'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 42' and 'NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits' To Be Released May 1

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, will release NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 42 and NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits on May 1.  Both titles 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. 42 features 16 current major chart hits from today's hottest artists, including Kelly Clarkson, FLO RIDA, Karmin, One Direction, David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris, Chris Brown, Havana Brown featuring Pitbull, LMFAO, Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., Gym Class Heroes, Bruno Mars, Gotye featuring Kimbra, Train, Eric Church, and Taylor Swift, 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 42 showcases up and coming tracks from Zach Heckendorf, Graffiti6, Jadagrace, and Labrinth featuring Busta Rhymes.                       

NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits, a new companion collection of 17 huge, genre-defining singles, features Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love," The Kinks' "Lola," Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath," Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town," Steve Miller Band's "Take The Money And Run," Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me (Live)," Foreigner's "Feels Like The First Time," Toto's "Hold The Line," Eddie Money's "Baby Hold On," Journey's "Any Way You Want It," Styx's "Come Sail Away," Heart's "Crazy On You," Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4," Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Blinded By The Light," and Meat Loaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light."

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. 42 and NOW Classic Rock Hits will be distributed by EMI Music North America.   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 15 years of multi-platinum international success. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 84 million copies in the U.S.  Every album in the numeric U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, and 15 NOW releases have reached #1, second only to The Beatles in chart history.

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