'NOW That's What I Call Music!' Franchise and VH1 Classic Announce Partnership To Co-Promote 'NOW That's What I Call The '80s!' CD

'NOW That's What I Call Music!' Franchise and VH1 Classic Announce Partnership To Co-Promote 'NOW That's What I Call The '80s!' CD

VH1 CLASSIC TO PREMIERE "VH1 CLASSIC PRESENTS: NOW '80S" ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7 AT 11AM ET/PT

Special To Feature Videos From Iconic '80s Artists Including The Police, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger, Duran Duran And Will Be Hosted By Mark Goodman with special guest Rick Springfield

NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- "Now That's What I Call Music!" and VH1 Classic are pleased to announce a new partnership in which they will co- promote the release of "NOW That's What I Call The '80s!" compilation CD, in stores on March 11. The release is the first genre-specific compilation from the world's best selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!"

In conjunction with the release of the CD, VH1 Classic will premiere a one-hour special "VH1 Classic Presents: Now '80s" on Friday, March 7 at 11:00 am ET/PT with videos from the artists featured on the album including Billy Joel, Wham!, Men At Work, Tears For Fears and more. The show will be hosted by one of the original VJ's, Mark Goodman, with a special guest appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his musical experiences from the decade. Springfield will also delight viewers with a performance of his '80s hit "Jessie's Girl."

Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the '60s, '70s, '80s and the early '90s including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more. Learn more at www.vh1classic.com.

The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had been 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.

   "NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE '80s!" 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  

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/
http://www.vh1classic.com/

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