Kiss and related SOUNDSCANS since 1991

[poserboy71]

KISS Soundscan totals
From 1991-present :

(Official RIAA certification date in parentheses)

KISS: 217,000 (gold, 6/77)


Hotter Than Hell: 185,000 (gold, 2/77)

Dressed To Kill: 214,000 (gold, 2/77)

Alive!: 274,000 (gold, 12/75)

Destroyer: 726,000 (double-platinum, 9/11)

Rock And Roll Over: 227,000 (platinum, 1/77)

Love Gun: 229,000 (platinum, 6/77)

Alive II: 304,000 (double-platinum, 2/96)

Double Platinum: 522,000 (platinum, 5/78)

Paul Stanley: 89,000 (platinum, 10/78)

Gene Simmons: 93,000 (platinum, 10/78)

Ace Frehley: 142,000 (platinum, 10/78)


Peter Criss: 71,000 (platinum, 10/78)

Dynasty: 167,000 (platinum, 7/79)

Unmasked: 177,000 (gold, 7/80)

(Music From) The Elder: 116,000

Creatures Of The Night: 161,000 (gold, 5/94)

Lick It Up: 101,000 (platinum, 12/90)

Animalize: 103,000 (platinum, 12/84)

Asylum: 88,000 (gold, 11/85)

Crazy Nights: 101,000 (platinum, 2/88)

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits: 830,000 (double-platinum, 2/96)

Hot In The Shade: 116,000 (gold, 12/89)

Revenge: 602,000 (gold, 7/92)

Alive III: 558,000 (gold, 10/94)

KISS My A**: 324,000 (gold, 8/94)

MTV Unplugged: 305,000 (gold, 10/96)

You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!!: 330,000 (gold, 5/97)


Carnival Of Souls - The Final Sessions: 181,000

Greatest KISS: 413,000

Psycho Circus: 481,000 (gold, 11/98)

KISS: Box Set: 145,000 (gold, 12/01)

The Very Best Of KISS: 739,000

Millennium Collection: 397,000

Symphony: Alive IV: 137,000


Millennium Collection, Volume 2: 97,000

KISS Gold: 149,000


Alive! Box Set: 49,000 


Ikons: 13,000

Sonic Boom: 294,000

Misc. KISS Albums
Interview Picture Disc: 18,000
KISS Killers: 15,000
25th Anniversary Star Profile: 29,000
Symphony - The Single Disc: 19,000
Sound And Vision: 11,000
Chronicles: 10,000
Millennium Collection, Volume 3: 11,000
Playlist Your Way: 13,000
Playlist Plus: 23,000
Icon: 76,000

Total U.S. Sales Since 1991: 10,692,000 (rounded to 11 million)

Solo Albums

Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet: 38,000
Frehley's Comet - Second Sighting: 4,000
Ace Frehley - Trouble Walkin': 9,000

Ace Frehley - Loaded Deck: 18,000
Ace Frehley - 12 Picks: 36,000
Ace Frehley - Greatest Hits Live: 8,000
Ace Frehley - Anomaly: 56,000
Ace Frehley total: 169,000

Peter Criss - Out Of Control: 7,000

Peter Criss - Let Me Rock You: 7,000
Peter Criss - Cat #1: 29,000

Peter Criss - One For All: 8,000
Peter Criss total: 51,000

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - S/T: 15,000
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go: 26,000
Vinnie Vincent total: 41,000

Paul Stanley - Live To Win: 53,000
Paul Stanley - One Live KISS: 2,000
Paul Stanley total: 55,000

Gene Simmons - A**hole: 36,000


Bruce Kulick - BK3: 9,000

Total solo sales: 361,000

[Genebaby]

It's a bit confusing for the early stuff but you can see the full figures for stuff after Revenge.

I do remember at the time that Smashes, Thrashes was a popular seller, better than anything else in a while and it was just a compilation with no tour.

[poserboy71]

Since 1991

[doublev2]

do you have the sales before '91 for VVI?

Not bad sales on ASG actually , a quarter of total sales of Lick it up in same period.

How the hell can kiss owe VV 6 million bucks on sales that low?

[doublev2]

ahh, this is what shipped not sales.
I find it interesting that VVI sold more than Ace's trouble Walking. It doesn't make total sense to me but thats good news.

[erg2]

Numbers that made me smile for no particular reason:

Lick It Up = 101,000 < (Music From) The Elder = 116,000

Peter Criss - Cat #1 = 29,000 > Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go = 26,000

Paul Stanley - Live To Win = 53,000 > Gene Simmons - A**hole = 36,000

Numbers that made me sad for obvious reasons:

Bruce Kulick - BK3 = 9,000 (C'mon...this is a great album. Much better than his previous shitfests)

Peter Criss - One For All = 8,000 (7,990 people are demanding a refund)

[metatron]

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - S/T: 15,000 ???? is that all...Really? I'd think more that 15,000. The figures don't lie I suppose.

[erg2]

There's numbers only reflect sales after 1991.

The self titled VVI album was already almost 6 years old by then, grunge was decimating metal and the success of Slaughter with Chrysalis had eroded a lot of the rep and (any remaining) good will Vinnie Vincent may have had.