March 20Mar 20 Wouldn't be surprised to see Rick Astley's latest Waiting On You on NOW 123, he last appeared on NOW 116 with Never Gonna Stop.
March 21Mar 21 15 hours ago, Hadji said:Imagine if they’re delaying Now 123 until they get a number 1 single for the album? If that’s true, then it’s a stupid reason to delay the albumThere's no reason to. Now 16 and Now 94 had no number 1s on them and for the most part, they were quite solid albums. I remember Now 94 very well, as Drake had been dominating the top spot for weeks on end with 'One Dance', and that ended up on Now 95 anyway. So considering the lack of a No.1 on Now 94, it was a pretty strong album on the whole.No excuses for Now here, the only thing I can think of is the quantity of material they can put on there. With how slow the charts are at the moment (current No.1 is already on Now 122) they're probably allowing extra time to ensure the next release isn't all filler, and may have some killer.
March 21Mar 21 15 minutes ago, Tylky said:There's no reason to. Now 16 and Now 94 had no number 1s on them and for the most part, they were quite solid albums. I remember Now 94 very well, as Drake had been dominating the top spot for weeks on end with 'One Dance', and that ended up on Now 95 anyway.So considering the lack of a No.1 on Now 94, it was a pretty strong album on the whole.No excuses for Now here, the only thing I can think of is the quantity of material they can put on there. With how slow the charts are at the moment (current No.1 is already on Now 122) they're probably allowing extra time to ensure the next release isn't all filler, and may have some killer.Now 96 technically didn’t have any number 1s. Fastlove was only included as a tribute and in a way, there weren’t any current number 1s on there and Now 99 didn’t have any number 1s when it was announced; These Days reached number 1 after the album was announced. Now 16 didn’t have any number 1s because all the songs between 15 and 16 that had reached number 1 were owned by Warner or Sony who were appearing on the Hits at the time. There were quite a lot of songs on Now 16 that had missed the top 40. Wasn’t That’s What I Like owned by neither Warner or Sony? If that’s the case, I don’t see why it appeared on Monster Hits (Hits 11) instead of Now 16. All the songs that reached number 1 since 122 have either been by Christmas songs, artists who are selfish with their music and songs that have already appeared Edited March 21Mar 21 by Hadji
March 21Mar 21 Jessie Ware should be on it hopefully.I hope to see Perrie on there with Woman In Love and as i mentioned earlier Rick Astley.
March 23Mar 23 Whispering your name was 1994great work as usual love these Edited March 23Mar 23 by Mark
March 23Mar 23 13 minutes ago, geraintlewis268 said:I hope we get an announcement this week...Same. Don’t mind whether it’s Now 123 or next yearbook but more the former and nothing pointless like they did last week
March 24Mar 24 The Now insider mole on the Facebook group has hinted that Now 123 is coming this week, phew! Unless it's a very short lead time they must have pushed it further back in April for some reason.
March 24Mar 24 42 minutes ago, gooddelta said:The Now insider mole on the Facebook group has hinted that Now 123 is coming this week, phew! Unless it's a very short lead time they must have pushed it further back in April for some reason.If it is Now 123 and it gets released on 17th April, then it means that they’re now revealing the tracklist 3 weeks before release date instead of 4 weeks. I also hope Bella Kay is track 1 as it might help push her to number 1 Edited March 24Mar 24 by Hadji
March 24Mar 24 2 hours ago, gooddelta said:The Now insider mole on the Facebook group has hinted that Now 123 is coming this week, phew! Unless it's a very short lead time they must have pushed it further back in April for some reason.Can we see if we have any artwork for this in that case?
March 24Mar 24 Could do with more songs and no RAYE or Bruno Mars and according to hmv, it’s being released on 17th April Edited March 24Mar 24 by Hadji
March 24Mar 24 Oh dear, maybe they should have reduced it to two a year, that is considerably worse than I'd have expected 🥲I don't like being negative for the sake of it but only 40 songs, no No.1s, a double from December 10 lol (yet they are not mentioned on the cover artwork) who have never breached the top 40?And is that just one top ten hit on Disc 2? And fewer than 10 overall. Seriously bad.
March 24Mar 24 2 minutes ago, awardinary said:Gosh that's poor. Will post a playlist shortly.Cheers, was gonna make it myself but I can't be bothered tbh!There are still about 20 songs I like here, but yes it does look a bit thin in terms of actual hits. "The defining sound of early 2026, JP Cooper & Gabrielle!" Edited March 24Mar 24 by HiyaLuv!
March 24Mar 24 I also noticed that Harry is the only living 1D member who doesn’t appear on this album
March 24Mar 24 Author Notable Omissions;HUNTR/X EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, Kpop Demon Hunters Cast – GoldenDave feat. Tems - RaindanceHarry Styles – ApertureHarry Styles – American GirlsAlex Warren – Fever DreamBella Kay – iloveitiloveitiloveitPinkPantheress & Zara Larsson – StatesideBruno Mars – I Just MightRAYE – Nightingale LaneRAYE & Hanz Zimmer – Click Clack Symphonysombr – 12 to 12sombr – HomewreckerBad Bunny - DtMFHAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon – I RunLola Young – d3alerCharli xcx – Always EverywhereCharli xcx – Chains Of LoveJames Marriott – California RainDermot Kennedy – FuneralThe Last Dinner Party – The ScytheFlorence + The Machine – Sympathy MagicAppleton – Falling Into YouBlue – One Last TimeTake That feat. Leony – Said It All [Jax Jones Rework]Perrie – Woman In LoveKaty Perry – bandaidsSabrina Carpenter – Such A Funny WayDjo – Basic Being Basicmgk – times of my lifeJADE – ChurchMeghan Trainor – Get In GirlDavid Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I – Gone Gone GoneJames Hype featuring Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey – WaterfallsEd Sheeran feat. Karen Aujla – SymmetryDanny L Harle & Dua Lipa – Two HeartsROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor – Berghain
March 24Mar 24 11 minutes ago, awardinary said:Notable Omissions;HUNTR/X EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, Kpop Demon Hunters Cast – GoldenDave feat. Tems - RaindanceHarry Styles – ApertureHarry Styles – American GirlsAlex Warren – Fever DreamBella Kay – iloveitiloveitiloveitPinkPantheress & Zara Larsson – StatesideBruno Mars – I Just MightRAYE – Nightingale LaneRAYE & Hanz Zimmer – Click Clack Symphonysombr – 12 to 12sombr – HomewreckerBad Bunny - DtMFHAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon – I RunLola Young – d3alerCharli xcx – Always EverywhereCharli xcx – Chains Of LoveJames Marriott – California RainDermot Kennedy – FuneralThe Last Dinner Party – The ScytheFlorence + The Machine – Sympathy MagicAppleton – Falling Into YouBlue – One Last TimeTake That feat. Leony – Said It All [Jax Jones Rework]Perrie – Woman In LoveKaty Perry – bandaidsSabrina Carpenter – Such A Funny WayDjo – Basic Being Basicmgk – times of my lifeJADE – ChurchMeghan Trainor – Get In GirlDavid Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I – Gone Gone GoneJames Hype featuring Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey – WaterfallsEd Sheeran feat. Karen Aujla – SymmetryDanny L Harle & Dua Lipa – Two HeartsROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor – BerghainNow imagine Hits reviving itself to release this tracklist.It would be a must buy! For whatever reason more and more artists seem to not be licensing to Now as each edition passes, mostly big names.
March 24Mar 24 Not every song that doesn’t appear is due to licensing issues. Some of the times, Now choose not to include them ie. Alex Warren, Bruno Mars, RAYE
March 24Mar 24 Author 2 minutes ago, Hadji said:Not every song that doesn’t appear is due to licensing issues. Some of the times, Now choose not to include them ie. Alex Warren, Bruno Mars, RAYEThey probably want to salvage some actual hits for the time the next volume gets released which is typically only a 3 mont window between this release date and the next one.
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