Also a relief to see Calvin Harris not in the opening few track places for a rare change!

Also I believe it's the first volume in the series to feature music from;

Tame Impala

Milky / Mall Grab

Ewan McVicar

KATO and Jon

December 10

SIENNA SPIRO

ROLE MODEL

Ella Langley

So a fair amount of debutants which is something positive to say, but I would struggle to call even half of those hits.

23 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Have I got it right that there are 4 tracks on this volume that were not official singles?

Sabrina Carpenter – When Did You Get Hot?

Justin Bieber – YUKON

Lewis Capaldi – Almost

Olivia Dean – A Couple Minutes

Any others?

Only A Couple Minutes isn’t a single. The rest are and it got included because it charted at number 13. Same happened with Pink Friday Girls on 117

33 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Hopefully Sam can make the grade for Disc 1 with the lead single from his next era.

Or maybe that Elton collab will take off in six months 🤣

His latest single at the moment is I’m Always On Stage and I can’t see him getting another number 1 single. Rein Me In going number 1 was mainly because of Olivia Dean

Here's my narrow selection of songs that could be potentials for the next volume;

Bella Kay – iloveitiloveitiloveit

Alex Warren – FEVER DREAM

SIENNA SPIRO – The Visitor

Noah Kahan – Porch Light

Dominic Fike – White Keys

RAYE – Nightingale Lane.

Bebe Rexha & Faithless – New Religion

Skye Newman – Walk

Sonny Fodera & Chrystal – My Loving

In my opinion, they should’ve at least included Nightingale Lane on 123 and saved Click Clack Symphony for 124. Those songs could’ve all been included as there was room for all of them but save SIENNA and Noah omissions for 124

My copy of 1985-1989 The Final Chapter Extra arrived today

20 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Also I believe it's the first volume in the series to feature music from;

Luke Combs

Combs' cover of "Fast Car" was on NOW 116, so it's actually his second appearance.

1 minute ago, WazzupMyBoyz said:

Combs' cover of "Fast Car" was on NOW 116, so it's actually his second appearance.

Thank you, you're right, I forgot that.

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

His latest single at the moment is I’m Always On Stage and I can’t see him getting another number 1 single. Rein Me In going number 1 was mainly because of Olivia Dean

No idea what logic you're using to decide what is and isn't a single here. I've certainly not heard I'm Always On Stage played or promoted as a real single anywhere. I certainly don't count promotional singles as proper singles.

Edited Thursday at 21:562 days by HiyaLuv!

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

His latest single at the moment is I’m Always On Stage and I can’t see him getting another number 1 single. Rein Me In going number 1 was mainly because of Olivia Dean

Erm it going number 1 is probably more Sam that Olivia he has definitely promoted the hell out of it a lot more

16 minutes ago, HiyaLuv! said:

No idea what logic you're using to decide what is and isn't a single here. I've certainly not heard I'm Always On Stage played or promoted as a real single anywhere. I certainly don't count promotional singles as proper singles.

Wikipedia have singles and promotional singles section and it’s in the singles section and no one seems to be bothered with I’m Always On Stage because they’re too focused on Rein Me In

Edited Thursday at 22:132 days by Hadji

Yeah but Wikipedia talks shite and a lot of people who edit it don't know the difference between real and promotional singles and the differences between markets.

It may be listed as a single but have you seen or heard it promoted like a real single at all?

Also there have been lots of post-album singles released to radio that aren't recognised as singles at all by Wikipedia.

My definition of a single in 2026 is something that gets lots of promotion and airplay.

Sometimes you just have to use your common sense!

Take this for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Revisited

"...it was the fourth single taken from their album Resistance Is Futile".

Was it fook!

It was a taster track released to streaming before the album, no Radio 2, 6 or X playlisting, no video, no physical release, no nothing.

These are pseudo-singles.

NOT A SINGLE.

Edited Friday at 21:461 day by HiyaLuv!

On 26/03/2026 at 19:35, awardinary said:

Have I got it right that there are 4 tracks on this volume that were not official singles?

Sabrina Carpenter – When Did You Get Hot?

Justin Bieber – YUKON

Lewis Capaldi – Almost

Olivia Dean – A Couple Minutes

Any others?

Correct, unless you're Hadji who takes Wikipedia as gospel.

Also Wikipedia doesn't take into account the differences between countries, I don't know if WDYGH was pushed to radio in the US or anywhere else but I certainly didn't hear it 56 billion times a week across Radios 1 and 2.

There's no way they would have snubbed if it was a 'real' UK single!

Edited Friday at 21:431 day by HiyaLuv!

23 hours ago, Hadji said:

Wikipedia have singles and promotional singles section and it’s in the singles section and no one seems to be bothered with I’m Always On Stage because they’re too focused on Rein Me In

No, nobody's bothered about it because it's not being pushed as a single!

I've never known someone be so consistently wrong about things yet so confident they're right.

You might as well be ChatGPT!

On 26/03/2026 at 19:35, awardinary said:

Have I got it right that there are 4 tracks on this volume that were not official singles?

Sabrina Carpenter – When Did You Get Hot?

Justin Bieber – YUKON

Lewis Capaldi – Almost

Olivia Dean – A Couple Minutes

Any others?

Yeah, they're padding it out with non-singles that charted presumably because that makes the budget go further.

Don't want to play devil's/album tracks' advocate but at least they were popular and lots of people were listening to them.

It is a bit of a cheap approach though.

This topic is about Now albums, not what is and what’s not an album track

1 minute ago, Hadji said:

This topic is about Now albums, not what is and what’s not an album track

The way I see it, that's precisely what @HiyaLuv! was talking about! There never used to be album tracks and the way they appear it feels more of filler than the actual singles by other artists which failed to chart.

I mean, it just seems very cheap to include album tracks from Olivia and Lewis especially when they each have their actual pushed singles included.

I personally don't want to be making future tracklisting predictions based upon album tracks that performed well in the charts and weren't intended to be pushed as singles.

I also wonder if Now revealing Now 123 on Tuesday instead of Thursday was anything to do with hmv leaking the artwork and tracklist on their Facebook page before Now revealed it

Edited Friday at 22:061 day by Hadji

Just now, Hadji said:

I also wonder if Now revealing Now 123 on Tuesday was anything to do with hmv leaking the artwork and tracklist on their Facebook page before Now revealed it

Spare yourself the wondering, there's nothing to overthink. Just accept what it is, albeit not a great finished product, and then move on to the next one due in three months time.

Alternatively, what's one track on Now 123 that you're especially pleased to see included?

For me, I'd say it's the underperforming dance section, specifically MK (following his first ever #1 single) and vocalist of the moment Clementine Douglas. It's good to see this one included despite not charting well.

Im wondering when they finally realise that they are sadly haemorrhage money on what is essentially a dead concept nowadays