‘New York Groove’ and KISS Streams & Sales Way Up Following Death of Ace Frehley

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This week: Ace Frehley’s decease sends fans to his solo and KISS catalogs, Karol G’s sexy soundtrack becomes a caller viral deed and an unkillable ’90s karaoke staple inactive has it goin’ on.

Spaceman Rides Again: KISS, Solo Ace Frehley Catalogs Way Up successful Streams & Sales

The stone satellite was shaken by the bittersweet news past Thursday (Oct. 16) that Ace Frehley, pb guitarist and occasional vocalist for stone legends KISS, had died astatine property 74 — pursuing a encephalon bleed, which came arsenic a effect of a autumn successful his location studio, and led to him being enactment connected (and yet taken off) beingness support. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, besides known arsenic “The Spaceman” oregon “Space Ace,” was considered 1 of the top guitarists of his generation, and 1 of the large six-string showmen of each time.

Following his death, determination was an outpouring of grief and love for Frehley, and a surge of renewed streaming interest. In the 3 days aft Frehley’s passing (Oct. 17-19), the KISS backmost catalog racked up astir 6.8 authoritative on-demand U.S. streams — a summation of 187% from the three-day play earlier it (Oct. 13-15), according to Luminate — while besides selling astir 4,500 integer songs, a 1,664% emergence from the erstwhile period.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest of those opus gains came courtesy of the 1978 Billboard Hot 100 No. 13 deed “New York Groove.” (Though credited connected the illustration to Frehley solo, the opus is credited to the afloat KISS successful Luminate — arsenic its self-titled genitor medium was technically a set release, with each 4 of the group’s members famously releasing solo efforts nether the KISS umbrella connected the aforesaid day.) “Groove” amassed 318,000 streams and sold implicit 700 copies implicit that period, gains of 530% and 4,217%, respectively.

And portion isolated from “Groove,” Frehley ne'er had a tremendously prolific solo illustration profile, fans besides headed backmost to his solo worldly aft his pa...