Now That's What I Call Music! Volume 44

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According to EMI executive Barry McCann, the label was concerned that people would think that double digits would make the series seem outdated, as no compilation series had run that long. The tie-in television programmes are a month by month video playlist of tracks, from one year previously featured on a Now Yearbook album, with Bruno Brookes presenting.

Now a Victims selection – Project’s hypnotic King Of My Castle which is followed by Alice Deejay’s pounding Back In My Life. Not long afterwards, Nic Moran and Mark Rosenfield left Global and the Hits franchise was put in the hands of Warner. In November 2018, the Now team took over the " 100 Hits" brand from Demon Music Group, and in 2019 and 2020, the Special Editions series was effectively rested while 24 different Now 100 Hits compilations were issued in very quick succession, until the end of November 2020. Here’s another fun fact: If you invite me to your wedding and don’t play “24K Magic,” I am taking my gift back. The first Now is a glorious, clear mission statement, perfectly encapsulating what music was in 1998.

The Now Yearbook series continues both forwards, with Now Yearbook 1985 issued in November 2022, and backwards, with the release of Now Yearbook 1979 in September 2022 (an Extra followed in October). The original won an Ivor Novello award in 1997 while Robbie’s prizes included 2000 Brit Awards for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year. And then the clubbing starts: ATB’s Don’t Stop is melancholy autumnal trance while Groove Armada’s I See You Baby is described as “impending chart invasion” – thanks to Gram’ma and Fatboy Slim.

Thanks for that info – the total sales of Now 44 are over 2M according to one source – but very impressive.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Now 55 captures the apex of DJ-dominated pop music with “Where Are Ü Now,” Major Lazer’s “Lean On,” David Guetta’s “Hey Mama,” and DJ Snake’s “You Know You Like It. The original Now Dance series began in 1985 and has been released in a variety of titles, formats, and release frequency. If your song ends up on a commercial, especially one featuring a person dancing, congrats, dude—your song is probably music. Ashley Abram, who compiled volumes 2 to 81, says the decision was forced by US record labels, who couldn't understand why superstar artists were being kept off the top of the charts by Now.

Groove Armada feat Gram'ma Funk - I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Radio Edit): Great track, this really takes me back to late 99. on 24 July 2015, the release dates in the UK and Ireland have been the same following the announcement of the Global Release Day campaign by IFPI, which became effective on 10 July 2015.

Can I pop the Now 44 love fest for one reason – the dreadful hatchet job on the sublime Diving Faces. It has timeless hits like “Hey Ya” and “Naughty Girl” by Beyoncé, but it also has nostalgia-heavy tracks like JoJo’s “Leave (Get Out),” Yellowcard’s “Ocean Avenue,” Britney Spears’s “Everytime,” and Los Lonely Boys’ “Heaven.