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There were multiple pressings of the album in the first year, but collectors pay attention to the labels to tell which is the rarest of them all. Each album contains current and recent hit singles from Chinese artists signed to EMI or Polydor, and from British and Australian pop acts such as Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugababes or Robbie Williams. EMI Asia has also released Now Dance (2000), Now The Essential Collection (2003), Now + volume 1 (2004) and Now + volume 2 (2005). More of a bundle than a singular record, the red-and-white-marbled LP was shrink-wrapped with a blue 7-inch, and there were only 500 numbered sets made. Some of the earlier volumes were also released on Betamax and for some volumes laserdiscs were also released.

The soon sought-after Track 1 spot was filled by Phil Collins and his cover version of the Supremes’ You Can’t Hurry Love. The sought-after album includes a string of hits from the eighties including The Reflex by Duran Duran and Style Council’s Shout To The Top. The album went to number one, and soon after, CBS/ WEA's The Hits Album adopted a similar format to Now! series are only released on one disc), now exploiting the capacity of the CD to include between 40 and 46 tracks over two discs. Audiophiles swear by the sound quality of vinyl over CDs, MP3s, and other files, and now younger generations are starting to see the light.The two series co-existed for the rest of the 1980s, and when Universal (formerly PolyGram from Now 8 in 1986 through to Now 42 in 1999) joined the collaboration, the Now!

A series of compilation video games (for the Commodore 64, among other home computers) were released in the mid-1980s by Virgin Games with the name Now Games. As of November 2023, the most featured artists are Kylie Minogue with 32 followed by Robbie Williams with 31 singles, Calvin Harris with 30, David Guetta with 28, Rihanna with 27, Katy Perry with 22 and Girls Aloud with 21.

Branson wrote, "He was notoriously grumpy before breakfast and loved his eggs in the morning, so I bought him the poster, framed it and had it hung behind his desk. The track listings on the Mexican albums are only slightly different from those of the Argentine ones. The idea for the series was conceived in the office of Virgin Records in Vernon Yard, near Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London, by the head of Licensing and Business Affairs at Virgin Records (1979–1990) Stephen Navin, and General Manager (1983–1988) Jon Webster.

This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.However, in late 2009, EMI Music released the album "Now Dance" in Spain, which contains all the biggest dance hits in Spain during 2009, including Lady Gaga, David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland, The Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry, among others. Targeting a broad age group, the channel used to play current popular music in the daytime and hits from its 30-year back catalogue in the evenings.

When Kayleigh in Peter Kay’s BBC sitcom Car Share declared Now 48 was her favourite, it prompted a surge in sales of the 2001 release. Since the second installment of the series, Universal, Warner and EMI have formed a joint venture together and generally take turns to release the series. series has enjoyed great success, with a new compilation released approximately every three to four months. This collection takes the biggest hits of the first ten years from 1983 to 1993, including tracks from Elton John, Bon Jovi, Tina Turner, Wham!When Nirvana’s Bleach was initially released in 1989, the first printing was limited to 1000 copies, which were sold to music fans at Lamefest in Seattle. Due to the Universal Music Group's purchasing of EMI in 2012, a share of the Now albums' rights were transferred over to Sony Music Entertainment (a partner in the original Hits Album brand). This collection features the biggest hits of the years 1983 to 2023, and takes us from Culture Club to Mark Ronson by way of Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Robbie Williams, Oasis and George Michael, and many more. is excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we are proud to present four very special collector’s editions that together present 175 essential hits from the past 40 years on vinyl.