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It's interesting that the US NOW team can add Taylor to their series, but the UK team seem to struggle. Regarding WAP. There may be chance of it appearing. Anaconda by Nicki, F**k It/FURB by Eamon/Frankee made previous nows in Radio Edit form. It's just more of the issue of whether Cardi/Megan give clearance for the song.

Do you think we'll see Madonna finally make an appearance on NOW 107 with the latest Dua Lipa single? It'd be so insane to see after 106 NOWs of nothing!

Love that they included Jessie Ware. Wildest Moments deserved a NOW placement back when it was released, so at least they're making up for that. And I love that they keep.adding HAIM. Someone at the NOW office is clearly a fan

Speaking of other countries chart albums, here's Bravo Hits 110's track listing Disk 1 von 2 1 Robin Schulz & Wes - Alane 2 Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) 3 Ava Max - Kings & Queens 4 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me 5 Phil The Beat - Heart To Heart 6 VIZE & Tom Gregory - Never Let Me Down 7 Georg Stengel - Mars 8 LA Vision & Gigi D'Agostino - Hollywood 9 Purple Disco Machine & Sophie and The Giants - Hypnotized 10 Joel Corry x MNEK - Head & Heart 11 Regard & Raye - Secrets 12 twocolors - Lovefool 13 Becky Hill & Sigala - Heaven On My Mind 14 Tujamo & VIZE feat. MAJAN - Lonely 15 Kygo Feat. OneRepublic - Lose Somebody 16 Sam Feldt & VIZE feat. Leony - Far Away From Home 17 Jonas Brothers feat. Karol G. - X 18 Tones And I - Ur So f***InG cOoL 19 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 20 SIA - Together 21 Ellie Goulding - Power 22 Katy Perry - Daisies 23 Juan Daniél - Buenos Momentos 24 Conkarah feat. Shaggy - Banana (DJ Fle - Minisiren Remix) Disk 2 von 2 1 Mark Forster - Übermorgen 2 WIER, Alexa Feser, Annett Louisan… - Best Of Us 3 Michael Patrick Kelly - Beautiful Madness 4 Milow - Whatever It Takes 5 Tom Gregory - Rather Be You 6 Winona Oak & Robin Schulz - Oxygen 7 Kungs feat. Jhart - Dopamine 8 David Puentez - LaLaLife 9 Apache 207 - Boot 10 Bausa feat. Bozza - Selfmade Babylon 11 LEA & Capital Bra - 7 Stunden 12 Lotte - Mehr davon 13 Surfaces & Elton John - Learn To Fly 14 James Blunt - Should I Give It All Up 15 Joris - Nur die Musik 16 Christopher - Leap Of Faith 17 Lizot - Weekend 18 Lucky Luke - Cooler Than Me 19 ZEDD & Jasmine Thompson - Funny 20 Milky Chance & Jack Johnson - Don’t Let Me Down 21 Johannes Oerding - Anfassen 22 Gentleman - Ahoi 23 Mike Singer - 100Tausend 24 Michele Morrone - Hard For Me Some amazing inclusions on here - including Learn to Fly by Surfaces, Sia, and Ellie Goulding.

I feel like a lot of the bigger songs are going to be saved for 107, probably because they make the most money. This gives me NOW 100 (Disc 1) vibes of licensing and song choices

Wow. Now that's what I call TikTok. But I guess that's what will sell the album. Love that HAIM and Jessie Ware made the album though. Talent always wins

Thankfully there's been a few UK No. 1s between NOW 105 & NOW 106 and I can see at least 3 of them making NOW 106 which will give it some sales. BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge All Stars - Times Like This DaBaby - Rockstar Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me Drake is probably a nope, but who knows. You'll Never Walk Alone might be at the end of Disc 2. Would love to see some "flop" pop on there. Kings & Queens by Ava Max, and Daisies by Katy Perry. Add in The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, The 1975, and some of the latest Tik Tok songs and they're halfway there to making the album.

They care more about these artists than the flash in pan urban stuff that you keep moaning about not being on there

I'm more than okay with that. Disc 2 is starting to become my favorite disc thanks to it going for more of "established artists" vibe. Maybe Steps will make this one!

I love it. Never seen a NOW with a white background (apart from a NOW Dance album maybe?)

I wonder if we'll see something from Frozen 2 on NOW 105. They've been relying heavily on soundtrack songs at the moment for Disc 2.

It's a shame there's no Lizzo on it, but that's probably because she's on the Grammy Nominees album instead

I'd love to see a 100 Hits Disney album.

I'm still waiting for a UK Xmas album to include AQUA's Christmas song.

This is why I think they should focus more on Pop and more established artists and less on the flash in the pan R&B and Dance hits. The Radio 2 demographic certainly would buy it more often if more artists like Celine, Bryan Adams, and acts like that took up a bit more space. Along with some new and fresh pop that doesn't get much radio play.

The NOW 100 Party Hits track listing has been announced. Macarena finally makes a NOW album!

Link for NOW 4 That track listing is very good! So many songs you don't usually see on compilations now-a-days. These 100 Hits albums they're doing are such good volumes, and gives life to concepts/themes they've already done.

So Amazon have put up the link for NOW 104 and NOW 4! So we're getting another re-issue, which is great. Another one for the CD shelf. Also, I'm so excited to see the Forgotten 90's album. It may not contain actual "forgotten" songs, but it'll be nice to see songs you don't usually see. Plus, NOW 100 Christmas and NOW 100 Party are also on Amazon. I'm hoping Britney makes an apperance with My Only Wish (This Year).

I'm loving these 100+ covers. So much colour, and the font is amazing. I wonder what they'll be able to license this time round, mostly curious if Ed and Taylor will say yes.

Do you think it'd be too jarring to have KPop appear on NOW 3? BTS and BLACKPINK are quite big on the album and streaming scene at the moment, and seeing them on NOW 103 would make a lot of sense and tap into another genre/market. I'd love it! Especially since both are great songs. I'd also love to see Taylor Swift/Brandon Urie on there, but I very much doubt it will. Taylor in't the most consistent artist on the NOWs, and now that she's on another label it may be even harder to get licensing.

It's also from a Soundtrack, and Soundtrack songs are more complicated to license straight away. Soundtrack singles main goal is to sell the full album, which itself promotes the movie that is out at the time. Plus you'd also need to get licensing from the Soundtrack label as well as the artists label (most of the time they're the same label). By the time this all gets settled it is usually too late and the songs lose their popularity. Shallow and The Greatest Showman songs were added because they're still in the charts and the movies have now made their money from the box office and the soundtrack so they aren't concerned about other albums using the songs.

Been working on my version of NOW 102. Iconic Pop 18! (Songs like Sweet But Psycho and Shallow were on my previous volume). Iconic Pop 18! 46 Pop Bangers Disc 1: 01: Ariana Grande - thank u, next 02: Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 03: Jonas Brothers - Sucker 04: Lizzo - Juice 05: Ava Max - So Am I 06: Little Mix feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Think About Us 07: Rita Ora feat. 6lack - Only Want You 08: Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying 09: Carly Rae Jespen - Now That I Found You 10: Jax Jones feat. Years & Years - Play 11: Marshmello feat. Chvrches - Here With Me 12: Zedd feat. Katy Perry - 365 13: Galantis feat. OneRepublic - Bones 14: Jonas Blue feat. Nina Nesbitt - Desperate 15: Clean Bandit feat. Ellie Goulding - Mama 16: Astrid S - Someone New 17: Marina - Orange Trees 18: Alphabeat - Shadows 19: Emma Bunton - Baby Please Don't Stop 20: Louise - Stretch 21: Pet Shop Boys - Give Stupidity a Chance 22: Will Young - All the Songs 23: Troye Sivan - Lucky Strike 24: Westlife - Hello My Love Disc 2: 01: Ariana Grande - 7 rings 02: Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me 03: Mariah Carey feat. Stefflon Don - A No No 04: Mahalia - Do Not Disturb 05: Khalid - Talk 06: Mabel - Don't Call Me Up 07: Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With a Stranger 08: Lauv feat. Troye Sivan - i'm so tired... 09: Dido - Give You Up 10: Ellie Goulding - Flux 11: Dua Lipa - Swan Song (from 'Alita: Battle Angel') 12: P!nk - Walk Me Home 13: Chainsmokers feat. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love? 14: Slayyter - Mine 15: HRVY - Told You So 16: George Ezra - Pretty Shining People 17: ROZES - Halfway There 18: Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall 19: The 1975 - It's Not Living (If It's Not With You) 20: Panic! at the Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It 21: Avril Lavigne feat. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde 22: Billie Eilish - bury a friend I think the NOW team should focus more on actual pop and songs that have that commercial appeal instead of relying on urban music and other filler stuff. They're very influential and so adding songs you don't usually come across might be very beneficial for them. Plus the target audience will probably enjoy "yet-to-be-discovered" pop songs that well known Urban songs.

It's random, but good. If they're going for the Radio 2 market with Disc 2's last bit before the 6 NOW 2 tracks they could've added Emma Bunton or someone like that as well.

Pretty good selection. Just got to wait for NOW 102 now.

I love the cover!!