It's all hypothetical, but if by some miracle the Now That's What I Call Music empire still existed in some sort of capacity by 2033, how would you choose to mark the 50th anniversary?

11 hours ago, awardinary said:

It's all hypothetical, but if by some miracle the Now That's What I Call Music empire still existed in some sort of capacity by 2033, how would you choose to mark the 50th anniversary?

Licensing older tracks becomes really cheap so they can afford "NOW That's What I Call Legends: Madonna" "Michael Jackson" "Phil Collins & Genesis" "ABBA" etc and create 4-Disc Compilations similar to the Yearbooks where you get track-by-track commentary of each track.

Also, "NOW That's What I Call The Ones That Got Away", where the licensing for one-hit wonder tracks and the like are cheap, where tracks not included on the Yearbooks or numbered volumes are included on these editions. They may release it year-by-year like the Yearbooks, but as 2-Disc editions instead of 4.

Just seen Wham! still appear on those pointless budget compilations which means his absence from 12" 1987 part 2 is not a licensing issue. I expect him to appear on the 1996 yearbooks

32 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Just seen Wham! still appear on those pointless budget compilations which means his absence from 12" 1987 part 2 is not a licensing issue. I expect him to appear on the 1996 yearbooks

They're not pointless at all. Most have original versions and new one of No.1's from 60's to 80's which I've ordered.

Edited September 8Sep 8 by CRAZY CHRIS

52 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Just seen Wham! still appear on those pointless budget compilations which means his absence from 12" 1987 part 2 is not a licensing issue. I expect him to appear on the 1996 yearbooks

I'm going to bet Fastlove to be the opener on Yearbook 1996.

1 hour ago, geraintlewis268 said:

I'm going to bet Fastlove to be the opener on Yearbook 1996.

I reckon Fastlove will open disc 1, Jesus To A Child will open disc 2 and Spinning The Wheel will open extra 1996

1 hour ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

They're not pointless at all. Most have original versions and new one of No.1's from 60's to 80's which I've ordered.

In my opinion, they are pointless because they just recycle the same songs over and over again rather than use songs that barely or never get used

Edited September 8Sep 8 by Hadji

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

I reckon Fastlove will open disc 1, Jesus To A Child will open disc 2 and Spinning The Wheel will open extra 1996

Don't leave out Queen, as they could open either '96 yearbook with 'Too Much Love Will Kill You'.

2 minutes ago, Harrison FB said:

Don't leave out Queen, as they could open either '96 yearbook with 'Too Much Love Will Kill You'.

They did miss Great Pretender off both 1987 yearbooks even though it charted a lot higher than Too Much Love Will Kill You so I can see them doing what they did with him on the 1987 yearbooks by ignoring him completely. They could save it for one of the 1995-1999 yearbooks and Heaven For Everyone could open 1995 as George didn’t have any hits that year

I can live with Fastlove as an opener, it was at least a huge hit and No.1.

Older was not a good start to Yearbook 1997.

I would lead with Spice Girls but guess they will be track 2.

I’d rather George’s label stopped licensing his tracks than obsess over the track 1 position all the time

12 hours ago, Hadji said:

In my opinion, they are pointless because they just recycle the same songs over and over again rather than use songs that barely or never get used

Well yes there is that I suppose.

I've had word from HMV, and my copy of Era: ...One More Time has been dispatched as of this morning. Hopefully I get my copy a few days early...

If they plan on doing a Now Christmas 2026, I hope they announce it next week and release it on 23rd October rather than releasing it on 30th October and clashing it with the next 90s yearbook

It's being released 30th October, the pre-order has been up on Amazon for months

56 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

It's being released 30th October, the pre-order has been up on Amazon for months

It says 2024 on the back cover but I imagine they’ll change the artwork if they do plan on another rehash. If anything, bring it forward a week so it’s not clashing with the next yearbook

Sienna Spiro has officially made it to no.1. So NOW 125 may guarantee to have a no.1 track if it gets featured.

3 hours ago, Harrison FB said:

Sienna Spiro has officially made it to no.1. So NOW 125 may guarantee to have a no.1 track if it gets featured.

She will get featured as she seems to be a Now favourite and a potential disc 1 track 1 if there’s no other number ones by the time Now 125 is announced next month

What annoys me the most is this: Tyler Wallis on Facebook thinks that the next NOW Yearbook will be 2002! Ha! He can dream on! We ALL know the next Yearbook will be a 90s one!

Is there different licensing rights if a song is from a movie? I was wondering whether it was possible I Knew It, I Knew You by Taylor Swift could potentially appear on Now 125 as it’s from Toy Story 5 and maybe Disney would license it out, a lot of Disney songs have appeared on Now’s.