the list of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the country.
Chronicle joins Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (990 weeks), Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend (891), Journey's Greatest Hits (861), and Metallica's self-titled album (793), which have all beaten the compilation to the punch.
In about two months, there will likely be a sixth addition to this 750-frame club. Eminem's Curtain Call: The Hits is up to 740 stays on the Billboard 200, and rarely, if ever, disappears. Like so many of the other efforts that have reached that impressive total, the compilation regularly appears on the tally.
As Chronicle hits its historic landmark, it rises one space to No. 50, breaking back into the highest quarter of the 200-spot roster. Luminate reports that in the past tracking week in the United States, the compilation shifted 15,650 equivalent units. That sum is up ever so slightly from the previous period. Amazingly, despite the fact that Chronicle has already sold incredibly well for decades, it still managed to be purchased by 2,500 Americans, and streaming activity is also hugely important for the title.
As Chronicle makes history on the Billboard 200, it can also be found on three other rankings published by the chart company. The compilation returns to the Top Album Sales chart at No. 43. It also dips ever so slightly but still manages to hold on inside the top 10 on both the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums rankings.
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