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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.
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 (first reissued 2009 for the 25th anniversary, then again on 20 July 2018 to coincide with Now 100) re-issued on 2-CD (gatefold in 2009, jewel case in 2018), magnetic audio cassette, and a 2LP vinyl release. All 30 tracks are included.
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! album to date. [2] It is the third number-one album in the series and has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. [3] Now! 7 is the first in the series to also crossover onto the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, peaking at number three. The album features one track, "All for You", that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album is the fourth edition of the Now! series released in the United States. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [ 2 ] This was the first album in the American series to reach number one and marked "the first time ever that an album of previously released hits has debuted at number one in the U.S." [ 3 ]
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 is the fifth edition of the Now! series released in the United States. It was released on November 14, 2000, peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 [ 1 ] and certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA , [ 2 ] to date the only non-Christmas album in the U.S. series to achieve that status.
The album is the 24th edition of the Now! series in the United States It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 , selling about 230,000 copies in its first week. It experienced the lowest selling debut week for a NOW album since 2003's Now That's What I Call Music! 13 , which sold 171,000 copies in its first week. [ 2 ]