Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (U.S. series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 41
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Compilation album by various artists
Released February 7, 2012
Genre Pop
Length73:47 [1]
Label EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 40
(2011)		Now That's What I Call Music! 41
(2012)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 42
(2012)

Now That's What I Call Music! 41 was released on February 7, 2012. It is the 41st edition of the Now! series in the United States. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 for the week ending February 24, 2012, after selling 142,000 units in its first week of release. [2] A month later, it returned to number three on the chart and jumped to number one on the Billboard Digital Albums chart after a one-day, 25-cent promotion of its downloadable version by Google Play and Amazon.com pushed digital sales up 1,367%. [3]

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.

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.

Google Play digital application platform for Android

Google Play is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google LLC. It serves as the official app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. Google Play also serves as a digital media store, offering music, books, movies, and television programs. It previously offered Google hardware devices for purchase until the introduction of a separate online hardware retailer, Google Store, on March 11, 2015, and it also offered news publications and magazines before the revamp of Google News in May 15, 2018.

Contents

Now! 41 features the number-one Billboard Hot 100 hits, "Sexy and I Know It" and "Someone Like You".

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

Sexy and I Know It 2011 song by LMFAO

"Sexy and I Know It" is a hit song by American duo LMFAO from their second studio album, Sorry for Party Rocking. It was released as the third single from the album on 16 September 2011. The song was written by Stefan Kendal Gordy, GoonRock, Erin Beck, George M. Robertson and Kenneth Oliver, and it was produced by Party Rock. It went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 7, 2012 and remained there for two weeks.

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO 3:17
2."The One That Got Away" Katy Perry 3:46
3."Marry the Night" Lady Gaga 4:01
4."Domino" Jessie J 3:48
5."Stereo Hearts" Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine 3:30
6."5 O'Clock" T-Pain featuring Lily Allen 3:30
7."Work Out" J. Cole 3:52
8."International Love" Pitbull featuring Chris Brown 3:45
9."Blackout" Breathe Carolina 3:28
10."Love You Like a Love Song" Selena Gomez & the Scene 3:05
11."Not Over You" Gavin DeGraw 3:34
12."Paradise" Coldplay 4:36
13."Someone like You" Adele 4:41
14."Lullaby" Nickelback 3:45
15."I Don't Want This Night to End" Luke Bryan 3:37
16."Red Solo Cup" Toby Keith 3:54
17."Blow Up" Sammy Adams 2:56
18."Somebody's Heartbreak" Hunter Hayes 3:46
19."Eat Dirt" Susan Justice 3:39
20."Glad You Came" The Wanted 3:17

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic critic Andy Kellman summarizes the chart performance of the songs in Now That's What I Call Music! 41 by noting that three of the songs, "Sexy and I Know It", "The One That Got Away", and "Domino", were in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of the album's release in February 2012, and calling Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" and Nickelback's "Lullaby" "duds in comparison". The inclusion of two country songs bring this edition a "more country flavor", at least compared to Now! 40 , and "the compilation's highlights" are Coldplay's "Paradise" and J. Cole's "Work Out". [1]

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Now That's What I Call Music! 40 was released on November 8, 2011. The album is the 40th edition of the Now! series in the United States. To celebrate the release of its 40th disc, two versions were released: the standard edition containing "16 of the hottest tracks from the last few months", including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Moves Like Jagger", and a two-disc Deluxe Edition set that "includes all the hits in the standard set, as well as the greatest hits from the last several years featured on previous sets." Also included on the second disc are two songs not featured on prior Now installments - but still reached the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 - "Low" by Flo Rida and "Cry Me A River" by Justin Timberlake.

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [4] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums [4] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kellman, Andy. Now, Vol. 41 > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (February 15, 2002). "Adele's '21' Hits 20th Week at No. 1, Van Halen Debuts at No. 2". Billboard . Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 14, 2012). "Bruce Springsteen Squeaks By Adele, Earns Tenth No. 1 Album". Billboard . Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Now, Vol. 41 > Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums at AllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2012.

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