LOS ANGELES (Universal
Music Enterprises/ Capitol Records/ Sony BMG Entertainment) - The world's best selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!", is back this fall with a red-hot collection of chart-topping tunes. "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 20," scheduled for release on November 1st, will feature 20 of the biggest smash hits spanning the current Pop,
Modern Rock and R&B charts.
"NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 20" features current chart favorites from such superstar artists as Missy Elliot, The Pussycat Dolls, Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson, Weezer, Black Eyed Peas and hot newcomers such as D.H.T., Franz Ferdinand, Rihanna and Natasha Bedingfield, amongst others. "NOW 20" is a compilation joint venture featuring top hits from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Group of labels. "NOW 20" will be released by the Universal Music Group.
The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had become an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years, with some 62 volumes internationally. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 142 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 52 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 No 1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.
Every NOW volume has been certified platinum or better by the RIAA:
NOW 1 (October 1998, certified platinum)
NOW 2 (July 1999, certified double platinum)
NOW 3 (December 1999, certified double platinum)
NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)
NOW 5 (November 2000, certified quadruple platinum)
NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified triple platinum)
NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified triple platinum)
NOW 8 (November 2001, certified triple platinum)
NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)
NOW 10 (July 2002, certified platinum)
NOW 11 (November 2002, certified double platinum)
NOW 12 (March 2003, certified platinum)
NOW 13 (July 2003, certified platinum)
NOW 14 (April 2004, certified triple platinum)
NOW 15 (May 2004, certified double platinum)
NOW 16 (July 2004, certified triple platinum)
NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)
NOW 18 (March 2005, certified platinum)
NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)
NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (October 2001, certified quintuple platinum)
NOW That's What I Call Christmas! The Signature Collection (September 2003, certified double platinum)
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! VOL. 20 TRACK LISTING
1 Lose Control / Missy Elliott feat. Ciara and Fat Man Scoop
2 Don't Phunk With My Heart / Black Eyed Peas
3 Don't Cha / The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes
4 Pon De Replay / Rihanna
5 Pimpin' All Over The World / Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino
6 Like You / Bow Wow feat. Ciara
7 I Think They Like Me / Dem Franchize Boyz feat. Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow
8 Cater 2 U / Destiny's Child
9 Must Be Nice / Lyfe Jennings
10 These Words (I Love You, I Love You) / Natasha Bedingfield
11 Behind These Hazel Eyes / Kelly Clarkson
12 Listen to Your Heart / DHT feat. Edmee
13 Just Want You to Know / Backstreet Boys
14 Just the Girl / The Click Five
15 Do You Want To / Franz Ferdinand
16 Beverly Hills / Weezer
17 Sugar, We're Goin' Down / Fall Out Boy
18 You & Me / Lifehouse
19 Fix You / Coldplay
20 You'll Think of Me / Keith Urban
