It’s official: Creed is reuniting for the first time since going on hiatus a decade ago. To celebrate, they’re taking to the high seas on the aptly named “Summer of ’99” cruise.
This cruise is taking place April 18-22, 2024 and will sail from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas. In addition to Creed, the cruise lineup is absolutely packed with acts that also made a big splash in the summer of 1999. 3 Doors Down is confirmed as special guests on the cruise with the lineup also featuring Buckcherry, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, Fuel, The Verve Pipe, Tantric, Dishwalla, Louise Post of Veruca Salt and Nine Days.
Fans interested in the cruise can sign up for pre-sale opportunities beginning now at SummerOf99Cruise.com. The pre-sale sign-ups window closes on July 26 at 11:59 PM ET. Meanwhile, the public on-sale for the cruise begins on July 28 at 2 PM ET.
Full cruise details — including cabin prices and more — can be found at SummerOf99Cruise.com.
‘Human Clay’ & The 9 Other Best-Selling Albums During the SoundScan Era
Creed released their breakthrough album Human Clay on September 28, 1999. The album became a massive hit thanks to the singles “Higher,” “What If” and “With Arms Wide Open.” It also happens to be one of the biggest-selling albums of the SoundScan era, which officially began March 1, 1991.
Per a feature piece from Billboard, “SoundScan, which is now known as MRC Data, measured album sales as they happened — stores scanned bar codes at the checkout register — and over the next few months [after its launch] it upended the conventional music business wisdom about what sold, as well as when and how. It revealed the popularity of several genres — alternative rock, country, hip-hop, harder metal — that had been seen as commercially marginal compared to bread-and-butter pop-rock bands.”
Basically, SoundScan provided real-time data of what was actually selling at record stores and other retailers. Needless to say, it was a game-changer for the music industry.
Human Clay is among very unique company on the list of the biggest-selling albums of the SoundScan era. Scroll through the gallery below to see which titles join them in the top ten.
