Released:24th July 2015 Origin:United Kingdom Label:Sony Music Entertainment / EMI / Universal Format:Double CD, Digital Download Duration:2:31:02 (151 minutes 2 seconds) Tracks:44 #1s:8 Chart Peak:#1 (10 weeks) Sales:TBC (2x Platinum)
Tracklisting
1. Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do (from Fifty Shades Of Grey)4:01{1} 2. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charli Puth See You Again (from Furious 7)3:49{1} 3. OMI Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Radio Edit)3:02{1} 4. Jason Derulo Want To Want Me3:26{1} 5. Little Mix Black Magic3:32{1} 6. Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne Not Letting Go3:49{1} 7. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ Lean On 2:57{2} 8. Years & Years Shine 3:12{2} 9. Aston Merrygold Get Stupid 3:20{28} 10. WALK THE MOON Shut Up And Dance 3:18{4} 11. RITA ORA Poison 3:22{3} 12. Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih Somebody 3:10{2} 13. Nick Jonas Jealous 3:43{2} 14. John Newman Come And Get It 3:04{5} 15. Ed Sheeran & Rudimental Bloodstream 5:09{2} 16. Carly Rae Jepsen I Really Like You 3:25{3} 17. Meghan Trainor Dear Future Husband 3:05{20} 18. Iggy Azalea feat. Jennifer Hudson Trouble 2:46{7} 19. Jessie J Flashlight (from Pitch Perfect 2) 3:29{13} 20. James Bay Let It Go 4:22{10} 21. Florence + The Machine Ship To Wreck 3:54{27} 22. Hozier Someone New 3:44{19} 23. Lost Frequencies Are You With Me2:20{1} 24. Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell Firestone 3:24{8} 25. David Zowie House Every Weekend3:03{1} 26. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack Hey Mama 3:13{9} 27. Flo Rida feat. Robin Thicke & Verdine White I Dont Like It, I Love It 3:44{7} 28. Galantis Runaway (U & I) 3:47{4} 29. Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber Where Are ά Now 4:11{3} 30. Krept & Konan feat. Jeremih Freak Of The Week 2:59{9} 31. Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink Worth It 3:44{3} 32. Deorro x Chris Brown Five More Hours (Deorro x Chris Brown) 3:32{4} 33. LunchMoney Lewis Bills 3:24{2} 34. Avicii Waiting For Love 3:49{6} 35. Clean Bandit Stronger 3:39{4} 36. Sam Feldt feat. Kimberly Anne Show Me Love 3:01{4} 37. Blonde feat. Alex Newall All Cried Out 2:50{4} 38. Kygo feat. Parson James Stole The Show 3:31{24} 39. Rudimental feat. Foy Vance Never Let You Go 3:55{29} 40. Pep & Rash Rumors 2:52{17} 41. Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto feat. Ane Brun Cant Stop Playing (Makes Me High) (Oliver Heldens Vocal Edit) 2:38{4} 42. Lethal Bizzle feat. Diztortion Fester Skank 2:25{11} 43. Martin Garrix feat. Usher Dont Look Down 3:43{9} 44. Tove Lo Talking Body 3:59{17}
Key Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1s. Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series. The track duration has been highlighted cyan. Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.
Miscellaneous Facts
Track Most Weeks At #1:Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do (from Fifty Shades Of Grey) / OMI Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Radio Edit) / Jason Derulo Want To Want Me (4 weeks) Lowest Charting Track:Rudimental feat. Foy Vance Never Let You Go {29} Longest Song:Ed Sheeran & Rudimental Bloodstream 5:09 Shortest Song:Lost Frequencies Are You With Me 2:20 Edited Tracks:Unknown Unedited Tracks:Unknown Inlay Mistakes:None Other Facts:None
Now Thats What I Call Music! 91 otherwise known as Now 91 was released in the summertime of 2015 and featured 44 tracks of Top 40 hits, with 8 of these being UK #1 singles too. It offered us a first time in the series to listen to music from Major Lazer, Nick Jonas (as a solo artist), Kygo, Galantis and Fifth Harmony.
Omissions were few and far between, though there were some minor hits that were overlooked. The artists who were not selected included Alesso, Duke Dumont, Nathan Sykes, Ella Eyre, Taylor Swift, Lawson, Dappy, Zedd and others.
Almost a third of this volume is made up of artists who are yet to make another appearance in the series. This has been the only volume in the series so far to feature music from OMI, Aston Merrygold (as a solo artist), WALK THE MOON, Natalie La Rose, Lost Frequencies, David Zowie, Skrillex, Krept & Konan, Deorro, LunchMoney Lewis, Sam Feldt, Pep & Rash, Dr. Kucho! and Lethal Bizzle.
Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good Theres not many things in life more fun than playing at a water park in the summertime! This artwork encapsulates the fun adventures that such a place affords you! Multiple water slides leading to a big splash at the end always puts a smile on any persons face! A great idea for a volume artwork!
Disc 1 Favourite: Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ Lean On This was the first time I heard music from any of these three artists, even though they had been around a while by this point. I was of course impressed with the way this song sounded and then how well it did in the charts. Probably still the best song by Major Lazer to this day.
Disc 2 Favourite: Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell Firestone Another debut single from this volume this time from one of the pioneers of tropical house music. This single was a personal favourite from the summer which I recall discovering from using Shazam. One of many great Kygo hits to come.
Disc 3 Tracklist: (A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)
1. Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar Bad Blood 3:20{4} 2. Alesso feat. Roy English Cool 3:41{10} 3. Zedd feat. Selena Gomez I Want You To Know 3:59{14} 4. AronChupa Im An Albatraoz 2:46{25} 5. DJ S.K.T feat. Rae Take Me Away 2:50{19} 6. Duke Dumont The Giver (Reprise) 3:15{32} 7. Petite Meller Baby Love 3:41{30} 8. Ella Eyre Together 3:33{12} 9. Nathan Sykes Kiss Me Quick 3:07{14} 10. Pitbull & Ne-Yo Time Of Our Lives 3:49{27} 11. Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea Pretty Girls 2:43{16} 12. Rihanna Bitch Better Have My Money 3:39{27} 13. KSI feat. P. Money Lamborghini 2:56{30} 14. Skepta Shutdown 3:08{39} 15. Ne-Yo feat. Juicy J She Knows 3:34{28} 16. Charles Hamilton feat. Rita Ora New York Raining 3:34{29} 17. Dappy Beautiful Me 3:35{19} 18. Stevie McCrorie Lost Stars 3:16{6} 19. Olly Murs Seasons 3:37{34} 20. Lawson Roads 3:37{11} 21. Rixton We All Want The Same Thing 3:45{21} 22. Taylor Swift Style 3:51{21} 23. Kodaline The One 3:52{27} ---------- Total time: 1:19:08
Overall Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good With so few songs making an impact in the Top 40 charts it was always going to be a volume full of huge chart hits with very few noteworthy omissions. This volume was the first to have its release on a Friday as part of the new chart rules implemented. A good selection of genres and plenty of dance music for the summer too!
Andrew's Best 5 (as of July 2018) 1. Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell Firestone 2. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ Lean On 3. Pep & Rash Rumors 4. David Zowie House Every Weekend 5. Galantis Runaway (U & I)
Andrew's Worst 5 (as of July 2018) 1. Jessie J Flashlight (from Pitch Perfect 2) 2. Krept & Konan feat. Jeremih Freak Of The Week 3. Iggy Azalea feat. Jennifer Hudson Trouble 4. Tove Lo Talking Body 5. Hozier Someone New
Posted by: awardinary 15th July 2018, 08:26 PM
Other Omissions
Mans Zelmerlow Heroes {11} Andie Case Want To Want Me / I Want You To Want Me {24} Ariana Grande One Last Time {24} Stereo Kicks Love Me So {31} Pharrell Williams Freedom {36} Sheppard Geronimo {36} Luke Friend Hole In My Heart {40}
Posted by: danG 17th July 2018, 09:09 AM
cover art: 8/10 - great use of colour and I love waterslides
Disc 1 top five: 1. OMI Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Radio Edit) 3:02 {1} 2. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ Lean On 2:57 {2} 3. Years & Years Shine 3:12 {2} 4. Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih Somebody 3:10 {2} 5. Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne Not Letting Go 3:49 {1}
Disc 2 top five: 1. Avicii Waiting For Love 3:49 {6} (overall fave) 2. Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell Firestone 3:24 {8} 3. Pep & Rash Rumors 2:52 {17} 4. David Zowie House Every Weekend 3:03 {1} 5. Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto feat. Ane Brun Cant Stop Playing (Makes Me High) (Oliver Heldens Vocal Edit) 2:38 {4}
Worst five: 1. Meghan Trainor Dear Future Husband 3:05 {20} 2. Little Mix Black Magic 3:32 {1} 3. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charli Puth See You Again (from Furious 7) 3:49 {1} 4. Jessie J Flashlight (from Pitch Perfect 2) 3:29 {13} 5. Aston Merrygold Get Stupid 3:20 {28}
As ever, disc 2 is a lot better than disc 1! A lot of crap on disc 1.
overall rating: 7/10 (but more like 5/10 disc 1 and 9/10 disc 2)
Posted by: HarryEzra 17th July 2018, 09:45 AM
Disc 1: Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do Disc 2: Lost Frequiencies - Are You With Me
Track one on each disc being my faves:o
Posted by: gmat12 17th July 2018, 02:59 PM
Now 91 is great, especially disc 2 which is fantastic from start to finish. Could be my second favourite album after Now 82.
My top 5 Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ - Lean On Pep & Rash - Rumors Avicii - Waiting For Love Martin Garrix feat. Usher - Don't Look Down Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto feat. Ane Brun Cant Stop Playing (Makes Me High) (Oliver Heldens Vocal Edit)
Galantis - Runaway is a close 6th! Also a fan of Five More Hours, Shut Up & Dance, Stole The Show and Are You With Me
Posted by: gavindeejay 17th July 2018, 05:02 PM
Great edition. Here's my Top 5:-
1) Galantis - Runaway (You & I) 2) Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto feat. Ane Brun Cant Stop Playing (Makes Me High) (Oliver Heldens Vocal Edit) 3) Florence + The Machine Ship To Wreck 4) Years & Years Shine 5) Blonde feat. Alex Newall All Cried Out
Posted by: DalekTurret32 29th July 2018, 09:33 PM
Kodaline - The One as the last track of Disc 3? That was the last track of my personal DT32 chart edition of NOW 91 in my DalekTurret32's NOW Thread in the Countdowns section of Personal Charts?
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 30th July 2018, 11:22 AM
A pretty poor album for me, but my favourites are:
Disc 1:
Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Disc 2:
Avicii - Waiting for Love
Posted by: Dexton 1st August 2018, 07:15 PM
Disc One 1. Ed Sheeran & Rudimental Bloodstream 5:09 {2} 2. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MΨ Lean On 2:57 {2} 3. Florence + The Machine Ship To Wreck 3:54 {27} 4. Years & Years Shine 3:12 {2} 5. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charli Puth See You Again (from Furious 7) 3:49 {1}
22. Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do (from Fifty Shades Of Grey) 4:01 {1}
Disc Two 1. Avicii Waiting For Love 3:49 {6} 2. Galantis Runaway (U & I) 3:47 {4} 3. Kygo feat. Parson James Stole The Show 3:31 {24} 4. Pep & Rash Rumors 2:52 {17} 5. Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell Firestone 3:24 {8}
Artwork: 7/10: I'ts nice and summery but not too memorable I don't think
Overall: 8/10 Bad Blood, Cool, and I Want You To Know all deserved to be here tbh - great songs and only Taylor really has a reason to be an omission. A few others (Geronimo especially) would've been fantastic left-field entries but are sadly missing. There's lots of good songs on Disc One but Disc Two is where it gets so so so much better tbh, Fester Skank is the only song on Disc Two I'm not a fan of!