Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (American series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 50
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedMay 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Length76:43
Label Universal Music Enterprises
Numbered series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 49
(2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 50
(2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 51
(2014)

Now That's What I Call Music! 50 is the 50th edition of the Now! series in the United States, released on May 6, 2014. [1] The album features 21 tracks including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, "Happy", "Dark Horse" and "All of Me".

Contents

A special deluxe edition includes 14 additional tracks from previously released volumes of the series as selected through an online voting process. [1]

The album sold 153,000 copies and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album is the 18th album in the series to reach the top of chart, and, as of 2024, the most recent in the US series to do so. The Beatles are the only artist to amass more number ones (19) than the Now series. [2] As of October 2014, the compilation has sold 642,000 copies. [3] In 2019, the album reached number 135 on the Billboard 200's Decade-End chart. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Happy" Pharrell Williams 3:51
2."Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 3:32
3."The Man" Aloe Blacc 3:29
4."Hey Brother" Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski 4:12
5."Pompeii" Bastille 3:32
6."Team" Lorde 3:11
7."Talk Dirty" Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz and Rie Abe2:56
8."Selfie" The Chainsmokers featuring Alexis Killacam3:01
9."Turn Down for What" DJ Snake and Lil Jon 3:32
10."Show Me" Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown 3:36
11."La La La" Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith 3:36
12."Young Girls" Bruno Mars 3:48
13."Adore You" Miley Cyrus 4:36
14."All of Me" John Legend 4:29
15."Let Her Go" Passenger 4:09
16."Best Day of My Life" American Authors 3:13
17."She Keeps Me Warm" Mary Lambert 3:49
18."Ten Feet Tall" Wrabel 3:36
19."Youth" Foxes 3:40
20."Big Talk"Conway3:39
21."On My Mind" Pia Mia 3:04

Deluxe Edition (Disc 2)

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