Artists · Billboard Hot 100

KISS

Charting May 25, 1974 → Jul 14, 1990 · 244 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 244 wk, UK Singles Chart 58 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 244 wk UK Singles Chart · 58 wk Global Music Power · 276 wk

Peak Power: 1.84%; week of Dec 11, 1976
Career Power: 198; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; September 1976 – September 1977
Peak Five Years: 148; September 1975 – August 1980
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 244; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.86%; week of Dec 4, 1976
Comebacks: 2; Jul 1979 · Mar 1990, after 10 quiet years

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

24 records · 198 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Beth/Detroit Rock CityApple Music	#7December 1976	21	September 1976 – January 1977	32.1	32.4
ForeverApple Music	#8April 1990	17	February 1990 – May 1990	23.8	23.6
I Was Made For Lovin' YouApple Music	#11August 1979	16	May 1979 – September 1979	23.4	23.1
Rock And Roll All Nite (live)Apple Music	#12January 1976	14	November 1975 – February 1976	20.5	20.5
Hard Luck WomanApple Music	#15February 1977	13	December 1976 – March 1977	16.9	17.2
Calling Dr. LoveApple Music	#16May 1977	14	March 1977 – June 1977	16.8	16.7
Christine SixteenApple Music	#25September 1977	12	July 1977 – October 1977	11.6	11.5
Shout It Out LoudApple Music	#31May 1976	15	March 1976 – February 1978	9.2	9.1
Rocket RideApple Music	#39April 1978	10	February 1978 – April 1978	5.9	5.8
Tears Are FallingApple Music	#51November 1985	13	October 1985 – January 1986	4.9	4.8
Sure Know SomethingApple Music	#47October 1979	11	September 1979 – November 1979	4.8	4.8
ShandiApple Music	#47July 1980	10	June 1980 – August 1980	4.3	4.2
Heaven's On fireApple Music	#49November 1984	10	October 1984 – December 1984	4.1	4.0
Reason To LiveApple Music	#64January 1988	12	December 1987 – February 1988	3.2	3.2
Lick It UpApple Music	#66December 1983	11	November 1983 – January 1984	3.1	3.0
A World Without HeroesApple Music	#56January 1982	9	December 1981 – February 1982	2.7	2.6
Hide Your HeartApple Music	#66December 1989	10	November 1989 – January 1990	2.4	2.3
Love GunApple Music	#61October 1977	7	September 1977 – November 1977	2.4	2.5
Crazy Crazy NightsApple Music	#65October 1987	7	September 1987 – November 1987	1.7	1.7
Rock And Roll All NiteApple Music	#68June 1975	6	May 1975 – June 1975	1.6	1.6
Rise To ItApple Music	#81June 1990	6	June 1990 – July 1990	1.1	1.1
Kissin' TimeApple Music	#83June 1974	5	May 1974 – June 1974	0.8	0.8
Flaming YouthApple Music	#74June 1976	3	June 1976 – June 1976	0.7	0.7
Let's Put The X In SexApple Music	#97January 1989	2	January 1989 – January 1989	0.3	0.2

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At their peak

1976 in music →

KISS's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1976 to September 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.