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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, Issues Vol. 30 and NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!

World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, Issues Vol. 30 and NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!

Brand Partners With Creator Of 'American Idol' To Bring NOW That's What I Call Music! To TV And The Internet

Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest edition of the world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30, and the series' latest spin-off, NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!, will both be released March 24. The pair of releases follow on the heels of the announcement that the brand has partnered with "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller to develop NOW That's What I Call Music! for global television and the Internet.

Featuring 20 recent major hits from pop, rock, hip-hop and country, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30 includes Billboard #1s "Just Dance" from Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis, "Love Story" from Taylor Swift (also #1 Country), and "Womanizer" from Britney Spears, as well as Pop Top 10s "Gives You Hell" from The All-American Rejects, "Heartless" from Kanye West, "Keeps Gettin' Better" from Christina Aguilera, "Miss Independent" from Ne-Yo (also #1 R&B/Hip-hop), "Gotta Be Somebody" from Nickelback, "I'm Yours" from Jason Mraz, "Let It Rock" from Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne, and "Crush" from David Archuleta. Also heard are hits from Rihanna, John Legend featuring Andre 3000, P!nk, Pussycat Dolls, David Cook, Saving Abel, Katy Perry, Miranda Cosgrove, and Keith Urban.

Only the strength of NOW could bring together for the first time rock heavyweights Journey, Aerosmith and Def Leppard for NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!. Their "Faithfully," "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" and "Love Bites," respectively, are among the collection's 18 classic power ballads. From Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" to Whitesnake's "Is This Love," from Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" to Extreme's "More Than Words," the track list spans the greatest songs of the genre. The other bands heard are Heart, Cheap Trick, Bad English, Warrant, Survivor, Sheriff, Scorpions, Slaughter, Boston, Tesla and Queensryche.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30 and NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads! will be distributed by Universal Music Group.

   NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30    1. Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis        Just Dance   2. Britney Spears                           Womanizer   3. Christina Aguilera                       Keeps Gettin' Better   4. Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne         Let It Rock   5. Kanye West                               Heartless   6. Ne-Yo                                    Miss Independent   7. John Legend featuring Andre 3000         Green Light   8. Rihanna                                  Rehab   9. Pussycat Dolls                           I Hate This Part   10. P!nk                                    Sober   11. David Archuleta                         Crush   12. Miranda Cosgrove                        About You Now   13. The All-American Rejects                Gives You Hell   14. David Cook                              Light On   15. Saving Abel                             18 Days   16. Nickelback                              Gotta Be Somebody   17. Katy Perry                              Thinking Of You   18. Jason Mraz                              I'm Yours   19. Taylor Swift                            Love Story   20. Keith Urban                             Sweet Thing     NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads    1. Poison                                   Every Rose Has Its Thorn   2. Journey                                  Faithfully   3. Aerosmith                                I Don't Want To Miss A Thing   4. Def Leppard                              Love Bites   5. Whitesnake                               Is This Love   6. Heart                                    Never   7. Cheap Trick                              The Flame   8. Bad English                              When I See You Smile   9. Night Ranger                             Sister Christian   10. Survivor                                The Search Is Over   11. Sheriff                                 When I'm With You   12. Scorpions                               Still Loving You   13. Slaughter                               Fly To The Angels   14. Extreme                                 More Than Words   15. Boston                                  Amanda   16. Tesla                                   Love Song   17. Warrant                                 Heaven   18. Queensryche                             Silent Lucidity   

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years. The series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 72 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached the Billboard Top 10, with NOW 3 the first non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection in history to reach #1.

   NOW (October 1998, platinum)   NOW 2 (July 1999, debuted #3, double platinum)   NOW 3 (December 1999, peaked at #4, double platinum)   NOW 4 (July 2000, first compilation to debut #1, double platinum)   NOW 5 (November 2000, peaked at #2, quadruple platinum)   NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted #1, triple platinum)   NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted #1, triple platinum)   NOW 8 (November 2001, debuted #2, triple platinum)   NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted #1, double platinum)   NOW 10 (July 2002, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 11 (November 2002, debuted #2, double platinum)   NOW 12 (March 2003, debuted #3, platinum)   NOW 13 (July 2003, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 14 (April 2004, debuted #3, triple platinum)   NOW 15 (May 2004, debuted #2, double platinum)   NOW 16 (July 2004, debuted #1, triple platinum)   NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted #1, triple platinum)   NOW 18 (March 2005, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted #1, double platinum)   NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted #1, double platinum)   NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted #1, platinum)   NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted #1, platinum)   NOW 24 (March 2007, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 25 (July 2007, debuted #1, platinum)   NOW 26 (November 2007, peaked at #3, platinum)   NOW 27 (March 2008, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 28 (June 2008, debuted #2, platinum)   NOW 29 (November 2008, debuted #3, platinum)    www.nowthatsmusic.com  

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Source: Universal Music Enterprises

CONTACT: Keren Poznansky of Universal Music Enterprises,
+1-310-865-7797, keren.poznansky@umusic.com; or Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI
Music North America, +1-323-871-5494, jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com; or
Angela Barkan of SONY Music, +1-212-833-8575, angela.barkan@sonymusic.com

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


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