Now That's What I Call #1! Newest Installment of World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, Now That's What I Call Music!, Debuts in Top Spot

Now That's What I Call #1! Newest Installment of World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, Now That's What I Call Music!, Debuts in Top Spot

NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 31, released June 30, 2009, will debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart (issue date July 18), according to SoundScan sales figures. Vol. 31 is the 13th compilation in the numbered U.S. series to debut at #1. Every numbered NOW release has reached the Billboard Top 10 (in fact, 29 of 31 have reached the Top 3), and have been certified at least platinum.

Featuring 20 recent major hits from pop, rock, hip-hop and crossover country, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 31 includes Billboard #1s "Boom Boom Pow" by the Black Eyed Peas, "Right Round" by Flo Rida, "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, and "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson, as well as Pop Top 10s "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" by Pitbull, "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain, "Day & Nite" by Kid Cudi, "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" by Soulja Boy Tell `Em featuring Sammie, "Halo" by Beyonce, "Please Don't Leave Me" by P!nk, "Love Sex Magic" by Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake, "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3, and "You Found Me" by the Fray. Also heard are hits from Britney Spears, Ne-Yo, the Ting Tings, Nickelback, T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake, and Lady Antebellum.

Now That's What I Call Music! has enjoyed a decade of success in the United States, selling 73 million albums since its debut in 1998, and is widely regarded as the "most successful brand in music." A worldwide phenomenon, NOW has topped the charts all over the world, and is available in territories as diverse as South Africa, Europe and the Middle East, generating over 200 million album sales worldwide. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached the Billboard Top 10, with NOW 4 the first non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection in history to reach #1.

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. 31 is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

NOW and Now That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.

Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 31

1. The Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow
2. Flo Rida Right Round
3. Lady Gaga Poker Face
4. Pitbull I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
5. Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain Blame It
6. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone
7. Kid Cudi Day & Nite
8. Soulja Boy Tell 'Em feat. Sammie Kiss Me Thru The Phone
9. Beyonce Halo
10. Ne-Yo Mad
11. P!nk Please Don't Leave Me
12. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake Love Sex Magic
13. Britney Spears If U Seek Amy
14. Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You
15. 3OH!3 Don't Trust Me
16. The Ting Tings That's Not My Name
17. The Fray You Found Me
18. Nickelback If Today Was Your Last Day
19. Lady Antebellum I Run To You
20. Charice A Note To God

Chart / Sales History

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)
NOW 30 (March 2009, debuted #1, platinum, pending certification)

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Source: Legacy Recordings

CONTACT: Tom Cording at Legacy Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment,
+1-212-833-4448, Tom.Cording@sonymusic.com

Web Site: http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/

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