Now That's What I Call Music! 57 | ||||
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Compilation album | ||||
Released | 5 April 2004 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:37:44 | |||
Label | Virgin / EMI / Universal | |||
Now! UK series chronology | ||||
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Now That's What I Call Music! 57 or Now 57 was released in 2004. The album is the 57th edition of the (UK) Now! series.The album sold 334,345 units in the first week of sales, and at the time of release it was the fastest selling record of the 21st century. It would remain the biggest first week sale for a Now album until Now 69 in 2008, which sold 382,759.
The inlay contains a quite noticeable error in the write-up for Franz Ferdinand - it (correctly) states that they were named after the Austrian archduke of the same name, but wrongly states that his assassination started World War II.