This seventh edition provides an updated look at the rock era, including every album that made The Billboard 200 chart - over 25,000! This amazing reference source provides an artist-by-artist listing of every album that charted in Billboard from 1955 through December 31, 2009. It includes all the chart data including peak chart position, total weeks charted, chart debut date, total weeks at Number 1, Number 2 or Number 3 positions, original record label and number, and more! For the first time, this edition also includes albums that made the Bubbling Under the Top Pop Albums chart, as well as over 700 early non-charted albums that were integral to pop music but did not make the charts. It includes album cover photos, artist biographies, and many other statistics.