Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (Asia)

Now That's What I Call Music! 2
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	August 9, 1996
Recorded	Various times
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI / Virgin / PolyGram
Various Artists chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! (1995) Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (1996) Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (1997)

Now That's What I Call Music! 2 was released on August 9, 1996. The album is the second edition of the Asia Now! series.

South Asia edition track listing

1. Queen : "Heaven for Everyone"
2. Yaki-Da : "I Saw You Dancing"
3. Ace of Base : "Beautiful Life"
4. Bon Jovi : "This Ain't a Love Song"
5. The Cranberries : "Ode to My Family"
6. Shaggy : "Boombastic"
7. Roxette : "June Afternoon"
8. Bryan Adams : "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"
9. Michael Learns to Rock : "That's Why (You Go Away)""
10. Tina Turner : "Goldeneye"
11. Boyzone : "Coming Home Now"
12. Janet Jackson : "Runaway'
13. Boyz II Men : "Water Runs Dry"
14. Portrait : "How Deep Is Your Love"
15. Joan Osborne : "One of Us"
16. Meat Loaf : "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)"

Indonesian edition track listing

On the Indonesian edition of the album, track 2 is replaced with "Somewhere Somehow" by Wet Wet Wet and track 14 is replaced with Blur's "Charmless Man".

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[1]	4× Platinum	800,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

• Now That's What I Call Music! 2 Asia Track List
• Now That's What I Call Music! 2 Indonesia Track List
• Now That's What I Call Music! 2 China Track List

1. "RIAJ > The Record > November 1996 > Highest Certified International Albums/Singles (Mar '89 - Sep '96)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-02-14.