'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37' Debuts at #1 on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart With Year's Best First Week Sales

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The latest edition of the world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37, released on February 8, debuts at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.  With first-week sales totaling 150,798, the collection featuring seven #1 smash hits and other major chart standouts is the year's bestselling chart debut.

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NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37 features 16 top pop, hip-hop and crossover country hits, including Eminem featuring Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, P!nk, Ke$ha, Rihanna, Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs & Dev, Pitbull featuring T-Pain, Chris Brown, Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina, Willow, Waka Flocka Flame featuring Roscoe Dash & Wale, Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj, Mike Posner, The Ready Set, and Taylor Swift, plus "NOW What's Next" emerging tracks from Greyson Chance, Andrew Allen, Mindless Behavior, and Jacob Latimore.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music North America, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group.  NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 37 is distributed by EMI Music North America.  NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 79 million copies in the U.S.  Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, with NOW 3 the first non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection in history to reach #1.  

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