Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (U.S. series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 39
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Compilation album by various artists
Released August 9, 2011
Genre Pop
Length73:03 [1]
Label EMI
Numbered series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 38
(2011)		Now That's What I Call Music! 39
(2011)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 40
(2011)

Now That's What I Call Music! 39 was released on August 9, 2011. [2] The album is the 39th edition of the Now! series in the United States. Three tracks on the album, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "Party Rock Anthem" and "Give Me Everything", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Now That's What I Call Music! is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music which began in 1983. Spinoff series began for other countries the following year, starting with South Africa, and many other countries worldwide soon followed, expanding into Asia in 1995, then the United States in 1998.

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 2011 single by Katy Perry

"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song was written and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, who also co-wrote the song with Perry and Bonnie McKee. Perry stated that she was inspired to write the track after a night of wild partying and streaking. It was released as the album's fifth single on June 6, 2011, by Capitol Records, with a remix featuring American rapper Missy Elliott released to US radio stations and digital retailers on August 8, 2011; this version was included in Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection edition. It is a dance-pop song with lyrics about drunken fun and debauchery. Some of the risque lyrics in the song are often censored in radio versions of the song.

Party Rock Anthem 2010 song by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock

"Party Rock Anthem" is a song by American music duo LMFAO, featuring British singer Lauren Bennett and American music producer GoonRock. It was released as the first single from their second album Sorry for Party Rocking in 2011.

Contents

Now! 39 debuted on the Billboard 200 at number three with first week sales of 110,000 copies. [3] The album has sold 591,000 copies as of March 2012. [4]

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" Katy Perry 3:50
2."Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock 3:51
3."Give Me Everything" Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer 4:12
4."The Edge of Glory" Lady Gaga 4:19
5."Till the World Ends" Britney Spears 3:54
6."On the Floor" Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull3:47
7."The Show Goes On" Lupe Fiasco 3:54
8."Written in the Stars" Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner 3:25
9."Just Can't Get Enough" The Black Eyed Peas 3:39
10."The Lazy Song" Bruno Mars 3:07
11."Who Says" Selena Gomez & the Scene 3:09
12."Price Tag" Jessie J featuring B.o.B 3:17
13."Tonight Tonight" Hot Chelle Rae 3:18
14."Good Life" OneRepublic 4:09
15."Dirt Road Anthem" Jason Aldean 3:45
16."Honey Bee" Blake Shelton 3:39
17."Starbucks Smile"Maria K.3:24
18."Show Me" Jessica Sutta 3:42
19."Mind Your Manners" Chiddy Bang featuring Icona Pop 3:14
20."Bass Down Low" Dev featuring The Cataracs 3:29

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic reviewer Andy Kellman tells readers that while Now! 39 includes "hyper-energetic party songs" and two songs from solo male country artists (ending a three-volume drought), what is "notable is the absence of songs that could be squarely categorized as rap or R&B." He also points out of the bizarre repeat of "Tonight, Tonight" for the second volume in a row and the peculiar inclusion of "Bass Down Low" among the Now What's Next selections as it "hit the Hot 100 the last week of 2010". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 39". Allmusic . Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Now 39: That's What I Call Music". Amazon.com.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2011-08-17). "Luke Bryan, Ace Hood Score Top 10 Debuts on Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  4. ↑ Mansfield, Brian (2012-03-14). "'Idol' spot boosts Lauren Alaina's sales". Idol Chatter. USA Today. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 39 – Review". Allmusic . Retrieved August 13, 2011.


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