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Mark's Album Chart - 13/10/2023 1. (01) Kylie Minogue - Tension 2. (New) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 3. (03) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 4. (02) Simply Red - Time 5. (04) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 6. (05) Claire Richards - Euphoria 7. (06) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 8. (07) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 9. (08) Holly Johnson - Blast 10. (09) China Crisis - Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms 11. (11) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 12. (New) Howard Jones - Celebrate It Together: The Very Best Of 13. (10) Midge Ure - The Gift 14. (13) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 15. (14) Bananarama - Masquerade 16. (12) Carrie Underwood - Denim And Rhinestones 17. (17) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 18. (18) A-ha - True North 19. (19) Tiffany - Shadows 20. (20) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

Mind you Madonna and MJ appeared on NOW 30 years 10 years ago, so it is possible for them to appear on a non-numbered now https://www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-Thats-What-Cal...s/dp/B00CLOH24U Loving the cover of NOW 40 years not a bad tracklist https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=704941...704941318337100

That's a pretty good list and i agree it's a good idea although they still wouldn't have access to some artists like Madonna even if it did happen. Still shocking when you think what tracks missed being on a NOW, i had forgotten The Killers missed it, don't think that track even made the Hits series either.

Will probably get the special editions with the booklet

8. Erasure - Oh L'Amour (Renault Ad)

Mark's Top 40 weekending 6th October 2023 1 (1) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 2 (2) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 3 (3) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 4 (5) Micky Dolenz - Shiny Happy People 5 (6) Denise Van Outen and Duncan James - That's What Friends Are For 6 (13) Take That - Windows 7 (4) OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 8 (14) Kylie Minogue - Hold On To Now 9 (12) Cliff Richard - The Young Ones (Strings Version) 10 (11) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 11 (15) Agnetha Faltskog - Where Do We Go From Here 12 (18) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Beyond The Universe 13 (19) Usher - Boyfriend 14 (20) S Club - These Are The Days 15 (25) Owen Paul - Overblown Superstar 16 (26) Sugababes - When The Rain Comes 17 (27) Suzi Quatro and KT Tunstall - Truth As My Weapon 18 (30) Mae Muller - Me, Myself And I 19 (New) U2 - Atomic City 20 (New) Rolling Stones - Sweet Sounds Of Heaven 21 (7) Kylie Minogue - Tension 22 (8) Rolling Stones - Angry 23 (9) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 24 (10) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 25 (New) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 26 (37) Jess Glynne - What Do You Do 27 (38) Joe McElderry - L.O.V.E. 28 (39) Let Loose - If The World Was Ending 29 (16) The Coral - Wild Bird 30 (New) Peter Cox - Things We Never Did 31 (17) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 32 (23) Birdy - Paradise Calling 33 (New) Depeche Mode - My Favourite Stranger 34 (21) Michael Armstrong - True Blue 35 (New) A1 - Call Me When You Land 36 (22) Peter Cox - Confidant 37 (24) Mal Pope - Breathe 38 (New) Rozalla - Lovefool 39 (New) The Corrs - Little Lies 40 (New) John Lodge - Peak Hour https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sJrsokT2...3a089d792944555

Mark's Album Chart - 06/10/2023 1. (01) Kylie Minogue - Tension 2. (05) Simply Red - Time 3. (03) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 4. (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 5. (04) Claire Richards - Euphoria 6. (02) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 7. (07) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 8. (Re) Holly Johnson - Blast 9. (11) China Crisis - Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms 10. (12) Midge Ure - The Gift 11. (16) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 12. (06) Carrie Underwood - Denim And Rhinestones 13. (08) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 14. (09) Bananarama - Masquerade 15. (10) Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry 16. (13) Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 17. (14) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 18. (18) A-ha - True North 19. (19) Tiffany - Shadows 20. (20) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

10. Erasure - Oh L'Amour 30. Gabrielle - Out Of Reach 22. The Cranberries - Zombie 42. A-ha - Take On Me 107. Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Just more of the same tracks they've already released on countless compilations over the last few years or so. Could compile that one myself as i imagine many of us collectors can. I'll give that a miss.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 29th September 2023 1 (1) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 2 (2) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 3 (10) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 4 (8) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 5 (14) Micky Dolenz - Shiny Happy People 6 (16) Denise Van Outen and Duncan James - That's What Friends Are For 7 (5) Kylie Minogue - Tension 8 (3) The Rolling Stones - Angry 9 (7) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 10 (6) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 11 (13) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 12 (15) Cliff Richard - The Young Ones (Strings Version) 13 (New) Take That - Windows 14 (New) Kylie Minogue - Hold On To Now 15 (17) Agnetha Faltskog - Where Do We Go From Here 16 (9) The Coral - Wild Bird 17 (4) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 18 (New) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Beyond The Universe 19 (New) Usher - Boyfriend 20 (26) S Club - These Are The Days 21 (20) Michael Armstrong - True Blue 22 (11) Peter Cox - Confidant 23 (12) Birdy - Paradise Calling 24 (18) Mal Pope - Breathe 25 (36) Owen Paul - Overblown Superstar 26 (38) Sugababes - When The Rain Comes 27 (37) Suzi Quatro and KT Tunstall - Truth As My Weapon 28 (19) Bananarama - Venus (Boyz Noize Remix) 29 (22) Ringo Starr - Rewind Forward 30 (New) Mae Muller - Me, Myself And I 31 (21) Hazell Dean - 100% Pure Love 32 (23) Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal 33 (25) Claire Richards and Andy Bell - Summer Night City 34 (24) Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants What It Wants 35 (27) Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care 36 (28) Delta Goodrem - Back To Your Heart 37 (New) Jess Glynne - What Do You Do 38 (New) Joe McElderry - L.O.V.E. 39 (New) Let Loose - If The World Was Ending 40 (29) DJ Cassidy ft Shaggy and Rayvon - If You Like Pina Coladas https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0GcS53fuG...97a31af491e4e11

Mark's Album Chart - 29/09/2023 1. (01) Kylie Minogue - Tension 2. (02) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 3. (05) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 4. (04) Claire Richards - Euphoria 5. (06) Simply Red - Time 6. (03) Carrie Underwood - Denim And Rhinestones 7. (08) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 8. (10) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 9. (15) Bananarama - Masquerade 10. (07) Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry 11. (New) China Crisis - Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms 12. (New) Midge Ure - The Gift 13. (13) Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 14. (14) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 15. (09) The Pretenders - Relentless 16. (16) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 17. (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 18. (18) A-ha - True North 19. (19) Tiffany - Shadows 20. (20) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

Could be that Neil and Chris wanted the time to promote their Smash: Greatest Hits album before licensing again. That's why they're available again to NOW.

Still awaiting confirmation but it looks like the next yearbook will be...1988! November 3rd release date https://nowmusicwiki.com/index.php?title=No..._1988_(UK_2023)

1. The Cranberries - Zombie 2. Calvin Harris and Sam Smith - Desire 4. Take That - Windows 5 & 27. Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 12. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 13. Kylie Minogue - Tension 17. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 37. Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 40. McFly - All About You 41. Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way 54. The Cranberries - Dreams 74. Whitney Houston - Run To You 78. West End ft Sybil - The Love I Lost (Stock Aitken Waterman At The BBC) 80. The Cranberries - Linger 90 & 111. Apache Indian - Boom Shack-A-Lak 94. Nirvana - Come As You Are 108. Roger Whittaker -The Last Farewell 130. Jessie Ware - Free Yourself 164. Kylie Minogue - You Still Get Me High

Mark's Top 40 weekending 22nd September 2023 1 (2) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 2 (4) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 3 (1) The Rolling Stones - Angry 4 (3) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 5 (New) Kylie Minogue - Tension 6 (5) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 7 (9) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 8 (10) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 9 (11) The Coral - Wild Bird 10 (17) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 11 (6) Peter Cox - Confidant 12 (8) Birdy - Paradise Calling 13 (19) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 14 (26) Mickey Dolenz - Shiny Happy People 15 (28) Cliff Richard - The Young Ones (Strings Version) 16 (30) Denise Van Outen and Duncan James - That's What Friends Are For 17 (21) Agnetha Faltskog - Where Do We Go From Here 18 (22) Mal Pope - Breathe 19 (12) Bananarama - Venus (Boyz Noize Remix) 20 (24) Michael Armstrong - True Blue 21 (7) Hazell Dean - 100% Pure Love 22 (20) Ringo Starr - Rewind Forward 23 (18) Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal 24 (13) Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants What It Wants 25 (14) Claire Richards and Andy Bell - Summer Night City 26 (38) S Club - These Are The Days 27 (15) Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care 28 (16) Delta Goodrem - Back To Your Heart 29 (23) DJ Cassidy ft Shaggy and Rayvon - If You Like Pina Coladas 30 (27) Ellie Goulding - By The End Of The Night 31 (25) Alice Cooper - White Line Frankenstein 32 (29) Sam Ryder ft Brian May - Fought And Lost 33 (31) Jess Glynne - Silly Me 34 (34) Extreme - Other Side Of The Rainbow 35 (33) Simple Minds - Solstice Kiss 36 (New) Owen Paul - Overblown Superstar 37 (New) Suzi Quatro and KT Tunstall - Truth As My Weapon 38 (New) Sugababes - When The Rain Comes 39 (32) Stormzy and Raye - The Weekend 40 (36) Guns N' Roses - Perhaps https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52BM2i19S...520340c03c347f1

Mark's Album Chart - 22/09/2023 1. (New) Kylie Minogue - Tension 2. (01) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 3. (Re) Carrie Underwood - Denim And Rhinestones 4. (02) Claire Richards - Euphoria 5. (03) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 6. (04) Simply Red - Time 7. (New) Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry 8. (05) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 9. (06) The Pretenders - Relentless 10. (07) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 11. (08) The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors 12. (New) Ash - Race The Night 13. (09) Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 14. (10) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 15. (12) Bananarama - Masquerade 16. (15) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 17. (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 18. (18) A-ha - True North 19. (19) Tiffany - Shadows 20. (20) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

Just received these CDs from world of books NOW '86 (first ever NOW album released on CD) Now That's what i call music Vol. 21 (from 1992) Awesome and Awesome 2 (EMI compilation similar listings/booklet layout to NOW)

TOTP 1995 55. Scarlet - Independent Love Song 176. Elastica - Waking Up

Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th September 2023 1 (1) The Rolling Stones - Angry 2 (2) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 3 (3) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 4 (7) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 5 (6) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 6 (14) Peter Cox - Confidant 7 (4) Hazell Dean - 100% Pure Love 8 (5) Birdy - Paradise Calling 9 (16) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 10 (17) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 11 (15) The Coral - Wild Bird 12 (11) Bananarama - Venus (Boyz Noize Remix) 13 (8) Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants It Wants 14 (12) Claire Richards and Andy Bell - Summer Night City 15 (10) Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care 16 (9) Delta Goodrem - Back To Your Heart 17 (New) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 18 (24) Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal 19 (23) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 20 (30) Ringo Starr - Rewind Forward 21 (32) Agnetha Faltskog - Where Do We Go From Here 22 (25) Mal Pope - Breathe 23 (28) DJ Cassidy ft Shaggy and Rayvon - If You Like Pina Coladas 24 (39) Michael Armstrong - True Blue 25 (13) Alice Cooper - White Line Frankenstein 26 (New) Mickey Dolenz - Shiny Happy People 27 (18) Ellie Goulding - By The End Of The Night 28 (New) Cliff Richard - The Young Ones (Strings Version) 29 (19) Sam Ryder ft Brian May - Fought And Lost 30 (New) Denise Van Outen and Duncan James - That's What Friends Are For 31 (20) Jess Glynne - Silly Me 32 (21) Stormzy and Raye - The Weekend 33 (29) Simple Minds - Solstice Kiss 34 (26) Extreme - Other Side Of The Rainbow 35 (22) Shed Seven - Kissing California 36 (27) Guns N' Roses - Perhaps 37 (31) Kula Shaker - Waves 38 (40) S Club - These Are The Days 39 (35) Blur - Barbaric 40 (36) Peter Gabriel - Olive Tree https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wPzr7RGi...6aad883baea4b43

Mark's Album Chart - 15/09/2023 1. (01) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 2. (02) Claire Richards - Euphoria 3. (03) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 4. (04) Simply Red - Time 5. (05) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 6. (New) The Pretenders - Relentless 7. (06) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 8. (New) The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors 9. (07) Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 10. (08) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 11. (09) Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven 12. (10) Bananarama - Masquerade 13. (11) Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive 14. (12) Howard Jones - Transform 15. (13) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 16. (14) Paul McCartney - McCartney III 17. (15) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 18. (16) A-ha - True North 19. (18) Tiffany - Shadows 20. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

Mark's Top 40 weekending 8th September 2023 1 (New) The Rolling Stones - Angry 2 (4) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 3 (15) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 4 (1) Hazell Dean - 100% Pure Love 5 (2) Birdy - Paradise Calling 6 (17) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 7 (14) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 8 (8) Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants It Wants 9 (3) Delta Goodrem - Back To Your Heart 10 (5) Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care 11 (10) Bananarama - Venus (Boyz Noize Remix) 12 (7) Claire Richards and Andy Bell - Summer Night City 13 (16) Alice Cooper - White Line Frankenstein 14 (18) Peter Cox - Confident 15 (19) The Coral - Wild Bird 16 (20) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 17 (New) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 18 (12) Ellie Goulding - By The End Of The Night 19 (11) Sam Ryder ft Brian May - Fought And Lost 20 (13) Jess Glynne - Silly Me 21 (6) Stormzy and Raye - The Weekend 22 (9) Shed Seven - Kissing California 23 (25) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 24 (38) Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal 25 (30) Mal Pope - Breathe 26 (22) Extreme - Other Side Of The Rainbow 27 (23) Guns N' Roses - Perhaps 28 (26) DJ Cassidy ft Shaggy and Rayvon - If You Like Pina Coladas 29 (28) Simple Minds - Solstice Kiss 30 (37) Ringo Starr - Rewind Forward 31 (24) Kula Shaker - Waves 32 (New) Agnetha Faltskog - Where Do We Go From Here 33 (29) Jim Lea - Universe 34 (21) Miley Cyrus - Jaded 35 (31) Blur - Barbaric 36 (34) Peter Gabriel - Olive Tree 37 (35) Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue 38 (36) The Gaslight Anthem ft Bruce Springsteen - History Books 39 (New) Michael Armstrong - True Blue 40 (40) S Club - These Are The Days https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sw2Qo9mt...094af246b584882

Mark's Album Chart - 08/09/2023 1. (New) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade 2. (01) Claire Richards - Euphoria 3. (03) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 4. (10) Simply Red - Time 5. (05) Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point 6. (04) Depeche Mode - Momento Mori 7. (02) Blur - The Ballad Of Darren 8. (06) Simple Minds - Direction Of The Heart 9. (07) Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven 10. (08) Bananarama - Masquerade 11. (09) Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive 12. (11) Howard Jones - Transform 13. (12) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 14. (13) Paul McCartney - McCartney III 15. (15) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 16. (16) A-ha - True North 17. (17) Pet Shop Boys - Smash: The Singles 1985 – 2020 18. (18) Tiffany - Shadows 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - NK Pop

Slightly different line-up this time, no Richie Wermerling. He's been replaced by Bad Boys Inc's Matthew Pateman. https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/let-...n-bad-boys-inc/

Mark's Top 40 weekending 1st September 2023 1 (2) Hazell Dean - 100% Pure Love 2 (1) Birdy - Paradise Calling 3 (6) Delta Goodrem - Back To Your Heart 4 (10) Deniece Pearson - Forever Young 5 (3) Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care 6 (4) Stormzy and Raye - The Weekend 7 (12) Claire Richards and Andy Bell - Summer Night City 8 (11) Bebe Rexha - Heart Wants It Wants 9 (5) Shed Seven - Kissing California 10 (20) Bananarama - Venus (Boyz Noize Remix) 11 (7) Sam Ryder ft Brian May - Fought And Lost 12 (16) Ellie Goulding - By The End Of The Night 13 (18) Jess Glynne - Silly Me 14 (New) Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy - Freak Me Now 15 (33) The Alarm - Unsafe Building 16 (40) Alice Cooper - White Line Frankenstein 17 (39) Hugh Nicholson - Los Angeles 18 (8) Peter Cox - Confident 19 (34) The Coral - Wild Bird 20 (30) Susannah Hoffs - You Don't Own Me 21 (13) Miley Cyrus - Jaded 22 (9) Extreme - Other Side Of The Rainbow 23 (17) Guns N' Roses - Perhaps 24 (21) Kula Shaker - Waves 25 (28) Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload 26 (26) DJ Cassidy ft Shaggy and Rayvon - If You Like Pina Coladas 27 (19) Dexys - I'm Going To Be Free 28 (14) Simple Minds - Solstice Kiss 29 (35) Jim Lea - Universe 30 (38) Mal Pope - Breathe 31 (15) Blur - Barbaric 32 (25) Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 33 (23) Bylli Crayone - Apology Not Accepted/Sorry Not Sorry 34 (27) Peter Gabriel - Olive Tree 35 (29) Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue 36 (22) The Gaslight Anthem - History Books 37 (New) Ringo Starr - Rewind Forward 38 (New) Peter Gabriel - Love Can Heal 39 (24) Nothing But Thieves - Welcome To The DCC 40 (32) S Club - These Are The Days https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2BJuYgkD0...d08fdfc1f1d4dba