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DetailsReleased: 18th March 2016

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / EMI / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:36:22 (156 minutes 22 seconds)

Tracks: 44

#1’s: 7

Chart Peak: #1 (9 weeks)

Sales: TBC (2x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Lukas Graham – 7 Years 3:59 {1}

2. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself 3:54 {1}

3. Zayn – Pillowtalk 3:24 {1}

4. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend 4:20 {6}

5. Mike Posner – In Ibiza (SeeB Remix) 3:18 {1}

6. Zara Larsson – Lush Life 3:21 {4}

7. Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car 3:31 {2}

8. Shawn Mendes – Stitches 3:27 {1}

9. Major Lazor feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up (Remix) 2:47 {9}

10. Snakehips feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper – All My Friends 3:51 {5}

11. Little Mix feat. Jason Derulo – Secret Love Song 4:09 {6}

12. Jess Glynne – Take Me Home 3:31 {6}

13. Ellie Goulding – Army 3:36 {20}

14. One Direction – History 3:07 {6}

15. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself 3:21 {14}

16. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly 3:21 {12}

17. Sigma feat. Rita Ora – Coming Home 3:33 {15}

18. Elle King – Ex's & Oh's 3:22 {15}

19. Olly Murs – Stevie Knows 3:10 {DNC}

20. Jack Garratt – Worry 4:03 {67}

21. James Bay – If You Ever Want To Be In Love 4:01 {DNC}

22. The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Choir – A Bridge Over You 4:10 {1}

23. Justin Bieber – Sorry 3:21 {1}

24. The Weeknd – The Hills 4:03 {3}

25. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime 3:44 {7}

26. 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine 3:35 {5}

27. Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like 2:44 {5}

28. Fleur East – Sax 3:57 {3}

29. Craig David x Big Narstie – When The Bassline Drops 3:06 {10}

30. David Guetta feat. Sia & Fetty Wap – Bang My Head 3:13 {18}

31. Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher – Sweet Lovin' 3:23 {3}

32. Kygo feat. Maty Noyes – Stay 3:59 {20}

33. Mount & Nicolas Haelg – Something Good 2:58 {DNC}

34. The Chainsmokers feat. Rozes – Roses 3:47 {16}

35. Alessia Cara – Here 3:21 {28}

36. Alan Walker – Faded 3:34 {7}

37. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself & I 4:15 {13}

38. Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates – Sugar 3:40 {21}

39. Dawin feat. Silentó – Dessert (Remix) 3:29 {35}

40. AlunaGeorge feat. Popcaan – I'm In Control 3:30 {39}

41. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out 3:23 {12}

42. The 1975 – The Sound 3:47 {15}

43. Charlie Puth – One Call Away 3:15 {26}

44. David Bowie – Heroes 3:35 {12}

 

Key

Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1’s.

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 FactsTrack Most Weeks At #1: Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (6 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Olly Murs – Stevie Knows / James Bay – If You Ever Want To Be In Love / Mount & Nicolas Haelg – Something Good {DNC}

Longest Song: Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend 4:20

Shortest Song: Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like 2:44

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 18th March 2016.Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

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Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 93 or Now 93 first hit the shop floors in the spring of 2016. It was given a fresh Spring look and featured 44 tracks containing a total of 7 UK #1 singles. This volume was the first in the series to include music from the likes of ZAYN (as a solo artist), Jonas Blue, Shawn Mendes (as a lead artist), Snakehips and G-Eazy (as a lead artist).

 

During this time the availability of chartworthy songs was extremely limited. Very few omissions were found, the most noteworthy one from this time was from Rihanna who had previously had her fair share of singles feature in the Now series, but this latest offering featuring Drake was overlooked. There was also no room for Adele, Stormzy, Viola Beach, Nathan Sykes, Louisa Johnson and a few others too.

 

So far in the series it has been the only volume to include Lukas Graham, Elle King, Jack Garratt, The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Choir, 99 Souls, Fleur East, MOUNT & Nicolas Haelg, Alessia Cara (as a lead artist), Alan Walker, Dawin, AlunaGeorge (as a lead artist) and Twenty One Pilots.

 

Artwork Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good

A very nice cover this one, I love there’s a lot of references to Spring on this design. There’s clouds, raindrops, a rainbow, umbrellas, grass, daisies, cobwebs and even a little ladybug. It’s definitely relatable for this time of year. A very colourful and vibrant design and a bold yellow logo. Maybe there’s just a bit too much going on which may make your eyes glance over the detail, but it’s certainly a good Springtime design.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Mike Posner – In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)

Despite not having the full song title listed on the back of this CD, this song spent four weeks at the top of the charts for a reason. It wasn’t the first time Mike Posner had a hit, or featured in the Now series for that matter, but this remix by SeeB certainly made this into a monster hit at the time, and one of the last true dance songs to reach #1 as well.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: 99 Souls feat. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine

What a brilliant mashup this was. Mixing two songs by American urban females from the late 90’s and early 00’s really paid off. Incidentally this isn’t the first time Brandy’s Vocal credit has been mashed up with another song... in 2001 dance outfit Stuntmasterz mashed up the original of The Boy Is Mine with Modjo’s Lady (Hear Me Tonight) to reach the UK Top 10.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

(A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)

 

1. Rihanna feat. Drake – Work 3:39 {2}

2. Riton & Kah-Lo – Rinse & Repeat 2:31 {13}

3. Tiësto & Oliver Heldens feat. Natalie La Rose – The Right Song 3:25 {39}

4. Martin Solveig feat. Sam White – +1 3:13 {51}

5. Blinkie – Don’t Give Up (On Love) 3:08 {68}

6. Disclosure feat. Lorde – Magnets 3:19 {71}

7. DJ Fresh & High Contrast feat. Dizzee Rascal – How Love Begins 3:19 {53}

8. Stormzy – Shut Up 2:59 {8}

9. Birdy – Keeping Your Head Up 3:28 {57}

10. Jess Glynne – Ain’t Got Far To Go 3:23 {45}

11. Nathan Sykes – Over And Over Again (Cahill Radio Edit) 3:13 {8}

12. Demi Lovato – Confident 3:25 {65}

13. Pia Mia – Touch 3:26 {47}

14. Drake – Summer Sixteen 3:22 {23}

15. Lethal Bizzle x Stormzy – Dude 3:43 {49}

16. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody 3:16 {49}

17. The 1975 – Ugh 3:00 {42}

18. James Bay – Best Fake Smile 3:26 {58}

19. Motörhead – Ace Of Spades 2:47 {13}

20. Viola Beach – Swings & Waterslides 3:36 {11}

21. X Ambassadors – Renegades 3:15 {38}

22. Adele – When We Were Young 4:50 {9}

23. Louisa Johnson – Forever Young 3:23 {9}

24. Cee Lo Green – Music To My Soul 2:52 {59}

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Total time: 1:19:58

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

Not a golden era by any means but the end result for this volume is mostly good. Due to licensing issues there may have been some notable omissions, but not many at all. The songs they chose to include that charted outside the Top 40 are all quite disappointing. Also, many of the versions used on both discs are heavily edited too which spoils the songs. It was also during a time when Justin Bieber dominated the top spot for long periods with various singles. Lastly it was at a sad time following the death of David Bowie who made a posthumous appearance at the end of this volume. I am sure some improvements could have been made overall with the tracklist order but it’s still ok.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of August 2018)

1. Mike Posner – In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)

2. 99 Souls feat. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine

3. Alan Walker – Faded

4. Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher – Sweet Lovin’

5. Sigma & Rita Ora – Coming Home

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of August 2018)

1. Jack Garratt – Worry

2. The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Choir – A Bridge Over Yoi

3. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly

4. Olly Murs – Stevie Knows

5. Charlie Puth – One Call Away

Now 93 is not my favourite album with lots of average singles but I do find there are about 7 strong hits I really like which makes the album more enjoyable. These 7 are:

 

99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine

Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Major Lazor feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up (Remix)

The Chainsmokers feat. Rozes – Roses

Zara Larsson – Lush Life

AlunaGeorge feat. Popcaan – I'm In Control

Shawn Mendes – Stitches

 

As for least favourite hits I'd probably say the first 3 tracks on Disc 1 are contenders! Can't stand any of them.

Disc One

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend 4:20 {6}

2. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself 3:54 {1}

3. Snakehips feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper – All My Friends 3:51 {5}

4. Major Lazor feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up (Remix) 2:47 {9}

5. James Bay – If You Ever Want To Be In Love 4:01 {DNC}

 

22. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly 3:21 {12}

23. Ellie Goulding – Army 3:36 {20}

 

Disc Two

1. The Chainsmokers feat. Rozes – Roses 3:47 {16}

2. The Weeknd – The Hills 4:03 {3}

3. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out 3:23 {12}

4. Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher – Sweet Lovin' 3:23 {3}

5. Alan Walker – Faded 3:34 {7}

6. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime 3:44 {7}

7. Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates – Sugar 3:40 {21}

8. 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine 3:35 {5}

9. Kygo feat. Maty Noyes – Stay 3:59 {20}

10. Justin Bieber – Sorry 3:21 {1}

 

Artwork: 6/10

I like the umbrellas but the raindrops look out of place

 

Overall: 7/10

I enjoy a lot of the songs on this album, including the entirety of Disc Two (although I very much wish it was the original version of Dessert not that awful remix). My Top 8 especially on this disc are songs I love to go back to. On the other hand Disc One is okay but I can't say I've gone back to anything beyond track #10 aside from James Bay. There's a few odd inclusions such as the three non-Top 100 songs which I think this is the first Now! to do so but Something Good is a banger so I don't mind that.

 

Looking at the omissions I am surprised Nathan Sykes and Riton weren't included as they could have easily been slotted in. Summer Sixteen is actually the only omission I don't enjoy, so perhaps I was extra interested in low charting singles during this time. Don't Give Up (On Love) remains one of my favourite dance songs of that year, Hey Everybody is one of my favourite 5SOS singles, and Renegades is a brilliant song in itself. I'm surprised that went Top 40 actually which is better than nothing. Their feature on Skylar Grey's Cannonball along with Elle King's Ex's & Oh's were the soundtrack of my September camping trip in 2015 :P

 

Roses & Flume's Never Be Like You were my Australia Day song's for 2016 too so there's another event linked to songs :P I listened to both on repeat basically the whole train ride into Perth

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by Dexton