The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music

This updated edition offers a reference for anyone who has a query about any aspect of 20th-century popular music, including rock, MOR, rap and R&B, as well as soul, country and folk. For this edition, the research team have asessed the inclusion of artists whose work has failed to stand the test of time and created over 300 additional entries to reflect the performers who have established themselves and reappraised the careers of those who have recently died. Amongst the 384 additions to this edition are Eminem, Coldplay, Dido, Moloko and Limp Bizkit, Neil Finn, Lonestar, Vengaboys and Hearsay.