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AdvertDetailsReleased: 18th November 2016

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:35:10 (155 minutes 10 seconds)

Tracks: 45

#1’s: 6

Chart Peak: #1 (10 weeks)

Sales: TBC (3x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go 3:32 {1}

2. Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex 3:46 {1}

3. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye 4:12 {1}

4. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey – Closer 4:06 {1}

5. Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ – Cold Water 3:06 {1}

6. Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj – Side To Side 3:45 {4}

7. Sia – The Greatest 3:29 {5}

8. Calvin Harris – My Way 3:40 {4}

9. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey feat. Zedd – Starving 3:00 {5}

10. M.O – Who Do You Think Of? 3:44 {18}

11. NEIKED feat. Dyo – Sexual 3:09 {6}

12. Anne-Marie – Alarm 3:26 {16}

13. Olly Murs – You Don't Know Love 3:19 {15}

14. MØ – Final Song 3:53 {14}

15. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know 3:34 {7}

16. JP Cooper – September Song 3:41 {7}

17. Shawn Mendes – Mercy 3:33 {15}

18. Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You (from 'Bridget Jones's Baby') 3:42 {11}

19. Emeli Sandé – Hurts 3:56 {22}

20. Michael Bublé – I Believe In You 3:21 {DNC}

21. Craig David – All We Needed (Official BBC Children In Need Single 2016) 3:38 {42}

22. Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla – One Dance 2:55 {1}

23. DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You 3:26 {2}

24. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl 3:25 {26}

25. Sigma feat. Birdy – Find Me 3:25 {36}

26. Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love 3:16 {9}

27. Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap – The Mack 2:48 {14}

28. TIEKS feat. Dan Harkna – Sunshine 3:01 {15}

29. Zara Larsson – Ain't My Fault 3:44 {13}

30. Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Boiler – Is This Love (Remix) 3:20 {16}

31. Digital Farm Animals & Cash Cash feat. Nelly – Millionaire 3:06 {25}

32. Snakehips feat. Zayn – Cruel 3:31 {33}

33. Matoma & Becky Hill – False Alarm 3:45 {28}

34. Galantis & Hook N Sling – Love On Me 3:25 {16}

35. Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty – After The Afterparty 3:40 {29}

36. Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind (Mwah) 2:58 {30}

37. Louisa Johnson – So Good 3:11 {13}

38. James TW – When You Love Someone 3:35 {54}

39. Wilkinson feat. Karen Harding – Sweet Lies 3:27 {DNC}

40. Craig David & Sigala – Ain't Giving Up 2:38 {23}

41. Charlie Puth – Dangerously 3:19 {DNC}

42. offaiah – Trouble 2:53 {29}

43. Christine And The Queens – Tilted 3:54 {20}

44. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion 3:02 {12}

45. Niall Horan – This Town 3:54 {9}

 

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: Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla – One Dance (15 weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Michael Bublé – I Believe In You / Wilkinson feat. Karen Harding – Sweet Lies / Charlie Puth – Dangerously {DNC}

Longest Song: Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye 4:12

Shortest Song: Craig David & Sigala – Ain't Giving Up 2:38

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

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Andrew's ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 95 or Now 95 came out at the end of Autumn 2016 and was the final volume released that year. It contained 45 tracks with 6 UK #1 singles, already an improvement in both regards from its predecessor. Unfortunately, unlike its predecessor, it contained 3 tracks that did not chart, just as was the case on Now 93 from the same year. This volume was the first to feature music from Hailee Steinfeld, M.O, NEIKED, Anne-Marie (as a lead artist), JP Cooper (as a lead artist) and Niall Horan (as a solo artist).

 

The omissions from this era vary, with a few omitted from soundtracks such as Suicide Squad and Ghostbusters. Some names previously featured in the series who were overlooked included Katy Perry, Twenty One Pilots, Britney Spears, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Rihanna, Tove Lo, Robbie Williams and Cheat Codes.

 

Those whose only appearance in the series was on this album include MØ, Nevada, TIEKS, Digital Farm Animals (as a lead artist), Matoma (as a lead artist), Louisa Johnson (as a lead artist), James TW, offaiah and Christine And The Queens.

 

Artwork Rating: 6/10 Good

There was always something strangely familiar with this cover, and that would be because it’s basically the same setting, even the same angle, as the design for Now 89 from just two years previously. The starry skyline is the same, and the use of northern lights appears on both covers too. What makes this artwork different is the igloos and emperor penguins that feature. It’s certainly not the most striking design, but it is still a good effort nonetheless, despite not being a truly original design.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye

A really great single by Clean Bandit, if not one of their best. It spent 9 week’s in total at #1 and clearly there were a lot of fans, including me who listened to it frequently. It is possible that this single put Anne-Marie on the radar of future dance producers such as Major Lazer, David Guetta, Marshmello and Snakehips (even though Rudimental had previously featured her). This song was an easy pick from this disc.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Boiler – Is This Love (Remix)

Just edging it above the rest on this disc for me is this reworking of a Bob Marley classic. It made it fresh and current and certainly very appealing to listen to and what a delight it was to see this peak so highly in the UK. It would be nice if other Bob Marley hits could be given this sort of treatment to reach out to newer, and younger audiences.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

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

 

1. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens 3:15 {5}

2. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys 3:36 {28}

3. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons feat. Logic, Ty Dolla $ign & X Ambassadors – Sucker For Pain 4:04 {11}

4. Fifth Harmony feat. Fetty Wap – All In My Head (Flex) 3:30 {25}

5. Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy – Make Me... 3:50 {42}

6. Tove Lo – Cool Girl 3:19 {46}

7. Katy Perry – Rise 3:23 {25}

8. The Black Eyed Peas feat. The World – #Wheresthelove 5:25 {47}

9. Tory Lanez – Luv 3:48 {47}

10. Cheat Codes feat. Dante Klein – Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) 2:42 {36}

11. Mike Perry feat. Shy Martin – The Ocean 3:03 {39}

12. Frenship & Emily Warren – Capsize 3:57 {59}

13. The Chainsmokers feat. Phoebe Ryan – All We Know 3:14 {24}

14. John Gibbons – Would I Lie To You 3:20 {53}

15. Imani Williams feat. Sigala & Blonde – Don’t Need No Money 3:35 {67}

16. Chase & Status feat. Tom Grennan – All Goes Wrong 3:25 {65}

17. Kideko & George Kwali feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!) 2:48 {30}

18. Zay Hillfigerrr & Zayion McCall – Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) 2:24 {37}

19. Post Malone feat. Justin Bieber – Deja Vu 3:54 {63}

20. Rihanna – Needed Me 3:11 {38}

21. Usher – Crash 3:31 {63}

22. Joel Adams – Please Don’t Go 3:30 {50}

23. Robbie Williams – Party Like A Russian 3:02 {68}

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Total time: 1:19:46

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

I wouldn’t call this a stellar volume, but it’s an improvement on the previous volume. It wasn’t the best time for music in the charts, but on this volume there are the majority of hits from the time and it’s captured quite well. A few disappointing inclusions and omissions, but otherwise good.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of September 2018)

1. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye

2. Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Boiler – Is This Love (Remix)

3. TIEKS feat. Dan Harkna – Sunshine

4. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey – Closer

5. offaiah – Trouble

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of September 2018)

1. James TW – When You Love Someone

2. Charlie Puth – Dangerously

3. Michael Bublé – I Believe In You

4. Shawn Mendes – Mercy

5. Maroon 5 – Don’t Wanna Know

Other OmissionsDrake feat. Rihanna – Too Good {3}

Drake – Controlla {18}

Teddy Mac The Songaminute Man – You Make Me Feel So Young {43}

Kings Of Leon – Waste A Moment {45}

Lucas Graham – Mama Said {48}

DNCE – Toothbrush {49}

Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes {50}

Kanye West feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign – Fade {50}

Kehlani – Gangsta {57}

OneRepublic – Kids {58}

Busted – On What You’re On {60}

Skrillex & Rick Ross – Purple Lamborghini {61}

Flume feat. Tove Lo – Say It {69}

KSI vs. MNDM – Friends With Benefits {69}

Years & Years – Meteorite {72}

WSTRN – A-List {74}

Disc One

1. Sia – The Greatest 3:29 {5}

2. Anne-Marie – Alarm 3:26 {16}

3. JP Cooper – September Song 3:41 {7}

4. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye 4:12 {1}

5. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know 3:34 {7}

 

21. Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You (from 'Bridget Jones's Baby') 3:42 {11}

 

Disc Two

1. Matoma & Becky Hill – False Alarm 3:45 {28}

2. Digital Farm Animals & Cash Cash feat. Nelly – Millionaire 3:06 {25}

3. Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love 3:16 {9}

4. Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla – One Dance 2:55 {1}

5. Zara Larsson – Ain't My Fault 3:44 {13}

 

 

Artwork: 7/10

Love the penguins but the artwork looks a bit cheap

 

Overall: 9/10

Similar to the last Now really with how much I loved this time for music. Most people don't regard 2016 as a particularly great year for music but there was a lot of variety as we were essentially between two huge music trends (Tropical 2015 & Latin 2017).

 

Heathens, Too Good, Fade, Kids, & especially Say It are again huge omissions for me. There's a lot of other missing songs I liked at the time although admittedly don't go back to that often

 

 

Another good NOW album

 

Top 7

Sunshine

Is This Love (Remix)

Final Song

Trouble

Let Me Love You

Cold Water

Rockabye

Edited September 6, 20186 yr by gmat12

This wasn't the best time for chart music unfortunately! Here's my Top 5:-

 

1) Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Boiler – Is This Love (Remix)

2) TIEKS feat. Dan Harkna – Sunshine

3) Calvin Harris – My Way

4) offaiah – Trouble

5) Sigma feat. Birdy – Find Me

 

I'm sure Clean Bandit would of made it if I wasn't still suffering the effects of it's overplay!

Extremely good

Rockabye

Ain't My Fault

Good

 

Was tough choosing for best on disc 1 as 'Final Song' is excellent too.