Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001

Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 written by Stan Jeffries and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eclectic encyclopedia, author Stan Jeffries chronicles the careers of over 110 musical artists from 37 different nations. Entries include biographical information, trace the entrants' musical development, and recount the performers' critical and popular reception. Annotation. Weighted heavily towards European acts and secondarily towards Asian ones, this encyclopedia contains some 130 entries offering career details of groups and single artists who have achieved success in world pop charts. The selection is arbitrary and incomplete, with four entries from South Africa representing the entirety of the African continent, the growing influence of Arab pop music completely ignored, and the arguably crucial contribution of Jamaica to world pop utterly neglected.