'NOW That's What I Call Music' Releases New Digital Collection of 80 Top '80s Hits, Available Today Exclusively on the iTunes Store

'NOW That's What I Call Music' Releases New Digital Collection of 80 Top '80s Hits, Available Today Exclusively on the iTunes Store

'NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80S HITS (DELUXE EDITION)'

'NOW,' The World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, Celebrates More Than 80 Million in U.S. Sales

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, has released a new digital collection of 80 smash hits from the 1980s, exclusively on the iTunes Store® (www.itunes.com). NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) gathers 80 major hits for one decade-defining collection.

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The tracklist for NOW 80s Hits Deluxe features the biggest superstars of the '80s, with Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Blondie, The Bangles, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, INXS, Chaka Khan, and many more. This new collection follows the ultra successful NOW That's What I Call The 80s (Deluxe Edition), also available exclusively on iTunes.

The NOW series is celebrating U.S. sales totaling more than 80 million CDs and album downloads since the series made its Stateside debut in 1998. In February, the series' most recent release, NOW 37, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

NOW's latest numbered edition, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38, featuring 16 current major chart hits, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks, will be released on CD and digitally on May 3. On the same date, the standard edition of NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be released on CD and digitally, with 18 smash hits from the 1980s.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music North America, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38 and NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be distributed by EMI Music North America. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.

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 exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 80 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, and 14 NOW releases have reached #1.

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NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes
exclusive)
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1. Always Something There To Remind
Me Naked Eyes
2. Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector
3. Open Arms Journey
4. Red Red Wine UB40
5. Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
6. We Belong Pat Benatar
7. Rock You Like A Hurricane Scorpions
8. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love
Go Soft Cell
9. Take On Me A-Ha
10. Down Under Men At Work
11. Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon
12. Against All Odds (Take A Look
At Me Now) Phil Collins
13. Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House
14. Let's Groove Earth, Wind & Fire
15. Mony Mony Billy Idol
16. Kiss On My List Daryl Hall & John Oates
17. Jane Says Jane's Addiction
18. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
19. Shining Star The Manhattans
20. I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
21. Blister In The Sun Violent Femmes
22. Cult Of Personality Living Colour
23. Manic Monday The Bangles
24. Into The Night Benny Mardones
25. Kokomo The Beach Boys
26. Love Song The Cure
27. Harden My Heart Quarterflash
28. Shout Tears For Fears
29. The Tide Is High Blondie
30. Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown
31. On The Dark Side Band
32. You Are Lionel Richie
33. She's Like The Wind Patrick Swayze
34. Hungry Eyes Eric Carmen
35. You Keep Me Hangin' On Kim Wilde
36. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Daryl Hall & John Oates
37. Between The Sheets The Isley Brothers
38. At This Moment Billy Vera & The Beaters
39. My Prerogative Bobby Brown
40. Caribbean Queen (No More Love
On The Run) Billy Ocean
41. Heat Of The Moment Asia
42. Rosanna Toto
43. I Feel For You Chaka Khan
44. Freeze Frame J.Geils Band
45. Never Tear Us Apart INXS
46. Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears
47. Yearning For Your Love Gap Band
48. Electric Avenue Eddy Grant
49. Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
50. Safety Dance Men Without Hats
51. Everytime You Go Away Paul Young
52. Listen To Your Heart Roxette
53. Kyrie Mr. Mister
54. She Works Hard For The Money Donna Summer
55. Never Surrender Corey Hart
56. Alive & Kicking Simple Minds
57. 99 Luftballoons Nena
58. Amanda Boston
59. Venus Bananarama
60. I'll Always Love You Taylor Dayne
61. Looking For A New Love Jody Watley
62. Let's Go All The Way Sly Fox
63. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) Glass Tiger
64. Human Human League
65. Some Like It Hot Power Station
66. Don't Talk To Strangers Rick Springfield
67. The Best Of Times Styx
68. Wishing Well Terence Trent D'arby
69. Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul
70. I Think We're Alone Now Tiffany
71. Maniac Michael Sembello
72. Cherish Kool & The Gang
73. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird
Medley Will To Power
74. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Robert Palmer
75. Axel F Harold Faltermeyer
76. Physical Olivia Newton-John
77. Notorious Duran Duran
78. When Smokey Sings ABC
79. I've Been In Love Before Cutting Crew
80. Miami Vice Theme Jan Hammer

SOURCE EMI Music / Sony Music Entertainment / Universal Music Group

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EMI Music / Sony Music Entertainment / Universal Music Group

CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music North America, +1-323-871-5494, Jennifer.Ballantyne@emicap.com; or Randy Haecker of Legacy Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment, +1-212-833-4101, Randy.Haecker@sonymusic.com; or Keren Poznansky of Universal Music Enterprises, +1-310-865-7797, Keren.Poznansky@umusic.com

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