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! 38 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. The first Finnish Now That's What I Call Music was released in 2003 where it replace the Absolute Hits series. The albums are released as double discs. There have also been spin-offs including Now That's What I Call Music Pop Hits and Now That's What I Call Dance Music. Official Compilation Chart Top 100 – 30 March 2018 – 05 April 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 July 2019. Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 5 August 2022 – 11 August 2022". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 25 November 2022.

Now That's What I Call Music! 70 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. NOW That's What I Call Music! 100 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. 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 Music! 87 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. EMI were a label on all volumes. Until Now 75, the logo they used was simply the "EMI" logo. From that volume onwards, "EMI TV"'s logo was used instead.Now That's What I Call Music 3 to be released as a two-CD set". Superdeluxeedition.com. 12 October 2023 . Retrieved 12 October 2023. Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 31 July 2010 . Retrieved 3 March 2012. Various Artists - Now That's What I Call a Decade 2010 - 2019 (CD)". Raru.co.za . Retrieved 14 November 2021. Robbie Williams is the artist to be featured the most often in the regular Danish Now series, just as he also is in the UK Now! series. He has appeared ten times in the Danish series.

Now That's What I Call Music! 80 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Beat Productions Ltd under exclusive licence from ODG Records. Licensed from Universal Music Licensing Division. Now 87’s predecessor, Now That’s What I Call Music 86, was the biggest selling album of the last year. Released in November, 2013, it has sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK to date. Now That's What I Call Punk & New Wave". Superdeluxeedition.com. 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 May 2023. Although the albums started out on only vinyl records and cassette tapes, the formats on which the albums have been released have changed over the years:

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Now That's What I Call Music! has released 61 physical albums since 1997, the latest one released July 2020 and further albums were released on streaming platforms only. The series is compiled in co-ordination with New Zealand's top record companies. The series is one of the highest selling compilations in New Zealand music history ( RIANZ) with multi-platinum album sales. Prior to this, there was an unrelated Now That's What I Call Music Series by Warner Bros. Records which only released three albums from 1992 to 1993. 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! 64 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Juicy J appears courtesy of Kemosabe Records/Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Ava James appears courtesy of Kemosabe Kids / Prescription Songs. Now That's What I Call Music! 42 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Due to the Universal Music Group's purchasing of EMI in 2012, a share of the Now albums' rights were transferred over to Sony Music Entertainment (a partner in the original Hits Album brand). [25] UMG used the brand of their catalogue subsidiary Universal Music TV ( UMOD) on the series before reverting to the EMI brand by the 2020s on some of the Now spin-offs [20] like Now Yearbook ’83 Extra, [26] Now That’s What I Call Christmas [27] and the re-issued Now That’s What I Call Music 10. [28] [29] Now That's What I Call Music! 56 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Following its introduction in China, the Now! series has enjoyed great success, with a new compilation released approximately every three to four months. Each album contains current and recent hit singles from Chinese artists signed to EMI or Polydor, and from British and Australian pop acts such as Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugababes or Robbie Williams. 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 ] Official Compilation Chart Top 100 – 19 April 2019 – 25 April 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 July 2019.

Ex-BBC DJ Mark Goodier is recovering from a stroke". Digital Spy. 18 November 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016.Now That's What I Call Music! 44 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. The Australian series is a single disc edition and began in 2002, as a replacement for the long-running 100% Hits brand. The series is a joint venture between EMI Music Australia and Warner Music Australia. Now That's What I Call Music! 20 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 January 2011 . Retrieved 29 January 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)