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It’s the perfect way to enjoy a variety of music from your favourite artist, songs from a specific decade, or seasonal soundtracks ideal for parties and background sounds. The Now series in Portugal is a joint-venture between the three major international publishers present in Portugal – EMI, Sony and Universal. Some of the earlier volumes were also released on Betamax and for some volumes laserdiscs were also released. Through Volume 21 of the series, the multi-volume sets have included 414 national and international artists and a total of 787 different songs, ranking in an impressive four gold and 19 platinum records. The presentation of each release has evolved notably over time: from 1986 through to 2013, all double and triple CD sets were released in chubby Jewel cases which could hold up to 6 discs.

In November 2018, the Now team took over the " 100 Hits" brand from Demon Music Group, and in 2019 and 2020, the Special Editions series was effectively rested while 24 different Now 100 Hits compilations were issued in very quick succession, until the end of November 2020. often shortened to NOW) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music ( Universal/ Sony Music) which began in 1983. The rate of release settled very quickly to three per year: one release around late March/early April, another around late July and a third around late November.Each release is issued as a limited edition mini-hardback book, with the CDs in sleeves forming the pages of the ' yearbook' which contains an introductory overview of the year, original 7" single artwork, trivia, chart positions and a quiz. The two series co-existed for the rest of the 1980s, and when Universal (formerly PolyGram from Now 8 in 1986 through to Now 42 in 1999) joined the collaboration, the Now! They are also notable as being the first time a Now series had released a compilation of hits from the years 1980 to 1982. has released 61 physical albums since 1997, the latest one released July 2020 and further albums were released on streaming platforms only.

They all vary from one to five disc compilations (occasionally six disc), starting in 1986 and continuing to the present day (Jan 2023). At least two different series of year-by-year "retrospective" compilations, covering 1983 to 1995 and 1980 to 1999, respectively were issued in the 1990s with the latter series known as Now! recording engineer: Denzel Baptiste and Roy Lenzo producer: Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi and Roy Lenzo mixer: Serban Ghenea guitar: Omer Fedi background vocals: Denzel Baptiste and David Biral vocals: Lil Nas X ( US rapper) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Columbia Records ( not for release label use!July 2019) re-issued on 2-CD - 28 tracks with only Bob Marley and the Wailers and Gary Glitter missing. The latter contains a new retro-70s Now logo design and artwork which complements its 80s sister Yearbook series. The series took its name from a 1920s British advertising poster for Danish Bacon featuring a pig saying "Now. on 24 July 2015, the release dates in the UK and Ireland have been the same following the announcement of the Global Release Day campaign by IFPI, which became effective on 10 July 2015. until Now 85 when they used the Sony label instead, until Now 90 when they stopped using labels on the main series.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The series is one of the highest selling compilations in New Zealand music history ( RIANZ) with multi-platinum album sales.All series with the exception of United Kingdom and the United States have been discontinued, New Zealand had two more albums released as a playlist only on Spotify, South Africa had three more albums released as a playlist on Spotify under DJ Kurtis. In February 2023, 12" mixes all taken from the first three Now Dance compilations, originally released in 1985, 1986 and 1989, were collected on a special 4CD and 3LP set, Now Dance: The 80s, with artwork inspired by the original Now Dance 86. Sometimes considered a spin-off, video releases, including video cassette editions of many early Now! Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.