It was always going to be a dangerous mission. Trevor Churchill’s brainchild, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN POP, had been in development for some time and the prototype was about to be launched into the fray with a bundle of seemingly undifferentiated repertoire. The potential embarrassment factor was high with risk of heavy flak on the way and snipers on the ground in the landing zone. Trevor was calling for volunteers. There was a lot of nervous shuffling among the ranks. Some of the lads took to studying their toecaps, while others took an inordinate interest in the state of their cuticles, or tried to look inconspicuous by melting into the background.
2016 release. NOW That's What I Call Music! 57 features 16 major current hits from today's hottest artists including Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez, Flo Rida, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara, Taylor Swift, Daya, DNCE, Andy Grammer, Coldplay, X Ambassadors, Charlie Puth, and Thomas Rhett. NOW 57 also includes a new installment of NOW's enormously-popular "What's Next" developing artist initiative, debuting six free new music preview tracks from up-and-coming stars of tomorrow including The Young Wild, Ben Rector, The Score, Frankie, Transviolet, and Nicky Davey. Now That's What I Call Music is the most successful compilation album series in the history of recorded music. With over 96 million units of the series scanned to date in the US, and a variety of new genre extension, NOW numeric pop albums continue to debut among Billboard's top selling albums four times a year.
Wildfire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Rachel Platten. It was released on January 1, 2016, through Sony Music Entertainment. The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with 45,000 equivalent album units (29,000 from pure album sales) in its first week.
The album includes "Fight Song", released in February 2015, which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Scotland and the UK. The album's second single, "Stand by You".