The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits

Billboard Books releases their compilation book of all the top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop hits from the year 1942 to 2004, with all of the biggest selling and most played hits listed by both artist and song title. A book for all music lovers and R&B and Hip-Hop fans, it traces the evolution of music from the Harlem Hit Parade to today's top music. Each artist entry features biographies of the artist and the group. Also mentioned are the list of record holders, date of the hit, highest position on the chart, number of weeks on the chart, label name and catalog number. The entries are collected and presented to readers by Joel Whitburn, the authoritative source of music information from the Billboard charts.