AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 14: Singer Scott Stapp, founding member of Creed, performs … [+]
Nearly six months after he released his most recent solo album, Scott Stapp’s latest effort is still producing hits. One of the singles spun off from Higher Power debuts on a Billboard chart the rocker knows well this week, and it gives him another win on his own.
“Black Butterfly” appears on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for the first time this week. The tune debuts at No. 35 on the list, which ranks the tracks that rack up the largest number of total audience impressions at radio stations that focus on playing a form of rock known simply as “mainstream” throughout the U.S.
Stapp has now scored seven top 40 hits on the Mainstream Rock Airplay list. The ranking only features 40 spaces, so anytime a tune lands anywhere on the roster, it’s immediately a top 40 smash—though it’s not always easy to place on the chart.
“Black Butterfly” is already Stapp’s fifth-highest-charting tune on the Mainstream Rock Airplay ranking. The single is just getting started, and it could easily climb in the coming weeks and months.
Stapp’s loftiest placement on the tally remains No. 10, which he reached earlier this year. “Higher Power,” the lead single from his new album of the same name, spent more time on the roster than any of his other wins—23 weeks—and brought him to the highest tier for the first time.
As it arrives, “Black Butterfly” immediately outpaces both “Slow Suicide” and “Name.” Those singles peaked at Nos. 38 and 39, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
“Black Butterfly” was selected as the third single from Higher Power. It was initially released in November 2023, months before the album arrived. It’s taken more than half a year for the tune to land on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, which is an extraordinarily long time for a radio ranking.
Stapp is responsible for one of only two debuts on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart this week. Dorothy starts their new track “Mud” at No. 40, in last place. Coincidentally, the latest focus track from Higher Power, “If These Walls Could Talk,” sees Stapp teaming up with Dorothy.
