NOW That’s What I Call Music hits its 100th edition with Years & Years and George Ezra
Iconic compliations of our childhood NOW That’s What I Call Music are about to hit a milestone as NOW100 drops on 20 July.
Celebrating 100 albums featuring over 2000 artists and sales of over 120 million, the complition albums have been a small part of the fabric of British popular culture public since 1983. Sales are equivalent to every UK household owning 4 NOW albums.
NOW That’s What I Call Music! 100 will feature two discs; the first celebrating the biggest pop tunes of the moment including Years & Years, Dua Lipa and George Ezra, and a second nostalgia-filled special, remembering the best of the past 99 albums - Britney, S Club 7 and Destiny's Child feature alongside James Blunt and Ed Sheeran.
Robbie Williams holds the record for most appearances on NOW - thirty times with Take That and with solo hits "Angels", "Millennium" and "ROCK DJ". Rihanna places second, with twenty-seven appearances and Calvin Harris takes third place, featuring twenty-six times.
The first ever NOW compilation sold 1.1 million copies in 1983 and featured 28 artists; Kajagoogoo, UB40 and Culture Club had two songs each, while Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack doubled up for the duet "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love". NOW compilations have been the most popular CDs every year since 2010 - except for 2015, when Adele beat it.
The tracklisting for NOW100 is:
CD 1 - Hits
01. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss
02. George Ezra - Shotgun
03. Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo
04. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry
05. Anne-Marie - 2002
06. Jess Glynne - I'll Be There
07. Years & Years - If You're Over Me
08. David Guetta & Sia - Flames
09. Post Malone - Better Now
10. Jonas Blue feat. Jack & Jack - Rise
11. Liam Payne & J. Balvin - Familiar
12. Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre feat. Yxng Bane - Answerphone
13. M.O, Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi - Bad Vibe
14. Tiësto & Dzeko feat. Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan
15. M-22 feat. Medina - First Time
16. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
17. Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be
18. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle
19. Khalid & Normani - Love Lies
20. Jax Jones & Mabel feat. Rich The Kid - Ring Ring
21. Cheat Codes x Little Mix - Only You
22. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
Bonus track:
23. MU4 - You Can't Hurry Love (GMB competition winners)
CD2 - Classics
01. UB40 - Red Red Wine
02. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
03. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
04. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
05. Spice Girls - Wannabe
06. Oasis - Wonderwall
07. Robbie Williams - Angels
08. Cher - Believe
09. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
10. S Club 7 - Reach
11. Destiny's Child - Survivor
12. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
13. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
14. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
15. Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
16. Take That - Rule The World
17. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
18. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
19. Ed Sheeran - Sing
20. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
21. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
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