Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (U.S. series)

This article describes the 40th 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! 40 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music! 40
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	November 8, 2011
Genre	Pop
Length	73:27
Label	EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (2011) 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! 40 was released on November 8, 2011. The album is the 40th edition of the Now! series in the United States. To celebrate the release of its 40th disc, two versions were released: the standard edition containing "16 of the hottest tracks from the last few months", including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Moves Like Jagger", and a two-disc Deluxe Edition set that "includes all the hits in the standard set, as well as the greatest hits from the last several years featured on previous sets."^[1]

Track listings

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Moves Like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	3:20
2.	"I Wanna Go"	Britney Spears	3:28
3.	"Without You"	David Guetta featuring Usher	3:26
4.	"You Make Me Feel..."	Cobra Starship featuring Sabi	3:31
5.	"Mr. Saxobeat"	Alexandra Stan	3:12
6.	"In the Dark"	Dev	3:45
7.	"Pumped Up Kicks"	Foster the People	3:55
8.	"Cheers (Drink to That)" (Radio edit)	Rihanna	3:58
9.	"Lighters"	Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars	5:02
10.	"It Girl"	Jason Derülo	3:07
11.	"Yoü and I" (Radio edit)	Lady Gaga	4:05
12.	"Mr. Know It All"	Kelly Clarkson	3:49
13.	"When We Stand Together"	Nickelback	3:08
14.	"Nothing"	The Script	4:28
15.	"Just a Kiss"	Lady Antebellum	3:34
16.	"Skyscraper"	Demi Lovato	3:51
17.	"Brand New Day"	Trevor Hall	3:30
18.	"Poisoned with Love"	Neon Hitch	3:43
19.	"Birthday Dress"	Lil Playy featuring Matthew Koma	3:23
20.	"Children"	V V Brown featuring Chiddy	3:13

Deluxe Edition (Disc 2)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"So What" (from Now! 29)	Pink	3:33
2.	"...Baby One More Time" (from Now! 2)	Britney Spears	3:29
3.	"Forever" (from Now! 29)	Chris Brown	4:35
4.	"Dynamite" (from Now! 36)	Taio Cruz	3:36
5.	"Low"	Flo Rida featuring T-Pain	3:48
6.	"Lollipop" (from Now! 28)	Lil Wayne featuring Static Major	4:07
7.	"Just Dance" (from Now! 30)	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	4:00
8.	"I Gotta Feeling" (from Now! 32)	The Black Eyed Peas	4:03
9.	"I Kissed a Girl" (from The Best of Now That's What I Call Music! 10th Anniversary)	Katy Perry	2:58
10.	"Tik Tok" (from Now! 33)	Kesha	3:19
11.	"Cry Me a River"	Justin Timberlake	4:47
12.	"Apologize" (from Now! 27)	Timbaland presents OneRepublic	3:04
13.	"She Will Be Loved" (from Now! Love)	Maroon 5	4:15
14.	"Rockstar" (from Now! 26)	Nickelback	4:12
15.	"Hey, Soul Sister" (from Now! 33)	Train	3:34
16.	"Love Story" (from Now! 30)	Taylor Swift	3:55

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic critic Andy Kellman states that when Now! 40 was released in November 2011, half of the 16 "proper" tracks were in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, but the inclusion of Nickelback's "When We Stand Together" must have been for "stylistic variety" as the "lone representative for macho rock" on the album. Otherwise, "the disc is stocked with major dance-pop singles."^[2]

References

1. ^ Newman, Melinda (October 10, 2011). "NOW That's What I Call Music stars Britney Spears, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Ke$ha". HitFix. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/now-thats-what-i-call-music-stars-britney-rihanna-katy-perry-lady-gaga. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Kellman, Andy. Now, Vol. 40 > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

External links

• Official U.S. Now That's What I Call Music website