Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Kiss

21 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 14
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 31 11 6 12/3/88 – 2/11/89
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 14 6 0 12/10/88 – 1/14/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 33 4 4 12/16/88 – 1/13/89

Billboard Hot 100

11 weeks, 12/3/88 to 2/11/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

6 weeks, 12/10/88 to 1/14/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

4 weeks, 12/16/88 to 1/13/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Tallest is No. 1, and the height is scaled by how many places the chart ran to that week, so No. 30 on a top-30 is the floor and No. 30 on a top-50 is the middle. A green column is a bulleted week — on the airplay charts, airplay gained; on the Hot 100, among the week’s greatest airplay and sales gains — which is not the same as a rise, so a green column can sit lower than the one before it. Weeks at the peak carry their position in red. A run longer than the page scrolls sideways; no week is left out of the drawing.