KISS Hits Highest Top Album Sales Chart Rank in Over a Decade

KISS has reached its highest position on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart in more than a decade with the debut of KISS Destroys Anaheim ’76. The archival live project entered the chart at No. 8 for the week dated Sept. 5. This marks the band's most successful ranking on the list since October 2012, when their final studio album, Monster, debuted and peaked at No. 3.

The Top Album Sales chart ranks the week's best-selling albums based solely on pure album sales, which combines physical and digital download purchases. This methodology was the only measurement used for the Billboard 200 until December 2014, when that chart transitioned to a system that blends sales with track equivalent album (TEA) and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units. On the current Billboard 200, KISS Destroys Anaheim ’76 debuted at No. 173, marking the 37th time the band has appeared on that specific tally.

The new release also appeared on several specialized Billboard tallies, including the No. 8 spot on the Indie Store Album Sales chart and No. 12 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart. Furthermore, the album reached No. 16 on the Vinyl Albums chart and No. 48 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums list. This multi-chart debut comes as other artists also see significant chart activity, such as when Victony lands 8 debuts on U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart with his own recent release.

KISS Destroys Anaheim ’76 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the band’s performance on Aug. 20, 1976, at Anaheim Stadium. The concert was a stop on The Spirit of ’76 Tour, which is also known as the Destroyer Tour. During this specific show, the band played to a crowd of 42,000 people, which was the largest audience they had performed for at that point in their career.

The recording was newly mixed for this first official public release and is available in both physical and digital formats. The setlist includes several of the group's most famous tracks, such as "Detroit Rock City," "Strutter," "Shout It Out Loud," and "Rock and Roll All Nite." Elsewhere on the Sept. 5 Top Album Sales chart, ENHYPEN took the No. 1 spot with THE SIN : BLISS, while Weezer and Twenty One Pilots debuted at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.