Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (U.S. series)

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Now That's What I Call Music! 6
Now 6 USA.jpg
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 3, 2001
Length71:01
Label Epic
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 5
(2000)		Now That's What I Call Music! 6
(2001)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 7
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C [2]

Now That's What I Call Music! 6 was released on April 3, 2001. The album is the sixth edition of the Now! series in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, [3] selling 525,000 units in its first week of release. [4] It is the second number-one album in the series, following Now 4 , and has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. [5] The album features three Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Independent Women Part I", "It Wasn't Me" by and "With Arms Wide Open". [6]

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.

<i>Now Thats What I Call Music! 4</i> (U.S. series) 2000 compilation album by various artists

Now That's What I Call Music! 4 was released on July 18, 2000. The album is the fourth edition of the Now! series released in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This was the first album in the American series to reach number one and marked "the first time ever that an album of previously released hits has debuted at number one in the U.S."

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Stronger" Britney Spears 3:22
2."Gotta Tell You" Samantha Mumba 3:19
3."Bye Bye Bye" NSYNC 3:19
4."Around the World (La La La La La)" ATC 3:34
5."Love Don't Cost a Thing" Jennifer Lopez 3:40
6."Independent Women Part I" Destiny's Child 3:39
7."It Wasn't Me" Shaggy 3:47
8."No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)" 3LW 3:24
9."Crazy" K-Ci & JoJo 3:37
10."I Wish" R. Kelly 4:09
11."Shape of My Heart" Backstreet Boys 3:49
12."Crazy for This Girl" Evan and Jaron 3:21
13."Yellow" Coldplay 4:28
14."Again" Lenny Kravitz 3:46
15."Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" Fuel 3:56
16."With Arms Wide Open" Creed 3:52
17."Drive" Incubus 3:52
18."Beautiful Day" U2 4:04
19."AM Radio" Everclear 3:49

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 2001

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References

  1. ↑ William Ruhlmann, Now, Vol. 6 - Review, Allmusic.com
  2. ↑ Beth Johnson, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 6 | Music Review, ew.com, April 2, 2001
  3. ↑ The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of Apr 21 2001
  4. ↑ Todd Martens, 'NOW' Holds 'N Sync To 1 Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, August 9, 2001.
  5. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! Platinum Albums
  6. ↑ Barry A. Jeckell, " 'NOW 6' Collects Hits From Britney, Shaggy, J. Lo", Billboard.com, March 21, 2001
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