Hadji bankrupting the Now Music series in just 4 weeks x

Exactly how would it bankrupt them? I wouldn’t be making a mockery of the series. They’re bankrupting themselves by constantly reusing the same songs over and over again and if I was releasing music, I’d want my music on compilations. I’d be pissed off if they didn’t include it. Instead of using r2 artists as disc fillers, they could at least use songs which peaked between 41-100 as disc fillers

Edited June 24, 20241 yr by Hadji

Hadji bankrupting the Now Music series in just 4 weeks x

Might not be possible.

Exactly how would it bankrupt them? I wouldn’t be making a mockery of the series. They’re bankrupting themselves by constantly reusing the same songs over and over again and if I was releasing music, I’d want my music on compilations. I’d be pissed off if they didn’t include it. Instead of using r2 artists as disc fillers, they could at least use songs which peaked between 41-100 as disc fillers

 

Now is a very niche prospect nowadays, with three staff and a small falling turnover, and very low profit, you can see their accounts for the year up to March 2023 on Companies House.

 

https://find-and-update.company-information.../filing-history

 

The reused 80s stuff and older is I'm sure where they make the bulk of their profit. Look at how well Jukebox and Rock Anthems did compared with The Vault, or how badly the Extras sell compared to the main Yearbooks. We may not like it but people seem to want to buy the same thing over and over again, and when something else is offered to them they don't want it.

 

I would imagine the numbered Now series will not be making them much money at all these days, and if they spend the little profit they make on them on attempting to license the superstar artists then they may as well just pack their bags and quit now. If Taylor, Harry and Beyoncé desperately wanted to be on Now then they would offer up their music at an affordable rate. Clearly they don't do that so don't care.

 

Packing the albums full of cheap Radio 2 fillers makes sense, because people in their mid 30s and up are who still buy compilations for the most part so you may win a few extra sales off the back of it and the licensing for them will be very cheap. Packing them full of a load of rap songs or whatever that peaked between 41-100 isn't going to increase sales, in fact it would probably harm them further.

 

You wouldn't be able to have any sort of impact whatsoever on Queen, that is clearly something arranged with worldwide record labels because they kick off Bravo Hits spin-offs all the time too and countless other global compilations they appear on, and non Now compilations.

Edited June 24, 20241 yr by gooddelta

Exactly how would it bankrupt them? I wouldn’t be making a mockery of the series. They’re bankrupting themselves by constantly reusing the same songs over and over again and if I was releasing music, I’d want my music on compilations. I’d be pissed off if they didn’t include it. Instead of using r2 artists as disc fillers, they could at least use songs which peaked between 41-100 as disc fillers

 

It's easy to say, but I'm going to assume you know nothing about licensing in general, let alone for a compilation album. It's not like a Spotify/Apple Music playlist - you have to pay to make a physical release and that includes licensing artists. Songs are EXPENSIVE! Artists are now in more of a role of what they can do with their catalogue - if they say "no" they mean it! Rare occasions like Charity, Award, or Big Budget Soundtrack compilations can make their money back with sponsors or label backing (or licensing is a bit lenient due to a quick and easy charitable image).

 

“Here's some stats to make you understand that it's not NOWs fault. Taylor Swift hasn't appeared on a non-NOW album since 2012, which was a Radio 2 album. So it was probably backed by the BBC or had a bigger budget. Since then Taylor didn't make a Clubland, a Pop Party, a "Your Songs" themed album, or any other themed/chart CD. Beyonce's last appearance was a remix of "Formation" on an Annie Mac album - again, similar situation of either backing from BBC or a bigger budget - or maybe Annie could pull the strings?

"But what about the USA NOWs". It's one disc, and they probably get given the same kind of budget the UK gets, so they can splash some cash on bigger names like Taylor Swift. The Grammy albums were quite the prestigious compilation - so big acts were fine with their names appearing, especially if it meant getting closer to winning an award. But even they couldn't get Rihanna with "Work" for the 2017 edition - even though she was nominated.

 

I really wish you'd read and acknowledge this kind of information and just accept that NOW isn't the almighty juggernaut of music! Even they have their limits, they always have! This is the compilation that couldn't get Madonna, Michael Jackson, Los Del Rio!!!!!!!, or the Baha Men!

If you don't like the NOWs anymore, don't buy them - just make a playlist! Then you can add as much "urban" music and as much Taylor Swift you want and you can never have to worry about the "R2 style" artists infiltrating your ears ever again”

Now is a very niche prospect nowadays, with three staff and a small falling turnover, and very low profit, you can see their accounts for the year up to March 2023 on Companies House.

 

https://find-and-update.company-information.../filing-history

 

The reused 80s stuff and older is where they make their money. Look at how well Jukebox and Rock Anthems did compared with The Vault, or how badly the Extras sell compared to the main Yearbooks. We may not like it but people seem to want to buy the same thing over and over again, and when something else is offered to them they don't want it.

 

The numbered Now series will not be making them much money at all these days, and if they spend the little profit they make on them on attempting to license the superstar artists then they may as well just pack their bags and quit now. If Taylor, Harry and Beyoncé desperately wanted to be on Now then they would offer up their music at an affordable rate. Clearly they don't do that so don't care.

 

Packing the albums full of cheap Radio 2 fillers makes sense, because people in their mid 30s and up are who still buy compilations for the most part so you may win a few extra sales off the back of it and the licensing for them will be very cheap. Packing them full of a load of rap songs or whatever that peaked between 41-100 isn't going to increase sales, in fact it would probably harm them further.

 

You wouldn't be able to have any sort of impact whatsoever on Queen, that is clearly something arranged with worldwide record labels because they kick off Bravo Hits spin-offs all the time too and countless other global compilations they appear on, and non Now compilations.

Queen is fair enough why they’re always track 1 but as for George Michael, I don’t see why he’s always track 1 and they’ll never put Queen and George Michael on the same compilation as only one of them can be track 1. How they should do it if they’re that keen to keep using George Michael on track 1 is put Queen as disc 1 track 1 and George Michael as disc 2 track 1 and as for including songs which peaked in the 41-100 region, I’d welcome dance music that peaked in that region especially on a summer edition. As for vault, people aren’t that keen on an album full of songs that missed the top 40 which is why I said it’s a better idea with the vault to include the hits which missed the main and extra yearbooks with the flops being the disc fillers and also, they tend to include the artists which they usually include and I’m surprised that Alison Moyet for instance who appears frequently on these spin-offs didn’t appear on any of the 1986 yearbooks. She appeared across the 1984 and 1985 yearbooks but not on the 1986 yearbook. That’s a prime example of a hit missing a main and extra yearbook

Edited June 24, 20241 yr by Hadji

Queen is fair enough why they’re always track 1 but as for George Michael, I don’t see why he’s always track 1 and they’ll never put Queen and George Michael on the same compilation as only one of them can be track 1. How they should do it if they’re that keen to keep using George Michael on track 1 is put Queen as disc 1 track 1 and George Michael as disc 2 track 1 and as for including songs which peaked in the 41-100 region, I’d welcome dance music that peaked in that region especially on a summer edition. As for vault, people aren’t that keen on an album full of songs that missed the top 40 which is why I said it’s a better idea with the vault to include the hits which missed the main and extra yearbooks with the flops being the disc fillers and also, they tend to include the artists which they usually include and I’m surprised that Alison Moyet for instance who appears frequently on these spin-offs didn’t appear on any of the 1986 yearbooks. That’s a prime example of a hit missing a main and extra yearbook

 

I can only imagine the estate of George/Wham! have agreed something similar since he passed away, as I don't remember it happening before this. They probably insisted opening Disc 1 or not at all as well, so Now have to make a choice in years both artists were active.

 

For The Vault, I expect they've already included practically everything they can license, so there's really nothing big left to use. And if they do suddenly get access to a No.1 that they previously missed, it might look odd to put it on an album called The Vault. They could include more global hits (I like the idea of the US disc), but I can't imagine it would lead to many more sales. I think the idea is a dead duck anyway, nice concept but nobody bought it.

Edited June 24, 20241 yr by gooddelta

I much prefer BuzzJack presents...... Fewer licencing issues, far more inclusive and vastly superior sequencing.

Now 118 artwork and track list taken from a fan page on Facebook who are usually very reliable.

 

@1805984303664267576

 

Out July 26.

 

Love that artwork - very summery!

Edited June 26, 2024Jun 26 by gavindeejay

That 'Training Season' -> 'Good Luck, Babe!' -> 'we can't be friends (wait for your love)' run on Disc 1 *.*

Now 18 has 4 songs removed from there. I imagine Phil Collins and INXS are two of them. Don’t know which other two have been removed. Steve Miller Band has been removed from the cover. Can’t see him being removed as he just anppeared on Now Yearbook 1990 and Now 118 could’ve done with having the discs filled up and done with Shaboozey and a few 1xtra artists. Shame there aren’t any 1xtra artists on there

Edited June 26, 2024Jun 26 by Hadji

Not many 'Radio 2 artists' though and quite a few more top 10 hits than usual (15 I think when you count Good Luck, Babe! on Friday).

 

Nice to see double Dua and Becky. I'd have probably used the Cascada remix of Never Be Lonely, Zoe's version is such a dull vocal in comparison.

 

Happy to see beabadoobee and Nemo, although I'd have liked Joost on there too.

 

Artemas feels very low down Disc 1.

 

Tommy Richman, Mark Ambor, Central Cee and Shaboozey feel like the most notable absences aside from the obvious (Taylor, Beyoncé).

Now 118 artwork and track list taken from a fan page on Facebook who are usually very reliable.

 

@1805984303664267576

 

Out July 26.

 

Love that artwork - very summery!

 

Good tracklist

Now 18 has 4 songs removed from there. I imagine Phil Collins and INXS anre two of them. Don’t know which other two have been removed. Steve Miller Band has been removed from the cover. Can’t see him being removed ans he just anppeared on Now Yearbook 1990 and Now 118 could’ve done with having the discs filled up and done with Shaboozey and a few 1xtra artists. Shame there aren’t any 1xtra artists on there

 

Phil Collins and INXS were expected not sure what the other two will be.

I already have NOW 18 on CD i just need 19 and 20 to complete my NOW CD runs.

For comparison sake, here's the tracklist for Germany's Bravo Hits 126, due out the same day as Now 118. Worth noting that Hozier, Artemas, Michael Marcagi, Dasha, Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Tate McRae, Olivia Rodrigo and Jax Jones were all on the previous edition released in April, along with Mark Ambor, so that is a weird one to be missing from Now.

 

 

CD1

 

01. Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man - Lovers In A Past Life

02. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

03. Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

04. David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait

05. Benson Boone - Slow It Down

06. Imagine Dragons - Eyes Closed

07. Teddy Swims - The Door

08. Peter Fox & Reezy - Toast

09. Meghan Trainor - To The Moon

10. Chapo102, Bausa & Herbert Grönemeyer - Alkohol (#40Bochum)

11. Isabel LaRosa - favorite

12. The Chainsmokers - No Shade at Pitti

13. Ava Max - My Oh My

14. Lost Frequencies & David Kushner - In My Bones

15. MiLANO & Kauta - On/Off

16. Gabry Ponte & Kel - Tarantella

17. Alok, Tazi, Samuele Sartini, Amanda Wilson & York - Seek Love (On The Beach)

18. Sophie and the Giants - Shut Up And Dance

19. Zartmann, Ski Aggu & Dauner - wie du manchmal fehlst

20. Provinz - glaubst du

21. Topic & A7S - Out My Head

22. Mark Forster - Wenn Du Mich Rufst

23. Robin Schulz - Only Way Is Up (feat. Izzy Bizu)

24. Purple Disco Machine & Benjamin Ingrosso - Honey Boy (feat. Nile Rodgers & Shenseea)

25. AYLIVA - Beifahrer

 

CD2

 

01. Billie Eilish - LUNCH

02. Jaxomy, Agatino Romero & Raffaella Carra - Pedro

03. Kygo & HAYLA - Without You

04. James Arthur & Kelly Clarkson - From The Jump (Duet Version)

05. Myles Smith - Stargazing

06. SDP, Sido & Esther Graf - Mama hat gesagt

07. Jonas Blue, Galantis & Zoe Wees - Mountains

08. Fourty & Bausa - VEMPA

09. Milky Chance - Naked And Alive

10. Anitta & Sam Smith - Ahi

11. Tom Gregory - Glow In The Dark

12. Glass Animals - Creatures in Heaven

13. Giovanni Zarrella - Fantastico

14. Civo - Mach die Augen auf

15. Frozy, Jason Derulo & Tomo - From the Islands (kompa pasión)

16. Charlie Puth - Hero

17. Luciano & Omah lay - Another Vibe

18. Michael Schulte - Beautiful Reason

19. Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer - Lighter

20. Asdis - Flashback

21. Lena - Good again

22. Rag'n'Bone Man - What Do You Believe In?

23. Tim Bendzko - KOMM SCHON!

24. Nina Chuba - 80qm

25. Meduza, OneRepublic & Leony - Fire (Official UEFA EURO 2024 Song)

 

Not sure they've got anything I'd have expected to be on Now. Maybe Rag'n'Bone Man's solo song and at a push James Arthur & Kelly Clarkson.

Edited June 26, 2024Jun 26 by gooddelta

RAYE and Central Cee’s omissions off Now 118 is them being anti-1xtra again

Steve Miller Band and Bass-O-Matic are the other two artists missing from Now 18, alongside Phil Collins and INXS as expected.

 

Not sure why exactly, when both were on Now Yearbook 1990.

Steve Miller Band and Bass-O-Matic are the other two artists missing from Now 18, alongside Phil Collins and INXS as expected.

 

Not sure why exactly, when both were on Now Yearbook 1990.

Where does it say that Steve Miller Band and Bass-O-Matic are the other two removed tracks

Where does it say that Steve Miller Band and Bass-O-Matic are the other two removed tracks

 

Somebody posted the front and back cover on the NOW That's What I Call Music Collectors Group UK on Facebook.

Somebody posted the front and back cover on the NOW That's What I Call Music Collectors Group UK on Facebook.

I was expecting the La’s to be one of the removed tracks as they didn’t appear on any of the 1990 yearbooks and Kylie and PSB are the only two artists on Now 118 who also appear on Now 18

Here’s a Spotify playlist for those who wish to listen to the tracks in the order;

 

 

Here’s an incomplete list of omissions in the order of UK chart peak (bold ones are realistic additions to the next release, Now 119);

 

Eminem – Houdini {1}

Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please {1}

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – Fortnight {1}

Central Cee feat. Lil Baby – BAND4BAND {3}

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) {3}

Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department {3}

Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY {3}

Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER {4}

Taylor Swift – Down Bad {4}

Kendrick Lamar – NOT LIKE US {6}

Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With A Broken Heart {8}

Mark Ambor – Belong Together {11}

Flo Milli – Never Lose Me {15}

Kygo feat. Ava Max – Whatever {15}

Lay Bankz – Tell Ur Girlfriend {15}

Bryson Tiller – Whatever She Wants {16}

Jungle – Back On 74 {19}

RAYE – Genesis (Part II) {22}

Zach Bryan – Pink Skies {25}

Charli XCX – Von dutch {26}

Good Neighbours – Home {26}

Gunna – one of wun {30}

Twenty One Pilots – Overcompensate {34}

Fred Again.. & Anderson .Paak feat. Chika – Places To Be {35}

Gracie Abrams – Close To You {35}

Tems – Love Me Jeje {36}

Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng – Jump {38}

Meghan Trainor feat. T-Pain – Been Like This {40}

 

Bring Me The Horizon – Top 10 staTues tHat CriEd bloOd {41}

Oasis – Supersonic {42}

Bring Me The Horizon – Youtopia {50}

Majestic, The Jammin Kid & Céline Dion – Set My Heart On Fire {54}

goddard. & Cat Burns – Wasted Youth {58}

Ariana Grande – the boy is mine {61}

Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti – I LUV IT {61}

 

Some recent releases that may chart in the near future;

 

Becky Hill & Self Esteem – True Colours {YTC}

Cassö, Jazzy & Headie One – Zeros {YTC}

Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove {YTC}

Ella Henderson & Switch Disco with Alok – Under The Sun {YTC}

Jax Jones x Joel Corry x Jason Derulo – Tonight (DIYA) {YTC}

Nathan Dawe & MNEK – Ten (Get Back Up) {YTC}

Perrie – Tears {YTC}

Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton – Pour Me A Drink {YTC}

 

Some other non-charting recent releases that may have been considered;

 

Ava Max – My Oh My {DNC}

Camila Cabello feat. Lil Nas X – HE KNOWS {DNC}

Conan Gray – Lonely Dancers {DNC}

Gabrielle – Sorry {DNC}

Glass Animals – Creatures In Heaven {DNC}

Griff – Miss Me Too {DNC}

FLO – Walk Like This {DNC}

James – Life's A Shocking Miracle {DNC}

Jess Glynne – Enough {DNC}

Leigh-Anne – Stealin' Love {DNC}

Meghan Trainor – To The Moon {DNC}

Mimi Webb – Mistake {DNC}

Paloma Faith – Sweatpants {DNC}

Peggy Gou – Lobster Telephone {DNC}

Rag'n'Bone Man – What Do You Believe In? {DNC]

The Libertines – Shiver {DNC}

Zara Larsson – You Love Who You Love {DNC}