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)

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Source: Universal Music Enterprises

CONTACT: Keren Poznansky of Universal Music Enterprises,
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