Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (American series)

Now That's What I Call Music! 50 is the 50th edition of the Now! series in the United States, released on May 6, 2014.[1] The album features 21 tracks including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, "Happy", "Dark Horse" and "All of Me".

Now That's What I Call Music! 50
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedMay 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Length76:43
LabelUniversal Music Enterprises
Numbered series chronology
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! 51
(2014)

A special deluxe edition includes 14 additional tracks from previously released volumes of the series as selected through an online voting process.[1]

The album sold 153,000 copies and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album is the 18th album in the series to reach the top of chart, and, as of 2024, the most recent in the US series to do so. The Beatles are the only artist to amass more number ones (19) than the Now series.[2] As of October 2014, the compilation has sold 642,000 copies.[3] In 2019, the album reached number 135 on the Billboard 200's Decade-End chart.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Happy"Pharrell Williams3:51
2."Dark Horse"Katy Perry featuring Juicy J3:32
3."The Man"Aloe Blacc3:29
4."Hey Brother"Avicii featuring Dan Tyminski4:12
5."Pompeii"Bastille3:32
6."Team"Lorde3:11
7."Talk Dirty"Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz and Rie Abe2:56
8."Selfie"The Chainsmokers featuring Alexis Killacam3:01
9."Turn Down for What"DJ Snake and Lil Jon3:32
10."Show Me"Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown3:36
11."La La La"Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith3:36
12."Young Girls"Bruno Mars3:48
13."Adore You"Miley Cyrus4:36
14."All of Me"John Legend4:29
15."Let Her Go"Passenger4:09
16."Best Day of My Life"American Authors3:13
17."She Keeps Me Warm"Mary Lambert3:49
18."Ten Feet Tall"Wrabel3:36
19."Youth"Foxes3:40
20."Big Talk"Conway3:39
21."On My Mind"Pia Mia3:04

Deluxe Edition (Disc 2)

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b "NOW That's What I Call Music! 50th Deluxe Edition" (Press release). February 25, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Grein, Paul. "Chart Watch: 'Now' Bumps 'Frozen'...Again". Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  3. ^ Grein, Paul (October 20, 2014). "Wanted: A Platinum Album". Yahoo! Music.
  4. ^ "Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Various Artists Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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