``NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15'' In Stores March 23rd.

Entertainment Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004

Capitol Records, Inc.:

-- Latest Collection Features 20 Chart-Topping Hits From Today's

Hottest Superstars Including Beyonce, Britney Spears, Ludacris

Featuring Shawnna, No Doubt, blink-182, Sheryl Crow, Nick

Cannon Featuring R. Kelly, Jessica Simpson And Many More!

The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!," returns with another incredible collection of today's hottest hits. "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15," scheduled for release on March 23rd, features 20 current chart-toppers from the worlds of R&B, Pop and Modern Rock.

"NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15" includes the smash hits "Me, Myself And I" by Beyonce, Britney Spears' "Toxic," "Stand Up" by Ludacris featuring Shawnna, Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is The Deepest," "Holidae In" by Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, and Black Eyed Peas' "Shut Up." Additional R&B chart-toppers include "Gangsta Nation" by Westside Connection featuring Nate Dogg, Eamon's "I Don't Want You Back," "Gigolo" by Nick Cannon featuring R. Kelly and "Shorty Doowop" by Baby Bash featuring Perla Cruz and Russell Lee.

Modern Rock is well-represented with "It's My Life" by No Doubt, blink-182's "Feeling This," "(I Hate) Everything About You" from Three Days Grace, Good Charlotte's "Hold On" and "Falls On Me" from Fuel. Other Pop chart-toppers featured include Jessica Simpson's "With You," "Bounce" by Sarah Connor, Norah Jones' "Sunrise," "100 Years" from Five For Fighting and Fefe Dobson's "Everything."

"NOW That's What I Call Music!" is a highly successful ongoing cooperative project featuring music from The EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Group of labels. "NOW 15" will be released on Capitol Records, a division of EMI Recorded Music. The series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW! brand had been an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years, with some 54 volumes featuring pop hits released in the UK alone. To date, the NOW! series has generated sales of 130 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 46 million copies in the United States since its debut. Every album in the NOW! series has reached the Billboard Top 10 and four have debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, making NOW! the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection to occupy the top spot on this distinguished album sales chart.

Every NOW! volume has been certified platinum or better by the RIAA:

NOW 1 (October 1998, certified platinum)

NOW 2 (July 1999, certified double platinum)

NOW 3 (December 1999, certified double platinum)

NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at #1 on the
       Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)

NOW 5 (November 2000, certified quadruple platinum)

NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
       triple platinum)

NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
       triple platinum)

NOW 8 (November 2001, certified triple platinum)

NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified
       double platinum)

NOW 10 (July 2002, certified platinum)

NOW 11 (November 2002, certified double platinum)

NOW 12 (March 2003, certified platinum)

NOW 13 (July 2003, certified platinum)

NOW 14 (November 2003, certified double platinum)

NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (October 2001, certified quintuple
                                   platinum)

NOW That's What I Call Christmas! The Signature Collection (September
    2003, certified double platinum)

"NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15" Will Hit Stores March 23rd!

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15
Track Listing

1. No Doubt                                    It's My Life
2. Britney Spears                              Toxic
3. Ludacris featuring Shawnna                  Stand Up
4. Chingy featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg      Holidae In
5. Westside Connection featuring Nate Dogg     Gangsta Nation
6. Sarah Connor                                Bounce
7. Black Eyed Peas                             Shut Up
8. Nick Cannon featuring R. Kelly              Gigolo
9. Beyonce                                     Me, Myself And I
10. Baby Bash featuring Perla Cruz & Russell   Shorty Doowop
     Lee
11. Eamon                                      I Don't Want You Back
12. Jessica Simpson                            With You
13. Norah Jones                                Sunrise
14. Sheryl Crow                                The First Cut Is The
                                                Deepest
15. Fefe Dobson                                Everything
16. Three Days Grace                           (I Hate) Everything
                                                About You
17. blink-182                                  Feeling This
18. Good Charlotte                             Hold On
19. Fuel                                       Falls On Me
20. Five For Fighting                          100 Years