The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is universally recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work available on popular music. This new updated Concise Edition of the eight-volume library edition includes hundreds of new entries covering new acts, breaking dance artists, urban R&B and the latest indie bands.As ever, each entry gives all the essential information -- birth dates, career facts, discographies and five-star album ratings t all of which are presented with a sense of context and in a style that is easy to use and free of hype. For those seeking answers to specific queries or simply browsing; for writers, researchers, musicologists and music industry professionals and above all for fans, the concise edition of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is the definitive pop reference work.