The Now series is known for crossing the boundaries of record labels in its attempt to provide definitive collections of hits -- usually from contemporary hits, but also of different eras and styles from the past (at least in its U.K. incarnation). Thankfully, the double-disc, 36-track collection Now That's What I Call Christmas! lives up to the ...
It may have taken a long time for the Now That's What I Call Music! series to cross the ocean from the U.K. to the U.S., but it was worth the wait, since no other compilations offer such accurate portraits of pop radio -- it's a Polaroid, really, of a particular, brief moment of time. In the case of Now, Vol. 5, it's a Polaroid of the summer of ...
In its short history in the U.S., the Now anthology series has developed a rigid approach to its arrangement of recent hits on successive albums, and the ninth volume is typical. It begins its 20-track sequence with big, broad-based, dance-oriented hits like Pink's "Get the Party Started" and the Billboard chart-toppers "Family Affair," by Mary J. ...
If 2001's Britney was a transitional album, capturing Spears at the point when she wasn't a girl and not yet a woman, its 2003 follow-up, In the Zone, is where she has finally completed that journey and turned into Britney, the Adult Woman. Like her peer Christina Aguilera, Britney equates maturity with transparent sexuality and the pounding ...
The title says it all -- that this third album is where it's all about Britney. Actually, the titles say it all: Britney is "Overprotected," she pleads "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," tries to let us all see "What It's Like to Be Me." All three songs are pivotal moments on Britney Spears' third album, the record where she strives to deepen ...
With its title, Circus nods knowingly at the madhouse that is Britney Spears' life, acknowledging that things got a little rough after the release of 2007's Blackout. It's no secret that Blackout's launch didn't go as planned: the furor surrounding her stumbling VMA lip-sync of "Gimme More" was eclipsed by her institutionalization -- a drama ...
Yes, the title of the Now That's What I Call Music series is corny, but the compilations are undeniably entertaining and even useful. For instance, Now, Vol. 2 contains 18 tracks, almost all of them hits from 1998 and 1999 (Sublime's 1996 hit "What I Got" being the major exception to the rule). The only thing tying these songs together is that ...
At the same time that Epic Records released the sixth volume of the American edition of the various artists hits series, Now That's What I Call Music!, Billboard was reporting that sales of singles were down 42.8% from the previous year. Sales of the previous releases in the Now series were increasing, according to the press release accompanying ...
The seventh volume of the U.S. version of the Now That's What I Call Music! series continues to demonstrate how rock bands were less of a factor on the pop charts during the late '90s and early 2000s. Just like the sixth volume, the rock picks -- Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment," Aerosmith's "Jaded," Evan & Jaron's "From My Head to My Heart," ...
A collection of traditional and original holiday songs makes up this release from BMG/Jive Records. Contemporary hitmakers TLC, 'N Sync, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, and others perform their own takes on Christmas cheer. While the majority of the artists are bright pop stars or soulful urban vocalists, the Christian ...
Now That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 3 continues to prove that Universal/EMI's long-standing British series of Top 40 hits compilations (of which this particular volume is not a part) can be just as successful in America. There isn't anything tying these singles together musically, except for the fact that they were hits, but all in all, it makes ...
Radio Disney: Kid Jams 2 collects kid-friendly pop and rock from Weird Al Yankovic, Queen, Sister Sledge, Aaron Carter, and Jason Raize. Christina Aguilera's "Reflection," Britney Spears' "Sodapop," Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us," and Lou Bega's "Disney Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of...)" are some of the highlights from this enjoyable compilation. ~ ...
With its title, Circus nods knowingly at the madhouse that is Britney Spears' life, acknowledging that things got a little rough after the release of 2007's Blackout. It's no secret that Blackout's launch didn't go as planned: the furor surrounding her stumbling VMA lip-sync of "Gimme More" was eclipsed by her institutionalization -- a drama ...
Here comes the fourth volume of this widely popular televised compilation. Now, Vol. 4 includes tracks from 1999's chart toppers, such as the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Eiffel 65, Mandy Moore, Britney Spears, Savage Garden, and more. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
MTV Party to Go 2000 blends original versions and remixes of mostly dance-pop and R&B-pop hit singles, with a heavy -- almost exclusive -- concentration on the new breed of late-'90s teen idols (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Joey McIntyre, Monica, Aaliyah, Jennifer Love Hewitt, 98 Degrees, etc.; there's even a dance remix of Leann ...
Essentially a Now That's What I Call Music! for grown-ups, Grammy Nominees 2001 gathers songs from the year's Grammy-nominated pop, rock, and contemporary R&B artists. Not surprisingly, the collection concentrates on the most mainstream nominees -- you won't find any Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, or Deftones here. Eminem's "The Real Slim ...
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative appeared at the tail end of a year where Britney Spears was married twice, canceled a tour, injured her knee, lost the movie role of Daisy Duke to rival teen pop diva Jessica Simpson, was a punch line in Fahrenheit 9/11, and had countless paparazzi shots of her drinking and making out in public. It was enough high ...
The soundtrack to Drive Me Crazy features lots of appropriately teen-friendly artists like Britney Spears, who performs the film's theme song, the Backstreet Boys, Jars Of Clay, Plumb, the Donnas, Less Than Jake and the Barenaked Ladies. Don Phillips's "Sugar" and Steps' "One For Sorrow" are also featured singles from the album. ~ Heather Phares, ...
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