NOW That's What I Call The '80s Hits Stores March 11

NOW That's What I Call The '80s Hits Stores March 11

Features the Most Memorable '80s Songs from the Most Iconic Superstars of the Decade Including Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, The Police, Rick Springfield, Bob Seger, David Bowie and More!

NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! is back this Spring with their first genre specific album. NOW That's What I Call The '80s, scheduled for release on March 11, will feature 20 of the decade's biggest smash hits, from New Wave to Pop to Hard Rock.

NOW That's What I Call The '80s features huge hits which defined the decade, including songs by Duran Duran, Wham!, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper and more! VH1 Classic will run a one hour special "VH1 Classic Presents: NOW '80s" featuring videos from the artists on the album. The show will be hosted by one of MTV's original VJ's Mark Goodman, and includes a special guest appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his musical experiences from the decade.

NOW '80s is a compilation joint venture featuring top hits from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group. NOW '80s will be released by SONY BMG Music Entertainment.

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol 27, featuring 20 huge chart-topping songs from artists like Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Chris Brown and Sara Bareilles also hits stores on March 11.

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 for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 million copies in the United States since its debut. Every album in the NOW series has reached the Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection to reach #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.

   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 26 (November 2007, 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)                       NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80's                               TRACK LISTING    1. Michael Jackson                 Billie Jean   2. Billy Joel                      Uptown Girl   3. Wham!                           Wake Me Up Before You Go Go   4. Cyndi Lauper                    Girls Just Wanna Have Fun   5. Duran Duran                     Hungry Like The Wolf   6. Simple Minds                    Don't You Forget About Me   7. The Fixx                        One Thing Leads To Another   8. Steve Miller                    Abracadabra   9. Bob Seger                       Shakedown   10. The Police                     Every Breath You Take   11. Whitesnake                     Here I Go Again   12. Survivor                       Eye Of The Tiger   13. Herbie Hancock                 Rockit   14. David Bowie                    Let's Dance   15. Men At Work                    Who Can It Be Now?   16. Tears For Fears                Everybody Wants To Rule The World   17. Rick Springfield               Jessie's Girl   18. Bryan Adams                    Heaven   19. Heart                          What About Love?   20. Bonnie Tyler                   Total Eclipse Of The Heart    VH1 Classic Presents: Now '80's will air on the following dates:   03/11/2008 at 9:00am   03/11/2008 at 7:00pm   03/12/2008 at 3:00pm   03/12/2008 at 2:00pm   03/14/2008 at 8:00am   03/15/2008 at 10:00am   03/18/2008 at 4:00pm   03/19/2008 at 9:00am   03/20/2008 at 6:00pm  

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Source: SONY BMG

CONTACT: Angela Barkan of SONY BMG Music Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575,
angela.barkan@sonybmg.com

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

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