Now That's What I Call Music! 36 was released on November 9, 2010. The album is the 36th edition of the (U.S.) Now! series. With first week sales of 89,000, Now! 36 debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[1] The album includes the number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Teenage Dream". "Suspicious Minds", a number-one hit in 1969 by Elvis Presley, is presented here as a "flashback bonus track" in a remixed Viva Elvis arrangement.[2]
Andrew Leahey of Allmusic says "this compilation covers the usual ground" with the number-one hit "Teenage Dream" and "a handful of Top Ten singles ... thrown into the mix".[2]