Hits from RENT, WICKED & More to be Featured on First NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL BROADWAY! Album

NOW That's What I Call Music!, the world's best-selling multi-artist album series, has announced that they are set to release their first ever NOW That's What I Call Broadway! on Friday, April 29, 2016. The album will feature 18 music tracks from the original cast recordings of some of the Great White Way's most legendary shows. The album features liner notes by David Cote, theater editor for Time Out New York as well as a playwright and librettist/lyricist.

NOW That's What I Call Broadway! features hit songs from the shows Annie, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Cats, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Evita, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Into the Woods, Jersey Boys, LES MISERABLES, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Matilda The Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Wicked and The Wiz.

"We're thrilled to add this distinguished and varied collection of Broadway music to our NOW! family," Jeff Moskow, Head of A&R for NOW That's What I Call Music. "In curating this album, we set out to find 18 songs that represent and celebrate the rich history of Broadway from the last 40 years. I think we've achieved that and more. We look forward to bringing these brilliant performances to the NOW! audience."

NOW That's What I Call Music! debuted in the U.S. in 1998, following 15 years of multi-platinum international success. The series has generated sales exceeding 250 million albums worldwide, including more than 97 million in the U.S. alone. All 57 previous releases in NOW's numeric U.S. series have reached Billboard's Top 10, and 19 volumes have reached No. 1.

NOW That's What I Call Music! is a joint venture from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of Universal Music Group and its affiliates.

Also set for release on April 29, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 58 features 16 current hits from today's hottest artists, plus 6 "NOW What's Next" spotlight tracks by emerging, up-and-coming artists.

Full Track Listing for NOW That's What I Call Broadway!

1. "Seasons of Love" from Rent featuring the original Broadway cast

2. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked featuring Kristen Chenoweth & Idina Menzel

3. "All That Jazz" from Chicago featuring Chita Rivera and the original Broadway cast

4. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada/Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita featuring Bob Gunton, Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin

5. "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera featuring Michael Crawford

6. "Memory" from Cats featuring Betty Buckley

7. "I Dreamed A Dream" from LES MISERABLES featuring Randy Graff

8. "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls featuring Jennifer Holliday

9. "Ease On Down the Road" from The Wiz featuring Stephanie Mills and the original Broadway cast

10. "Sherry" from Jersey Boys featuring Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young

11. "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" from Hairspray featuring Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, Harvey Fierstein, Linda Hart, Jackie Hoffman, Marissa Jaret Winokur and the original Broadway cast

12. "Mamma Mia" from Mamma Mia! featuring Siobhan McCarthy, Nicolas Colicos, Paul Clarkson, Hilton McRae and the original London cast

13. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical featuring Jessie Mueller

14. "Tomorrow" from Annie featuring Andrea McArdle

15. "When I Grow Up" from Matilda featuring Lauren Ward, Bailey Ryon and the original Broadway cast

16. "Circle of Life" from The Lion King featuring Tsidii Le Loka and the original Broadway cast

17. "Finale: Children will Listen" from Into the Woods featuring Bernadette Peters

18. "One" from A Chorus Line featuring the original Broadway cast