Below is a listing of all the books on the website, with links to the pages with further details and purchase information.
Billboard Series
Apart form the Billboard 85 Years Series, we have various other books from the early years of Billboard charts:
Best Sellers In Stores (1940-1958)
Billboard Albums (1945-1959) This book also includes the charts listed as EP by Billboard as they are similar to the Album charts of the era.
We also have Decade books for the Billboard charts from the 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s, with 1990’s, 2000’s and 2010’s to come. These can all be found here Subscribers to the Billboard Series above gain the decade books as free gifts.
The UK Series
The main UK Singles charts began in 1952 and Decade volumes, listing the Top 100, are available for each peace form the 1950’s to the 2010’s
Another book exists listing al the Top 40 Charts from 1952 to 2024.
Between 1983 and 1994 Gallup compiled the UK Singles charts. Four books list these charts, two shown here which are full analysis of the Gallup era, and two others as decade volumes – the 1980’s and the 1990’s
The UK Albums Decade volumes also exist on this page, with the first currently available.
We also have a book specialising in the UK EP charts (1960-1967) as compiled by Record Retailer.
Disc produced their own charts, available here, as did Record Mirror.
Melody Maker
Melody Maker produced their own Singles and Album charts:
1956-1969 is covered here for Singles; 1958-1969 is covered here for Albums
New Musical Express
NME produced their own Singles and Album charts:
1952-1959 are the same as the official charts, so please see the main UK Pop Decade for this volume.
1960’s Singles; 1970’s Singles;
Updates
We try and keep this page updated, but the blog shows the most recent books as issued.