Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (U.S. series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 48
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Compilation album by various artists
ReleasedNovember 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
Genre Pop
Length74:38
Label Universal Music Enterprises
Numbered series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 47
(2013)		Now That's What I Call Music! 48
(2013)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 49
(2014)

Now That's What I Call Music! 48, released on November 11, 2013, is the 48th edition of the Now! series in the United States. The album features two songs which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100: "Roar" and "Blurred Lines".

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 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.

Roar (song) 2013 single by Katy Perry

"Roar" is a song by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, Prism (2013). It was released as the lead single from the record on August 10, 2013. Perry co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Cirkut. It is a pop song containing elements of arena rock and lyrics centering on standing up for oneself and self-empowerment.

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Now 48 debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 114,000 copies. It is the first album in the series to top 100,000 units in a week since Now 43 did so in its debut week in August 2012. [1]

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.

<i>Now Thats What I Call Music! 43</i> (U.S. series) 2012 compilation album by various artists

Now That's What I Call Music! 43 was released on August 7, 2012. It is the 43rd edition of the Now! series in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 111,000 copies in its first week of release, becoming the 16th number-one album in the series' franchise.

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Roar" Katy Perry 3:42
2."Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams 4:21
3."Take Back the Night" Justin Timberlake 5:53
4."Summertime Sadness" (Cedric Gervais Remix Edit) Lana Del Rey 3:33
5."Get Lucky" Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams4:07
6."Treasure" Bruno Mars 2:54
7."Love Somebody" Maroon 5 3:47
8."Wake Me Up" Avicii 4:04
9."We Can't Stop" Miley Cyrus 3:49
10."Applause" Lady Gaga 3:30
11."Slow Down" Selena Gomez 3:28
12."Everything Has Changed" Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran 4:03
13."Brave" Sara Bareilles 3:37
14."Still Into You" Paramore 3:34
15."Sail" Awolnation 4:18
16."That's My Kind of Night" Luke Bryan 3:11
17."Harlem" New Politics 2:42
18."I Believe"Basic Vacation3:16
19."Drunken Hearts" Wallpaper 3:36
20."On Our Way" The Royal Concept 3:13

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References

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