576 pages charting the history and current trends in music. All the information gathered from 25,000 hits, 7,000 pop stars and 886 chart-toppers. All the detail any self-respecting pop fan could want plus new for 2001: New two colour look for faster fact searching; No.1 Hits - Background info and all the writers listed for every one of the 886 hits that made the top; Pop Quiz - Top tips to help create your very own poptastic pop quiz; Chart Stats 2000 - The year's biggest-selling single, most weeks on the chart, most No.1s and more; Pop Review of the Year - An expanded look at all the stories and gossip from the last twelve months in pop; Singled Out - Interviews with the stars, who rate their favourite (and sometimes least favourite) chart hits; Also featured - Star interviews, The Anatomy of a Hit Single, from recording to chart placing - Soap Stars Top 10, Christmas Hits, The Guinness No. 1 Award, Top 10 Bond Themes and The Top of the Pops Top 100 singles.
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***** - The definitive chart anorak book -- Q Magazine
The Ultimate "Bible of Pop"
Weighing in at a massive 544 pages, the new 13th edition of The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles is the biggest ever.
Now published annually, this new edition contains information on date of entry, label catalogue number and peak position for every hit single since the charts began in 1952. More than 7,000 acts have a place in the book, and the Top 500 of these now carry a mini biography. In addition to the regular facts and statistics there are in-depth articles reviewing the year's pop news, gigs, awards, the American scene and Eurovision.
This edition also contains the considered opinion of 30 hitmakers and DJs on what they regard as their favourite single of the 20th Century. Phil Collins, Shania Twain, Jay Kay and Pete Townshend are just some of the stars talking exclusively to The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles about the hits that, in some cases, changed their lives.
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