The Year the Sun Died is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Sanctuary, released on October 6, 2014 in Europe, and eight days later in North America.
 It is Sanctuary's first studio album in 24 years, since 1990's "Into the Mirror Black", and their only release with former Forced Entry guitarist Brad Hull, making it the band's first studio album without guitarist Sean Blosl, as well as their final release with bassist Jim Sheppard.
 "The Year the Sun Died" is also the first Sanctuary album released on Century Media Records, making it their first album not to be released on Epic Records.
Gwen Renée Stefani ( ; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, actress, and television personality.
 She is a co-founder and the lead vocalist of the band No Doubt that experienced major success after their breakthrough studio album "Tragic Kingdom" (1995) along with various successful singles, including "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", "Hey Baby", and "It's My Life".
 During the band's hiatus, Stefani embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album "Love.
 Angel.
 Music.
 Baby.
" Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was met with both critical and commercial success.
 It spawned three commercially successful singles: "What You Waiting For?
", "Rich Girl", and "Hollaback Girl", the latter reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 while also becoming the first US download to sell one million copies.
 In 2006 Stefani released her second studio album "The Sweet Escape".
 The album produced two successful singles: "Wind It Up" and the album's title track "The Sweet Escape".
 Her third solo album "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" was released in March 2016 and became her first solo number-one album on the "Billboard" 200.
Pop 'til You Drop!
 is the third studio album by Swedish pop group A-Teens, released in 2002 exclusively for the U.S. market.
 Recorded between 2001 and 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, "Pop 'til You Drop!"
 provide a more American-driven sound rather than just Europop.
 For the first time, the A-Teens participated on the writing of the tracks and the design of the album and image.
 It was released as an American only release on June 18, 2002, in the hype of the promotion of the first single, the Elvis Presley cover "Can't Help Falling in Love", which was part of the soundtrack of Disney's movie "Lilo & Stitch".
 The album also consists of six songs later released on their third full-length studio album "New Arrival", with "Let Your Heart Do All the Talking" having an early altered version with a slightly different ending on this album in contrast to the "New Arrival" version, the song "This Year" from the "Kim Possible" soundtrack, along with four new previously unreleased songs.
 Despite the fact that their third studio album "New Arrival" hasn't been released in the U.S., this compilation album is considered as the third studio album there.
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band The Police, released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1983.
 The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II".
 Much of the album's material was inspired by Arthur Koestler's "The Roots of Coincidence", which inspired the title and concept of the album.
 At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards including Album of the Year and won three.
 At the time of its release and following its tour The Police were hailed as the "Biggest Band in the World".
Angel & Khriz are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo, consisting of Angel Rivera Guzmán (Angel) and Christian Colón Rolon (Khriz).
 Their high-impact performance on this first time out recording led to their sponsorship by Hector "El Father".
 Through that relationship the duo recorded their first single, "Cazando Voy," which reached platinum status and earned them the reputation as "the MVP's of the year."
 In 2004, they signed with MVP Records and toured extensively throughout South and Central America.
 The success of their debut recording, Los MVP's, garnered the attention and an eventual distribution with Universal's Machete Music, a label targeting the ever-growing urban Latino audience.
 Appearances in many U.S. cities to receptive crowds has earned the duo a reputation as one of reggaeton's most popular duos.
 In 2005, their debut studio album "Los MVP" was released and featured the hit singles "Ven Baílalo" and "De Cazeria".
 The album was certified Platinum by the United States Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a special edition was released the following year.
 The special edition of "Los MVP" featured their two singles "Fua" and "De Lao a Lao".
 Performances at high-visibility events like opening Premios Juventud and closing the 2006 Latin Billboard Awards alongside Tito "El Bambino" and Wisin & Yandel continued to increase these budding artists' recognition and potential.
 Almost three years later, in 2008, their second studio album, Showtime was released.
 Singles featured on the album were "La Vecina" and "Na De Na".
 This album was released by Machete Music.
 Two years later, Da' Take Over, the duo's third studio album was released.
 It featured the hit singles "Ayer La Vi" & "Me Enamoré".
The discography of Janie Fricke, an American country artist, consists of twenty three studio albums, one live album, one tribute album, nine compilation albums, forty two singles, two music videos, and seventeen other appearances.
 Fricke was signed to Nashville's Columbia Records as a solo artist in 1977.
 Later that year, her debut single, "What're You Doing Tonight", reached the top-forty on the country songs chart.
 The following year her debut studio album, "Singer of Songs", was issued.
 Between 1978 and 1980, Fricke issued three studio albums which resulted in two major hits: "Please Help Me, I'm Fallin" (1978) and "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" (1979).
 With a change in musical direction, Fricke began recording ballads in 1980, strengthening the success of her singles. "
Down to My Last Broken Heart" and "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" were her first pair of top-ten hits on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart.
 An album of the same was also released that year, which reached the top-thirty on the Top Country Albums chart.
 With her sixth studio album, Fricke reached the top spot of the "Billboard" country chart with its second single "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" (1982).
 This would start a series of number-one country singles during this period. "
It Ain't Easy" (1982), her seventh studio record, reached number fifteen on the Top Country Albums list and spawned three number-one hits: "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy", "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)", and "Tell Me a Lie".
Chronologie (English: "chronology" – some later reissues use the English spelling) is the eleventh studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, and was released on Disques Dreyfus (with license to Polydor) in 1993.
 It is inspired by Stephen Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time".
 "Chronologie Part 4" and "Chronologie Part 5" started out as a composition for the Swiss watch company Swatch.
 The sound of "Chronologie" was based on a new wave of electronic dance music that had been developing since the late 1980s.
 Like Jarre's previous album "Waiting for Cousteau", "Chronologie" charted at Number 11 in the UK charts.
 The album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger.
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking.
 It was first published in 1988.
 Hawking wrote the book for nonspecialist readers with no prior knowledge of scientific theories.
Mikey Perfecto, (Miguel A. Soto Cordova), is a Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist.
 He was first thrusted into the music scene as the lead vocal, leader, and songwriter for the Latin urban music group, 3-2 GET FUNKY.
 With 3-2 Get Funky, Mikey Perfecto recorded 5 studio albums from 1993 to 1998.
 He recorded his first solo album in 1999, "Angel Perdido", a mixture of salsa, hip hop, and reggaeton urban music.
 His second studio album "Evolucion Arrestada" (2004) reached number nineteen on the "Billboard" Tropical Albums chart.
 The lead single "La Matadora" featuring fellow recording artist Daddy Yankee reached number thirty-five on the "Billboard" Tropical Songs chart.
 Perfecto was featured on Cuban singer Celia Cruz's 2002 hit single "La Negra Tiene Tumbao".
 It reached number thirty on the "Billboard" Latin Songs chart and number four on the "Billboard" Tropical Songs chart.
 The song received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2002.
 The parent album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album.
 It was nominated for Album of the Year.
 The song was also nominated Tropical Song of the Year at the 2003 Lo Nuestro Awards.
 Mikey Perfecto whose real name is Miguel Angel Soto Cordova, obtained a master's degree in Social Work and a post-master's degree in Clinical Social Work from the Doctorate Program of the Interamerican University Of Puerto Rico.
 He is the author of the Book “En Cuerpo y Alma” (La Autobiografía de Mikey Perfecto) where he details his struggles and challenges during the first wave of Puerto Ricos’ urban artist movement.
 He currently works with troubled youth, and communities afflicted by poverty, addiction, and other obstacles produced by these conditions.
The discography of American recording artist Marcella Detroit consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, sixteen singles (including three as a featured artist), and ten other appearances.
 Detroit released her debut studio album "Marcella" in 1982 under her birth name Marcy Levy, which went largely unnoticed.
 She became a member of pop group Shakespears Sister in 1989, who released two studio albums in her time with the band, the second, "Hormonally Yours", peaked at #3 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified double platinum by the BPI.
 After leaving the band in 1993, Detroit released her second studio album "Jewel" in March 1994, which peaked at #15 on the UK Albums Charts, and was certified silver.
 The album's lead single, "I Believe", peaked at #11 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Australia.
 Her following album "Feeler", released in September 1996, was less successful, although it reached #82 in Japan.
 A live album, "Without Medication Plus MTV "Buzz Live"" was released promotionally in Japan the same year.
 Detroit's first EP, "Abfab Songs", was released in 1999, consisting entirely of original songs featured on "Absolutely Fabulous" in 1996, when Detroit guest-starred in two episodes as an angel.
 The same year, she released "Demoz", a double-CD collection of demos through her website.
 Her fourth studio album "Dancing Madly Sideways" was released in the same fashion, and thus did not chart in any territories.

Question: Chronologie, a studio album, was inspired by a book which was first publoished in what year?
Answer: 1988