Now 100 could have easily been two discs of modern hits. There are at least 25 songs I can think that could have made it onto the Now. Therefore, I see no reason why they can't carry on with two discs from Now 101 onwards. This is obviously just a "special" edition Now to mark the occasion.

and if they really come to a shortage of modern hits, they could always downgrade to 2 per year with 2 discs. that would be preferable to 3 a year but with only one disc.

 

but I do think the charts are starting to speed up a little bit, no doubt thanks to ACR but still. NOW probably don't want a whole disc's worth of urban on each compilation though and that's the way the charts are heading so..

and if they really come to a shortage of modern hits, they could always downgrade to 2 per year with 2 discs.

Like they did in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 and 1991

Edited July 16, 20186 yr by Hadji

According to the artwork on the Now Facebook they've put in brackets which Now each of the songs originally appeared on in the past and the MU4 track is marked up as a bonus track at the end of Disc 1.

Edited July 16, 20186 yr by gavindeejay

NOW (US) have released NOW 67's cover and track listing, and it's AMAZING!! Look at this track listing

 

1. Maroon 5 - Girls Like You

2. Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho

3. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

4. Taylor Swift - Delicate :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

5. Dua Lipa - IDGAF :wub:

6. Selena Gomez - Back To You :wub:

7. Alessia Cara - Growing Pains

8. Ella Mai - Boo'd Up

9. Logic & marshmello - Everyday

10. Foster The People - Sit Next To Me

11. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

12. Zayn - Let Me

13. Liam Payne & J Balvin - Familiar

14. Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B - Dinero :wub: :heart: :w00t:

15. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart :w00t:

16. Kane Brown - Heaven

What's Next

17. Jeremy Zucker - All The Kids Are Depressed

18. Lost Kings ft. Norma Jean Martine - When We Were Young

19. Phoebe Ryan & Quinn XCII - Middle Finger

20. YK Osiris - Valentine

21. Loote - Your Side Of The Bed :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

 

I'm glad J. Lo and Backstreet Boys (staples of the US NOWs are still getting a look in). And Loote!!!!!!

They get Maroon 5 and Selena Gomez and we don’t

Edited July 16, 20186 yr by Hadji

Just in case we still weren’t sure what disc MU4 feature on;

 

If they wanna fill their discs up with classics, at least fill it with classic hits which missed the main series

Interesting article looking at the compilation process of Now 100:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44845842

 

Found this quote interesting:

 

"It looks like we won't be able to clear Drake," sighs Steve Pritchard, a 58-year-old motorcycle enthusiast who's been a custodian of the series for more than half his life.

 

"You could put it on and hope. But if it doesn't clear you'd have a load of CDs which you have to pulp and, obviously, we don't want to do that."

 

Suggests that the compilers could take a chance and put Drake on, then produce the CDs, but if they don't then get approval they'd have to scrap the whole thing. So they obviously find it safer to just leave artists like that off.

 

Maybe they should start the rights approval process earlier to stand a better chance? If they contacted Drake the minute God's Plan or whatever went to No.1 then his team would have plenty of time to respond.

Suggests that the compilers could take a chance and put Drake on, then produce the CDs, but if they don't then get approval they'd have to scrap the whole thing. So they obviously find it safer to just leave artists like that off.

 

Maybe they should start the rights approval process earlier to stand a better chance? If they contacted Drake the minute God's Plan or whatever went to No.1 then his team would have plenty of time to respond.

If they could just anticipate the next big artist to get a big hit they may be able to strike some kind of deal Case in point is Adele, who on her last era seemed to refuse to have her music on any compilation despite previously allowing it. If she is due to return soon with another album, why not approach her now and see what arrangements they can come to, maybe promising her the opening track of Disc 1 would be a way of promoting her music better?

I'm amazed that the whole tracklist approval process and Jenny writing the artist bios is all done in one day. I imagined it would be a more staggered process, as the main numbered compilation is the brand anchor.

 

I just wonder if artists like Drake or Ed (who sometimes appear and sometimes don't) were tee'd up way in advance, they might have more luck getting the rights in time? Surely they'd been trying to get the rights for God's Plan since the Now 99 tracklist meeting was under way!

I'm amazed that the whole tracklist approval process and Jenny writing the artist bios is all done in one day. I imagined it would be a more staggered process, as the main numbered compilation is the brand anchor.

 

I just wonder if artists like Drake or Ed (who sometimes appear and sometimes don't) were tee'd up way in advance, they might have more luck getting the rights in time? Surely they'd been trying to get the rights for God's Plan since the Now 99 tracklist meeting was under way!

I always assumed (wrongly) that they were persistently trying to get the rights to Shape Of You especially now that it’s the biggest song of this decade! :o

 

The Ed situation really confuses me. Perfect was on Bravo Hits 100 in Germany and on Absolute Summer Hits 2018 in Sweden, Happier is scheduled for Bravo Hits 102 (tracklisting below FYI - it's like Now 100...but better :magic:) and Shape Of You was on the Bravo The Hits 2017 album released at the end of last year. So the rights for these songs are clearly up for grabs from Warner in some territories, so why not the UK?

 

 

Disc 1:

 

1.Namika – Je ne parle pas francais

2.Shawn Mendes – Nervous

3.Jonas Blue Feat Jack & Jack – Rise

4.Nico Santos – Safe

5.Ed Sheeran – Happier

6.Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry

7.Liam Payne & J. Balvin – Familiar

8.Matt Simons – We Can Do Better

9.Years & Years – If You’re Over Me

10.Anne- Marie – 2002

11.George Ezra – Shotgun

12.Lenny Kravitz – Low

13.OneRepublic feat. Logic – Start Again

14.Jess Glynne – I’ll Be There

15.Sir Rosevelt – The Bravest

16.Post Malone – Better Now

17.Shakira Ft. Maluma – Clandestino

18.Luis Fonsi – Calypso

19.Capital Bra – One Night Stand

20.Marteria & Casper – Champion Sound

21.Summer Cem feat. Bausa – Casanova

22.Vanessa Mai feat. Olexesh – Wir 2 immer 1

 

Disc 2:

 

1.Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato – Solo

2.Dynoro & Gigi D´Agostino – In My Mind

3.El Profesor – Bella Ciao (Hugel Remix)

4.Kygo x Imagine Dragons – Born To Be Yours

5.David Guetta & Sia – Flames

6.Loud Luxury feat. Brando – Body

7.Lost Frequencies Feat James Blunt – Melody

8.Max Giesinger – Legenden

9.Lea – Zu Dir

10.Jax Jones & Mabel Feat. Rich The Kid – Ring Ring

11.Pietro Lombardi – Phänomenal

12.James Arthur – You Deserve Better

13.Topic & Juan Magán & Lena – Sólo Contigo

14.Kungs & Stargate Feat. GOLDN – Be Right Here

15.Drenchill Feat. Indiiana – Hey Hey

16.Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone – Jackie Chan

17.Sean Finn & Guru Josh – Infinity 2018 (Klaas Remix Edit)

18.Sigala, Fuse ODG & Sean Paul Feat. Kent Jones – Feels Like Home

19.Robin Schulz & Piso 21 – Oh Child

20.Martin Garrix & Khalid – Ocean

21.Alle Farben & Kelvin Jones Feat. Younotus – Only Thing We Know

22.Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss

 

Bolded are the songs that appear on both Now 100 and Bravo Hits 102

NOW have tweeted a pic of the albums released on Friday and NOW 1 will be in a standard CD case instead of a gatefold sleeve when it was released on CD in 2009

I just wish an effort would have been made to release the original volumes on CD too, it would have more than made up for the lowsy excuse of a volume that Now 100 is.

I read the BBC article earlier and honestly it came of s bit snobbish in places. Like what they said about No Tears Left To Cry

https://www.amazon.de/Bravo-100-Hits-das-Be...05K9RNN3P1S48WQ

 

Bravo 100 Hits is perfect example of how Now 100 should have been!!

I read the BBC article earlier and honestly it came of s bit snobbish in places. Like what they said about No Tears Left To Cry

I don't read it that way, they just said NTLTC is an older hit now and wouldn't sound as good next to Shotgun as other songs would.

 

Very insightful article!

 

The One Show (BBC One) is airing a segment regarding the history of Now... now!

 

Also showing the process behind compiling Now 100.

 

 

Edit: Essentially showing us what was mentioned in the BBC article that Rich linked, but interestingly they purposefully rejected including Lil Dicky on Now 100, mentioned that Cardi B's label was not playing ball, and that Taylor Swift was "pending" (so they must have dipped out on being able to include her).

So poor Lil Dicky got snubbed and Cardi B usually appears on NOW albums as a lead artist so she might be on 101 hence the appearance of “Bodak Yellow” on 98

Edited July 18, 20186 yr by Hadji