Editing Creed (band) (section)

==Legacy and reception==
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Creed was one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|title = Creed - Biography {{!}} Billboard|url = http://www.billboard.com/artist/299751/creed/biography|website = Billboard.com|access-date = November 5, 2015|archive-date = October 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151017051447/http://www.billboard.com/artist/299751/creed/biography|url-status = live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=tblTop100&action=|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - November 06, 2015|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106075211/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=tblTop100&action=|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=tblTop100|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - September 24, 2015|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154231/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=tblTop100|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> The band also won a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for Best Rock Song for the song "[[With Arms Wide Open]]" in 2001.<ref name="grammy" />

However, Creed has been negatively received by some professional critics, such as [[Robert Christgau]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2173&name=Creed |title=Robert Christgau: CG: Creed |first=Robert |last=Christgau |access-date=August 10, 2009 |archive-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908234338/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2173&name=Creed |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, readers of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine voted Creed the worst band of the 1990s.<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine |title=Readers' Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of the Nineties |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-ten-worst-bands-of-the-nineties-20130509/1-creed-0736783 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 8, 2016 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021400/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-ten-worst-bands-of-the-nineties-20130509/1-creed-0736783 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jonah Weiner of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' has tried to make the case that the band was "seriously underrated";<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2233082/ |first=Jonah |last=Weiner |date=October 21, 2009 |title=Creed Is Good: Scott Stapp's nu-grunge foursome was seriously underrated. |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120141531/http://www.slate.com/id/2233082/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Joe Coscarelli of [[Mediaite]] countered that "most people hate Creed's combination of overwrought power-balladry and Christian-infused testosterone."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/slates-contrarian-ways-mocked-on-twitter/ |title=Slate's Contrarian Ways Mocked On Twitter |first=Joe |last=Coscarelli |date=October 23, 2009 |publisher=[[Mediaite]] |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510050020/https://www.mediaite.com/online/slates-contrarian-ways-mocked-on-twitter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- Not sure the following line is appropriate given the sources - one is a student paper, the other is a bit of an open-PR site that posts universally-glowing reviews (oftentimes with language seemingly straight from press-kits) in exchange for free tickets. Needs better sources --> <!-- However, the band's live shows from throughout their career have been critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.backstageaxxess.com/index.php/concertreviews/344-creed-concert-review-2010 |title=Creed @ Darien Lake Darien, NY July 31, 2010 |first=TJ |last=Jennings |date=August 4, 2010 |publisher=Backstage Axxess |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707203808/http://www.backstageaxxess.com/index.php/concertreviews/344-creed-concert-review-2010 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V122/N30/creed.30a.html |title=Creed: Earth, Rock, and Fire |first=Andrew |last=Selbst |date=August 7, 2002 |newspaper=[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]}}</ref> --> In 2011, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Creed as the 18th-best artist of the 2000s.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/music-bilbestartists/3/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530064108/http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/music-bilbestartists/3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |title=Billboard's Best Artists of the Decade |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>