Various Artists - Now 117 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

NOW are proud to announce the latest in the iconic numbered NOW series - 'NOW That's What I Call Music! 121'. Packed with 44 essential hits across 2 CDs, NOW 121 delivers an unmissable collection of the hottest hits from the recent Sales and Airplay Charts - the ultimate summer soundtrack for 2025! CD1 opens with the massive hit collaboration between Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas on 'Blessings', followed by huge artists with lead-in singles for new albums Sabrina Carpenter's #1 'Manchild' and Ed Sheeran's genre-blending return 'Azizam'. Tate McRae continues this opening run of huge hits with 'sports car', ahead of Benson Boone with 'Mystical Magical' and Chappell Roan's 'The Giver'. 'Love Me Not', the Top 3 smash for Ravyn Lenae is up next along with sombr with 'undressed' - one of two Top 10 hits in 2025 so far, before Alex Warren's sensational 'Burning Down'. Great pop from Ariana Grande with 'twilight zone', and JADE's 'FUFN' feature ahead of the chart debut from Skye Newman with 'Hairdresser'. Lola Young, Olivia Dean and Lana Del Rey each provide standout tracks with 'One Thing', 'Nice to Each Other' and 'Henry, come on' before Charli xcx's infectious 'party 4 u'. The first disc closes with dancefloor-ready tracks from David Guetta & SIA, Max Dean, Luke Dean and Locky with 'Can't Decide', Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas on 'Tell Me' and Levi Heron with his anthemic 'The Glen'. CD2 launches with another huge Sabrina Carpenter track from earlier this year - 'Busy Woman', followed by rising star Myles Smith with his airplay smash 'Gold'. Alex Warren returns alongside Jelly Roll on 'Bloodline', before JADE gives us more pop magic with her latest single 'Plastic Box'. Benson Boone's 'Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else' leads into sombr's second track on this - 'back to friends', and superstar The Weeknd features with 'Cry for Me'. The hits continue from Leon

Digitally remastered edition of the Seattle rockers' career-defining 1994 album. SUPERUNKNOWN is the LP that is considered Soundgarden's masterpiece, yielding such iconic tracks as 'Black Hole Sun, Spoonman,' and 'Fell on Black Days', which helped redefine Alternative Rock and influenced the course of music. Album Tracks 1. Let Me Drown 2. My Wave 3. Fell on Black Days 4. Mailman 5. Superunknown 6. Head Down 7. Black Hole Sun 8. Spoonman 9. Limo Wreck 10. The Day I Tried to Live 11. Kickstand 12. Fresh Tendrils 13. 4th of July 14. Half 15. Like Suicide

The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap is a first-of-it's-kind multimedia collection chronicling the growth of the music and culture from the parks of the Bronx to solidifying a reach that spans the globe. The set includes 130 tracks on 9 CDs and a 300-page book with original design by Cey Adams, artist and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings, as well as essays by some of hip-hop's leading writers and critics and never-before-seen photographs. Through the music, writing, and extensive liner notes, the Anthology reveals the many trends within this multifaceted genre, it's social and political implications, and it's influence on popular culture.The Anthology is the third major compendium produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings that tells the story of a defining era of music Inchof, by, and for the people,Inch following the Anthology of American Folk Music and Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology. It frequently highlights the objects and stories of hip-hop displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture galleries, offering perspective on the African American experience and it's impact on American culture. Curation of the Anthology was headed by a committee including rappers Chuck D and MC Lyte; writers and scholars Jeff Chang and Mark Anthony Neal; early Def Jam senior executives-turned-cultural-advisors Bill Adler and Bill Stephney; and producers Questlove and 9th Wonder. This is a collaboration between the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Album Tracks 1. Fatback - King Tim III 2. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 3. The Sequence - Funk You Up 4. Kurtis Blow - the Breaks 5. Funky Four +1 - That's the Joint 6. Spoonie Gee Feat. the Sequence - Monster Jam 7. Treacherous Three - the Body Rock 8. Blondie - Rapture 9. Grandmaster Flash -