Now That's What I Call Music! 12 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Wappler, Margaret (13 November 2011). "Music doesn't get more current than 'Now' ". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 28 May 2012.

Now That's What I Call Music! 22 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.At least one tie-up with Smash Hits magazine in 1987, called Now Smash Hits. [22] ( Smash Hits later went on to release their own compilations). Now That's What I Call Music! 52 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. By 1989, Now, Hits, and other various-artist compilation albums were occupying such a large fraction of the UK Albums Chart that a separate UK Compilation Chart was created to restrict the Albums Chart to releases by a single act. [7]

Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 5 August 2022 – 11 August 2022". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 6 August 2022.Now That's What I Call Music! 94 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Music! 93 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

The original Now Dance series began in 1985 and has been released in a variety of titles, formats, and release frequency. Originally, the series captured extended 12" mixes of dance hits of the time, but from 1991 onwards, all Now Dance compilations featured 7" edits with only occasional extended versions or mixes included. The first two volumes were not released on compact disc, and all subsequent releases were either single, double, or triple disc sets. Unlike the main series, Now Dance were originally titled and numbered by their year of release (i.e. Now Dance '89). The frequency in which they were released also varied from year to year; initially, and most frequently across the series, there would be one Now Dance volume per year, but in 1994 for example, there were four volumes released, and in 1996, there weren't any Now Dance compilations released. Towards the end of the series, 3-CD digipak sets were issued, but in 2010, the long-running title was retired, and all subsequent dance-themed Now collections have been issued under the Special Editions series. a b " NOW 48 Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. 29 November 2013 . Retrieved 18 August 2020.

Now That's What I Call Music! 67 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now Dance 89 – 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes) (3 July 1989) 2-LP/MC/CD. Partially re-issued in 2023 on CD/LP.