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21st Jul 2018

QUIZ: How well do you know NOW That’s What I Call Music?

Will Lavin

Quiz time because NOW 100 is finally here!

What a milestone. NOW That’s What I Call Music has reached 100 volumes (listen here) and it’s going as strong as ever before. Don’t believe me? Last year it sold 3.2 million copies – that’s more than what Ed Sheeran sold and he’s currently the UK’s biggest selling artist.

If you’re unfamiliar with the series, firstly what have you been doing with your life? Secondly it’s a series of various artist compilations that have showcased some of the world’s best music year to year for the past 35 years.

The brainchild of Richard Branson and some of his Virgin Records executives, it has gone on to be the most successful and most recognised compilation series of all-time.

Do you remember your first NOW album? Mine was NOW 31. I seem to specifically remember wearing the tape out because I kept playing Dana Dawson’s “3 Is Family” over and over again. What a time to be alive, right? A time when to hear a song again you had to press rewind on a tape deck, wait at least 30 seconds and then hope you found the start of it.

To celebrate the release of NOW 100 we thought we’d put your musical knowledge to the test and see how well you know the NOW That’s What I Call Music series.

That’s right: QUIZ TIME!

What was the very first song to feature on the first volume of NOW?
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Which NOW album is the biggest to date, selling 2.3 million copies?
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Which of these artists has never appeared on a NOW album?
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What year was the first NOW album released?
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Which record label joined Virgin to kickstart the NOW series?
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The NOW series got its name from a poster advertising what?
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Which artist has the most appearances on NOW albums?
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Which artist has the most consecutive appearances on NOW albums with 12?
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What year did the American version of NOW That's What I Call Music start?
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Which of these is not a NOW spin-off?
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How many times has Michael Jackson appeared on NOW compilations?
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What's the name of the DJ who has voiced all of the NOW TV adverts since 1992?
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Who is the youngest artist to ever appear on a NOW album?
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Who won a spot on NOW 100 after entering a competition on Good Morning Britain?
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Which NOW album is in the Top 10 biggest selling albums of all-time in the UK?
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