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
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998
Length68:42
LabelVirgin
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music!
(1998) 		Now That's What I Call Music! 2
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Now That's What I Call Music! (simply titled 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] The compilation includes three songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Together Again, "All My Life" and "MMMBop". The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 in January 1999.[3]

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. Now That's What I Call Music (1998): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for NOW! albums. RIAA.com. Accessed February 24, 2009
  3. ^ "NOW chart performance – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2017.