Now That’s What I Call Music! 70 (May 3)

[wjr15]

The 70th edition of the Now! compilation series will be released May 3, 2019.

Here’s the track list:

1. ARIANA GRANDE - thank u, next
2. J. COLE - MIDDLE CHILD
3. P!NK - Walk Me Home
4. THE CHAINSMOKERS & 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - Who Do You Love
5. ZEDD & KATY PERRY - 365
6. SAM SMITH & NORMANI - Dancing With A Stranger
7. DUA LIPA - Swan Song (From the Motion Picture "Alita Battle Angel")
8. FLETCHER - Undrunk
9. CALVIN HARRIS & Rag'n'Bone Man - Giant
10. LIL PEEP & ILOVEMAKONNEN feat. FALL OUT BOY - I’ve Been Waiting
11. MARK RONSON feat. MILEY CYRUS - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
12. BEBE REXHA - Last Hurrah
13. IMAGINE DRAGONS - Bad Liar
14. BILLIE EILISH - when the party’s over
15. KACEY MUSGRAVES - Rainbow
16. LUKE COMBS - Beautiful Crazy

NOW Presents What’s Next!
17. THE UNLIKELY CANDIDATES - Novocaine
18. GREY & LEÓN - Want You Back
19. YK OSIRIS - Worth It
20. JARAMI - No Chance
21. WILLA AMAI - Trampled Flowers

Pretty weak track list. Only 2 songs actually went Top 10 on the Hot 100.

[rimetm]

Giant's inclusion just confuses me. It's not hit the Hot 100, and it's not hit the Pop songs chart either, which is where it seems the majority of this list is doing well on.

Rainbow similarly isn't a big hit, but it appears to be the token Country girl song now that there's enough of those to complement the token Country boy song, in this case Beautiful Crazy.

[owenlovesmusic]

At least they included Middle Child

No Wow tho??

[Mylo13 💜]

Not exactly a "hit" list but a great list nonetheless!

[rockgolf]

The UK Now Music 102, already out, has more US hits + 5 huge tracks from 1983s Now 2.

[Au$tin]

It makes sense that they would cater more towards the radio listening crowd rather than the Hot 100 as streaming reigns supreme there and people who stream sure as hell ain't purchasing the Now series.

Still doesn't explain Giant though, lol.

[rockgolf]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some kinda deal where some acts say "you can only include me on the UK NOW if you also put me on the US NOW".

Here's the tracks on NOW 102 (UK) out last week:

7 rings/Ariana Grande
Sweet But Psycho/ Ava Max
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart/ Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus
Giant/ Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man
Walk Me Home/ P!nk
Dancing With A Stranger/ Sam Smith & Normani
Just You and I/ Tom Walker
Sucker/ Jonas Brothers
Pretty Shining People/ George Ezra
Empty Space / James Arthur
Grace / Lewis Capaldi
Goodbye /Jason Derulo x David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William
Think About Us / Little Mix feat. Ty Dolla $ign
Here With Me / Marshmello feat. CHVRCHES
Please Me / Cardi B & Bruno Mars
Talk / Khalid
Don't Call Me Up / Mabel
1999 / Charli XCX & Troye Sivan
Don’t Feel Like Crying / Sigrid
Breathe / CamelPhat x Cristoph feat. Jem Cooke
Play / Jax Jones & Years & Years
365 / Zedd & Katy Perry
Ruin My Life / Zara Larsson
Swan Song (from the motion picture ‘Alita: Battle Angel’) / Dua Lipa
thank u, next / Ariana Grande
Someone You Loved / Lewis Capaldi
Shallow / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
This Is Me / Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
Thursday / Jess Glynne
Lost Without You / Freya Ridings
Rewrite The Stars / James Arthur & Anne-Marie
Candlelight / Jack Savoretti
It's Not Living (If It's Not With You) / The 1975
Hello My Love / Westlife
Everlasting / Take That
Almost (Sweet Music) / Hozier
Shine A Light / Bryan Adams
Love You Anymore / Michael Bublé
Look In Her Eyes / Rod Stewart
The Greatest Show / Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble


Relax (Bonus Track - NOW 2) / Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Wouldn't It Be Good (Bonus Track - NOW 2) / Nik Kershaw
Break My Stride (Bonus Track - NOW 2)/ Matthew Wilder
Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Bonus Track - NOW 2) / Cyndi Lauper
It’s A Miracle (Bonus Track - NOW 2) / Culture Club
Hold Me Now (Bonus Track - NOW 2) / Thompson Twins

[spicymapping]

I love how Worth It is on what's next even though it's already outpeaked like half of the songs on the main track.