Why the Lauv omission? Surely that's not gonna be too big in the future to warrant a hold back for Now 103?

 

A shame as it could easily have featured :(

I doubt we’ll get Sunflower now. It had a reasonable shot to be on 101 when it had already gone Top 10

wtf is that disc 2 tracklist omg

wtf is that disc 2 tracklist omg

I know. Anything for them to snub urban music

The people who mostly listen to urban music aren't the same sort of people who buy the albums. It makes sense.

Now surprise us once again! Would have preferred the usual set-up however as has been echoed, this new solution make sense. So I'm guessing Now 103 will have 6 tracks from Now 3, and so forth? Probably in the minority, but I doubt I will listen to much of disc 2, just not my thing. Disc 1 is strong though!

 

Of the omissions, I don't like most of the urban stuff so not a problem. It is a shame however there is no Sunflower. Could Billie Eilish feature on future albums? Was kinda hoping for Desire by Sub Focus & Dimension given its moderate size. But given its chart peak, I knew it was extremely unlikely.

 

 

The people who mostly listen to urban music aren't the same sort of people who buy the albums. It makes sense.

 

It makes sense to tap into the Radio2/album market. But not to include 6 songs from 35 years ago because....I don’t know why.

 

There were other songs they could have gotten to fill those gaps.

 

It really does sadden me to see this series turned into a joke.

On now 102 from singles chart 22nd March

 

1 Lewis Capaldi someone you loved track 26

2 Calvin Harris & rag n bone man giant track 4

3 Mabel don’t call me up track 17

4 Tom walker just you and I track 7

5 jonas brothers sucker track 8

7 Ariana grande 7 rings track 1

12 pink walk me home track 5

14 khalid talk track 16

15 sigrid don’t feel like crying track 19

16 Sam Smith & normani dancing with a stranger track 6

17 cardi b & Bruno Mars please me track 15

21 Ava max sweet but psycho track 2

23 marshmello feat chvrches here with me track 14

25 Lady Gaga feat Bradley Cooper shallow track 27

26 Lewis Capaldi grace track 11

31 little mix feat ty dolla sign think about us track 13

36 Mark Ronson feat Miley Cyrus nothing breaks like a heart track 3

41 George Ezra pretty shining people track 9

47 camelphat cristoph feat Jem Cooke breathe track 20

48 Jess Glynne Thursday track 29

51 Ariana Grande thank u next track 25

66 Freya ridings lost without track 30

71 zedd & Katy Perry 365 track 22

72 Keala settle the greatest showman ensemble this is me track 28

85 hozier almost (sweet music)

86 westlife hello my love track 34

87 Dua Lipa swan song track 24

89 Jax Jones & years & years play track 21

99 the greatest show track 40

 

Song missing from top 40 22nd March chart

 

Ariana Grande break up with your girlfriend I’m bored

Dave feat Burna Boy location

Lauv & troye Sivan I’m so tired

Dave feat hus disaster

Nsg feat tion Wayne options

Dave streatham

Post malone wow

Billie Eilish bury a friend

Blueface thotiana

Wiley boasty

Ynw melly murder on my mind

A boogie wit da hoodie feat 6ix9ine swervin

Kehlani feat ty dolla sign nights like this

Ava max so I am

J Cole middle child

D. Lock Europe iamspamspamamikings

Roddy Ricch how it is

Post malone sunflower

Lizzo juice

Billie Eilish wish you were gay

Swarmz feat tion Wayne Bally'

These are the omissions from this weeks chart. (Taken from a comment on the Now post on Facebook)

 

Lizzo, Billie x2 and 2nd Ava could def appear on 103 though... def a smart move ignoring Urban (unless they're massive) going into the future, so I don't mind that, but things like Lauv & Kehlani are sad omissions. Partivularly the former imo.

They only included one urban song (Cardi B). They could have included one more urban song (Cadet) for two reasons: one because it was in the top 40 for ages and two as a tribute and for one of the NOW 2 tracks, they could replace "Relax" with another NOW 2 track seeing as it’s also had other appearances on numbered NOWs. I think Jenny Fisher has lost the plot. Bring Ashley Abram back

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by Hadji

Been working on my version of NOW 102. Iconic Pop 18! (Songs like Sweet But Psycho and Shallow were on my previous volume).

 

Iconic Pop 18!

46 Pop Bangers

 

Disc 1:

01: Ariana Grande - thank u, next

02: Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

03: Jonas Brothers - Sucker

04: Lizzo - Juice

05: Ava Max - So Am I

06: Little Mix feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Think About Us

07: Rita Ora feat. 6lack - Only Want You

08: Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying

09: Carly Rae Jespen - Now That I Found You

10: Jax Jones feat. Years & Years - Play

11: Marshmello feat. Chvrches - Here With Me

12: Zedd feat. Katy Perry - 365

13: Galantis feat. OneRepublic - Bones

14: Jonas Blue feat. Nina Nesbitt - Desperate

15: Clean Bandit feat. Ellie Goulding - Mama

16: Astrid S - Someone New

17: Marina - Orange Trees

18: Alphabeat - Shadows

19: Emma Bunton - Baby Please Don't Stop

20: Louise - Stretch

21: Pet Shop Boys - Give Stupidity a Chance

22: Will Young - All the Songs

23: Troye Sivan - Lucky Strike

24: Westlife - Hello My Love

 

Disc 2:

01: Ariana Grande - 7 rings

02: Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me

03: Mariah Carey feat. Stefflon Don - A No No

04: Mahalia - Do Not Disturb

05: Khalid - Talk

06: Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

07: Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With a Stranger

08: Lauv feat. Troye Sivan - i'm so tired...

09: Dido - Give You Up

10: Ellie Goulding - Flux

11: Dua Lipa - Swan Song (from 'Alita: Battle Angel')

12: P!nk - Walk Me Home

13: Chainsmokers feat. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love?

14: Slayyter - Mine

15: HRVY - Told You So

16: George Ezra - Pretty Shining People

17: ROZES - Halfway There

18: Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

19: The 1975 - It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

20: Panic! at the Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

21: Avril Lavigne feat. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde

22: Billie Eilish - bury a friend

 

I think the NOW team should focus more on actual pop and songs that have that commercial appeal instead of relying on urban music and other filler stuff. They're very influential and so adding songs you don't usually come across might be very beneficial for them. Plus the target audience will probably enjoy "yet-to-be-discovered" pop songs that well known Urban songs.

Amazon have confirmed that NOW 102 is 25-21 instead of 24-22

At least Hold Me Now has some vague relevance with the Black Mirror Bandersnatch episode but still...those six Now 2 songs are looking so random :lol: Maybe one token track from it would make sense, but six is odd.

 

It's like they've decided that the reason behind the recent sales dive of the albums must be all the grime/rap/hip-hop music. So the genre has now been completely erased from the series! I can see the downward trend continuing sadly.

wtf is that disc 2 tracklist omg

 

my thoughts exactly, dreadful.

That’s awful welp

 

3 TGS songs on one Disc is weird too, they could’ve swapped the two James Arthur songs to make D2 a bit less soundtracky. But still wtf

At least Hold Me Now has some vague relevance with the Black Mirror Bandersnatch episode but still...those six Now 2 songs are looking so random :lol: Maybe one token track from it would make sense, but six is odd.

 

It's like they've decided that the reason behind the recent sales dive of the albums must be all the grime/rap/hip-hop music. So the genre has now been completely erased from the series! I can see the downward trend continuing sadly.

 

There are enough non urban/grime songs around that could have been included over the Now 2 songs. Just because they weren’t too 40 hits, Dido, Busted and Foals have had respectfully charting albums. That’s the market they should go for. The Now 2 thing just makes the look as desperate as they truly are.

 

Imagine if they’d done something like this 15 years ago? They never would have.

The Post Malone snub is very odd too, surely they could license Sunflower by now if they could get TGS tracks? And Wow was also a big hit (though maybe that is considered too urban now).

The Post Malone snub is very odd too, surely they could license Sunflower by now if they could get TGS tracks? And Wow was also a big hit.

It’s urban which is what they’re snubbing this volume. I just hope that they don’t snub any urban from 103

Sunflower isn't an urban song whatsoever, if it was by any pop artist it would be on here.

 

I can't see them going back to urban songs after this. Most of the comments on their Facebook are people happy there's no rap songs, it's a different market to that.

Sunflower isn't an urban song whatsoever, if it was by any pop artist it would be on here.

 

I can't see them going back to urban songs after this. Most of the comments on their Facebook are people happy there's no rap songs, it's a different market to that.

I’m not saying to have too much urban, just a bit. Only the ones which were major hits including Cadet due to his tragic demise. And that might explain why "Boasty" ain’t on there unless they’re saving it for 103

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by Hadji

I'm not sure if the audience buying the albums would even know who Cadet was or that he died - though it would've been good to see him there.

When I brought it up to people, noone I asked had even heard of the song.

 

I imagine we'll only be getting Drake, if they're snubbing Posty.

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by WhoOdyssey