When was the 1st Now Thats What I Call Music?

Q: When did Now Thats What I Call Music come out?

27 October 1998Now Thats What I Call Music! / Release datenull

Now That's What I Call Music!

Compilation album by

various artists

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Track listing[edit]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
References[edit]
Who invented Now That's What I Call Music?
When did Now CDS start?
When did Now That's What I Call Music come out?
What songs were on the 1st Now CD?

Released

October 27, 1998

Length

68:42

Label

Virgin

Series chronology

Now That's What I Call Music!
(1998)

Now That's What I Call Music! 2
(1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Now That's What I Call Music! (simply titled NOW) was released on October 27, 1998. Modeled after the highly successful Now That's What I Call Music! series in the United Kingdom, which compiles a number of songs that are popular around the time of its release, this album is the first edition of the Now! series in the United States.

In following the success of its UK predecessors, this first U.S. version of Now! reached platinum status as certified by the RIAA.[2] The compilation includes three songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Together Again, "All My Life" and "MMMBop". The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 in January 1999.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	10

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200[5]	47

References[edit]

^ Kellman, Andy. Now That's What I Call Music (1998): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! albums. RIAA.com. Accessed February 24, 2009
^ "NOW chart performance – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
^ "Various Artists Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

16 July 2018, 17:25

Picture: Virgin/EMI

The hugely popular Now! album compilations reaches its 100th edition later this week.

But how did it all begin?

The very first Now album was released in November 1983, back when such compilations of current hits were relatively rare.

It was released on vinyl and audio cassette, with a re-release on CD in 2009 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album.

So what was the tracklisting?

Plenty of Smooth favourites, a bit of a duffer side two and all the Limahl/Kajagoogoo you could wish for, it seems...

Side 1:

1. Phil Collins - 'You Can't Hurry Love'
2. Duran Duran - 'Is There Something I Should Know?'
3. UB40 - 'Red Red Wine'
4. Limahl - 'Only for Love'
5. Heaven 17 - 'Temptation'
6. KC and the Sunshine Band - 'Give It Up'
7. Malcolm McLaren - 'Double Dutch'
8. Bonnie Tyler - 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'
9. Culture Club - 'Karma Chameleon'
10. Men Without Hats - 'The Safety Dance'
11. Kajagoogoo - 'Too Shy'
12. Mike Oldfield - 'Moonlight Shadow'
13. Men at Work - 'Down Under'
14. Rock Steady Crew - '(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew'
15. Rod Stewart - 'Baby Jane'
16. Paul Young - 'Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)'

Side 2

1. New Edition - 'Candy Girl'
2. Kajagoogoo - 'Big Apple'
3. Tina Turner - 'Let's Stay Together'
4. The Human League - 'Fascination'
5. Howard Jones - 'New Song'
6. UB40 - 'Please Don't Make Me Cry'
7. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love'
8. Tracey Ullman - 'They Don't Know'
9. Will Powers - 'Kissing with Confidence'
10. Genesis - 'That's All'
11. The Cure - 'The Love Cats'
12. Simple Minds - 'Waterfront'
13. Madness - 'The Sun and the Rain'
14. Culture Club - 'Victims'

Now That's What I Call Music 100 is released on Friday (July 20), featuring a CD of classic tunes.

Who invented Now That's What I Call Music?

Stephen Navin, co-creator It made 1983 our Annus Mirabilis. For a lot of people, the full title, Now That's What I Call Music, is a bit of a mouthful.

When did Now CDS start?

The very first Now album was released in November 1983, back when such compilations of current hits were relatively rare. It was released on vinyl and audio cassette, with a re-release on CD in 2009 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album.