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

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.

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?

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.

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)

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.