Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (American series)
1999 compilation album by various artists
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Now That's What I Call Music! 2 is the second volume of the Now That's What I Call Music! series in the United States. It was released on July 27, 1999, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[1] It has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. The compilation includes one song which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "...Baby One More Time".
| Now That's What I Call Music! 2 | ||||
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | July 27, 1999 | |||
| Length | 72:40 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic says the album is "a terrific time capsule, at the very least, capturing what American pop radio sounded like in the late '90s" and "an entertaining snapshot of a fleeting era in pop music history".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "...Baby One More Time" | Britney Spears | 3:32 |
| 2. | "You Get What You Give" | New Radicals | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Millennium" | Robbie Williams | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Closing Time" | Semisonic | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Sweetest Thing" (The Single Mix) | U2 | 3:02 |
| 6. | "My Favorite Mistake" | Sheryl Crow | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Praise You" (Radio Edit) | Fatboy Slim | 3:48 |
| 8. | "I Think I'm Paranoid" | Garbage | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Never There" | Cake | 2:44 |
| 10. | "Because of You" | 98 Degrees | 4:57 |
| 11. | "Goodbye" (Single Version) | Spice Girls | 4:20 |
| 12. | "Take Me There" | Blackstreet & Mýa featuring Mase & Blinky Blink | 4:04 |
| 13. | "When a Woman's Fed Up" (Clean Version) | R. Kelly | 4:38 |
| 14. | "Father of Mine" | Everclear | 3:52 |
| 15. | "What I Got" (Clean Version) | Sublime | 2:48 |
| 16. | "I'll Never Break Your Heart" | Backstreet Boys | 4:47 |
| 17. | "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" (Edit) | Jay-Z | 3:36 |
| 18. | "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (Edit) | Baz Luhrmann | 5:05 |
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[5] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||