'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 28' to be Released June 3 on CD & Digitally

'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 28' to be Released June 3 on CD & Digitally

Newest Volume Collects Today's Hottest Hits from Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, John Mayer, Lil Wayne featuring Static Major, Chris Brown, Natasha Bedingfield, Daughtry, Metro Station, and Many More!

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, continues to dazzle music fans with a new collection of today's hottest chart-toppers. NOW That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 28, to be released June 3, features 20 of the biggest smash hits spanning the current Pop, Modern Rock, Country and R&B charts.

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NOW 28 features the hottest tracks from the top of the charts, including Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," Britney Spears' "Break The Ice," John Mayer's "Say," Cherish featuring Yung Joc's "Killa," Daughtry's "Feels Like Tonight," Lil Wayne featuring Static Major's "Lollipop," Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," Ray J. featuring Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I?," Chris Brown's "With You," Flex featuring Belinda's "Te Quiero," Natasha Bedingield's "Pocketful of Sunshine," Taylor Swift's "Our Song," and many others.

Also in stores and online on June 3, NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! is packed with huge genre-defining hits that steered rock music's evolution from the late '60s through the early '80s, including The Who's "My Generation," Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Fire," Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising," Boston's "More Than A Feeling," Foreigner's "Cold As Ice," Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band," Queen's "We Will Rock You," Heart's Barracuda," Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water," George Thorogood and The Destroyers' "Bad To The Bone" and several other legendary smash hits.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a compilation joint venture from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Label Group. The 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, remaining the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist series to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

   NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 28 (CD & digital album)   1. Bleeding Love             Leona Lewis   2. Break The Ice             Britney Spears   3. Killa                     Cherish featuring Yung Joc   4. Lollipop                  Lil Wayne featuring Static Major   5. Sexy Can I?               Ray J. featuring Yung Berg   6. With You                  Chris Brown   7. Te Quiero                 Flex featuring Belinda   8. Pocketful of Sunshine     Natasha Bedingfield   9. No Air                    Jordin Sparks duet with Chris Brown   10. Realize                  Colbie Caillat   11. Stop and Stare           OneRepublic   12. Say                      John Mayer   13. All Around Me            Flyleaf   14. Shake It                 Metro Station   15. Beat It                  Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer   16. Whatever It Takes        Lifehouse   17. Feels Like Tonight       Daughtry   18. In Love With A Girl      Gavin DeGraw   19. You're Gonna Miss This   Trace Adkins   20. Our Song                 Taylor Swift     NOW chart & sales history:   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 27 (March 2008, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, certification    pending)   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 Barkan of
Sony BMG Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575, angela.barkan@sonybmg.com

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