Santa Monica, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal
Music Enterprises) - 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 No 1s "Just Dance" from Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis, "Love Story" from Taylor Swift (also No 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 No 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 No 1.
NOW (October 1998, platinum)
NOW 2 (July 1999, debuted No 3, double platinum)
NOW 3 (December 1999, peaked at No 4, double platinum)
NOW 4 (July 2000, first compilation to debut No 1, double platinum)
NOW 5 (November 2000, peaked at No 2, quadruple platinum)
NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted No 1, triple platinum)
NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted No 1, triple platinum)
NOW 8 (November 2001, debuted No 2, triple platinum)
NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted No 1, double platinum)
NOW 10 (July 2002, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 11 (November 2002, debuted No 2, double platinum)
NOW 12 (March 2003, debuted No 3, platinum)
NOW 13 (July 2003, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 14 (April 2004, debuted No 3, triple platinum)
NOW 15 (May 2004, debuted No 2, double platinum)
NOW 16 (July 2004, debuted No 1, triple platinum)
NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted No 1, triple platinum)
NOW 18 (March 2005, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted No 1, double platinum)
NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted No 1, double platinum)
NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted No 1, platinum)
NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted No 1, platinum)
NOW 24 (March 2007, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 25 (July 2007, debuted No 1, platinum)
NOW 26 (November 2007, peaked at No 3, platinum)
NOW 27 (March 2008, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 28 (June 2008, debuted No 2, platinum)
NOW 29 (November 2008, debuted No 3, platinum)
