a b " NOW 35 Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. 17 September 2010 . Retrieved 18 August 2020. Volume one was released in 1984 (a year after the original UK series launched). Now 50, released in November 2008, was issued as a double CD in commemoration of 25 years of Now! albums in South Africa, and double compact discs are every 3 albums through Now 80 released in November 2018 as the series switched to 2 in 2019, then one in 2020, the most recent Now Album to include a double disc was Now 83 this was also the last physical album to be released as further volumes are only available on streaming platforms. As of 2 September 2005, there has also been a Now DVD series. Now That's What I Call Music! (first reissued 2009 for the 25th anniversary, then again 20 July 2018 to coincide with Now 100) re-issued on 2CD (gatefold in 2009, jewel case in 2018), audio cassette, and a 2LP vinyl release. [228] Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 2 April 2021 – 8 April 2021". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 April 2021. NOW That's What I Call Music! 103 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 18 July 2019.

Now That's What I Call Music! 45 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Music! 44 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Music! 30 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Music! 78 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Marketplace

The most successful volume to date is 1999's Now That's What I Call Music! 44, which sold 2.3 million copies and remains the biggest-selling various artists compilation album in the UK. [11] 2008's Now That's What I Call Music! 70 sold 383,002 units in the first week of sales, the biggest ever first week sale of any Now album. [12] Most featured artists [ edit ] Now Yearbook '80 - '84: Vinyl Extra (16 December 2022) 5-LP boxset, clear, red, yellow, red and blue vinyl Now That's What I Call Eurovision Song Contest (28 April 2023) 5-LP deluxe boxset on platinum vinyl Official Compilation Chart Top 100 – 30 November 2018 – 06 December 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 July 2019. Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 26 July 2019 – 01 August 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 July 2019.

Hogan, Michael (21 May 2013). "Was Now That's What I Call Music! the first album you ever bought?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 September 2017. Now That's What I Call Music! II (2) (12 April 2019) re-issued on 2CD and a 2LP vinyl release. [229] Now That's What I Call 40 Years - Volume 2: '93-'03 (24 November 2023) 3-CD and 3-LP red vinyl selection. a b " NOW 60 Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. 25 November 2016 . Retrieved 18 August 2020.

Credits

The most successful album in the series to date is Now That's What I Call Music! 5, which was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. [38] Since the fourth volume, the compiler for the U.S. series has been Jeff Moskow. [39] Sinclair, Paul (17 March 2023). "Now That's What I Call Music 14". Superdeluxeedition.com . Retrieved 17 March 2023. In addition to the main Now That's What I Call Music series, there have been a number of spin-off compilations in the UK using the name, including: