* Top 40 Charts have been recalculated from 1960 using fresh information gathered from all States in Australia, and the chart performance data has been adjusted to reflect these new Weekly Top 40s, giving the Book a much more National focus,
* Predictions are included, so all songs that peaked from 41 to 60 are listed in the alphabetical artists section, and any after 60 are also listed if they were Top 10 in any State, or are of particular note in popular culture.
* The font has been changed to be more readable and one point larger than the last edition, but this added to the extra four years of chart history makes the Book the largest ever at 716,
* Biographical information about songs and artists have been added to, and
* It is the only Book of its type to have all the information from the last three quarters of a century in one volume.