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The first collection focuses on hits from 1983, the birth year of the Now That's What I Call Music! series. The year 1984 followed, but after this, the series rewound its year of focus, issuing collections that went from 1982 and backwards into the late 1970s.
Amidst the conception of the series, the name found its roots in a distinctive source. An old 1920s Danish Bacon poster featuring a pig saying "Now, That's What I Call Music" as it listened to a chicken singing, [3] discovered by Branson in an antiques shop not far from their Vernon yard office, where a woman he liked named Joan Templeman was working.
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.
It includes 20 tracks that were released on previous editions of the Now! series. Now! #1's reached number six on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA . On May 4, 2015, an updated version of the compilation was released, featuring hits from 2006–2015.
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 was released on November 20, 2001. The album is the eighth edition of the Now! series in the U.S. It peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA . [ 2 ]
Now That's What I Call Music! 48, released on November 11, 2013, is the 48th edition of the Now! series in the United States. The album features two songs which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100: "Roar" and "Blurred Lines". Now 48 debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 was released on March 11, 2008. The album is the 27th edition of the Now! series in the United States. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 , although, with opening week sales at 169,000 units, it was the lowest opening week for a Now! album from the main series since the first volume .
Now That's What I Call Music! 50 is the 50th edition of the Now! series in the United States, released on May 6, 2014. [1] The album features 21 tracks including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, " Happy ", " Dark Horse " and " All of Me ".