Now That's What I Call Music! 85

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The 1990s Yearbook series contains a new retro-90s logo design and artwork which also complements its sister decade series.

To think what a streaming hit it's been and that it re entered the top 40 this year to have it so low! These compilations are very similar to the anniversary series, however, they contain a lower amount of tracks and retailed much cheaper than the former series. Each release is issued as a limited edition mini-hardback book, with the CDs in sleeves forming the pages of the ' yearbook' which contains an introductory overview of the year, original 7" single artwork, trivia, chart positions and a quiz. The latter contains a new retro-70s Now logo design and artwork which complements its 80s sister Yearbook series.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. A triple-CD only release, Yearbook Extra: The Collectors Edition, is issued a few weeks later; these include lesser known tracks and more songs by big artists included on the main album and they are released only in standard gatefold wallet packaging.

Originally, the series captured extended 12" mixes of dance hits of the time, but from 1991 onwards, all Now Dance compilations featured 7" edits with only occasional extended versions or mixes included. The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs.Since the release of Now 102 in Easter 2019, the corresponding Now album from 100 volumes ago has been re-compiled and re-issued on 2-CD sets on the same day. UK series, comprising: compact discs (CD), magnetic audio cassettes (AC), vinyl ( LP), VHS tape, DVD, and on other short-lived formats. The fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far is Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, which clocked up more than 165,000 copies in its first week on sale back in May. Overall this Now is an exceptional one for sure, Disc One is full of such great songs that have yet to get old for me. 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.

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know - I have never known the Arctic Monkeys to appear on a NOW album, so I just knew this song wasn't going to be on this one. Towards the end of the series, 3-CD digipak sets were issued, but in 2010, the long-running title was retired, and all subsequent dance-themed Now collections have been issued under the Special Editions series. I normally collect the Now CDs as they come out as you are normally guaranteed some current and good tracks on one CD collection. Every song has peaked within the top 20 (just like Now 84) and despite the fact it doesn't have the current No.These were all released on CD and magnetic cassette, but with the 1993 and 1994 volumes also being released on the vinyl format. This volume has a great selection of music from the time, a really good end result from the available tracks from the time. This volume was the first to include music from John Newman (as a lead artist), Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Iggy Azalea, Fuse ODG, Duke Dumont, The 1975 and Tom Odell. The frequency in which they were released also varied from year to year; initially, and most frequently across the series, there would be one Now Dance volume per year, but in 1994 for example, there were four volumes released, and in 1996, there weren't any Now Dance compilations released.