SCOTT STAPP‘s “Black Butterfly” has become the rocker’s second top ten single from his chart-topping solo album, Higher Power (Napalm Records), according to Mediabase’s Active Rock chart. It follows title track “Higher Power,” which rose to #8 earlier this year.
It’s been a transformative year for Stapp, who released Higher Power (one of Loudwire’s Best of 2024), made his theatrical debut with a cameo in Reagan, and performed his stunning acoustic duet with Dorothy, “If These Walls Could Talk,” during his Grand Ole Opry debut.
Simultaneously, Creed’s reunion became “something this industry has never seen” (Pollstar) – the band will close the year with two New Year’s Eve shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (12/30 & 12/31) and resume in April 2025 with a sold-out rock cruise, a Stagecoach performance, and 23 newly announced dates extending their sold-out tour through next summer.
Loudwire summarized Stapp’s spectacular year, stating:
“This certainly seems to be the year of SCOTT STAPP, who is front & center of Creed‘s reunion, but also quietly has one of the year’s best solo rock records. Stapp’s vocal prowess is on display, from the powerful, crushingly heavy opening title track to the telling album closer, “Weight of the World.” In between you have such standouts as the swagger-filled “Black Butterfly,” stellar duet “If These Walls Could Talk” with Dorothy and the moody and emotionally heavy “What I Deserve.
Additional praise for Higher Power‘s seamless shifts from heavy rock, to dialed-down gems, to the kinds of anthems Stapp’s known for:
Loudwire: Stapp is “primed for a big decade, sounding just as powerful as he did at half his age with a sense of newfound heaviness resting beneath his iconic voice.”
Billboard: “Higher Power is Stapp’s most complete solo offering to date — growling and energetic, but also admirably reflective”
Esquire: “With ten huge, earnest, soaring, anthemic tracks, Higher Power is everything you love about Scott Stapp.”
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Blabbermouth: “an emotional record relying more heavily on the lyrics and vocals than many rock records, which makes sense, because Stapp’s lyrics and stories have always been at the forefront of his music.”
With themes of release, acceptance, and growth, “Black Butterfly” features Stapp’s haunting vocals and charging riffs while documenting a shift from fragile to fierce. The single appears on the rocker’s fourth solo album, Higher Power, which debuted in March 2024 at #23 on the Billboard Top Current Album Sales chart (all genres) and Luminate reported it at #2 (Current Hard Music Albums), #4 (Current Digital Albums), #5 (Record Label Independent Current Albums), and #3 (Current Rock Albums). Higher Power follows 2019’s The Space Between the Shadows, which debuted at #3 on the US Current Rock Albums chart, the US Current Hard Music Albums chart, and the UK Official Rock and Metal Chart, among countless other top chart positions.
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Higher Power track listing:
1. Higher Power
2. Deadman’s Trigger
3. When Love Is Not Enough
4. What I Deserve (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
5. If These Walls Could Talk (feat. Dorothy)
6. Black Butterfly
7. Quicksand (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
8. You’re Not Alone
9. Dancing in the Rain (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
10. Weight of the World
About SCOTT STAPP:
One of the most iconic voices in rock, SCOTT STAPP first emerged as the high-energy, post-grunge frontman of Creed. Penning anthems like “Higher,” “My Own Prison,” “My Sacrifice,” and “With Arms Wide Open,” the band sold over 50 million albums, including a Diamond certification. Throughout the early 2000’s, Creed broke airplay records, sold out arenas, earned countless Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, and a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. As a solo artist, Stapp has released the Platinum-certified The Great Divide (2005), Proof of Life (2013), The Space Between The Shadows (2019) and Higher Power (2024). In April 2024, Stapp reunited with his Creed bandmates for the first time in a decade.
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