1 hour ago, IdentFan101 said:

Just noticed the Say My Name (Remix) doesn't have the dash between the artist name and the song title.

Same with the final track. Do they usually do that on separate lines? I can't recall.

42 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Same with the final track. Do they usually do that on separate lines? I can't recall.

Some editions do and some don’t, normally the dash is after the artist and the song is below. On Now 80 I noticed that the dashes are on the separate lines before the song name. Some albums don’t have dashes at all.

Edited October 18, 2025Oct 18 by nowmusic1993

I love that there’s not many radio 2 artists on Now 122 and notice how they’re all shoved at the bottom of disc 2

Just now, Hadji said:

I love that there’s not many radio 2 artists on Now 122 and notice how they’re all shoved at the bottom of disc 2

Me too. And the autumn ones are normally the worst for that.

1 hour ago, nowmusic1993 said:

Me too. And the autumn ones are normally the worst for that.

I agree. They usually seem to prioritise the radio 2 artists on the autumn edition but this time they didn’t. They prioritised the radio 2 artists more on Now 121 than on Now 122

On 17/10/2025 at 17:45, Hadji said:

You mean missed Now 116 as it charted in 2023. I’m surprised Victory Lap got included too and nice to see two other 1xtra artists on there (Doja Cat and RAYE) besides Skepta

I think hip hop mostly does not fit well on the NOW's, because of all the bleeps. Doechii's "Denial Is A River" was really ridicoulous to listen to in the clean version. They should stop censoring the songs.

2 hours ago, DaTilt said:

I think hip hop mostly does not fit well on the NOW's, because of all the bleeps. Doechii's "Denial Is A River" was really ridicoulous to listen to in the clean version. They should stop censoring the songs.

They censor the songs so the kids don’t catch onto this but at the same time, they’re trying to target the older crowd who don’t care about censoring

Kids don't buy Now compilations, do they?

1 minute ago, awardinary said:

Kids don't buy Now compilations, do they?

Exactly. Which is why it’s pointless to censor the songs

Because it’s not the kids who complained about uncensored versions?

I’m not sure if I’ve got some sort of OCD with the sequencing of Now’s, but Ed Sheeran being track 2 and Lewis Capaldi being track 3 on disc 1 when they are swapped on disc 2 is bugging me a lot😂

1 hour ago, T Boy said:

Because it’s not the kids who complained about uncensored versions?

It’s mostly they try and get the kids to avoid hearing the profanities. Same goes with films; they have 12, 15 and 18 if there’s too much profanities so youngsters don’t hear it and pick up on it. Imagine if Now albums were always uncensored and a DJ at a kids birthday party played Now 59 and all the kids heard was "my pussy and my crack"

Edited October 19, 2025Oct 19 by Hadji

I’ve noticed on the crediting for Victory Lap on Now 122 that Skepta is credited before PlaqueBoyMax when the latter is actually credited before the former on the track

Wonder if Calvin was omitted due to the seemingly apparent rights he's arranged to only feature if he's the first track, and as it wasn't a big hit, it didn't warrant a Track 1 placement? I don't suppose Ocean will rebound in the new year after the Christmas rush is over, but it might.

3 hours ago, Hadji said:

I’ve noticed on the crediting for Victory Lap on Now 122 that Skepta is credited before PlaqueBoyMax when the latter is actually credited before the former on the track

At least on Spotify, it’s credited as Fred again/Skepta/PlaqueBoyMax

16 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Wonder if Calvin was omitted due to the seemingly apparent rights he's arranged to only feature if he's the first track, and as it wasn't a big hit, it didn't warrant a Track 1 placement? I don't suppose Ocean will rebound in the new year after the Christmas rush is over, but it might.

Artists need to stop being greedy about where they’re placed on a compilation and Free did appear on Now 119 last year without being track 1

7 hours ago, SuperWooper said:

That line up of the first 7 tracks on Disc 1 is so flawless!

Thank you! I was really pleased with how Now 10 worked out, it’s a really strong tracklist.

Now seem to be obsessed with putting Sam Fender on disc 2. Do they not realise that he’s one of the biggest artists on the album and bigger than the majority of disc 1 artists? As for artists having double appearances, they should’ve given Olivia Dean (Lady Lady and Man I Need) and Tate McRae (Revolving Door and Just Keep Watching) double appearances. I wish they didn’t give Ed Sheeran a double appearance. They should’ve saved Camera for Now 123

Edited October 20, 2025Oct 20 by Hadji

12 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Now seem to be obsessed with putting Sam Fender on disc 2. Do they not realise that he’s one of the biggest artists on the album and bigger than the majority of disc 1 artists? As for artists having double appearances, they should’ve given Olivia Dean (Lady Lady and Man I Need) and Tate McRae (Revolving Door and Just Keep Watching) double appearances. I wish they didn’t give Ed Sheeran a double appearance. They should’ve saved Camera for Now 123

Lady Lady wasn't an actual single was it? If anything they could have left off Nice To Each Other from Now 121 and use that here as it peaked later on.

Also regarding Tate, the song Just Keep Watching was a soundtrack song and the didn't include any other songs from that soundtrack so it was expected to be excluded. There was far more of a case for Morgan Wallen and Tate to be included here than there was for I'm The Problem on the last volume.