About the Author

Joel Whitburn began collecting records as a teenager in the 1950s. He began to sort, categorize and file each record according to the highest position it reached on Billboard's charts. He went on to publish this information - first on individual artists' cards, then in book form - and a business was born. Today, Joel leads a team of researchers who delve into all of Billboard's music and video charts to an unmatched degree of depth and detail.