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- 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0823074990.
- ↑ Trust, Gary (November 30, 2011). "Billboard Hot 100 Celebrates 20 Years of Nielsen Data". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Year End Charts – Year-end Singles – The Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- 1 2 "The Year In Charts". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media. December 26, 1987. p. 4. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved February 7, 2013.
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties ( ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.