NOW That's What I Call Music! Is excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we are proud to present four very special collector's editions that together present 250 essential hits from the past 40 years on CD. The third of these is NOW That's What I Call 40 Years: Volume 3 - 2003-2013. Looking back at 10 years of huge Pop hits, this special edition 3CD is housed in 'hard-back-book' packaging, including a 26-page booklet featuring a summary of the era, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, plus original singles and NOW artwork. 63 tracks that span 10 years of NOW releases, including tracks from all of the numbered NOW That's What I Call Music! #albums from NOW 55 to NOW 85. CD 1 kicks off with 50 Cent's rap classic and 2003's biggest single in the U. S. 'In Da Club', followed by R&B hits from Kelis and Outkast, and pop smashes from Justin Timberlake and Sugababes. The mid-noughties saw first #1s from Natasha Bedingfield, James Blunt, Stereophonics, The Pussycat Dolls and Gnarls Barkley, whose #1 'Crazy' in 2006 became not only that year's best seller, but also the first single to reach #1 on download only sales. Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, and Alexandra Burke all won the TV talent show 'The X-Factor' and enjoyed massive #1s, and JLS, Olly Murs and One Direction also went on to huge success - all feature on this collection. Pop royalty Take That returned, and Amy Winehouse and Duffy emerged (achieving huge album sales). Coldplay hit #1 with 'Viva La Vida', and the end of Disc 2 features The Black Eyed Peas, and Lady Gaga with electro-dance pop floor-fillers. Bruno Mars enjoyed his first #1 with B. o. B on 'Nothin' On You' which opens Disc 3. As the 'Tens' decade got underway, Katy Perry, CeeLo Green, Jessie J and Jennifer Lopez all released massive pop tracks to great success, and are all included... and in 2011 Lana Del Rey released the defining 'Video Games'. Fabulous collaborations follow from David Guetta feat. Sia, Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe, will. i. am & Britney Spears, and Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX, plus Florence + The Machine who reached #1 with a fantastic Calvin Harris remix of their track 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'. Bastille feature with their first Top 3 single 'Pompeii', and the volume closes with 'Another Love' by Tom Odell - a single that would become enduringly popular and return to the Top 10 nine years later. NOW That's What I Call 40 Years - celebrating NOW's legacy with Massive Pop Hits from the past 40 years.

Track List

1. 50 Cent - in Da Club
2. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
3. Sugababes - Hole in the Head
4. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
5. Will Young - Leave Right Now
6. Kelis - Milkshake
7. Outkast - Hey Ya!
8. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
9. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
10. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
11. Eric Prydz - Call on Me
12. Tony Christie - (Is This the Way to) Amarillo
13. Stereophonics - Dakota
14. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
15. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
16. The Pussycat Dolls Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha
17. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
18. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal
19. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records on
20. Lily Allen - Smile
21. McFly - Don't Stop Me Now
22. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
23. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
24. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
25. Mika - Grace Kelly
26. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
27. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
28. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
29. Take That - Rule the World
30. Duffy - Mercy
31. Sam Sparro - Black ; Gold
32. Usher Feat. Young Jeezy - Love in This Club
33. Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
34. P!NK - So What
35. Coldplay - Viva la Vida
36. The Killers - Human
37. Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
38. Pixie Lott - Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)
39. Cheryl Cole - Fight for This Love
40. La Roux - Bulletproof
41. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
42. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
43. B.O.B Feat. Bruno Mars - Nothin' on You
44. JLS - the Club Is Alive
45. Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta - Club Can't Handle Me
46. Katy Perry - Firework
47. Ceelo Green - Forget You
48. Jessie J - Price Tag
49. Lmfao Lauren Bennett ; Goonrock - Party Rock Anthem
50. Jennifer Lopez - on the Floor
51. Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
52. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
53. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
54. Olly Murs - Dance with Me Tonight
55. David Guetta Feat. Sia - Titanium
56. Fun. Feat. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young
57. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
58. Psy - Gangnam Style (?????)
59. Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix)
60. Will. I. Am ; Britney Spears - Scream ; Shout
61. Bastille - Pompeii
62. Icona Pop Feat. Charli XCX - I Love It
63. Tom Odell - Another Love

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