The series of Now! albums was brought to the United States in 1998 by Bob Mercer. [35] The most recent album in the series, Now That's What I Call Music! 87, was released on August 4, 2023. Dee, Johnny (8 August 2008). "Compilation series NOW That's What I Call Music! is 25 years olf". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 July 2018. 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 ]

Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2011 . Retrieved 29 January 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) For technical reasons, "Now That's What I Call Music! #1's" redirects here. For that album, see Now That's What I Call Music! Number 1's. Wade, Ian (5 May 2020). "Hit By Hit: 30 Years Of Now That's What I Call Music". The Quietus . Retrieved 5 May 2020. MiniDiscs started with Now That's What I Call Music! 43 in 1999 and ended with Now That's What I Call Music! 48 in 2001. [17]Now Music is a Danish record label set up especially to release Now That's What I Call Music! albums in Denmark reaching the nineteenth edition in November 2007 not making anymore after that. As well as the Now regular series there have also been spin-offs including Now Big Hits, Now Christmas, Now Summer, Now Clubbing, Now Dance and Now Hip Hop.

a b "NowMusic.com:: View topic - My Now Worldwide Collection - Warning HUGE post". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007 . Retrieved 27 September 2007.The Now series in Portugal is a joint-venture between the three major international publishers present in Portugal – EMI, Sony and Universal. In 2010, it was announced that total sales of the series, not counting the extra editions, topped one million copies in Portugal. [32] Through Volume 21 of the series, the multi-volume sets have included 414 national and international artists and a total of 787 different songs, ranking in an impressive four gold and 19 platinum records.

Now That's What I Call Music!' Hits 60: The Secret Behind Its Survival in the Streaming Era". Billboard. 27 October 2016 . Retrieved 7 January 2020. The first album released in Portugal was NOW 99 and released by EMI on 2 December 1999. From the Now 2 through Now 21, the compilation was always done on a rotation system among the three music companies. In addition to these volumes, the series includes six dance editions, a DVD and the tenth anniversary commemorative edition, NOW 10 ANOS, released by EMI in December 2009. On 26 April 2010, Now Mix 2010 was released, which includes dance versions of popular songs in a non-stop mix format. [1]. Ex-BBC DJ Mark Goodier is recovering from a stroke". Digital Spy. 18 November 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016. By 1989, Now, Hits, and other various-artist compilation albums were occupying such a large fraction of the UK Albums Chart that a separate UK Compilation Chart was created to restrict the Albums Chart to releases by a single act. [7] Now That's What I Call Music! (often shortened to NOW) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music ( Universal/ Sony Music) which began in 1983. Spinoff series began for other countries the following year, starting with South Africa, and many other countries worldwide soon followed, expanding into Asia in 1995, then the United States in 1998. [1]a b "About NOW That's What I Call Music". EMI Music. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013 . Retrieved 9 March 2012. As of November 2023, the most featured artists are Kylie Minogue with 32 followed by Robbie Williams with 31 singles, Calvin Harris with 30, David Guetta with 28, Rihanna with 27, Katy Perry with 22 and Girls Aloud with 21. This does not include any uncredited appearances in groups or on charity records. [13] Formats [ edit ]