The Hit Series 'NOW That's What I Call Music' Does It Again!

The Hit Series 'NOW That's What I Call Music' Does It Again!

Scanning 336,860 Units NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23 Debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, stakes its claim as the latest release, NOW That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 23, takes the #1 position on the Billboard TOP 200 charts. Debuting at the top of the chart for the eleventh time in the series' history and scanning 336,860 physical and digital units, this NOW release is one of the franchise's most successful debuts to date. The NOW brand continues to show it's longevity with over 60 million units sold since the first volume.

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23 features current chart favorites from superstar artists like Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Ne-Yo, Nickelback, Beyonce, Jessica Simpson, Rihanna, and Nick Lachey. Also included are huge hits from hot newcomers like Hinder, Teddy Geiger, Cherish, Lyfe Jennings and OK Go.

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 65 volumes internationally. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 142 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 60 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 #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! VOL. 23
TRACK LISTING

1. London Bridge Fergie
2. Promiscuous Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
3. Buttons The Pussycat Dolls featuring Big Snoop Dogg
4. SexyBack Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland
5. Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera
6. Deja vu Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
7. Do It To It Cherish featuring Sean Paul of Youngblood
8. Bossy Kelis featuring Too $hort
9. Pullin' Me Back Chingy featuring Tyrese
10. S.E.X. Lyfe Jennings featuring LaLa Brown
11. Sexy Love Ne-Yo
12. Unfaithful Rihanna
13. Too Little Too Late JoJo
14. I Can't Hate You Anymore Nick Lachey
15. These Walls Teddy Geiger
16. A Public Affair Jessica Simpson
17. Here It Goes Again OK Go
18. Lips Of An Angel Hinder
19. Far Away Nickelback
20. Summertime Kenny Chesney

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 #1 on the
Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)
NOW 5 (November 2000, certified quadruple platinum)
NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
triple platinum)
NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified triple
platinum)
NOW 8 (November 2001, certified triple platinum)
NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #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 #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
double platinum)
NOW 18 (March 2005, certified platinum)
NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
double platinum)
NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
double platinum)
NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
platinum)
NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
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)

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FCMN Contact:

Source: Sony BMG

CONTACT: Angela Salomon of Sony BMG Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575, or
angela.salomon@sonybmg.com; or Sujata Murthy of Universal Music Enterprises,
+1-310-865-7812, or sujata.murthy@umusic.com; or Judi Kerr of Capitol Records,
Inc., +1-323-871-5375, or judi.kerr@capitolrecords.com

Web site: http://www.bmg.com/

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