Record Research 2003 Billboard Music (Yearbook)
Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. Elvis Presley. 50 Cent. Toby Keith. Uncle Kracker. Audioslave. Linkin Park. Staind. Just a small sampling of the names you'll find in Joel Whitburn's 2003 Billboard Music Yearbook - the only annual recap of all the artists and all the action on Billboard's major music charts! Eleven complete music sections: The Billboard Hot 100, Bubbling Under the Hot 100, Hot Country Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Adult Contemporary, Hot Dance Club Play, Mainstream Rock Tracks, Modern Rock Tracks, The Billboard 200 (Albums), Top Country Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, plus a complete pop and country annual ranking section!...details

Record Research 2001 Billboard Music (Yearbook)
From Aaliyah to Alicia ... From Britney to Blink-182 ... From 'NSYNC to Nickelback ... From the Dave Matthews Band to Destiny's Child ... Only Joel Whitburn's 2001 Billboard Music Yearbook captures it all, in a complete, concise, one-of-a-kind chronicle of the big charts, the big hits and the big artists of 2001. Includes thorough chart data on every 2001 hit: peak chart position, chart debut date, total weeks charted, original label & number, and biographical information for nearly every new artist. This ideal annual supplement to ten Record Research books covers everything that made music memorable in 2001....details

Record Research 2002 Billboard Music (Yearbook)
This book is a thorough account of the year that caught everyone's ear. Elvis was sighted in the top spot of The Billboard 200. The Rolling Stones rocked the album charts at #2. An American Idol grabbed Pop chart glory. Nelly nabbed #1 for 17 straight weeks. And, a bevy of female vocalists delivered huge chart hits. Only in Joel Whitburn's 2002 Billboard Music Yearbook will you find as complete, as concise, and as compelling a chronicle of all of the hits and artists of 2002. It's the perfect annual supplement to ten Record Research books....details

Record Research Joel Whitburn's Pop Hits 1940-1954: Singles and Albums Book
Pop Hits Singles & Albums is 4 big books in one covering the wonderful era of big bands, classic crooners, classy female vocalists and smooth vocal groups. The first section is an artist-by-artist anthology of classic pop songs with complete chart data and now shows every record's B-side. Following is a year-by-year ranking of all the hits which includes each song's songwriter(s). For the first time ever are the Top 10 charts for every week from 1940-54. And finally, the complete story of the early pop albums chart is told artist-by-artist - showing all chart data and every track from every album!...details

Record Research Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001 Book
Call it Adult Contemporary. Call it Middle of the Road. Call it Easy Listening. The hard truth is, this is the definitive work on the softer side of pop music. Joel Whitburn's new Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001 is an artist-by-artist listing of the nearly 8,000 singles and over 1,900 artists that appeared on Billboard's Easy Listening and Hot Adult Contemporary singles charts from July 17, 1961 through December 29, 2001. Includes each song's essential chart data: peak chart position, chart debut date, total weeks charted, original label & number, total weeks at #1 or #2, and biographical information for nearly every artist. This is a massive update of the previous edition, with dozens of new artists continuing a genre of music that never goes out of style. Bigger, better and more fact-packed than ever!...details

Record Research Joel Whitburn Presents #1 Pop Pix, 1953-2003 Book
From Why Don't You Believe Me by Joni James (1/3/53), up through Crazy in Love by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z (8/9/03), here are stunning full-color pages picturing nearly 1,000 #1 hits of the past 51 years in chronological sequence. Shown for each chart-topper are: a full-color picture sleeve, sheet music cover, Billboard ad or other pictorial representation of the hit when it was at its chart peak; the title and artist's name; date the song first hit #1; and total weeks at #1. Bonus sections include photos of each year's #1 hit from 1900 to 1952, plus A-Z Artist and Title listings. You'll enjoy paging through this book for years to come!...details

Record Research Billboard's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 Book
This is the first book - anywhere - of the complete history of Billboard's national Dance/Disco Club Play chart. From Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye to Chic, Village People, Donna Summer, Prince, Bowie, Madonna ... the list goes on. Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 lists every one of the over 3,800 artists and over 8,000 hits that have appeared on Billboard's Dance charts. Packed with basic chart facts, intriguing info, and fantastic features. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2, 368 pages...details

Record Research Joel Whitburn Presents #1 Album Pix Book
This one-of-a-kind pictorial celebration of America's favorite albums is the most colorful, exciting and detailed chronological look ever at every one of the over 1,600 #1 albums of the past 59 years. 3 big sections show you every Billboard #1 Pop, R&B and Country album - year by year, album by album, cover by full-color cover!...details

Record Research Rock Tracks Book
This highly detailed book covers Billboard's Album Rock charts from 1981-1995, and Modern Rock charts from 1988-1995....details

Record Research Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks Book
Billboard's 2 greatest rock charts are covered individually in one book! From Creed to The Cure, Pearl Jam to Puddle of Mudd, Incubus to INXS, Linkin Park to Love and Rockets, Scorpions to Staind, Rock Tracks is an artist-by-artist account of every hit that landed on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks chart over the past 22 years. Complete chart data includes peak position, chart debut date, and total weeks on the charts plus each track's corresponding album, album label and number, and artist biographies. Special sections include a comprehensive track index, an index of classic rock tracks from 1964-1980, yearly rankings, all-time rankings, chronological listing of all #1 rock tracks, and much more!...details

Record Research Billboard's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 Book
A full 48 years in the making, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (10th Edition) is by far the biggest and best edition of our bestseller we've ever published. From vinyl 45s to CD singles to album tracks, here - and only here - are the more than 25,000 titles and 6,000 artists that appeared on Billboard's Pop music charts from January, 1955 through December, 2002. Painstakingly researched and brimming with basic chart facts, detailed artist and title data, plus great new features and format changes that make it more useful than ever!...details