Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (U.S. series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 49
Now 49 us album cover.jpg
Compilation album by various artists
Released February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)
Length78:58
Label Universal Music Enterprises
Numbered series chronology
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! 50
(2014)

Now That's What I Call Music! 49, released on February 4, 2014, is the 49th edition of the Now! series in the United States. [1] The album features three Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Timber", "Royals", and "Wrecking Ball".

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.

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"Timber" is a song by American rapper Pitbull featuring American recording artist Kesha. The song was released on October 7, 2013, as the lead single from Pitbull's extended play (EP) Meltdown EP. The song was produced by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Sermstyle, with additional production by Nick Seeley. The song interpolates Lee Oskar's 1978 single "San Francisco Bay" and features harmonica player Paul Harrington, who plays through the entire song and was told to emulate Oskar.

Contents

Now! 49 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 98,000 copies in its first week of release. [2] As of June 2014, 482,000 copies of the compilation had been sold. [3]

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."Timber" Pitbull featuring Kesha 3:22
2."Royals" Lorde 3:08
3."Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus 3:41
4."Unconditionally" Katy Perry 3:47
5."Story of My Life" One Direction 4:04
6."Say Something" A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera 3:47
7."Demons" Imagine Dragons 2:54
8."Counting Stars" OneRepublic 4:15
9."Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake featuring Majid Jordan 3:45
10."Do What U Want" Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly 3:45
11."Work Work" Britney Spears 4:06
12."Burn" Ellie Goulding 3:49
13."Stay the Night" Zedd featuring Hayley Williams 3:34
14."TKO" Justin Timberlake 4:46
15."Gorilla" Bruno Mars 3:58
16."Drink a Beer" Luke Bryan 3:25
17."Last Love Song" ZZ Ward 3:29
18."Trouble" Natalia Kills 4:18
19."Show Me What You Got" G.R.L. 3:34
20."Doesn't Get Better" Alex Aiono 3:02
21."Alienation" Morning Parade 4:22

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References

  1. ↑ "NOW That's What I Call Music! Presents Today's Biggest Hits on NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 49" (Press release). January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (February 12, 2014). "'Now 49' Bumps 'Frozen' From No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (July 2, 2014). "'Frozen,' Pharrell Williams Lead Mid-Year SoundScan Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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