Now That's What I Call Music! 47 was released on August 6, 2013. The album is the forty-seventh edition of the (U.S.) Now series. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. The compilation includes one song which reached the Billboard Hot 100: "When I Was Your Man".
The cover is inspired by the NOW 27 Canada cover released in 2016.