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Post by Gary on May 3, 2019 19:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by Gary on May 3, 2019 20:15:32 GMT -5
Top Pop Singles 1955-2018 Save $15! / Sale Price: $64.95List Price: $79.95 1,200+ pages | Size: 8.5 inches | Hardcover Qty: Printing late June, 2019 - $15 Off until in stock Our Biggest & Best Edition Ever! 16th edition covering 64 years of Billboard magazine's "Hot 100" & pop charts Millions of data points instantly viewable, right at your fingertips in a user-friendly format! Announcing the 16th edition of the book that introduced the world to music-chart research! In 1970, Joel Whitburn published the first edition, simply known as Record Research. This flagship book launched a business and was the first look at music history through the lens of chart performance and spanned 15 years of charts. The 16th edition of this artist-by-artist anthology covers 64 years, beginning with Billboard’s Best Sellers chart of January 1, 1955; songs on that chart included “Shake, Rattle And Roll” by Bill Haley & His Comets and “Earth Angel” by The Penguins. December 29, 2018 marked the final chart researched for this book which featured “Thank U, Next” by Ariana Grande and “High Hopes” by Panic! At The Disco. We haven’t raised our price in over 20 years! This current edition is the same regular price as our 1996 edition plus 80 more pages than our 2015 edition! 46,487 total hits 9,371 total artists Updated bios and current RIAA gold/platinum sales Updated Rankings of Top Artists and Top Hits, All-Time and By Decade - who’s in, who’s out? Did Imagine Dragons overtake Peter & Gordon, Florida Georgia Line top Eddy Arnold, Cardi B edge MC Hammer, or Chainsmokers pass Train? What’s the rank of this decade’s top 3 artists -- Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Drake? In this internet age, Billboard currently publishes just 29 print magazines yearly. Our research, however, covers all 52 weeks of the “Hot 100” chart, 23 of which are only available online. The current weekly “Bubbling Under” charts are not easily available online but we’ve included our research of every week’s chart. The cover of this 16th edition is a tribute to American rock bands of the past 64 years. Can you name them all? For a closer look, see book's cover on our home page. REGULAR FEATURES ARTIST SECTION ALL SONGS that appeared on these Billboard charts: Hot 100 Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Hot 100 Airplay Top 100 Best Sellers Disc Jockey Juke Box Territorial Hits Breakout Hits Pop EP’s For each of the 46,487 songs: DEBUT DATE PEAK POSITION # of WEEKS charted SONGWRITER(s) LABEL & NUMBER If applicable: B-SIDE Total WEEKS AT PEAK for all #1s, #2s & #3s RIAA certification of Gold or Platinum for record sales RIAA certification of Gold or Platinum for digital sales CONFIGURATION if other than vinyl PICTURE SLEEVE symbol FEATURED ARTISTS SPECIALTY RECORDINGS: C – Comedy F – Foreign language I – Instrumental L – Live N – Novelty R – Re-entry S – Spoken X – Christmas (Re-entries re-done as perennial songs listed once - see Brenda Lee sample page) TRIVIA NOTES NOTABLE AWARDS (Billboard, Grammy, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Rolling Stone) FIND-IT-FAST features for all #1s, biggest hits, Top 10s, etc. #1s from UK charts with total weeks #1s from other major trade magazine: CB (Cash Box) MV (Music Vendor) RW (Record World) RR (Radio & Records) ⇔ NEW #1s from main genre charts with total weeks at top: AC A40 ALT C&W MSR R&B ROK For each of the 9,371 ARTISTS, one line or more descriptive BIOGRAPHY featuring: DATES of birth and death HOMETOWN REAL NAME GROUP LINEUP GENRE DECADE & ALL-TIME RANKINGS NOTABLE AWARDS (Billboard, Grammy, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Rolling Stone) CLOVER symbol indicates artist had minimum of 24 hits. See the new additions to the “24 Hit Club”! Also Featuring: 4,400+ CLASSIC Non-Hot 100 Songs Pre-1955 Roots of Rock Hits SONG TITLE SECTION Lists alphabetically every song in book with artist name, peak position and year charted. #1 HITS A chronological listing, by peak date, of every title to top Billboard’s pop singles charts. SPECIAL SECTIONS TOP ARTISTS: Chart Kings & Queens Top 500 in rank and alphabetical orders Top 50 by Decade Top Artists by Year & Category Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Artists With Most: Hits on Chart, Top 40, Top 10, at #1, #2, #3 Weeks at #1 Platinum/Gold Hits “Classics” TOP HITS: Top 200 Hits Top 25 Of Each Decade Territorial & Breakouts by City Longest Charting Singles by Decade 150 on Honor Roll Of Hits www.recordresearch.com/pop/top_pop_singles_1955_2018.php
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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 3, 2019 20:47:10 GMT -5
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Post by Gary on May 3, 2019 20:48:08 GMT -5
As I have with all the others....buying this one
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Post by jebsib on May 3, 2019 22:04:06 GMT -5
While this has the least new features of any edition I have seen in 30 years, the fact that Drake would now rank as the #2 artist of all time after Elvis, it will be an interesting update.
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Post by paulhaney on May 4, 2019 14:07:33 GMT -5
While this has the least new features of any edition I have seen in 30 years, the fact that Drake would now rank as the #2 artist of all time after Elvis, it will be an interesting update. Actually, Drake ended up at #13 all-time. We adjusted the point system, starting with the "streaming era" in 2007.
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Post by renfield75 on May 6, 2019 9:34:03 GMT -5
Looks like chart runs for re-entries are being consolidated (according to Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" in the sample pages) instead of each chart run being listed separately.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 6, 2019 10:50:32 GMT -5
^That is a good move, if so. It's silly for the same exact entry, especially for holiday songs that re-enter annually, to be counted as a separate hit, get a new set of points, etc. paulh- when I previously inquired, I believe you had indicated that that wouldn't change. Was it an 11th-hour decision? :)
Will be interesting to compare the artists lists to Billboad's own from late 2018.
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Post by jebsib on May 6, 2019 12:16:38 GMT -5
I recall well when Streaming was added to the Hot 100 on August 11, 2007… It seemed very low key at the time, with minimal disruptions (5% change).
Amazing what a seismic change it would usher and would be so important that even Record Research would alter its chart point formula to account for "The Streaming Era".
renfield75, I think that the re-entry change is only for Xmas titles, not all re-entries. I certainly hope so. Something like Bohemian Rhapsody legitimately peaked in two distant decades and should be placed accordingly.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 6, 2019 14:48:15 GMT -5
^That, I'd agree, especially if it had a different catalog number (pre-digital era).
I recall the addition of streaming, too- were AOL and Yahoo the initial sources?
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Post by renfield75 on May 6, 2019 15:07:16 GMT -5
I recall well when Streaming was added to the Hot 100 on August 11, 2007… It seemed very low key at the time, with minimal disruptions (5% change). Amazing what a seismic change it would usher and would be so important that even Record Research would alter its chart point formula to account for "The Streaming Era". renfield75, I think that the re-entry change is only for Xmas titles, not all re-entries. I certainly hope so. Something like Bohemian Rhapsody legitimately peaked in two distant decades and should be placed accordingly. I was wondering that about Bohemian Rhapsody, which was re-released and re-promoted in 1992 and should be listed as separate entry. But would the 2018 chart run, which was due solely to the movie, be considered separate? Also, being purely selfish as a Prince fan, I'd like to see his 2016 posthumous entries listed separately. Maybe the consolidation is just for Christmas tunes, which makes more sense.
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Post by paulhaney on May 7, 2019 6:10:30 GMT -5
Yes, the combination of re-entries is only for those Christmas songs that re-entered multiple times. The only exception is Michael Jackson's "Thriller" which comes back just about every Halloween. "Bohemian Rhapsody" now has 3 chart runs and all the posthumous hits are still shown for Prince, Whitney Houston, etc.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 7, 2019 7:31:14 GMT -5
^So, "I Will Always Love You" counts as two top 10s for Whitney Houston? And same for Prince's "Purple Rain"? Just seems odd.
One step at a time, I guess. :)
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Post by Gary on May 7, 2019 7:34:57 GMT -5
Does it? Or is it just two line entries in their list?
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Post by paulhaney on May 7, 2019 7:49:38 GMT -5
^So, "I Will Always Love You" counts as two top 10s for Whitney Houston? And same for Prince's "Purple Rain"? Just seems odd. One step at a time, I guess. Not sure what's "odd" about it. You can choose to count/not count them however you like.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 7, 2019 8:27:00 GMT -5
^Oh, I know. Odd to me, because those weren't re-releases, like "Bohemian Rhapsody" was in 1992. There are some other instances like that, as well. That's all.
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Post by Gary on May 7, 2019 8:31:26 GMT -5
Probably nothing statistically significant about this layout. Probably just trying to improve readability
As with any other reference list, interpret it as you see fit
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 14:09:05 GMT -5
Joel Whitburn Top Artists
1 1 Elvis Presley 2 2 Beatles 5 3 Elton John 4 4 Madonna 3 5 Mariah Carey 8 6 Stevie Wonder 6 7 Michael Jackson 9 8 Janet Jackson 10 9 James Brown 12 10 Rolling Stones 13 11 Aretha Franklin 15 12 Pay Boone 38 13 Drake 14 14 Whitney Houston 20 15 Prince 17 16 Rod Stewart 18 17 Paul McCartney 19 18 Marvin Gaye 11 19 Rihanna 21 20 Ray Charles
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 14:10:01 GMT -5
Streaming weights added for songs debuting after August 11, 2007
This will account for the big difference from the 2015 book
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 14:13:18 GMT -5
Artist of the Decade through 2018
1. Drake 2. Taylor Swift 3. Rihanna 4. Bruno Mars 5. Katy Perry
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 14:16:24 GMT -5
Given that Old Town Road is still #1, the list of #1 songs is this book is current
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Post by rockgolf on Jul 3, 2019 15:53:16 GMT -5
Joel Whitburn Top Artists 1 1 Elvis Presley 2 2 Beatles 5 3 Elton John 4 4 Madonna 3 5 Mariah Carey 8 6 Stevie Wonder 6 7 Michael Jackson 9 8 Janet Jackson 10 9 James Brown 12 10 Rolling Stones 13 11 Aretha Franklin 15 12 Pay Boone 38 13 Drake 14 14 Whitney Houston 20 15 Prince 17 16 Rod Stewart 18 17 Paul McCartney 19 18 Marvin Gaye 11 19 Rihanna 21 20 Ray Charles I've never been a big fan of Whitburn's process for the top 500 acts. Acts such as Brook Benton, and Tammi Terrell were making the list out of sheer volume of minor hits. I assume both have fallen down if not off.
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 18:14:59 GMT -5
A lot due to streaming adjustments
Brook Benton moves up from 59 to 53 Tami Terrell re enters the list at 498
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Post by rockgolf on Jul 3, 2019 20:12:43 GMT -5
Well, that's just crazy.
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2019 20:53:53 GMT -5
Should have happen at least one edition ago but the change seems to make sense at least to me
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Post by jebsib on Jul 3, 2019 23:21:44 GMT -5
Is Despacito listed as the #1 song of all time? (16 weeks, but many more weeks than OSD in the top 10)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 4, 2019 8:41:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the early tidbits, Gary. I ordered the book before the price increased to $79.95.
Record Research has taken some goods steps with this new edition. Interesting that 2007 is considered to be the start of the streaming era, when it really didn't come into major play until around 2012.
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Post by paulhaney on Jul 4, 2019 9:44:58 GMT -5
Is Despacito listed as the #1 song of all time? (16 weeks, but many more weeks than OSD in the top 10) Yes, it is.
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Post by paulhaney on Jul 4, 2019 9:47:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the early tidbits, Gary. I ordered the book before the price increased to $79.95. Record Research has taken some goods steps with this new edition. Interesting that 2007 is considered to be the start of the streaming era, when it really didn't come into major play until around 2012. Well, Billboard started factoring in streaming with the chart dated August 11, 2007, so makes perfect sense to me! It has only gained momentum over the years.
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Post by paulhaney on Jul 4, 2019 9:48:37 GMT -5
This is just one way to rank artists. So, they should only get credit if they have a big enough hit???
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