World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series Issues 'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32' and 'NOW That's What I Call Dance Classics!'

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World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series Issues 'NOW That's What I Call
Music! Vol. 32' and 'NOW That's What I Call Dance Classics!'





NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest edition of the world's
best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32,
and a new companion title, NOW That's What I Call Dance Classics!, will both
be released November 3, 2009. 


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Featuring 20 recent major hits from the pop, hip-hop and crossover country
charts, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32 includes a pair of Billboard
#1s, "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas and "Down" by Jay Sean featuring Lil
Wayne.  Also heard are recent chart hits from Lady Gaga, Drake, Mariah Carey,
Jason DeRulo, Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo, Fabolous featuring
The-Dream, Pitbull, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Shakira, David Guetta
featuring Akon, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Boys Like Girls,
Cobra Starship, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. 


For the first time, the NOW That's What I Call Music!
(http://nowthatsmusic.com) series is looking to the future by exposing the
audience to a brand new track by an artist that may be destined for NOW
compilations to come as part of their special bonus track feature, "What's
Next New Music Preview."   The first "What's Next" bonus track included on NOW
Vol. 32 is "Had It All," the debut single from Katharine McPhee's forthcoming
album. 


Released the same day as NOW Vol. 32, NOW! That's What I Call Dance Classics!
brings together 20 of the biggest dance hits in music history.  Nine of the
tracks reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody
Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory, "It Takes Two" by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, "U
Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer, "Humpin' Around" by Bobby Brown, "Real Love"
by Jody Watley, "Word Up!" by Cameo, "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls,
"Finally" by CeCe Peniston and "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.  The set is
rounded out by 11 additional Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits by Quad City DJ's,
Young MC, Salt-n-Pepa, Wreckx-n-Effect, The Gap Band, The Jacksons, Paula
Abdul, Technotronic, Haddaway, Ace of Base and Earth, Wind & Fire. 


The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music
North America (http://www.emi.com), Sony Music Entertainment
(http://www.sonymusic.com), and Universal Music Group (http://www.umusic.com).
 NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32 and NOW That's What I Call Dance
Classics! will be distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.  NOW and NOW That's
What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited. 


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
74 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 That's What I Call Music! Vol. 32

    1.  Black Eyed Peas                         I Gotta Feeling
    2.  Lady Gaga                               LoveGame
    3.  Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne                Down
    4.  Drake                                   Best I Ever Had
    5.  Mariah Carey                            Obsessed
    6.  Jason DeRulo                            Whatcha Say
    7.  Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo    Knock You Down
    8.  Fabolous feat. The-Dream                Throw It In The Bag
    9.  Pitbull                                 Hotel Room Service
    10. Michael Franti & Spearhead              Say Hey (I Love You)
    11. Shakira                                 She Wolf
    12. David Guetta feat. Akon                 Sexy Chick
    13. Jordin Sparks                           Battlefield
    14. Kelly Clarkson                          Already Gone
    15. Daughtry                                No Surprise
    16. Boys Like Girls                         Love Drunk
    17. Cobra Starship                          Good Girls Go Bad
    18. Katy Perry                              Waking Up In Vegas
    19. Taylor Swift                            You Belong With Me
    20. Keith Urban                             Only You Can Love Me This Way



WHAT'S NEXT" NEW MUSIC PREVIEW - BONUS TRACK

    21. Katharine McPhee                        Had It All





NOW That's What I Call Dance Classics!

    1.  C+C Music Factory           Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
    2.  Quad City DJ's              C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)
    3.  Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock       It Takes Two
    4.  Young MC                    Bust A Move
    5.  MC Hammer                   U Can't Touch This
    6.  Salt-N-Pepa                 Push It
    7.  Wreckx-N-Effect             Rumpshaker
    8.  Bobby Brown                 Humpin' Around
    9.  Jody Watley                 Real Love
    10. The Gap Band                You Dropped A Bomb On Me
    11. Cameo                       Word Up!
    12. The Jacksons                Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
    13. Earth, Wind & Fire          Boogie Wonderland
    14. The Weather Girls           It's Raining Men
    15. Paula Abdul                 Straight Up
    16. CeCe Peniston               Finally
    17. Technotronic                Pump Up The Jam
    18. Haddaway                    What Is Love
    19. Ace Of Base                 Beautiful Life
    20. Right Said Fred             I'm Too Sexy





www.nowthatsmusic.com




SOURCE  Legacy Recordings

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

 

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