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Am I right in thinking the UK editions are way more popular than the US ones were? I’m not sure how much they sold in the US or how popular they were towards the end, but the numbered editions in the UK are the brand’s core product, so it seems bizarre that they would just end them and continue with spin-offs. I’m sure I read somewhere that one of the reasons they release so many spin-offs is to help afford making the numbered volumes anyway. I genuinely don’t believe the series has come to an end, and I don’t think it will for many years either (especially ending at a number like 122). I think they’ll start by reducing the amount of volumes per year like they did in the 80s and then eventually switch to digital/streaming before stopping them completely. Maybe Now 150 in 9 years time would be the last one? That would make sense, as much as I hope the series carries on forever. Hopefully we’re just getting ahead of ourselves and we get the Now 123 announcement this week. When I created my version of the album it didn’t seem weak as I imagined it would (granted I included a handful of songs that were probably unlicensable) but I didn’t include many Radio 2 artists at all. I, like many others, would be gutted if they started to cut down as I genuinely feel excitement for each release.

I am worried as the US series just seemed to stop everything altogether, even their spin-offs with no announcements whatsoever. Their social media page has been left derelict. However, the UK series is still releasing spin-offs so hopefully Now 123 is still going ahead. Maybe they’re going to push it back to the very end of April just to get as many hits as possible. But I 100% get what you’re saying, they know there are die hard fans of this series that has been going for 43 whole years. To not give fans piece of mind is quite a d*ck move tbh.

Do they ever announce albums (including spin-offs) on any day except Thursday? Maybe they are just finalising Now 123 and that’s why it’s late and we’ll still get a release date of 10 April 2026?

After the disappointment of no Now 123 today I decided to make another album. Now 30

It really frustrates me how they don’t just release the spring Now’s at the end of March, surely it would make so much more sense with 4 months between each release. Not to mention that there’s always so many tracks that are in the charts around Christmas time that appear on the Spring Now’s. I think 3 volumes a year still works so that no hits are missed out, and people are still buying them. But I’m glad that they’re not filling them with 50 tracks anymore, less is more especially with how slow the charts are nowadays.

I’d love to know how many copies of Now 122 were sold, I know about 5 people who bought it that wouldn’t usually buy Now’s.

I remember Now 114 being revealed later than this in 2023 so hopefully all is good.

Anyone else worried about how Now 123 hasn’t been revealed yet?

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Now 123 My final prediction

Nice predictions @awardinary ! I came online to upload mine. Disc 1: Harry Styles - Aperture Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) Bruno Mars - I Just Might SIENNA SPIRO - Die On This Hill Noah Kahan - The Great Divide Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe sombr - Homewrecker Zara Larsson - Lush Life Djo - End Of Beginning Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot? Lily Allen - Kitty Palace Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT Skye Newman - FU & UF Charli XCX - Chains Of Love Calvin Harris & Kasabian - Release The Pressure David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I - Gone Gone Gone Milky & Mall Grab - Just The Way You Are December 10 - Run My Way Tame Impala - Dracula Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas Holly Humberstone - Die Happy Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk To You Disc 2: Dave feat. Tems - Raindance Bad Bunny - DtMF Justin Bieber - Yukon Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun PinkPantheress - Stateside Tyla - CHANEL Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit Dominic Fike - Babydoll HAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon - I Run Sonny Fodera, D.O.D. & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us Nathan Dawe & Abi Flynn - Hold On Fred again…, Sammy Virji & Reggie - Talk of the Town Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying Shakira - Zoo Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me Nick Jonas - Gut Punch Robyn - Dopamine Robbie Williams - All My Life Diana Ross - Upside Down The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry The Police - Every Breath You Take Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night

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It was on Now 88

My version of Now 87 with some omissions included, I was never happy with the sequencing on the original.

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Personally I was glad that Tom Odell appeared on Now 113, Another Love is a great song and I actually heard it played more in 2022 than in 2013.

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Back to 1992!

That’s what I miss with the series! Artwork that you’d never be able to guess rather than the generic seasonal designs.

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Imagine! I’m thinking of getting my printer back out and printing these all off.

This is what my dreams look like!