popular music

Contains articles that provide biographical and career information about musicians who achieved or maintained commercial success in the 1990s, focusing on rock, pop, country, R&B, and hip-hop, with some attention to other genres including classical, world, Latin, Broadway, blues, folk, New Age, and jazz; and features a glossary, topical essays, and alphabetical and genre indexes.

Traces the history of American popular music and the pop music industry, focusing on how the industry has always feared and benefited from rapid shifts in the way music is recorded, distributed, and performed.

Alphabetically arranged entries chronicle the careers of more than 110 musical artists from thirty-seven different nations; each entry includes biographical information, a chronology of the entrants' musical development, and analysis of the performers' critical and popular reception.

Based on interviews. Contains the inside stories of how rock and roll songs were written, recorded, and promoted; how artists became famous; songwriters' inspirations, etc.

Indexes every song written from the 16th century through 1987 by title, subject, key word, key lyric line, and category and includes pertinent song information.

Provides details about the British boy band One Direction, discussing how they got their start, the boys themselves, and their place in the music industry.

This book describes the music, stars, clothes, recording contracts, and the world of Latin music.

A guide to the world of pop and rock which pinpoints the most significant moments in its history and presenting the key issues involved in understanding the art form.

Presents reviews and ratings of over 14,000 albums by more than two thousand artists, and includes brief biographical profiles of the musicians, as well as recording dates and labels.

Examines notable singers and bands of the 1980s, including Dire Straits, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Madonna. and the Police.