Creedence Clearwater Revival Joins Metallica And Pink Floyd In A Chart Feat
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- Hollywood & Entertainment Creedence Clearwater Revival Joins Metallica And Pink Floyd In A Chart Feat By Hugh Mc Intyre,
- Creedence Clearwater Revival gathered its most popular singles on the compilation Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, which was released in 1976, only a few years after the act had called it quits.
- Chronicle holds at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 this week, appearing once again within the upper quarter of the 200-space rundown.
Hollywood & Entertainment Creedence Clearwater Revival Joins Metallica And Pink Floyd In A Chart Feat By Hugh Mc Intyre,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh Mc Intyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow Author Jun 07, 2026, 10:30am EDTCreedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle becomes only the fifth album in American history to spend 800 weeks (or more) on the competitive Billboard 200 chart. UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Creedence Clearwater Revival Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesgettyCreedence Clearwater Revival was together for more than a decade, but as far as the public is concerned, the musicians were truly a force to be reckoned with for only about half that time. The band delivered seven full-lengths between 1968 and 1972 before breaking up, but the music shared with the world during that period is still immensely popular in the United States.
Creedence Clearwater Revival gathered its most popular singles on the compilation Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, which was released in 1976, only a few years after the act had called it quits. That set has lived on the Billboard 200, the chart company's list of the most-consumed albums in the nation, for far longer than the group was together. As Americans continue to stream and even purchase Chronicle in large numbers, the title joins one of the most exclusive clubs in the more than half-century-long history of the Billboard 200.