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Now That's What I Call Music! 28 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.The idea for the series was conceived in the office of Virgin Records in Vernon Yard, near Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London, by the head of Licensing and Business Affairs at Virgin Records (1979–1990) Stephen Navin, and General Manager (1983–1988) Jon Webster. [2] The concept was taken to Simon Draper (managing director at Virgin Records) and then Peter Jamieson (managing director of EMI Records (1983–1986)). Jamieson had similar plans to launch such a compilation, and he agreed to the partnership. The deal was negotiated and finalised on Richard Branson's boat moored in Little Venice. [3]

Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 4 August 2023 – 10 August 2023". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 August 2023.

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Wade, Ian (27 November 2013). "Hit By Hit: 30 Years Of Now That's What I Call Music". The Quietus . Retrieved 23 September 2017. At least one tie-up with Smash Hits magazine in 1987, called Now Smash Hits. [22] ( Smash Hits later went on to release their own compilations). Now That's What I Call 40 Years - Volume 3: '03-'13 (24 November 2023) 3-CD and 3-LP blue vinyl selection. British certifications – What I Call Music". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 13 May 2023. Type What I Call Music in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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 ]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: Now Dance 89 – 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes) (3 July 1989) 2-LP/MC/CD. Partially re-issued in 2023 on CD/LP. Now That's What I Call Music! 91 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now 90’s predecessor, Now That’s What I Call Music 89, was the fastest selling album of 2014. Released in November last year, Now 89 has now sold nearly 1.11m copies in the UK according to the Official Charts Company’s sales data. Universal Music were a label from Now That's What I Call Music! 43 onwards as a result of acquiring the Polygram label.

Now That's What I Call 40 Years - Volume 4: '13-'23 (24 November 2023) 3-CD and 3-LP green vinyl selection. There’s no slowing down on CD4 – beginning with ‘Firestarter’ from The Prodigy, ‘Born Slippy (Nuxx)’ from Underworld and The Chemical Brothers with ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’. Huge club crossover hits from Fatboy Slim (‘Right Here Right Now’) and Faithless (‘Insomnia’), follow with iconic Trance Pop classic ‘Children’ from Robert Miles. ‘Remember Me’ from Blue Boy leads into a chilled run to close including ‘Sweet Harmony’ from The Beloved, Beats International with the 1990 #1 ‘Dub Be Good To Me’, The Family Stand and Bassomatic, before finishing with early Trip-Hop and gorgeous vocals on ‘Winter In July’ from Bomb The Bass. Now That's What I Call Music! 59 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Music! 92 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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. 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] Now That's What I Call Music! 90 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Fletcher, Alex (16 October 2013). " 'NOW That's What I Call Music' TV channel launches this month". Digital Spy . Retrieved 23 October 2013.