Let the celebrations begin as Now That's What I Call Music has reached its 50th volume, a landmark that few other pop compilations can ever expect to reach. From back in the early 1980s, before CDs were even invented, a compilation emerged featuring current music by the original artists (a rare thing in those days) with a trendy-looking pig poking its head out on the glitzy cover. In 2001, ...
The cream of the pop compilation is back once more as Now That's What I Call Music Vol.49 serves up another double disc of hits from the UK pop charts. As ever it holds a plethora of number ones from the likes of DJ Pied Piper ("Do You Really Like it"), Robbie Williams ("Eternity") and Hear'Say ("The Way to Your Love"). Also included are some of those global, all-conquering hits which ...
It's a testament to the success of the Now That's What I Call Music series that this is the 47th instalment in the ever-popular series. Its combination of all that makes the British pop charts great is its winning formula, and one that it certainly doesn't stray from here. On the pure pop front there are scene leaders Robbie Williams ("Rock DJ"), Ronan Keating ("Life Is A Rollercoaster"), ...