'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26' and 'NOW That's What I Call Party Hits!' to be Released November 13

'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26' and 'NOW That's What I Call Party Hits!' to be Released November 13

NOW 26 Features J. Holiday, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, P!NK, Soulja Boy Tell'Em, Rihanna, Fergie, Nickelback, Good Charlotte, Lifehouse and Many More!

NOW Party Hits! Features Kelis, Shop Boyz, MIMS, Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, Chingy, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, Sean Paul, Gorillaz and Many More!

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!," will ring in the holiday season with the November 13 release of two scorching collections of today's hottest tunes. "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26" features 20 chart-topping Pop, Modern Rock, Rap and R&B smash hits, and "NOW That's What I Call Party Hits!" celebrates with 20 of the hottest roof-raising tracks from a who's-who of today's top artists.

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"NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26" spotlights 20 of today's hottest chart hits, including Soulja Boy Tell'Em's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," J. Holiday's "Bed," Justin Timberlake's "Lovestoned," Rihanna's "Shut Up And Drive," Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)," Plain White T's' "Hey There Delilah," Nickelback's "Rockstar," Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo's "Make Me Better," and many more.

The 20 hits on "NOW That's What I Call Party Hits!," selected and sequenced to keep every celebration jumping from start to finish, include MIMS' "This Is Why I'm Hot," Chris Brown's "Run It!," Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx's "Gold Digger," Chingy's "Right Thurr," Amerie's "1 Thing," Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland's "Promiscuous," Rihanna's "SOS," Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On," and many more.

NOW 26 and NOW Party Hits! are a compilation joint venture from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Label Group. NOW 26 and NOW Party Hits! will be distributed by EMI Music Marketing.

The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had become an enormous, multi-platinum international success beginning 15 years earlier (#67 was issued in July). The U.S. series has sold more than 65 million copies and the NOW brand continues to show its longevity and strength from release to release. Every album in the U.S. NOW series has reached the Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist series to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

The series' latest volume, NOW 25, shipped more than 1.1 million units (certified platinum) and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, selling more than 222,000 copies in its first week.

                        http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/    "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26"    1. Soulja Boy Tell'Em                   Crank That (Soulja Boy)   2. Timbaland featuring       Keri Hilson & D.O.E.                The Way I Are   3. Justin Timberlake                    Lovestoned   4. Rihanna                              Shut Up and Drive   5. Chris Brown                          Wall To Wall   6. Kanye West                           Can't Tell Me Nothing   7. Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo             Make Me Better   8. Sean Kingston                        Beautiful Girls   9. J. Holiday                           Bed   10. Baby Bash featuring T-Pain          Cyclone   11. Fergie                              Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)   12. P!NK                                Who Knew?   13. Avril Lavigne                       When You're Gone   14. The Last Goodnight                  Pictures Of You   15. Plain White T's                     Hey There Delilah   16. Daughtry                            Over You   17. Nickelback                          Rockstar   18. Three Days Grace                    Never Too Late   19. Lifehouse                           First Time   20. Good Charlotte                      I Don't Wanna Be In Love                                            (Dance Floor Anthem)     "NOW That's What I Call Party Hits!"    1. Shop Boyz                            Party Like A Rock Star   2. MIMS                                 This Is Why I'm Hot   3. Chris Brown                          Run It!   4. Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx      Gold Digger   5. Chingy                               Right Thurr   6. Dem Franchize Boyz featuring         I Think They Like Me      Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow   7. Cherish featuring Sean Paul      of Youngbloodz                       Do It To It   8. Kelis                                Milkshake   9. Amerie                               1 Thing   10. The Pussycat Dolls       featuring Busta Rhymes              Don't Cha   11. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland   Promiscuous   12. Sean Paul                           We Be Burnin'   13. Rihanna                             SOS   14. Missy Elliott                       Get Ur Freak On   15. Christina Aguilera                  Ain't No Other Man   16. Outkast                             Hey Ya!   17. Gorillaz                            Feel Good Inc.   18. Kelly Clarkson                      Since U Been Gone   19. Avril Lavigne                       Girlfriend   20. Kylie Minogue                       Can't Get You Out Of My Head     Every NOW volume has been certified platinum or better by the RIAA:   NOW 1 (October 1998, platinum)   NOW 2 (July 1999, double platinum)   NOW 3 (December 1999, double platinum)   NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at #1 on the         Billboard Top 200, double platinum)   NOW 5 (November 2000, quadruple platinum)   NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple          platinum)   NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple platinum)   NOW 8 (November 2001, triple platinum)   NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double          platinum)   NOW 10 (July 2002, platinum)   NOW 11 (November 2002, double platinum)   NOW 12 (March 2003, platinum)   NOW 13 (July 2003, platinum)   NOW 14 (April 2004, triple platinum)   NOW 15 (May 2004, double platinum)   NOW 16 (July 2004, triple platinum)   NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double           platinum)   NOW 18 (March 2005, platinum)   NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double           platinum)   NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double           platinum)   NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, double           platinum)   NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double           platinum)   NOW 24 (March 2007, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   NOW 25 (July 2007, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" (October 2001, quintuple platinum)   "NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2" (The Signature Collection)    (September 2003, double platinum)   "NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3" (October 2006, platinum)  

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Source: EMI Music; Sony BMG Music Entertainment; Universal Music Group; Zomba Label Group

CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music Marketing, +1-323-871-5494,
jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com; or Sujata Murthy of Universal Music
Enterprises, +1-310-865-7812, sujata.murthy@umusic.com; or Angela Salomon of
Sony BMG Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575, angela.salomon@sonybmg.com

Web site: http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/

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