July 26Jul 26 1 hour ago, Harrison FB said:NOW 58's CD1 rounds up at around 73.5 minutes, I just discovered. Which song do you think would've been added to fill in the gap? Personally, I'd say "Mr. Brightside".Or This Love by Maroon 5. Don’t understand why it appeared on the Hits when it was released by Interscope who normally licensed their tracks to Now in the 00s
July 26Jul 26 If anybody would like to join my Facebook group to see my journey for recreating Now 1 to the present day, here is the link. It would be much appreciated! 😁https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1c6XN499Qm/?mibextid=wwXIfr
July 26Jul 26 Author 7 minutes ago, nowmusic1993 said:If anybody would like to join my Facebook group to see my journey for recreating Now 1 to the present day, here is the link. It would be much appreciated! 😁https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1c6XN499Qm/?mibextid=wwXIfrWill do, and don't forget to add your own story to my thread here for others to enjoy reading!
July 27Jul 27 9 hours ago, nowmusic1993 said:If anybody would like to join my Facebook group to see my journey for recreating Now 1 to the present day, here is the link. It would be much appreciated! 😁https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1c6XN499Qm/?mibextid=wwXIfrAm I allowed to share my own versions on this page, or is it just for yours?
July 30Jul 30 I was hoping for something to be announced today, but to be fair, we did have Yearbook 1971 last week.
July 30Jul 30 1 hour ago, Harrison FB said:We have another animated-less ad on our hands, unfortunately...Is this gonna be for the foreseeable future?
July 30Jul 30 46 minutes ago, geraintlewis268 said:Is this gonna be for the foreseeable future?I don't know, but this seems to me that they're trying to cut costs. Probably why the tracklists are so bad and the ads are not animated.
July 31Jul 31 I got my copy of Now 124 today from Asda. Checked their yesterday and they didn’t have it which means they’ve stopped stocking the CDs before the release dates
July 31Jul 31 46 minutes ago, Hadji said:I got my copy of Now 124 today from Asda. Checked their yesterday and they didn’t have it which means they’ve stopped stocking the CDs before the release datesYou checked early for an album you rated 1-star? Maybe they realised the leaked early copies were harming first week sales.I bought it today in HMV, which had loads of copies which was nice to see. Also bought Ariana's album, the Eurovision 2025 vinyl (down from £55 to a bargain £20) and the Super Mario Galaxy Blu-ray - thank goodness it was payday.
July 31Jul 31 1 minute ago, gooddelta said:You checked early for an album you rated 1-star? Maybe they realised the leaked early copies were harming first week sales.I bought it today in HMV, which had loads of copies which was nice to see. Also bought Ariana's album, the Eurovision 2025 vinyl (down from £55 to a bargain £20) and the Super Mario Galaxy Blu-ray - thank goodness it was payday.Because it’s collectors that will buy the albums regardless of the tracklists and the casual buyers that won’t touch the albums because of the tracklists although collectors care about track repetition and casual buyers don’t. I got it from Asda because I had some money off vouchers that I wanted to use and I also popped to HMV to buy Ariana Grande’s album
July 31Jul 31 1 minute ago, Hadji said:Because it’s collectors that will buy the albums regardless of the tracklists and the casual buyers that won’t touch the albums because of the tracklists although collectors care about track repetition and casual buyers don’t. I got it from Asda because I had some money off vouchers that I wanted to use and I also popped to HMV to buy Ariana Grande’s albumFair. I haven't had chance to listen yet as not at home but I noticed Go was listed in the booklet as the 'Radio Edit', which I'm pretty sure I've never even heard as don't listen to the radio so just heard the main version on Spotify.
July 31Jul 31 2 minutes ago, gooddelta said:Fair. I haven't had chance to listen yet as not at home but I noticed Go was listed in the booklet as the 'Radio Edit', which I'm pretty sure I've never even heard as don't listen to the radio so just heard the main version on Spotify.It tells you on iTunes what versions the songs are unless it’s the songs you can’t cherry-pick from the album
August 1Aug 1 7 hours ago, gooddelta said:Fair. I haven't had chance to listen yet as not at home but I noticed Go was listed in the booklet as the 'Radio Edit', which I'm pretty sure I've never even heard as don't listen to the radio so just heard the main version on Spotify.Not to mention that Beauty And A Beat was listed as the album version, but 'bitches' was left uncensored!
August 1Aug 1 4 hours ago, lewistgreen said:Downloaded my copy from Amazon this morning and will give it a listen later onHow did you manage to do that? I can't find the ability to download the MP3 album on Amazon anywhere. It's only giving me the CD option. I'm going MP3 only as I'm running out of physical space for the numbered volumes.
August 1Aug 1 1 hour ago, Tylky said:How did you manage to do that? I can't find the ability to download the MP3 album on Amazon anywhere. It's only giving me the CD option. I'm going MP3 only as I'm running out of physical space for the numbered volumes.I had the same problem. If you search for "Now 124 MP3" on Amazon it gives you the result and takes you to Amazon Music to download 😊
August 1Aug 1 Giving it a listen now and I'm into Disc 2. I actually think it's a better, solid collection of songs than 123 was. Okay there's not many "hits" on there but as a compilation of actual good music it's there. That Duran Duran track is incredible and I'd not heard it before; there were occasions in the 00s and 10s where I'd buy a copy and find a song I'd not heard before and end up enjoying it so I like that continuing, especially in an age where everything is readily available.
August 1Aug 1 Decided to have a look at how much of an impact this 'Sales and Airplay' thing has actually had. I've added in below the chart positions against all of the songs and it's interesting. I have bolded out their peaks in the separate charts (this took far too long and I won't ever do it again lol).Stats:26 tracks have a position on the UK Singles Chart.15 tracks did not appear in the UK Singles Chart at all.No one managed to be #1 on all 3 charts.2 songs were Sales and Airplay #1 but did not make #1 on the UK Singles Chart (I Just Might and FEVER DREAM).3 songs only appear in the UK Singles Chart and not the Sales/Airplay ones (Doors, Earrings and SHE DID IT AGAIN).3 songs got their joint highest appearance on both the Sales and Airplay charts (I Just Might, FEVER DREAM and Satisfy).9 songs got their highest peak only on the UK Singles Chart.9 songs got their highest peak only on the Sales Chart.18 songs got their highest peak only on the Airplay Chart.Conan Gray is the only appearance to have not charted anywhere.Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (Sales #2, Airplay #1) [#1 Singles]Bruno Mars - I Just Might (Sales #1, Airplay #1) [#5 Singles]Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me (Sales #1, Airplay #2) [#1 Singles]Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (Sales #1, Airplay #1) [#3 Singles]Calvin Harris & Jazzy - Satisfy (Sales #6, Airplay #6) [#43 Singles]Myles Smith - Hold Me In The Dark (Sales #26, Airplay #6) [N/A Singles]Noah Kahan - Doors (Sales N/A, Airplay N/A) [#12 Singles]Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour (Sales #4, Airplay N/A) [#17 Singles]Tate McRae - NOBODY'S GIRL (Sales #97, Airplay #22) [#16 Singles]SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover (Sales #25, Airplay #3) [#13 Singles]Malcolm Todd - Earrings (Sales N/A, Airplay N/A) [#16 Singles]Dominic Fike - White Keys (Sales N/A, Airplay #43) [#7 Singles]Sonny Fodera & Libianca - Let Me Be In Your Arms (Sales N/A, Airplay #36) [#64 Singles]Tyla feat. Zara Larsson - SHE DID IT AGAIN (Sales N/A, Airplay N/A) [#40 Singles]FLO - Leak It (Sales #21, Airplay #34) [#45 Singles]Niall Horan - Dinner Party (Sales #4, Airplay #12) [#72 Singles]Teddy Swims - Mr. Know It All (Sales #8, Airplay #9) [#54 Singles]Lewis Capaldi - Stay Love (Sales #46, Airplay #3) [#68 Singles]Lola Young - From Down Here (Sales #88, Airplay #45) [N/A Singles]Lana Del Rey - First Light (Sales #50, Airplay N/A), [#70 Singles]SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor (Sales #24, Airplay #19) [#11 Singles]Gracie Abrams - Hit The Wall (Sales #53, Airplay #31) [#18 Singles]Olivia Dean - Baby Steps (Sales #14, Airplay #8) [#30 Singles]Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty And A Beat* (Sales #44, Airplay #40) [#3 Singles]Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight (Sales #20, Airplay #15) [N/A Singles]Duran Duran & Nile Rodgers - Free To Love (Sales #52, Airplay #17) [N/A Singles]The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip - Go* (Sales #1, Airplay #48) [#4 Singles]KATSEYE - PINKY UP (Sales #40, Airplay #43) [#14 Singles]Holly Humberstone - Cruel World (Sales N/A, Airplay #45) [N/A Singles]Conan Gray - Door (Sales N/A, Airplay N/A) [N/A Singles]Niall Horan - Little More Time (Sales N/A, Airplay #22) [N/A Singles]Take That - You're A Superstar (Sales #9, Airplay #6) [N/A Singles]The Script - Man In The Arena (Sales #38, Airplay #12) [N/A Singles]Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me (Sales #48, Airplay #25) [N/A Singles]Jessie Ware - Automatic (Sales N/A, Airplay #27) [N/A Singles]Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell (Sales #71, Airplay #31) [N/A Singles]Luke Combs - Be By You (Sales #19, Airplay N/A) [#47 Singles]Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen - I Can't Love You Anymore (Sales #35, Airplay N/A) [#68 Singles]Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie (Sales N/A, Airplay #43) [N/A Singles]The Rolling Stones - In The Stars (Sales #2, Airplay #9) [N/A Singles]Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind (Sales #18, Airplay #12) [N/A Singles]*Only includes 2026 positions
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