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10 Things You Never Knew About the ‘NOW’ Series
Nearly 20 years after its North American debut, NOW That's What I Call Music! is still going strong.
In fact, the compilation series is all the way up to its 62nd (!) installment with NOW 62, available everywhere you are on Friday, May 5.
The latest NOW includes 22 songs all on one album, including selections from The Chainsmokers, Zayn, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. As always, NOW is at the forefront of Top 40 pop culture, which means everything on this CD is exactly what's hottest right now.
But what about...then?
We've put together some facts about the NOW series you almost certainly never knew before. The NOW universe is vast, bringing together tons of pop icons. Did you know Hanson was the artist with the first Grammy-winning single included on Now? Or that Now That’s What I Call Music! 4 marked the first time an album of hits from various artists debuted at No. 1 in the United States?
Check out the graphic below for more insane-but-true NOW facts — and be sure to grab the latest installment, NOW 62, out everywhere on May 5.
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