Top Pop Albums 1955-2016

$114.95

NOW AVAILABLE: our long out-of-stock trusted album stats and facts – and updated bios – in our new abridged edition!

To make this long out-of-stock essential reference available again, we turned to our new print-on-demand (POD) option. As the book’s original 1,600 pages proved too many, we removed the album track listings and reduced the page count down to 888, a size manageable for the POD printer.

ONLY available as a print-on-demand (POD) book at Sheridan Books. To order, click HERE.

But, at this site, Top Pop Albums 1955-2016 Abridged is …

Out of stock

Highlights
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In this abridged edition, you’ll find:

The chart stats, and the album and artist facts make up each entry in this artist-by-artist compendium of every album to appear on the pop albums charts and the “Bubbling Under” chart!

All the Album Chart Data!

Peak chart position
Chart debut date
Total weeks charted
Total weeks at #1, or #2 or #3 positions
Original record label and number

All the Essential Album Info!

Index of every track with indications on which albums it appears is below artist’s chart discography
NEW: Albums with 10 million plus units sold are highlighted
Albums of major artists are broken into sub-categories: Live, Greatest Hits & Compilations, Christmas, etc.
Grammy Awards, Hall Of Fame, National Recording Registry & Rolling Stone 500 information shown under each honored title! Title notes providing details of interest on many charted albums, such as guest artists, group personnel changes or notable recording sites and dates
RIAA Gold or Platinum Record Certification (includes total number of million units sold)
Symbols indicating special types of albums, such as re-entries, reissues or remixes; 7″ extended play or mini albums; or comedy, novelty, spoken word, foreign language, Christmas, original cast, instrumental, live, compilation, greatest hits, or movie or TV soundtrack albums

All the Artist Info

Decade & All-Time Artist Rankings plus Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Years & notable awards
New artist biographies chronicling the lives and careers of hundreds of album artists who first charted since last edition
Updates of previously published artist biographies further researched for accuracy and reliability
Boldfaced names of artists mentioned in the bios or title notes who have their own listings elsewhere in the book

Big Bonus Sections!