NOW That's What I Call The '80s Hits Stores March 11

Features the Most Memorable '80s Songs from the Most Iconic Superstars of the
Decade Including Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, The Police, Rick Springfield,
Bob Seger, David Bowie and More!

NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best selling multi-artist
album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! is back this Spring with their
first genre specific album. NOW That's What I Call The '80s, scheduled for
release on March 11, will feature 20 of the decade's biggest smash hits, from
New Wave to Pop to Hard Rock.
NOW That's What I Call The '80s features huge hits which defined the
decade, including songs by Duran Duran, Wham!, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper and
more! VH1 Classic will run a one hour special "VH1 Classic Presents: NOW
'80s" featuring videos from the artists on the album. The show will be hosted
by one of MTV's original VJ's Mark Goodman, and includes a special guest
appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his
musical experiences from the decade.
NOW '80s is a compilation joint venture featuring top hits from EMI Music,
Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group. NOW '80s will be
released by SONY BMG Music Entertainment.
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol 27, featuring 20 huge chart-topping
songs from artists like Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Chris Brown and Sara Bareilles
also hits stores on March 11.
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. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of
over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 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.
Every NOW volume has been certified platinum or better by the RIAA:
NOW 1 (October 1998, platinum)
NOW 2 (July 1999, double platinum)
NOW 3 (December 1999, double platinum)
NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at #1 on the
Billboard Top 200, double platinum)
NOW 5 (November 2000, quadruple platinum)
NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple
platinum)
NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple platinum)
NOW 8 (November 2001, triple platinum)
NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum) NOW 10 (July 2002, platinum)
NOW 11 (November 2002, double platinum)
NOW 12 (March 2003, platinum)
NOW 13 (July 2003, platinum)
NOW 14 (April 2004, triple platinum)
NOW 15 (May 2004, double platinum)
NOW 16 (July 2004, triple platinum)
NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum)
NOW 18 (March 2005, platinum)
NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum)
NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum)
NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum)
NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)
NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double
platinum) NOW 24 (March 2007, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200,
platinum)
NOW 25 (July 2007, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)
NOW 26 (November 2007, platinum)
NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (October 2001, quintuple platinum)
NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2 (The Signature Collection)
(September 2003, double platinum) NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3
(October 2006, platinum)

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80's
TRACK LISTING

1. Michael Jackson Billie Jean
2. Billy Joel Uptown Girl
3. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
4. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
5. Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf
6. Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me
7. The Fixx One Thing Leads To Another
8. Steve Miller Abracadabra
9. Bob Seger Shakedown
10. The Police Every Breath You Take
11. Whitesnake Here I Go Again
12. Survivor Eye Of The Tiger
13. Herbie Hancock Rockit
14. David Bowie Let's Dance
15. Men At Work Who Can It Be Now?
16. Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
17. Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl
18. Bryan Adams Heaven
19. Heart What About Love?
20. Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart

VH1 Classic Presents: Now '80's will air on the following dates:
03/11/2008 at 9:00am
03/11/2008 at 7:00pm
03/12/2008 at 3:00pm
03/12/2008 at 2:00pm
03/14/2008 at 8:00am
03/15/2008 at 10:00am
03/18/2008 at 4:00pm
03/19/2008 at 9:00am
03/20/2008 at 6:00pm

SOURCE SONY BMG

Angela Barkan of SONY BMG Music Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575,
angela.barkan@sonybmg.com