NOW That’s What I Call Music hits its 100th edition with Years & Years and George Ezra

Celebrating 100 albums featuring over 2000 artists and sales of over 120 million, the complition albums have been a small part of the fabric of British popular culture public since 1983. Sales are equivalent to every UK household owning 4 NOW albums.

NOW That’s What I Call Music! 100 will feature two discs; the first celebrating the biggest pop tunes of the moment including Years & Years, Dua Lipa and George Ezra, and a second nostalgia-filled special, remembering the best of the past 99 albums - Britney, S Club 7 and Destiny's Child feature alongside James Blunt and Ed Sheeran.

Robbie Williams holds the record for most appearances on NOW - thirty times with Take That and with solo hits "Angels", "Millennium" and "ROCK DJ". Rihanna places second, with twenty-seven appearances and Calvin Harris takes third place, featuring twenty-six times.

The first ever NOW compilation sold 1.1 million copies in 1983 and featured 28 artists; Kajagoogoo, UB40 and Culture Club had two songs each, while Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack doubled up for the duet "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love". NOW compilations have been the most popular CDs every year since 2010 - except for 2015, when Adele beat it.

The tracklisting for NOW100 is:

CD 1 - Hits

01. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss

02. George Ezra - Shotgun

03. Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo

04. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry

05. Anne-Marie - 2002

06. Jess Glynne - I'll Be There

07. Years & Years - If You're Over Me

08. David Guetta & Sia - Flames

09. Post Malone - Better Now

10. Jonas Blue feat. Jack & Jack - Rise

11. Liam Payne & J. Balvin - Familiar

12. Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre feat. Yxng Bane - Answerphone

13. M.O, Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi - Bad Vibe

14. Tiësto & Dzeko feat. Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan

15. M-22 feat. Medina - First Time

16. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

17. Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be

18. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle

19. Khalid & Normani - Love Lies

20. Jax Jones & Mabel feat. Rich The Kid - Ring Ring

21. Cheat Codes x Little Mix - Only You

22. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

Bonus track:

23. MU4 - You Can't Hurry Love (GMB competition winners)

CD2 - Classics

01. UB40 - Red Red Wine

02. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

03. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

04. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

05. Spice Girls - Wannabe

06. Oasis - Wonderwall

07. Robbie Williams - Angels

08. Cher - Believe

09. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

10. S Club 7 - Reach

11. Destiny's Child - Survivor

12. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

13. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

14. James Blunt - You're Beautiful

15. Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

16. Take That - Rule The World

17. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

18. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

19. Ed Sheeran - Sing

20. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

21. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself