VA - NOW That's What I Call Pop Gold (2023)

NOW Music is proud to present NOW That’s What I Call Pop Gold – a celebration of the very best of Pop with 87 massive hits – The Ultimate Party Album!
CD1 begins with the first #1 for Wham! ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ and is followed by the signature anthem ‘I’m Still Standing’ from Elton John. Superstars Justin Timberlake and The Weeknd both feature as does Dua Lipa with her massive hit ‘Levitating’ and Britney Spears with her iconic ‘…Baby One More Time’ alongside party essentials from Steps with ‘Tragedy’ and Aqua’s effervescent ‘Barbie Girl’. Legendary bands Take That and One Direction come next before more hugely successful groups – Little Mix, Girls Aloud, S Club and the Spice Girls! This disc winds down with modern Pop favourites from Shawn Mendes and George Ezra, before Sam Ryder’s smash ‘SPACE MAN’.

CD2 opens with a run of some of the greatest 80s Pop gems ever. ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ from Duran Duran, a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, Kim Wilde’s ‘Kids In America’, ‘Baggy Trousers’ from Madness and The B-52’s ‘Love Shack’ are all here. The massive ‘Uptown Girl’ from Billy Joel and soundtrack smash ‘Ghostbusters’ from Ray Parker Jr. follow, plus other artists who enjoyed mega 80s Pop smashes, including Deniece Williams, Blondie, ABC, Haircut 100, Culture Club and Sister Sledge… and from the early ‘90s the disc closes with the 5-week #1 ‘The One And Only’ from Chesney Hawkes.

More modern Pop classics begin disc 3, from Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Lizzo and Ariana Grande. The huge #1 ‘Crazy’ from Gnarls Barkley follows next and The Black Eyed Peas with ‘Pump It’ bring the energy. Massive Latin-Pop from Ricky Martin and Las Ketchup lead into U.S. superstars Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC and Christina Aguilera with her 99 #1 ‘Genie In A Bottle’. This disc ends with the huge hit ‘Flying Without Wings’ from Pop legends Westlife.

Icon Kylie Minogue kicks off CD4 with the timeless ‘Better The Devil You Know’, followed by Electro-Pop smash ‘Bad Romance’ from Lady Gaga and Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ huge chart disruptor ‘Unholy’. Eurovision gold from Gina G with ‘Ooh Aah (Just a Little Bit)’ is followed by a stellar run of Stock, Aitken and Waterman produced party classics from Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Mel & Kim, Donna Summer and Hazell Dean. Up next is Pure-Pop from Deuce, Dollar, Tight Fit and Bucks Fizz before Noughties nuggets from Scissor Sisters and Mika sign off the greatest Pop-party collection ever!

NOW That’s What I Call Pop Gold. The Ultimate Pop Collection for the Ultimate Party - Out November 10th.

Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
2 I'm Still Standing - Elton John
3 CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (From DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS") - Justin Timberlake
4 I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
5 Save Your Tears - The Weeknd
6 Levitating - Dua Lipa
7 …Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
8 Firework - Katy Perry
9 What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
10 Relight My Fire - Take That feat. Lulu
11 Tragedy - Steps
12 Barbie Girl - Aqua
13 Gangnam Style () - PSY
14 So What - P!NK
15 Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) - A. R. Rahman, The Pussycat Dolls & Nicole Scherzinger
16 Black Magic - Little Mix
17 The Promise - Girls Aloud
18 Reach - S Club
19 Stop - Spice Girls
20 Stitches - Shawn Mendes
21 Green Green Grass - George Ezra
22 SPACE MAN - Sam Ryder

Disc: 2
1 Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
2 Take On Me - a-ha
3 Kids In America - Kim Wilde
4 Baggy Trousers - Madness
5 Love Shack - The B-52's
6 Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
7 Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama
8 Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
9 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
10 Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
11 Rapture - Blondie
12 99 Red Balloons - Nena
13 Never Ending Story - Limahl
14 It's A Miracle - Culture Club
15 Love Plus One - Haircut 100
16 The Look Of Love, Pt.1 - ABC
17 Frankie - Sister Sledge
18 I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
19 Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star
20 Could Have Told You So - Halo James
21 The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes

Disc: 3
1 I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber
2 good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo
3 Party In The U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
4 Good As Hell - Lizzo
5 Anywhere - Rita Ora
6 One Last Time - Ariana Grande
7 Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
8 Pump It - The Black Eyed Peas
9 Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida
10 Heart Skips A Beat - Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks
11 Up - The Saturdays
12 Round Round - Sugababes
13 Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance
14 María (Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit) - Ricky Martin
15 The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) (Spanglish Version) - Las Ketchup
16 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys
17 Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
18 Picture Of You - Boyzone
19 Don't Stop Me Now - McFly
20 MMMBop - Hanson
21 Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
22 Flying Without Wings - Westlife

Disc: 4
1 Better The Devil You Know - Kylie Minogue
2 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
3 Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras
4 Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max
5 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
6 Poison - Nicole Scherzinger
7 Ooh Aah (Just a Little Bit) - Gina G
8 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
9 When You Come Back To Me - Jason Donovan
10 So Macho - Sinitta
11 Respectable - Mel & Kim
12 I Don't Wanna Get Hurt - Donna Summer
13 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) - Hazell Dean
14 On The Bible - Deuce
15 Videotheque - Dollar
16 Fantasy Island - Tight Fit
17 New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) - Bucks Fizz
18 C'est La Vie - B*Witched
19 Joyride - Roxette
20 Fascination - Alphabeat
21 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
22 Grace Kelly - MIKA