Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (U.S. series)

This article describes the 41st album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 41 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography.
Now That's What I Call Music! 41
Compilation album by various artists
Released February 7, 2012
Genre Pop
Length 73:47[1]
Label EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 40
(2011)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 41
(2012)		 Now That's What I Call Music! 42
(2012)

Now That's What I Call Music! 41 was released on February 7, 2012. It is the 41st edition of the Now! series in the United States. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 for the week ending February 24, 2012, after selling 142,000 units in its first week of release.[2] A month later, it returned to number three on the chart and jumped to number one on the Billboard Digital Albums chart after a one-day, 25-cent promotion of its downloadable version by Google Play and Amazon.com pushed digital sales up 1,367%.[3]

Now! 41 features the number-one Billboard Hot 100 hits, "Sexy and I Know It" and "Someone Like You".

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Sexy and I Know It"  LMFAO3:17
2."The One That Got Away"  Katy Perry3:46
3."Marry the Night"  Lady Gaga4:01
4."Domino"  Jessie J3:48
5."Stereo Hearts"  Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine3:30
6."5 O'Clock"  T-Pain featuring Lily Allen3:30
7."Work Out"  J. Cole3:52
8."International Love"  Pitbull featuring Chris Brown3:45
9."Blackout"  Breathe Carolina3:28
10."Love You Like a Love Song"  Selena Gomez & the Scene3:05
11."Not Over You"  Gavin DeGraw3:34
12."Paradise"  Coldplay4:36
13."Someone like You"  Adele4:41
14."Lullaby"  Nickelback3:45
15."I Don't Want This Night to End"  Luke Bryan3:37
16."Red Solo Cup"  Toby Keith3:54
17."Blow Up"  Sammy Adams2:56
18."Somebody's Heartbreak"  Hunter Hayes3:46
19."Eat Dirt"  Susan Justice3:39
20."Glad You Came"  The Wanted3:17

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Allmusic critic Andy Kellman summarizes the chart performance of the songs in Now That's What I Call Music! 41 by noting that three of the songs, "Sexy and I Know It", "The One That Got Away", and "Domino", were in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of the album's release in February 2012, and calling Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" and Nickelback's "Lullaby" "duds in comparison". The inclusion of two country songs bring this edition a "more country flavor", at least compared to Now! 40, and "the compilation's highlights" are Coldplay's "Paradise" and J. Cole's "Work Out".[1]

Chart performance

Chart (2012) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums[4] 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kellman, Andy. Now, Vol. 41 > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (February 15, 2002). "Adele's '21' Hits 20th Week at No. 1, Van Halen Debuts at No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 14, 2012). "Bruce Springsteen Squeaks By Adele, Earns Tenth No. 1 Album". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Now, Vol. 41 > Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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