NOW That's What I Call Music! Presents Today's Biggest Hits on 'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 44'

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, has gathered today's biggest hits for NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 44, to be released November 6.  NOW 44 will be available on CD and for download purchase from all major digital service providers.

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NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 44 features 16 major current hits, including five #1s, seven Top 10s, and five Top 20 pop and mainstream Billboard charters from today's hottest artists, including P!nk, Flo Rida, Psy, Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean, David Guetta Featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Karmin, Chris Brown, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin, Train, and Little Big Town, plus four free up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks. 

The "NOW What's Next" bonus track program featured on each numeric NOW release continues to preview hot new artists with tomorrow's biggest hits.  NOW 44 showcases up and coming tracks from Ryan Star, Britt Nicole, The Ready Set, and Toy Connor.

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. 44 will be distributed by EMI Music North America. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.

Following 15 years of multi-platinum international success, the NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 86 million copies in the U.S.  Every album in the numeric U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, and the series' most recent numbered edition, NOW 43, was the 16^th U.S. NOW release to reach #1, second only to The Beatles in chart history.

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SOURCE EMI Music; Sony Music Entertainment; Universal Music Group