May 12May 12 15 hours ago, Hadji said:Lorde is still a licensable artist. She did appear quite recently on Now 40 Years 2013-2023 so there’s a chance of her appearing on Now 121That's true! I guess we'll have to wait and see if she appears (that's if it's big enough to appear).I wonder if Miley will make 121, or be delayed for 122 - she does like to take her time to appear with her songs.
May 12May 12 1 hour ago, SuperWooper said:That's true! I guess we'll have to wait and see if she appears (that's if it's big enough to appear).I wonder if Miley will make 121, or be delayed for 122 - she does like to take her time to appear with her songs.I think Miley will be included on 121. It’s possible that Flowers missed 114 because it was number 1 when the album was announced
May 15May 15 Vault 1981 due for release on 13th June. They snubbed 9 To 5 considering it’s still licensable and qualifies for vault
May 15May 15 9 To 5 doesn't strike me as the kind of song they would include on a Vault release. Most of these songs are completely forgotten.I don't recognise many titles on here at all, so sure it will be an interesting listen as per the other Vault albums.
May 15May 15 24 minutes ago, gooddelta said:9 To 5 doesn't strike me as the kind of song they would include on a Vault release. Most of these songs are completely forgotten.I don't recognise many titles on here at all, so sure it will be an interesting listen as per the other Vault albums.Vaults are mainly for songs that didn’t make the top 40 and as Gary Davies would say "sometimes, we just didn’t get it right". I recognise quite a few of these songs ie. Rick James, Eddie Rabbitt, Juice Newton. They’re now including songs that made the top 10 ie. Adam & The Ants which peaked at #9. I hope next weeks announcement is the next yearbook which will most likely be 70s Edited May 15May 15 by Hadji
May 29May 29 Yay for another late 90s rather than 70s!Interesting to have the two George Michael tracks kicking off the first two discs.Pleased that Katrina made the main album, as it should. Love that those Paula Cole and Paul McCartney songs made it on.Disc 1 is wonderfully poppy, I wonder if they weren't allowed Candle in the Wind 1997, so instead used the other a-side.Interested to see if it's the radio edit for Coolio, which isn't on Spotify.Quite a few things missing, like Freed From Desire (weird, it must now be unavailable), I'll Be Missing You (for obvious reasons), Don't Speak/Men In Black/Perfect Day/Teletubbies/Together Again/either big Verve single (licensing I guess).The Tori Amos/Lisa Stansfield sequencing of the songs with the same sample is quite inspired.Hopefully they've put the 1997 version of Source and not the 2006 version.I hope Some Kind of Bliss by Kylie makes it onto the Extra, they might use Did It Again instead though. Edited May 29May 29 by gooddelta
May 29May 29 Author My initial thoughts are... yay for Dannii Minogue, the song that got me into her music at the time!
May 29May 29 Tubthumping is another big song missing from the album and we haven’t had any yearbooks this year ending with a 5 and as for Elton John, I heard somewhere that he won’t allow 1997 Candle In The Wind to appear on compilations which is a shame really Edited May 29May 29 by Hadji
May 29May 29 Oh great to see 1997 up next, not only my birth year but a standout one for the charts in general.Like Rich I was also pleased to see 'Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?' making the cut.
May 29May 29 YES at it being 1997! Love that year!For the extra, I’d love to see the two other 97 Hanson tracks-Where’s the Love and I Will Come To You-especially the latter as it’s never featured on a Now.Wanted to see As Long As You Love Me here too but I guess that’s been saved for the Extra.
May 29May 29 Since that time's coming close...Any final tracklist and/or artwork predictions for NOW 121?
May 29May 29 They should’ve gone with yellow instead of green seeing as 1992 is green. I would’ve said they should’ve made it blue but 1977 is blue and it wouldn’t look right having two yearbooks same colour ending with same digit Edited May 29May 29 by Hadji
May 30May 30 I’ve also made a list of songs that could appear on Now 121. As Now 121 is looking to join Now 16 and Now 94 into the "no number one singles" club, I reckon Love Me Not could end up being track 1 and here’s my list of songs that could appearRavyn Lenae - Love Me NotChappell Roan - The GiverEd Sheeran - AzizamEd Sheeran - Old PhoneSombr - UndressedSombr - Back To FriendsDoechii - AnxietyAlex Warren & Jelly Roll - BloodlineTate McRae - Sports CarTate McRae - Revolving DoorNathan Dawe & Shayan - Over YouSabrina Carpenter - Busy WomanLorde - What Was ThatBenson Boone - Mystical MagicalSonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas - Tell MeCalvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - BlessingsMorgan Seatree & Florence + The Machine - Say My NameSkye Newman - Family MattersEly Oaks - Running AroundJADE - FUFN (Forget You For Now)Ariana Grande - Twilight ZoneAddison Rae - Headphones OnLady Gaga - AbracadabraDavid Guetta & Sia - Beautiful PeopleMiley Cyrus - End Of The WorldMaroon 5 & LISA - PricelessLola Young - One ThingAvicii & Elle King - Let’s Ride AwayWizTheMC & Bees & Honey - Show Me LoveMOLIY & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly)Sleep Token - Even In ArcadiaPinkPantheress - IllegalRudimental & Khalid - All I KnowJames Hype - Don’t Wake Me UpThe Weeknd - Cry For MeMorgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I WantTom Grennan - Full AttentionRemember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened?JJ - Wasted LoveRobbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi - RocketPaul Weller - PinballMax Dean, Locky, Luke Dean - Can’t DecideMyles Smith - GoldFontaines DC - It’s OK To Be YoungCharli XCX - Party 4 UMabel - January 19
May 30May 30 Author Now sure if it is an error, but Now Yearbook 1997 is not available to purchase in Deluxe CD on Amazon. 🤔
May 30May 30 23 minutes ago, awardinary said:Now sure if it is an error, but Now Yearbook 1997 is not available to purchase in Deluxe CD on Amazon. 🤔Yes it is https://www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-Yearbook-Special-Various-Artists/dp/B0FB26S1PY
June 1Jun 1 Now 121 will be very weak indeed, nothing has really happened since the last edition, which still carries the UK top two singles. Absurd nearly two months after it was released. It might be time to think about reducing the volumes from three to two a year to strengthen them.Azizam feels more like the kind of song they will open with to me than Love Me Not, or maybe Calvin Harris' Blessings? As they opened a couple of albums in 2023 with Calvin. I really hope another No.1 single emerges in time for the tracklist release but it does look unlikely.I hope Baller by Abor & Tynna makes it, as it's been more popular than JJ here and it would be cool to have a German language song on there.
June 1Jun 1 Now 121 will most likely follow Now 16 and Now 94 into the no number 1 singles club and Love Me Not which is the biggest song at the moment will most likely open Now 121. Better to open with number 2 Love Me Not than number 3 Azizam especially when the former is outselling the latter. Now 116 opening with Calvin Harris’ number 6 single was a disaster
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