Now That's What I Call Music! (original U.S. album)

This article describes the first album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with similarly-titled first albums in other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! (disambiguation) and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music!
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 27, 1998
Recorded	1995-1998
Genre	Pop
Length	68:42
Label	Virgin
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! (1998) Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 2 (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Now That's What I Call Music! or NOW was released on October 27, 1998. Modeled after the highly successful Now That's What I Call Music! series in the United Kingdom, which compiles a number of songs that are popular around the time of its release, this album is the first edition of the Now! series in the United States.

In following the success of its UK predecessors, this first U.S. version of Now! reached platinum status as certified by the RIAA^[2], boosted in part by the inclusion of three songs that reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100: "Together Again" by Janet Jackson, "All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo and "Mmmbop" by Hanson. The album itself peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200 in January 1999.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Together Again"	Janet Jackson	5:01
2.	"As Long as You Love Me"	Backstreet Boys	3:32
3.	"The Way"	Fastball	4:16
4.	"Flagpole Sitta"	Harvey Danger	3:35
5.	"Say You'll Be There"	Spice Girls	3:56
6.	"All My Life"	K-Ci & JoJo	5:31
7.	"Never Ever" (Single Edit)	All Saints	4:46
8.	"If You Could Only See"	Tonic	4:21
9.	"Mmmbop"	Hanson	4:27
10.	"Zoot Suit Riot"	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	3:53
11.	"Shorty (You Keep Playin' with My Mind)"	Imajin	4:54
12.	"Anytime"	Brian McKnight	4:31
13.	"Barbie Girl"	Aqua	3:16
14.	"Karma Police"	Radiohead	4:30
15.	"I Will Buy You a New Life"	Everclear	3:58
16.	"Fly Away"	Lenny Kravitz	3:41
17.	"Sex & Candy"	Marcy Playground	2:52

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	10

References

1. ^ Kellman, Andy. Now, Vol. 1 - Review. Allmusic.com.
2. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! Platinum Albums. RIAA.com. Accessed February 24, 2009
3. ^ Billboard 200 for Week of January 23, 1999. Billboard.com.