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1. Symphony 11/10 2. Rockabye 10/10 3. Baby (could honestly see this overtaking Rockabye soon) 10/10 4. I Miss You (underrated) 9/10 5. Solo (overrated) 7.5/10 6. Tears (never liked this much) 6/10

I think it's great, but then I also loved I Miss You so I tend to prefer their more understated stuff. It's certainly an improvement on Solo. And it clearly sounds like Clean Bandit. I don't think Luis Fonsi is needed though, despite the latin vibe.

Now 63 is great. It gets a lot of hate, but it's got some great tracks on it - "Ugly" "Because of You" "Sewn" "No Tomorrow" "Ride a White Horse" "Dirty Harry" to name just a few. 2002 was a disappointing year for Nows, 53 being the best of a fairly dull bunch. As for Now 100, this was always going to be the biggest Now in ages regardless of its content.

Surely no one actually cares that Lil Dicky has been left off? Yes it's a number 1, but there are four other no.1s on the modern disc which is a lot by today's standards. I doubt anyone will be put off buying this because of the absence of Lil Dicky. Interesting, though, about Cardi B's label not playing ball when they were with Bodak Yellow.

Now 100 could have easily been two discs of modern hits. There are at least 25 songs I can think that could have made it onto the Now. Therefore, I see no reason why they can't carry on with two discs from Now 101 onwards. This is obviously just a "special" edition Now to mark the occasion.

Those drops are hilarious :lol:

Despite relatively low opening figures, I still think it'll take longer for Now 98's sales to drop off than it did with Now 96 and Now 97, what with it being the run up to Christmas. I wouldn't be surprised if Now 98 still goes on to sell quite a bit more than Now 96 and 97.

Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? Most of the big hits you'd have expected to have made it onto Now 97 did, including the biggest hit of the summer. The only glaring omission from the Nows this year has been Shape Of You. Artists like Justin Bieber, Calvin Harris, Little Mix, Katy Perry etc are still classified as artists people care about.

Megan in the Top 10 now. No longevity, but it's still hilarious.

Kelis is so underrated. The level of success she had in 2004 is what she should have had throughout her career. Fleshtone, in particular, deserved so much more.

Love Now 97. Actually pretty ecstatic there's no Ed on it. He's dominated enough things this year. And I wouldn't write any of the new tracks off as flops just yet. Congratulations on Now 96 entering the Top 40 at the same time Now 97 was about to be released proves you can never be certain when, or if, something will suddenly impact.

It's a shame Calvin's album may not do that well due to his change in sound. If there were ever an artist in desperate need of genre shifting it was him. Pre Slide, his output was getting so monotonous.

I'm surprised by the lukewarm reception to this from some on here. This is one of their best for me.

CD 2 was just fantastic on this (well, up until Jamelia).

Robbie was a considerably better live vocalist a decade or so back, but to say he's talentless is just moronic. And let's face it, he doesn't really need to be a great vocalist anymore, 90% of the time the crowd sing his tracks for him.

Despite that drop, The Cure remains the closest thing to a hit Gaga's had in ages.

Thought Cutt Off would be in.

Got to give it to Steps - didn't expect them to be doing this well.

She still would have had a lot of songs enter the Top 40. And in the context of the time, she was huge. 25 and Divide may have dwarfed it, but Spirit's sales were incredible at the time. And selling 375k in a week is still pretty amazing.

I actually find it kind of funny more than annoying. I mean, it just looks ridiculous seeing that many songs from one artist in the Top 40.

25 would have still sold over 300k in its first day had it been released in Quarter 1.

Loads of songs can chart in the Top 10 yet still be considered a flop. It depends on longevity and impressive sales, neither of which Word Up had.

Now Mum :lol:

1 for 5 weeks, first week sales 140k.

209/232. Pretty happy with that.