document_title: Now That's What I Call Music! discography

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text: Now That's What I Call Music! discography

text: United Kingdom and Ireland

text: The titles given here are the literal names as printed on the front cover. Thus, volumes 2 and 13 use Roman numerals and the exclamation mark first appears with volume 18 (changing to its present position from volume 20 onwards).

text: The first full-track edition to be released on compact disc was Volume 10. Vinyls ended with Now 35[1] and audio cassettes ended with Now 64.[2] Part of the series was also released on the Mini Disc format, beginning with Now 43 and ending with Now 48.[citation needed]

text: Some of the albums have also been released on video. Volumes 1 through 18 and 20 were released on VHS. The first two albums were also issued on Laser-disc. Every video tape had a typical running time of roughly 1 hour. From 2001 to 2007, the videos were published on DVD with a frequency of one per year. The DVDs are numbered by year and not linked to album numbers. Now 2006 was released on UMD as well as DVD.

text: The series release dates below represent the date of release in the United Kingdom. Through the release of Now 90 on 30 March 2015, the release date in Ireland was three days before the UK release. Beginning with the release of Now 91 on 24 July 2015, the release dates in the UK and Ireland have been the same following the announcement of the Global Release Day campaign by IFPI, which became effective on 10 July 2015.[3]

text:
Now That's What I Call Music (28 November 1983)
Now That's What I Call Music II (26 March 1984)
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (23 July 1984)
Now That's What I Call Music 4 (26 November 1984)
Now That's What I Call Music 5 (5 August 1985)
Now That's What I Call Music 6 (25 November 1985)
Now That's What I Call Music 7 (11 August 1986)
Now That's What I Call Music 8 (24 November 1986)
Now That's What I Call Music 9 (23 March 1987)
Now That's What I Call Music 10 (23 November 1987)
Now That's What I Call Music 11 (21 March 1988)
Now That's What I Call Music 12 (11 July 1988)
Now That's What I Call Music XIII (21 November 1988)
Now That's What I Call Music 14 (20 March 1989)
Now That's What I Call Music 15 (14 August 1989)
Now That's What I Call Music 16 (20 November 1989)
Now That's What I Call Music 17 (23 April 1990)
Now! That's What I Call Music 18 (19 November 1990)
Now! That's What I Call Music 19 (25 March 1991)
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (18 November 1991)
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (13 April 1992)
Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (27 July 1992)
Now That's What I Call Music! 23 (16 November 1992)
Now That's What I Call Music! 24 (26 April 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 25 (2 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (15 November 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 (28 March 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! 28 (1 August 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! 29 (14 November 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (10 April 1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (31 July 1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (13 November 1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 33 (18 March 1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (12 August 1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (18 November 1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (24 March 1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (14 July 1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 38 (17 November 1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (6 April 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (3 August 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (23 November 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (29 March 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 43 (19 July 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (22 November 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (17 April 2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 46 (24 July 2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 47 (20 November 2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (9 April 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (30 July 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (19 November 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (25 March 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (22 July 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (18 November 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (14 April 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (21 July 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (17 November 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (5 April 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (26 July 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 59 (15 November 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (21 March 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 61 (25 July 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (21 November 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 63 (10 April 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (24 July 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 65 (20 November 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 66 (2 April 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 67 (23 July 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 68 (19 November 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 69 (17 March 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 70 (21 July 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 71 (17 November 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 72 (6 April 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 73 (20 July 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 74 (23 November 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 75 (29 March 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 76 (19 July 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 77 (22 November 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 78 (11 April 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 79 (25 July 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (21 November 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 81 (2 April 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 82 (23 July 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 83 (19 November 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 84 (25 March 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 85 (22 July 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (18 November 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 87 (7 April 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 88 (21 July 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 89 (24 November 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (30 March 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 91 (24 July 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 92 (20 November 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 93 (18 March 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 94 (22 July 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 95 (18 November 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 96 (7 April 2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 97 (21 July 2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 98 (17 November 2017)[4]

text: 10th Anniversary series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1983 – 10th Anniversary Series (20 June 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1984 – 10th Anniversary Series (27 June 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1985 – 10th Anniversary Series (4 July 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1986 – 10th Anniversary Series (11 July 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1987 – 10th Anniversary Series (18 July 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1988 – 10th Anniversary Series (25 July 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1989 – 10th Anniversary Series (1 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1990 – 10th Anniversary Series (8 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1991 – 10th Anniversary Series (15 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 – 10th Anniversary Series (22 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1993 – 10th Anniversary Series (29 August 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1994 – 10th Anniversary Series (13 September 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1995 – 10th Anniversary Series (4 September 1995)

text: Christmas series

text:
Now – The Christmas Album (1985)
Now – The Christmas Album (27 November 2000)
Now Xmas – Massive Christmas Hits (14 November 2005)
Now That's What I Call Xmas (16 November 2009)
Now That's What I Call Xmas (7 November 2011)
Now That's What I Call Christmas (5 November 2012)
Now That's What I Call Christmas (4 November 2013)
Now That's What I Call Christmas (6 November 2015)

text: Dance series

text:
Now Dance – Extended Dance Versions of 20 Smash Hits (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 86 – 20 Smash Dance Hits of the Year (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 89 – 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 901 – 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 902 (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 903 (The 12" Mixes)
Now Dance 91 – 20 Blissful Grooves
Now Dance 92 (1 January 1992)
Now Dance 93 – 20 Buzzin' Beats (1 January 1993)
Now Dance – The Best of 93 (1 November 1993)
Now Dance 94 (1 January 1994)
Now Dance 94 – Volume 2 (7 March 1994)
Now Dance Summer 94 (16 June 1994)
Now Dance 95 – 40 Ultimate Dance Hits (27 October 1994)
Now Dance – The Best of 94 (3 November 1994)
Now Dance Summer 95 (27 July 1995)
Now Dance 97 (20 October 1997)
Now Dance 98 (2 November 1998)
Now Dance 2000 (18 October 1999)
Now Dance 2001 (23 October 2000)
Now Dance 2001 – Part Two (19 March 2001)
Now Dance 2002 (22 October 2001)
Now Dance 2002 – Part Two (4 March 2002)
Now Dance 2003 (14 October 2002)
Now Dance 2003 – Part Two (31 March 2003)
Now Dance 2004 (27 October 2003)
Now Dance – 41 Brand New Dance Hits (22 March 2004)
Now Dance – 42 Brand New Dance Hits (18 October 2004)
The Very Best of Now Dance (26 September 2005)
Now Dance 2007 (16 October 2006)
Now Dance 2008 (15 October 2007)
Now Dance Anthems (21 September 2009)
The Very Best of Now Dance 2010 (18 October 2010)
Now That's What I Call 90s Dance (29 October 2012)
Now That's What I Call 80s Dance (14 October 2013)
The Very Best of Now Dance (8 December 2014)
Now That's What I Call Dance Hits (19 August 2016)

text: DVD series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 2001 The DVD (10 December 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2003 The DVD (2 December 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2004 The DVD (1 December 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2005 The DVD (22 November 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2006 The DVD (3 April 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2008 The DVD (3 December 2007)
Now Quiz – Now That's What I Call A Music Quiz [Interactive DVD] (5 Dec 2005)
Now That's What I Call A Music Quiz 2 – Interactive DVD Game [Interactive DVD] (4 Dec 2006)
Now That's What I Call A Music Quiz – The 80s [Interactive DVD] (3 Dec 2007)
Now That's What I Call a Family Quiz [DVD] (1 Dec 2008)
Now That's What I Call Karaoke (21 Nov 2005)
Now That's What I Call Comedy (2 March 2009)
Now That's What I Call Fitness (26 December 2011)
Now That's What I Call Sing (23 October 2015)

text: Millennium series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1980 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1981 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1982 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1983 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1984 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1985 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1986 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1987 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1988 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1989 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1990 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1991 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1993 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1994 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1995 – The Millennium Series (21 June 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1996 – The Millennium Series (4 October 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1997 – The Millennium Series (4 October 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1998 – The Millennium Series (4 October 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1999 – The Millennium Series (4 October 1999)

text: Special Editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Music – The Summer Album (6 July 1986)
 Now That's What I Call Music '86 (27 October 1986)
Now That's What I Call Music, Smash Hits (August 1987)
Now That's What I Call Love (5 February 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! Decades – The Deluxe Edition (29 September 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! Years (27 September 2004)
Now That's What I Call No. 1's (30 October 2006)
Now That's What I Call the 80s (29 October 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 25 Years (27 October 2008)
Now That's What I Call Love 2 (28 February 2009)
Now That's What I Call the 90s (26 October 2009)
Now That's What I Call the 00s (15 February 2010)
Now That's What I Call a Wedding (18 April 2011)
Now That's What I Call R&B (26 September 2011)
Now That's What I Call Disney (21 November 2011)
Now That's What I Call Classical (28 November 2011)
Now That's What I Call Love (30 January 2012)
Now That's What I Call Running (5 March 2012)
Now That's What I Call Britain (21 May 2012)
Now That's What I Call Reggae (25 June 2012)
Now That's What I Call a No.1 (9 July 2012)
Now That's What I Call Chill (20 August 2012)
Now That's What I Call Disney (2012 w/Bonus CD) (November 2012)
Now That's What I Call Musicals (26 November 2012)
Now That's What I Call 30 Years (27 May 2013)
Now That's What I Call Disco (26 August 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! USA (21 October 2013)
Now That's What I Call Disney Princess (28 October 2013)
Now That's What I Call Movies (11 November 2013)
Now That's What I Call Relaxing Classical (25 November 2013)
Now That's What I Call Club Hits (9 December 2013)
Now That's What I Call Running 2014 (10 March 2014)
Now That's What I Call Feel Good (17 March 2014)
Now That's What I Call 21st Century (21 April 2014)
Now That's What I Call Rock (2 June 2014)
Now That's What I Call Summer (23 June 2014)
Now That's What I Call Chilled (18 August 2014)
Now That's What I Call Club Hits 2014 (8 September 2014)
Now That's What I Call Drive (15 September 2014)
Now That's What I Call a Million (27 October 2014)
Now That's What I Call Disney (10 November 2014)
Now That's What I Call the 90s (17 November 2014)
Now That's What I Call Legends (24 November 2014)
Now That's What I Call Musicals (24 November 2014)
Now That's What I Call a Party (1 December 2014)
Now That's What I Call Power Ballads (26 January 2015)
Now That's What I Call a Song (13 April 2015)
Now That's What I Call Running 2015 (20 April 2015)
Now That's What I Call Classic Rock (1 June 2015)
Now That's What I Call a Summer Party (22 June 2015)
Now That's What I Call House (21 August 2015)
Now That's What I Call Pop (25 September 2015)
Now That's What I Call a Singer (23 October 2015)
Now That's What I Call the 80s (6 November 2015)
Now That's What I Call Party Anthems (27 November 2015)
Now That's What I Call Classical (27 November 2015)
Now That's What I Call Brit Hits (25 March 2016)
Now That's What I Call Fitness (22 April 2016)
Now That's What I Call Rock Ballads (3 June 2016)
Now That's What I Call Reggae Party (24 June 2016)
Now That's What I Call Summer Hits (1 July 2016)
Now That's What I Call Drivetime (16 September 2016)
Now That's What I Call 20th Century (21 October 2016)
Now That's What I Call No.1 Hits (11 November 2016)
Now That's What I Call Love (18 November 2016)
Now That's What I Call Disney Princess (25 November 2016)
Now That's What I Call 70s (25 November 2016)
Now That's What I Call Party Hits (2 December 2016)
Now That's What I Call R&B (10 February 2017)
Now That's What I Call Mum (3 March 2017)
Now That's What I Call Running (24 March 2017)
Now That's What I Call Classic Soul (26 May 2017)
Now That's What I Call Driving Rock (2 June 2017)
Now That's What I Call a Summer Party 2017 (23 June 2017)
Now That's What I Call Old Skool (4 August 2017)
Now That's What I Call Sing (22 September 2017)
Now That's What I Call a Million (13 October 2017)[5]
Now That's What I Call Disney (3 November 2017)

text: United States

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! (October 27, 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (July 27, 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (December 7, 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (July 18, 2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (November 14, 2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (April 3, 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (July 31, 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (November 20, 2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (March 19, 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (July 23, 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (November 19, 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (March 25, 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (July 22, 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (November 4, 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (March 23, 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (July 27, 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (November 2, 2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (March 15, 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (July 19, 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (November 1, 2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (April 4, 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (July 11, 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 23 (November 7, 2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 24 (March 27, 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 25 (July 17, 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (November 13, 2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 (March 11, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 28 (June 3, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 29 (November 11, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (March 24, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (June 30, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (November 3, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 33 (March 23, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (June 15, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (August 31, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (November 9, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (February 8, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 38 (May 3, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (August 9, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (November 8, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (February 7, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (May 1, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 43 (August 7, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (November 6, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (February 5, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 46 (May 7, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 47 (August 6, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (November 11, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (February 4, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (May 6, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (August 5, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (October 27, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (February 3, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (May 4, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (August 7, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (October 30, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (February 5, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (April 29, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 59 (August 5, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (November 4, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 61 (January 27, 2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (May 5, 2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 63 (August 4, 2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (November 3, 2017)[6]

text: Special Editions

text:
Now Presents: Off the Hook (May 21, 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! #1's (January 24, 2006)
Now That's What I Call Party Hits! (November 13, 2007)
Now That's What I Call the 80s (March 11, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Classic Rock (June 3, 2008)
The Best of Now That's What I Call Music! 10th Anniversary (November 11, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Motown (January 13, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Power Ballads (March 24, 2009)
Now That's What I Call the 80s 2 (June 30, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Club Hits (September 22, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Dance Classics (November 3, 2009)
Now That's What I Call Love (January 26, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Faith (March 23, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Club Hits 2 (October 12, 2010)
Now That's What I Call the 1990s (November 9, 2010)
Now That's What I Call R&B (February 1, 2011)
Now That's What I Call the Modern Songbook (February 8, 2011)
Now That's What I Call the 80s Hits (May 3, 2011)
Now That's What I Call I Wanna Rock (June 17, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Hits (May 1, 2012)
Now That's What I Call British (July 17, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Party Anthems (August 7, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Disney (November 6, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Love Songs (January 22, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Soundcheck (July 2, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Disney 2 (November 11, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Slow Jams (February 4, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Party Anthems 2 (August 5, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Disney 3 (October 27, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Movies (February 3, 2015)
Now That's What I Call #1's (May 4, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Funk (May 4, 2015)
Now That's What I Call New Wave 80s (August 7, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Halloween (September 11, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Disney Princess (October 30, 2015)
Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016 (December 18, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Rock (January 22, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Power Ballads Hits (February 5, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Broadway (April 29, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Party Anthems 3 (August 5, 2016)
Now That's What I Call a Workout 2017 (December 16, 2016)
Now That's What I Call 90's Pop (January 27, 2017)
Now That's What I Call a Workout Hits & Remixes (May 5, 2017)
Now That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems (August 4, 2017)
Now That's What I Call the 00's (November 3, 2017)[7]

text: Christmas series

text:
Now That's What I Call Christmas! (October 23, 2001)
Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection (September 30, 2003)
Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3 (October 10, 2006)
The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas (September 23, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Christmas! 4 (October 12, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Today's Christmas (September 25, 2012)
Now Christmas (October 8, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Merry Christmas (October 7, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Merry Christmas (October 6, 2017)

text: Country series

text:
Now That's What I Call Country (August 26, 2008)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2 (August 25, 2009)
Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas (October 6, 2009)
Now That's What I Call the USA: The Patriotic Country Collection (June 15, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 3 (September 14, 2010)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4 (June 14, 2011)
Now That's What I Call Country Ballads (January 24, 2012)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 5 (June 12, 2012)
Now That's What I Call a Country Party (May 7, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 6 (June 11, 2013)
Now That's What I Call Country Ballads 2 (January 21, 2014)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 7 (June 3, 2014)
Now That's What I Call ACM Awards 50 Years (March 31, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 8 (June 9, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Country Christmas (October 23, 2015)
Now That's What I Call Southern Rock (April 29, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 9 (June 10, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Country #1's (November 4, 2016)
Now That's What I Call Country Volume 10 (June 9, 2017)

text: DVD series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! DVD: The Best Videos of 2003 (November 4, 2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! DVD 2 (November 2, 2004)

text: Latino series

text:
Now Esto Es Musica! Latino (March 21, 2006)
Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 2 (November 21, 2006)
Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 3 (October 9, 2007)
Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 4 (March 24, 2009)

text: Asian region (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand etc.)

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (2008)

text: Chinese Best series

text:
Now Chinese Best (1999)
Now Chinese Best 2 (2000)

text: Love series

text:
Now That's What I Call Love (1998)
Now That's What I Call Love 2 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Love 3 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Love 4 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Love (2010)
Now That's What I Call Love Vol. 2 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Love (2014)

text: Torzarian Series

text:
Now + (2004)
Now + 2 (2005)
NOW 54 (2017)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Jazz (2002)
Now The Essential Collection (2003)
Now That's What I Call Jazz (2007)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2011 (2011)

text: Australia

text: First series

text:
Now 01 (2002)
Now 02 (2002)
Now 03 (2003)
Now 04 (2003)
Now 05 (2004)
Now 06 (2004)
Now 07 (2004)
Now 08 (2005)

text: Second series

text:
Now Winter 2005 (2005)
Now Spring 2005 (2005)
Now Summer 2006 (2005)
Now Autumn 2006 (2006)
Now Winter 2006 (2006)
Now Spring 2006 (2006)
Now Summer 2007 (2006) (double CD)
Now Autumn 2007 (2007)
Now Winter 2007 (2007)
Now Spring 2007 (2007)
Now Summer 2008 (2007) (double CD)
Now Autumn 2008 (2008)
Now: The Hits of Winter 2008 (2008)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2008 (2008)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2009 (2008)
Now: The Hits of Autumn 2009 (2009)
Now: The Hits of Winter 2009 (2009)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2009 (2009)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2010 (2009)
Now: The Hits of Autumn 2010 (2010)
Now: The Hits of Winter 2010 (2010)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2010 (2010)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2011 (2010)
Now: The Hits of Autumn 2011 (2011)
Now: The Hits of Winter 2011 (2011)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2011 (2011)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2012 (2011)
Now: The Hits of Autumn 2012 (2012)
Now: The Hits of Winter 2012 (2012)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2012 (2012)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2013 (2012)
Now: The Hits of Autumn 2013 (2013)
Now: The Hits of Spring 2013 (2013)
Now: The Hits of Summer 2014 (2013)

text: Third series

text:
NOW: Volume 1, 2014 (2014)
NOW: Volume 2, 2014 (2014)
NOW: Volume 3, 2014 (2014)
NOW: Volume 1, 2015 (2015)
NOW: Volume 2, 2015 (2015)
NOW: Volume 1, 2016 (2016)
NOW: Volume 2, 2016 (2016)
NOW: Volume 1, 2017 (2017)

text: 100% series

text:
Now… That's What I Call Music! 100% Dance (1994)
Now… That's What I Call Music! 100% Ballads (1994)
Now… That's What I Call Music! 100% Rap (1994)
Now… That's What I Call Music! 100% Alternate (1994)
Now… That's What I Call Music! 100% Pop (1994)

text: Vision series

text:
Now Vision 2004 (DVD) (2004)
Now Vision 2006 (DVD) (2006)
Now Dance – Mixed By Denzal Park (2011)
Now Dance – Mixed By Emily Scott (2011)
Now Xmas (2008)
Now Xmas (2009)
Now Xmas (2011)

text: Special editions

text:
Now Summer 2007 (DVD) (2006)
Now Summer 2008 (DVD) (2007)
Now: 10 Years Of Hits (2012)
NOW Xmas 2015 (2015)

text: Benelux

text: Now, This Is CD Music (1985)

text: A co-release by EMI Bovema, Ariola Benelux and Virgin Records.

text: Canada

text: Original series

text: Now That's What I Call Music (1988)

text: Current series

text:
Now! (1996)
Now! 2 (1997)
Now! 3 (1998)
Now! 4 (1999)
Now! 5 (2000)
Now! 6 (2001)
Now! 7 (2002)
Now! 8 (2003)
Now! 9 (2004)
Now! 10 (2005)
Now! 11 (2006)
Now! 12 (2007)
Now! 13 (2008)
Now! 14 (2009)
Now! 15 (2010)
Now! 16 (2010)
Now! 17 (2011)
Now! 18 (2011)
Now! 19 (2012)
Now! 20 (2012)
Now! 21 (February 7, 2013)
Now! 22 (September 3, 2013)
Now! 23 (June 3, 2014)
Now! 24 (March 3, 2015)
Now! 25 (August 28, 2015)
Now! 26 (April 15, 2016)
Now! 27 (September 23, 2016)
Now! 28 (July 28, 2017)

text: Then series

text:
Then (1999)
Then 2 (2000)

text: Country series

text:
Now Country (2006)
Now Country 2 (2007)
Now Country Classics (2007)
Now Country 3 (2009)
Now Country 4 (2010)
Now Country 5 (2011)
Now Country 6 (2012)
Now Country 7 (2013)
Now Country 8 (2013)
Now Country 9 (2014)
Now Country 10 (2015)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Rock & Roll (1988)
Now Love
Best of Now (2005)
Now 1970s (2010)
Now 1980s (2010)
Now 1990s (2010)
Now 2000s (2010)
Now Classical (2011)

text: Dance editions

text:
Now Dance (2010)
Now Dance 2 (2011)
Now Dance 3 (2012)
Now Dance 4 (2013)

text: Denmark

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (2007)

text: Big Hits series

text:
Now Big Hits 1999 (1999)
Now Big Hits 2000 (2000)
Now Big Hits 2001 (2001)
Now Big Hits 2002 (2002)
Now Big Hits 2003 (2003)
Now Big Hits 2004 (2004)
Now Big Hits 2005 (2005)
Now Big Hits 2006 (2006)
Now Big Hits 2007 (2007)
Now Big Hits 2008 (2008)
Now Big Hits 2009 (2009)

text: Special editions

text: Now Hip Hop Vol. 1 (2003)

text: Finland

text:
Now That's What I Call Music 1 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 2 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 4 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 5 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 6 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 7 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music 8 (2007)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Dance (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music Pop Hits (2003)
Now Christmas 2012 (2012)
Now Hits 2013 (2013)

text: France

text:
Now! Hits Référence (25 February 2002)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 2 (17 May 2002)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 3 (20 August 2002)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 4 (4 November 2002)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 5 (25 March 2003)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 6 (24 June 2003)
Now! Hits Référence Vol. 7 (26 August 2003)
Now! Hits Référence 2005 (29 August 2005)
Now! Hits Référence 2006 (3 July 2006)
Now! Hits Référence 2007 (1 December 2006)

text: Greece

text:
Now No. 1:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2002)
Now No. 2:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2003)
Now No. 3:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2003)
Now No. 4:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2003)
Now No. 5:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2004)
Now No. 6:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα!
Now No. 7:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2005)
Now No. 8:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα!
Now No. 9:Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! (2006)
Now 2010 Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music 2016 (2015)

text: Hungary

text: Original series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music II (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 4 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 5 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 6 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 7 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 8 (2005)

text: Current series

text:
Now.hu 1
Now.hu 2 (16 February 2004)
Now.hu 3
Now.hu 4 (17 February 2005)
Now.hu 5 (20 July 2005)
Now.hu 6 (15 February 2006)
Now.hu 7 (15 September 2006)
Now.hu 8
Now.hu 9 (10 July 2007)
Now.hu 10
Now.hu 11 (25 June 2008)
Now.hu 12 (22 April 2009)
Now.hu 13 (25 November 2009)

text: Israel

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (2016)

text: Dance series

text:
Now Dance 2003 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! Dance 2004 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! Dance 2006 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! Dance 2007 (2007)
Now Dance 2011 (2011)
Now Dance 2012 (2012)

text: Hip hop series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! Hip Hop (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! Hip Hop 2 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! Hip Hop 3 (2007)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Music!: Best of 2000–2009 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Running 2015 (2015)

text: Italy

text: Original series

text:
Now – All the Hits Primavera 2000 (2000)
Now – All the Hits Estate 2000 (2000)
Now – All the Hits 2001 (2001)
Now – All the Hits Primavera 2001 (2001)
Now – All the Hits Inverno 2001 (2001)
Now – All the Hits Estate 2001 (2001)
Now – All the Hits Primavera 2002 (2002)
Now – All the Hits Autunno 2002 (2002)
Now – All the Hits Estate 2002 (2002)
Now – All the Hits Inverno 2003 (2003)
Now – All the Hits Estate 2003 (2003)
Now – All the Hits 1 (2004)
Now – All the Hits 2 (2004)
Now – All the Hits 3 (2004)
Now – All the Hits 2006 (2006)
Now – All the Hits 2007 (2007)
Now – All the Hits 2008 (2008)
Now – All the Hits 2009 (2009)
Now – All the Hits 2010 (2010)
Now – All the Hits 2011 (2011)
Now – All the Hits 2012 (2012)

text: Current series

text:
Now! Spring 2007 (2007)
Now! Summer 2007 (2007)
Now! Winter 2007 (2007)
Now! Spring 2008 (2008)
Now! Winter 2009 (2009)
Now! Spring 2010 (2010)
Now! Summer 2010 (2010)
Now Summer Hits 2011 (2011)
Now Superhits – Autumn 2011 (2011)
Now! Spring 2012 (2012)
Now! Summer 2012 (2012)
Now! Autumn 2012 (2012)
Now! Winter 2012 (2012)
Now! Spring 2013 (2013)

text: All the Hits Italia series

text:
Now – All The Hits Italia 2001 (2001)
Now – All The Hits Italia 2002 (2002)
Now – All The Hits Italia 2005 (2005)
Now – All The Hits Italia (2005)
Now – All The Hits Italia 2006 (2005)
Now Hits Of The Year (2008)
Now Hits 2010! (2010)
Now Hits 2011! (2011)
Now Hits 2012! (2012)
Now Hits 2013! (2013)

text: Story series

text:
Now! Story '80/'81 (2007)
Now! Story '82/'83 (2007)
Now! Story '84/'85 (2007)
Now! Story '86/'87 (2007)
Now! Story '88/'89 (2007)
Now! Story '90/'91 (2007)
Now! Story '92/'93 (2008)
Now! Story '94/'95 (2008)
Now! Story '96/'97 (2008)
Now! Story '98/'99 (2008)

text: Japan

text: Original series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1 (8 December 1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (9 November 1994)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (8 November 1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (19 June 1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (7 November 1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (11 June 1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (7 November 1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (24 June 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (2 December 1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (6 December 2000)

text: Second series

text: Now That's What I Call Music! 2001 (27 September 2001)

text: Best series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! Best (9 April 1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! Best Returns (28 August 2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 90's Best (24 June 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! Love Best (30 June 2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 00's Best (25 May 2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 80's Best (26 May 2011)

text: Jazz series

text:
Now Jazz X'mas
Now Jazz X'mas millennium
Now Jazz
Now Jazz 2
Now Jazz 3
Now Jazz 4
Now Jazz Best millennium
Now Jazz Vocal
Now Jazz Ballad
Now That's What I Call Music! Jazz Hits

text: Classics series

text:
Now Classics
Now Classics 2
Now Classics 3
Now Classics: Cinema & TV
Now That's What I Call Music! Classic Hits (24 June 2009)

text: Reggae series

text:
Now Reggae
Now Reggae 1997
Now That's What I Call Music! Reggae Classics (2011)

text: Japan series

text:
Now Japan
Now Japan Best
Now Japan Best 1

text: Christmas series

text: Now That's What I Call Christmas (2011)

text: Special editions

text:
Now EX
Now The Party!
Now Dance
Now Pianissimo
Now J-Pop 2001
Now That's What I Call Music Yo-Gaku Hits (18 November 2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! Summer 80's & 90's Memories (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 80's Deluxe (2 October 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 90's Deluxe (2 October 2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 70's Deluxe (4 February 2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 00's Deluxe (4 February 2014)

text: Korea

text: Now That's What I Call K-Pop, Best of 2008 – 2016 (2017)

text: Mexico

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (2004)

text: Netherlands

text: Original series

text:
Now This Is Music (1984)
Now This Is Music 2 (1985)
Now This Is Music 3 (1985)
Now This Is Music 4 (1986)
Now This Is Music 5 (1986)
Now This Is Music 6 (1987)
Now This Is Music 7 (1987)
Now This Is Music 8 (1988)
Now This Is Music 9 (1988)
Now This Is Music 10 (1989)
Now This Is Music 11 (1989)

text: Second series

text:
Now This Is Music 1 (1997)
Now This Is Music 2 (1997)

text: Special editions

text:
Now This Is Music: The Sound of the 80's, Vol. 1 (1992)
Now Dance Hits 95 – Jaaroverzicht
Now Dance Hits 96 – Jaaroverzicht
Now Dance Hits 97 – Jaaroverzicht
Now This Is X-Mas (1997)

text: New Zealand

text: Original series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music Volume 1 (1992)
Now That's What I Call Music Volume 2 (1993)
Now That's What I Call Music Volume 3 (1993)

text: Current series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music 2 (1998)
Now That's What I Call Music 3 (1998)
Now That's What I Call Music 4 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music 5 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music 6 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music 7 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music 8 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music 9 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music 10 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music 11 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music 12 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 13 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music 14 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 15 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 16 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music 17 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 18 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 19 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music 20 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music 21 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music 22 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music 23 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music 24 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music 25 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music 26 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music 27 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music 28 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music 29 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music 30 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music 31 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music 32 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music 33 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music 34 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music 35 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music 36 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music 37 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music 38 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music 39 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music 40 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music 41 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music 42 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music 43 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music 44 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music 45 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music 46 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music 47 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music 48 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music 49 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music 50 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music 51 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music 52 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music 53 (2017)
Now That's What I Call Music 54 (2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (2017)

text: Special editions

text: Now That's What I Call Christmas (2014)

text: Norway

text: Original series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 Dance Edition (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 Dance Edition (2013)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! Hits 2009 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! Dance 1 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! Dance 2 (2010)
NOW – That's What I Call Music! White Christmas (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! Hits 2010 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! Hits 2011 (2011)
God Jul – Now That's What I Call Music (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! Woman (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! Hits 2012 (2012)

text: Poland

text: Original series

text:
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 01
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 02
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 03
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 04
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 05 (1998)
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 06 (1999)
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 07
Now To Jest Twoja Muzyka! 08 (2000)

text: Season series

text: Now Spring & Summer 2008! (2008)

text: Current series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 01 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 02 (2011)

text: Portugal

text: Original series

text:
Now 99 (6 December 1999)
Now 2 (17 July 2000)
Now 3 (4 December 2000)
Now 4 (6 June 2001)
Now 5 (28 November 2001)
Now 6 (6 June 2002)
Now 7 (28 November 2002)
Now 8 (6 June 2003)
Now 9 (24 November 2003)
Now 10 (6 June 2004)
Now 11 (26 November 2004)
Now 12 (6 June 2005)
Now 13 (21 November 2005)
Now 14 (6 June 2006)
Now 15 (20 November 2006)
Now 16 (2 July 2007)
Now 17 (2 December 2007)
Now 18 (23 June 2008)
Now 19 (24 November 2008)
Now 20 (29 June 2009)
Now 21 (16 November 2009)
Now 22 (21 June 2010)
Now 23 (22 November 2010)
Now 24 (20 June 2011)
Now 25 (14 November 2011)
Now 26 (10 June 2012)
Now 27 (19 November 2012)
Now 28 (5 December 2013)
Now 29 (2014)
Now 30 (2015)
Now 31 (2016)
Now 32 (2017)

text: Dance series

text:
Now Dance (18 September 2001)
Now Dance 2 (7 October 2002)
Now Dance 2004 (3 May 2004)
Now Dance 2005 (2 May 2005)
Now Dance 2007 (19 February 2007)
Now Dance 2008 (5 May 2008)

text: Mix series

text:
Now Mix 2010 (26 April 2010)
Now Mix 2 (3 October 2010)
Now Mix 3 – Mixed by Wise Guys (18 April 2011)

text: Special editions

text:
Now DVD (24 February 2003)
Now 10 Anos – Os Maiores Êxitos Da Última Década (30 November 2009)

text: South Africa

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! (1984)
Now That's What I Call Music! II (1984)
Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (1985)
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (1986)
Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (1986)
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (1987)
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (1987)
Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (1988)
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (1988)
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (1989)
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (1989)
Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (1990)
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (1990)
Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (1991)
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (1991)
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (1992)
Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (1992)
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (1993)
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 23 The Superhit Collection (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! 24 (1998)
Now That's What I Call Music! 25 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (1999)
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 28 (2000)
Now That's What I Call Music! 29 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 33 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 38 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 43 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 46 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 47 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 59 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 61 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (2012)
Now That's What I Call Music! 63 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 65 (2013)
Now That's What I Call Music! 66 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 67 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 68 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Music! 69 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 70 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 71 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! 72 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 73 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 74 (2016)
Now That's What I Call Music! 75 (2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 76 (2017)
Now That's What I Call Music! 77 (2017)

text: Best Of series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! The Best of '95 (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! The Best of '96 (1996)
Now That's What I Call Music! 1997 (1997)
Now That's What I Call Music! The Best of 10 Years (1995)
Now That's What I Call Music! Years: The Best of 1995–2005 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Noughties: The Best of Now 2000–2007 (2008)
Now That's What I Call A No 1 (the greatest no. 1 hits from 1984–2014) (2014)
Now That's What I Call 21st Century (2015)

text: Now and Then series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! And Then (2004)
Now That's What I Call Music! And Then Volume 2 (2004)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Classical (2011)
Now That's What I Call Country (2012)
Now That's What I Call Dance (2012)
Now That's What I Call Xmas (2012)
Now That's What I Call Dance 2 (2013)
Now That's What I Call R&B (2013)
Now That's What I Call Dance 3 (2013)
Now That's What I Call A Power Ballad (2013)
Now That's What I Call Movies (2014)
Now That's What I Call Country 2 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Dance 4 (2014)
Now That's What I Call The 80's (2014)
Now That's What I Call Dance 5 (2014)
Now That's What I Call Dance 6 (2015)
Now That's What I Call The 90's (2015)
Now That's What I Call Dance 7 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Legends (2015)
Now That's What I Call A Song (2016)
Now That's What I Call Dance 8 (2016)
Now That's What I Call A Summer Party (2016)
Now That's What I Call Dance 9 (2016)
Now That's What I Call A Rock Ballad (2017)
Now That's What I Call Dance 10 (2017)
Now That's What I Call A RoadTrip (2017)
Now That's What I Call Dance 11 (2017)

text: DVD series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.2 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.3 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.4 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.5 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.6 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.7 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.8 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.9 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.10 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.11 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.12 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.13 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.14 (2009)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.15 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.16 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.17 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.18 (2011)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.19 (2011)
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Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.28 (2014)
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Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD Vol.30 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD 2015 (2015)
Now That's What I Call Music! The DVD 2016 (2016)

text: Spain

text: Original series

text:
Now Esto si es música I
Now Esto si es música 2
Now Esto si es música 3
Now Esto si es música 4
Now Esto si es música 5
Now Esto si es música 6
Now Esto si es musica 7
Now Esto si es musica 8
Now Esto si es musica 9
Now Esto si es musica 10

text: Second series

text:
Now Esto es música 1
Now Esto es música 2003
Now Esto es musica 2004
Now Esto es musica 2005
Now Esto es musica 2006
Now Los Éxitos Del Año 2014

text: Turkey

text: Original series

text:
Now That's What I Call Music! 1
Now That's What I Call Music! 2
Now That's What I Call Music! 3
Now That's What I Call Music! 4
Now That's What I Call Music! 5

text: Second series

text: Now That's What I Call Music! 2000

text: Saudi Arabia

text:
Now That's What I Call Arabia (2000)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 3 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 4 (2002)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 5 (2003)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 6 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 7 (2004)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 8 (2005)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 9 (2006)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 10 (2007)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 11 (2008)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 12 (2010)
Now That's What I Call Arabia 13 (2011)

text: The DVD series

text:
Now That's What I Call Arabia The DVD
Now That's What I Call Arabia The DVD 2
Now That's What I Call Arabia The DVD 3
Now That's What I Call Arabia The DVD 4
Now That's What I Call Arabia The DVD 5

text: Dance series

text:
Now Dance Arabia
Now Dance Arabia 2004
Now Dance Arabia 2005
Now Dance Arabia 2006
Now Dance Arabia 2007
Now Dance Arabia 2008
Now Dance Arabia 2009
Now Dance Arabia 2010
Now Dance Arabia 2011
Now Dance Arabia 2012

text: Love series

text:
Now Love Arabia
Now Love Arabia 2
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2006
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2007
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2008
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2009
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2010
Now That's What I Call Love Arabia 2011
The Best Of Now That's What I Call Love Arabia

text: Love DVD series

text: Now That's What I Call Love Arabia The DVD (2008)

text: Special editions

text:
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2000
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2001
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2002
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2003
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2004
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2005
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2005 Vol. 2
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2006
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2007
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2008
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2009
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2010
Now That's What I Call Arabia 2011
Now That's What I Call Arabia Decades 1990–2000
Now That's What I Call Arabia Decades 2000–2010
Now That's What I Call Arabia Decades 2000–2010 Volume Two


document_title: Wind power in Iowa

question_text: where does iowa rank in wind energy production

root

text: Wind power in Iowa

text: Overview[edit]

text: In addition to federal programs, the state of Iowa encourages development of renewable electricity sources through a 1 cent per kilowatt hour tax credit.[7] Also, generation equipment and facilities receive property tax breaks, and generation equipment is exempt from sales tax.[8][9]

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text: The development of wind power in Iowa began with the enactment in 1983 of a state law that required investor-owned utilities in the state to buy a total of 105 MW of power from wind generated electricity, one of the first renewable electricity portfolio standards. This provided assurance to those building wind power installations that there would be a market for the electricity they produced.[10]

text: In 2010 and in 2009, Iowa led the U.S. in the percentage of electrical power generated by wind, at 15.4 percent and 14.2 percent.[11] This was up from 7.7 percent in 2008, as there was a large increase in the installed capacity in 2008.[12] Some of the wind power generated electricity is sold to utility companies in nearby states, such as Wisconsin,[13] and Illinois.[14]

text: Wind farms are most prevalent in the north and west portion of Iowa. Wind maps show the winds in these areas to be stronger on average, making them better suited for the development of wind energy. Average wind speeds are not consistent from month to month. Wind maps show wind speeds are on average strongest from November through April, peaking in March. August is the month with the weakest average wind speeds.[15][16] On a daily cycle, there is a slight rise in average wind speeds in the afternoon, from 1 to 6 p.m.[17] Estimates by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicate Iowa has potentially 570,700 Megawatts of wind power using large turbines mounted on 80 meter towers.[18] Iowa ranks seventh in the country in terms of wind energy generation potential due to the strong average wind speeds in the midsection of the U.S.[10] The Iowa Environmental Mesonet distributes current weather and wind conditions from approximately 450 monitoring stations across Iowa, providing data for modelling and predicting wind power.[19]

text: The average capacity factor of Iowa wind farms has been estimated as 33.3% by a wind industry consultant.[20] For newer installations, higher capacity factors, approaching 40%, have been stated.[21] Production numbers for 2013, when wind capacity remained almost constant, showed a capacity factor over 34 percent.[22] Due to these better wind conditions, Iowa generated more electricity from wind power in 2013 than California, even though it had less wind power capacity installed.[23] And again in 2014 Iowa was number two in wind power generation behind only Texas.[24]

text: With the completion of some projects in 2016, only Texas has a higher amount of installed wind power capacity.[5] Several of the newer projects are the large 500 MW Highland Wind Energy Center and the O'Brien Wind Farm in O'Brien county, and the Ida Wind farm in Ida county. These were constructed in 2015 and 2016.[3][25]

text: According to the Iowa Office of Energy Independence, lack of transmission line capacity is beginning to restrict further growth of wind farms in the state.[26] A report from the NREL acknowledges that this is a major hurdle to increased wind power development in the U.S.[27] A high voltage DC line that would transmit power from near Sioux City to the Chicago area has been proposed.[28]

text: MidAmerican Energy, in 2015, completed five projects in Iowa totaling over 1,000 MW of capacity. The projects are in O'Brien, Marshall, Webster, Grundy, and Madison counties. 448 wind turbines manufactured by Siemens are to be constructed. At a cost of some 1.9 billion dollars, this will be Iowa's largest economic development project to date. The largest project, the Highland Wind Energy Center in O'Brien county, has 500 MW of generation capacity, making it the state's largest.[29][30][31]

text: From October 23 to 24, 2017, wind power provided all the power consumed by MidAmerica Energy's Iowa customers. This was the first time wind generation reached this threshold, aided by sustained winds of 25 mph (40 km/h) with gusts to 40 mph (65 km/h).[32]

text: A new transmission line is being built to transmit some of the power from the Highland project to the Spencer and Iowa Great Lakes area. Additionally, power will be transmitted by an existing 345 kilovolt line running from south of Sioux City to Lakefield, Minnesota.[33]

text: Windpower industry[edit]

text: A number of companies involved in the windpower industry have office or manufacturing facilities in Iowa. Blades for wind turbines are manufactured in Newton by TPI Composites and in Fort Madison by Siemens. Towers are also manufactured in Newton by Trinity Structural Towers. Companies manufacturing other parts for wind turbines are located in Iowa as well.[34][35]

text: In addition to manufacturing, various companies support the development of wind power projects.[34] The wind power industry employs 6,000 to 7,000 people in Iowa.[36][35] Nearly $10 billion has been invested in Iowa's wind power projects and manufacturing facilities.[36]

text: In late September 2007, Siemens Power Generation opened its new wind turbine blade factory in Fort Madison, on the banks of the Mississippi River. The factory can produce more than 2000 blades annually.[37] A plant expansion in 2008 brought the facility up to nearly 600,000 square feet, up from 310,000. The facility manufactures 148-foot (45 m)-long, 12-ton blades for the company's 2.3-MW wind turbines installed in the United States.[38]

text: The Iowa Office of Energy Independence (OEI) is tasked with determining policy and setting goals towards renewable energy production. The office seeks to coordinate efforts between industry, community leaders, state and local government, and educational institutions to achieve energy policy goals.[34]

text: List of wind farms in Iowa[edit]

text: The following lists some of the wind projects in Iowa.

text:
Name
Location

Intrepid
between Schaller and Storm Lake, north of U.S. 20

Top Of Iowa
near Joice, west of I-35

Story County I
north of Colo

Story County II
south of Humboldt, Story and Hardin counties [40]

Pomeroy
between Pomeroy and Fonda, along Iowa 7

Endeavor
near Lake-Park, Harris along Iowa 9

Century
north of Blairsburg, along U.S. 69, west of I-35

Buena Vista
Alta, Peterson, Truesdale area

Victory
near Arcadia and Westside, U.S. 30[41]

Carroll
northwest of Carroll, near Mt. Carmel & Breda

Hancock County
Klemme

Hardin Hilltop
north of Jefferson, 7 towers

Charles City
west of Charles City

Walnut
near Walnut (n.e. of Council Bluffs), mostly south of I-80

Whispering Willow Wind Farm
Franklin County, between Hampton and Iowa Falls

Adair
South of Adair, near I-80[42]

Barton
near Kensett, east of I-35[43]

Crystal Lake
between Buffalo Center and Crystal Lake, Hancock and Winnebago Counties

Pioneer Prairie
Howard & Mitchell Counties

Crosswind Energy
southeast of Ruthven, U.S. 18[44]

Lost Lakes
West of Milford - Dickinson County

Iowa Lakes Superior
near Superior, U.S. 71[45][46]

Iowa Lakes Lakota
near Lakota, Iowa 9[45]

Laurel
west of Laurel[47]

Rippey
between Rippey & Grand Jct[47]

Vienna
south of Gladbrook[47]

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text: The Spirit, Endeavor, Buena Vista, Lost Lakes, and Crosswind Energy wind farms are all located upon the Coteau des Prairies, a slightly elevated area that results in the windiest locations in Minnesota and Iowa. Coteau des Prairies is sometimes referred to as Buffalo Ridge, which is actually a specific ridge within the area, mostly in Minnesota.

text: Power from the Iowa Lakes Superior and Iowa Lakes Lakota projects is used by ethanol fuel plants in their respective communities.[45][46]

text: Wind generation[edit]

text:
Iowa Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh)[2][48]

Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
 % of Production

2013
1,663
1,380
1,414
1,465
1,421
1,089
864
674
1,190
1,352
1,757
1,303
15,568
27.5%

2014
1,849
1,324
1,729
1,757
1,261
1,027
915
543
976
1,478
1,985
1,435
16,307
28.7%

2015
1,811
1,578
1,653
1,609
1,607
911
799
1,004
1,330
1,699
2,039
1,833
17,878
31.3%

2016
1,737
1,894
1,859
2,343
1,334
1,309
983
789
1,556
1,796
2,050
2,422
20,072
36.9%

2017
1,629
1,970
2,228
2,075
1,805
1,599
1,059
894
1,314

14,573 (YTD)
34.4% (YTD)

text: Colored background indicates wind was the largest source of generation that month.

text: Iowa Wind Generation in 2016


document_title: Home video game console

question_text: when was the first home video game console released

text: Home video game console

text: History[edit]

text: Timeline overview[edit]

text: Below is a timeline of each generation with the top three home video consoles of each generation based on worldwide sales. For a complete list of home video consoles released in each generation please see the respective article of each generation.

text:
Developer
Generation

First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth

Atari
Home Pong
(150,000)[1][2]
Atari 2600
(30 million)[note 1]
Atari 7800
(1 million)[note 2]
–
Atari Jaguar
(250,000)[7]
–
–
–

Coleco
Telstar
(1 million)[note 3]
ColecoVision
(2+ million)[note 4]
–
–
–
–
–
–

Nintendo
Color TV-Game series
(3 million)[12]
–
NES
(61.91 million)[13]
Super NES
(49.1 million)[13]
Nintendo 64
(32.93 million)[13]
GameCube
(21.74 million)[13]
Wii
(101.63 million)[13]
Nintendo Switch†
(14.86 million)[note 5]

Magnavox/
Philips
Odyssey
(330,000)[15]
Odyssey²
(2 million)[16]
Videopac + G7400
(N/A)
CD-i
(570,000)[17]
–
–
–
–

Mattel
–
Intellivision
(3 million)[18]
–
–
–
–
HyperScan
(N/A)
–

Sega
–
–
Master System
(10–13 million)[note 6]
Sega Genesis
(33.75 million)[note 7]
Sega Saturn
(9.26 million)[26]
Dreamcast
(9.13 million)[note 8]
–
–

NEC
–
–
–
TurboGrafx-16
(10 million)[note 9]
PC-FX
(400,000)[34]
–
–
–

Sony
–
–
–
–
PlayStation
(102.49 million)[35]
PlayStation 2
(>155 million)[note 10]
PlayStation 3
(83.8 million)[note 10]
PlayStation 4†
(70.6 million)[44]

Microsoft
–
–
–
–
–
Xbox
(24 million)[45]
Xbox 360
(84 million)[note 11]
Xbox One†
est. 25–30 million[note 11]

text: First generation[edit]

text: Although the first video games appeared in the 1950s,[52] they were played on massive computers connected to vector displays, not analog televisions. Ralph H. Baer conceived the idea of a home video game in 1951. In the late 1960s while working for Sanders Associates he created a series of video game console designs. One of these designs, which gained the nickname of the "Brown Box", featured changeable game modes and was demonstrated to several TV manufactures ultimately leading to an agreement between Sanders Associates and Magnavox.[53]

text: In 1972 Magnavox released the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set. Ralph Baer's initial design had called for a huge row of switches that would allow gamers to turn on and off certain components of the console (the Odyssey lacked a CPU) to create slightly different games like tennis, volleyball, hockey, and chase. Magnavox replaced the switch design with separate cartridges for each game. Although Baer had sketched up ideas for cartridges that could include new components for new games, the carts released by Magnavox all served the same function as the switches and allowed gamers to choose from the Odyssey's built-in games.

text: The Odyssey only initially sold about 100,000 units,[54] making it moderately successful, and it was not until Atari's arcade game Pong popularized video games, that the public began to take more notice of the emerging industry. By autumn 1975, Magnavox, bowing to the popularity of Pong, cancelled the Odyssey and released a scaled-down version that played only Pong and hockey, the Odyssey 100. A second, "higher end" console, the Odyssey 200, was released with the 100 and added on-screen scoring, up to four players, and a third game—Smash. Almost simultaneously released with Atari's own home Pong console through Sears, these consoles jump-started the consumer market. All three of the new consoles used simpler designs than the original Odyssey with no board game pieces or extra cartridges.

text: In the years that followed, the market saw many companies rushing similar consoles to market. After General Instrument released their inexpensive microchips, each containing a complete console on a single chip, many small developers began releasing consoles that looked different externally, but internally were playing exactly the same games.

text: Most of the consoles from this era were dedicated consoles only playing the games that came with the console. These video game consoles were often just called video games, because there was little reason to distinguish the two yet. While a few companies like Atari, Magnavox, and newcomer Coleco pushed the envelope, the market became flooded with simple, similar video games.

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text: Second generation[edit]

text: Fairchild released the Fairchild Video Entertainment System (VES) in 1976. While there had been previous game consoles that used cartridges, either the cartridges had no information and served the same function as flipping switches (the Odyssey) or the console itself was empty (Coleco Telstar) and the cartridge contained all of the game components. The VES, however, contained a programmable microprocessor so its cartridges only needed a single ROM chip to store microprocessor instructions.

text: RCA and Atari soon released their own cartridge-based consoles, the RCA Studio II and the Atari 2600 (originally branded as the Atari Video Computer System), respectively. Both Bally (with their Home Library Computer in 1977) and Magnavox (with the Odyssey² in 1978) also brought their own programmable cartridge-based consoles to the market. However, it was not until Atari released a conversion of the golden age arcade hit Space Invaders in 1980 for the Atari 2600 that the home console industry took off. Many consumers bought an Atari console so they could play Space Invaders at home. Space Invaders' unprecedented success started the trend of console manufacturers trying to get exclusive rights to arcade titles, and the trend of advertisements for game consoles claiming to bring the arcade experience home.

text: Throughout the early 1980s, other companies released video game consoles of their own. Many of the video game systems were technically superior to the Atari 2600, and marketed as improvements over the Atari 2600, but Atari dominated the console market in the early 1980s. However, a severe crash occurred in 1983 in the video game business.

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text: Third generation[edit]

text: In 1983, Nintendo released the Family Computer (or Famicom) in Japan. The Famicom supported high-resolution sprites, larger color palettes, and tiled backgrounds. This allowed Famicom games to be longer and have more detailed graphics. Nintendo began attempts to bring their Famicom to the U.S. after the video game market had crashed. In the U.S., video games were seen as a fad that had already passed. To distinguish its product from older game consoles, Nintendo released their Famicom as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) which used a front-loading cartridge port similar to a VCR, included a plastic "robot" (R.O.B., and was initially advertised as a toy).

text: The NES was the highest selling console in the history of North America and revitalized the video game market. Mario of Super Mario Bros. became a global icon starting with his NES games. Nintendo took an unusual stance with third-party developers for its console. Nintendo contractually restricted third-party developers to three NES titles per year and forbade them from developing for other video game consoles. The practice ensured Nintendo's market dominance and prevented the flood of trash titles that had helped kill the Atari, but was ruled illegal late in the console's life cycle.

text: Sega's Master System was intended to compete with the NES, but never gained any significant market share in the US or Japan and was barely profitable. It fared notably better in PAL territories. In Europe and South America, the Master System competed with the NES and saw new game releases even after Sega's next-generation Mega Drive was released. In Brazil where strict importation laws and rampant piracy kept out competitors, the Master System outsold the NES by a massive margin and remained popular into the '90s.[55]

text: Jack Tramiel, after buying Atari, downsizing its staff, and settling its legal disputes, attempted to bring Atari back into the home console market. Atari released a smaller, sleeker, cheaper version of their popular Atari 2600. They also released the Atari 7800, a console technologically comparable with the NES and backwards compatible with the 2600. Finally Atari repackaged its 8-bit XE home computer as the XEGS game console. The new consoles helped Atari claw its way out of debt, but failed to gain much market share from Nintendo. Atari's lack of funds meant that its consoles saw fewer releases, lower production values (both the manuals and the game labels were frequently black and white), and limited distribution.

text:
Japan
North America
Europe

Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
1983
1985
1986

Sega Mark III/Master System
1985
1986
1987

Atari 7800
none

Atari XEGS
1987

text: Fourth generation[edit]

text: NEC brought the first fourth-generation console to market with their PC Engine (later sold as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America) when Hudson Soft approached them with an advanced graphics chip. Hudson had previously approached Nintendo, only to be rebuffed by a company still raking in the profits of the NES. The TurboGrafx used the unusual HuCard format to store games. The small size of these proprietary cards allowed NEC to re-release the console as a handheld game console. The PC Engine enjoyed brisk sales in Japan, but its North American counterpart, the TurboGrafx, lagged behind the competition. The console never saw an official release in Europe, but clones and North American imports were available in some markets starting in 1990.

text: NEC advertised their console as "16-bit" to highlight its advances over the NES. This started the trend of all subsequent fourth generations consoles being advertised as 16 bit. Many people still refer to this generation as the 16-bit generation, and often refer to the third generation as "8-bit".

text: Sega scaled down and adapted their Sega System 16 (used to power arcade hits like Altered Beast and Shinobi) into the Mega Drive (or Genesis) and released it with a near arcade-perfect port of Altered Beast. Sega's console met lukewarm sales in Japan, but skyrocketed to first place in PAL markets, and made major inroads in North America. Propelled by its effective "Genesis does what Nintendon't" marketing campaign, Sega capitalized on the Genesis's technological superiority over the NES, faithful ports of popular arcade games, and competitive pricing.

text: Arcade gaming company, SNK developed the high end Neo Geo MVS arcade system which used interchangeable cartridges similar to home consoles. Building on the success of the MVS, SNK repackaged the NeoGeo as the Neo Geo AES home console. Though technologically superior to the other fourth-generation consoles, the AES and its games were prohibitively expensive, which kept sales low and prevented it from expanding outside its niche market and into serious competition with Nintendo and Sega. The AES did, however, amass a dedicated cult following, allowing it to see new releases into the 2000s.

text: The fourth generation graphics chips allowed these consoles to reproduce the art styles that were becoming popular in arcades and on home computers. These games often featured lavish background scenery, huge characters, broader color palettes, and increased emphasis on dithering and texture. Games written specifically for the NES, like Megaman, Shatterhand, and Super Mario Bros. 3 were able to work cleverly within its limitations. Ports of the increasingly detailed arcade and home computer games came up with various solutions. For example, when Capcom released Strider in the arcade they created an entirely separate Strider game for the NES that only incorporated themes and characters from the arcade.

text: In 1990 Nintendo finally brought their Super Famicom to market and brought it to the US as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) a year later. Its release marginalized the TurboGrafx and the Neo Geo, but came late enough for Sega to sell several million consoles in North America and gain a strong foothold. The same year the SNES was released Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog, which spiked Genesis sales, similar to Space Invaders on the Atari. Also, by 1992 the first fully licensed NFL Football game was released: NFL Sports Talk Football '93, which was available only on the Genesis. This impact on Genesis sales, and the overall interest of realistic sports games, would start the trend of licensed sports games being viewed as necessary for the success of a console in the US.

text: While Nintendo enjoyed dominance in Japan, and Sega in Europe, the competition between the two was particularly fierce and close in North America. Ultimately, the SNES outsold the Genesis, but only after Sega discontinued the Genesis to focus on the next generation of consoles.

text: One trait that remains peculiar to the fourth generation is the huge number of exclusive games. Both Sega and Nintendo were very successful and their consoles developed massive libraries of games. Both consoles had to be programmed in assembly to get the most out of them. A game optimized for the Genesis could take advantage of its faster CPU and sound chip. A game optimized for the SNES could take advantage of its graphics and its flexible, clean sound chip. Some game series, like Castlevania, saw separate system exclusive releases rather than an attempt to port one game to disparate platforms.

text: When compact disc (CD) technology became available midway through the fourth generation, each company attempted to integrate it into their existing consoles in different ways. NEC and Sega released CD add-ons to their consoles in the form of the TurboGrafx-CD and Sega CD, but both were only moderately successful. NEC also released the TurboDuo which combined the TurboGrafx-16 and the TurboGrafx-CD add-on (along with the RAM and BIOS upgrade from the Super System Card) into one unit. SNK released a third version of the Neo-Geo, the Neo Geo CD, allowing the company to release its games on a cheaper medium than the AES's expensive cartridges, but it reached the market after Nintendo and Sega had already sold tens of millions of consoles each. Nintendo partnered with Sony to work on a CD addon for the SNES, but the deal fell apart when they realized how much control Sony wanted. Sony would use their work with Nintendo as the basis for their Playstation game console. While CDs became an increasingly visible part of the market, CD-reading technology was still expensive in the 90s, limiting NEC's and Sega's add-ons' sales.

text:
Japan
North America
Europe

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
1987
1989
1990

Mega Drive/Genesis
1988

Neo Geo
1990
1991

Super Famicom/Super NES
1990
1991
1992

LaserActive
1993
none

text: Fifth generation[edit]

text: The first fifth-generation consoles were the 3DO and the Atari Jaguar. Although both consoles were more powerful than the fourth generation systems, neither would become serious threats to Sega or Nintendo. The 3DO initially generated a great deal of hype in part because of a licensing scheme where 3DO licensed the manufacturing of its console out to third parties, similar to VCR or DVD players. Unfortunately, that very structure meant that unlike its competitors who could sell the console at a loss, all 3DO manufacturers had to sell for profit. The cheapest 3DO was more expensive than the Super NES and Genesis combined.

text: Atari cancelled their line of home computers, their Atari Portfolio, the Stacy laptop, and their handheld Atari Lynx when they released the Jaguar. It was an all or nothing gamble that ran the company into the ground. The Jaguar had three processors and no C libraries to help developers cope with it. Atari was ineffective at courting third parties and many of their first party games were poorly received. While games like Tempest 2000, Rayman, and Alien vs Predator showed what the console was capable of, the vast majority of releases underwhelmed. Many of the Jaguar's games used mainly the slowest (but most familiar) of the console's processors, resulting in titles that could easily have been released on the SNES or Genesis.

text: To compete with emerging next gen consoles, Nintendo released Donkey Kong Country which could display a wide range of tones (something common in fifth-generation games) by limiting the number of hues onscreen, and Star Fox which used an extra chip inside of the cartridge to display polygon graphics. Sega followed suit, releasing Vectorman and Virtua Racing (the latter of which used the Sega Virtua Processor). Sega also released the 32X, an add-on for the Genesis, while their Sega Saturn was still in development, and announced that they would replace the Genesis with the Neptune, a combination 32X and Genesis, and sell it as a budget console alongside their upcoming Saturn. Despite public statements from Sega claiming that they would continue to support the Genesis/32X throughout the next generation, Sega Enterprises quietly killed the Neptune project and forced Sega of America to abandon the 32X. The 32X's brief and confusing existence damaged public perception of the coming Saturn and Sega as a whole.

text: While the fourth generation had seen a handful of acclaimed titles on NEC's PC Engine CD-ROM² and Sega's Mega CD add-ons, it wasn't until the fifth generation that a CD-based consoles and games began to seriously compete with cartridges. CDs were significantly cheaper to manufacture and distribute than cartridges were, and gave developers room to add cinematic cut-scenes, pre-recorded soundtracks, and voice acting that made more serious storytelling possible.

text: NEC had been developing a successor to the PC Engine as early as 1990, and presented a prototype, dubbed the "Iron Man," to developers in 1992, but shelved the project as the PC Engine managed to extend the console's market viability in Japan into the mid-90s. When sales started to dry up, NEC rushed its old project to the market. The PC-FX, a CD-based, 32-bit console, had highly advanced, detailed 2D graphics capabilities, and better full-motion video than any other system on the market. It was, however, incapable of handling 3D graphics, forfeiting its chances at seriously competing with Sony and Sega. The console was limited to a niche market of dating sims and visual novels in Japan, and never saw release in Western markets.

text: After the abortive 32X, Sega entered the fifth generation with the Saturn. Sega released several highly regarded titles for the Saturn, but a series of bad decisions alienated many developers and retailers. While the Saturn was technologically advanced, it was also complex, difficult, and unintuitive to write games for. In particular, programming 3D graphics that could compete with those on Nintendo and Sony's consoles proved exceptionally difficult for third-party developers. Because the Saturn used quadrilaterals, rather than standard triangles, as its basic polygon, cross platform games had to be completely rewritten to see a Saturn port. The Saturn was also a victim of internal politics at Sega. While the Saturn sold comparably well in Japan, Sega's branches in North America and Europe refused to license localization of many popular Japanese titles, holding they were ill-suited to Western markets. First-party hits like Sakura Taisen never saw Western releases, while several third-party titles released on both PlayStation and Saturn in Japan, like Grandia and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, were released in North America and Europe as PlayStation exclusives.

text: Born from a failed attempt to create a console with Nintendo, Sony's Playstation would not only dominate its generation, but become the first console to sell over 100 million units by expanding the video game market. Sony actively courted third parties and provided them with convenient c libraries to write their games. Sony had built the console from the start as a 3D, disc-based system, and emphasized its 3d graphics that would come to be viewed as the future of gaming. The PlayStation's CD technology won over several developers who had been releasing titles for Nintendo and Sega's fourth generation consoles, such as Konami, Namco, Capcom, and Square. CDs were far cheaper to manufacture and distribute than cartridges were, meaning developers could release larger batches of games at higher profit margins; Nintendo's console, on the other hand, used cartridges, unwittingly keeping third-party developers away. The PlayStation's internal architecture was simpler and more intuitive to program for, giving the console an edge over Sega's Saturn.

text: Nintendo was the last to release a fifth generation console with their Nintendo 64, and when they finally released their console it came with only two launch titles. Partly to curb piracy and partly as a result of Nintendo's failed disc projects with Sony and Phillips, Nintendo used cartridges for their console. The higher cost of cartridges drove many third party developers to the PlayStation. The Nintendo 64 could handle 3D polygons better than any console released before it, but its games often lacked the cut-scenes, soundtracks, and voice-overs that became standard on PlayStation discs. Nintendo released several highly acclaimed titles, such as Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the Nintendo 64 was able to sell tens of millions of units on the strength of first-party titles alone, but its constant struggles against Sony would make the Nintendo 64 the last home console to use cartridges as a medium for game distribution.

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text: The sixth generation saw a move towards PC-like architectures in gaming consoles, as well as a shift towards using DVDs for game media. This brought games that were both longer and more visually appealing. Furthermore, this generation also saw experimentation with online console gaming and implementing both flash and hard drive storage for game data.

text: Sega's Dreamcast was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, in Europe on October 14, 1999 and in Australia on November 30, 1999. It was the company's last video game console, and was the first of the generation's consoles to be discontinued. Sega implemented a special type of optical media called the GD-ROM. These discs were created in order to prevent software piracy, which had been more easily done with consoles of the previous generation; however, this format was soon cracked as well. It also sported a 33.6Kb or 56k modem which could be used to access the internet or play some of the games, like Phantasy Star Online, online, making it the first console with built-in internet connectivity. The Dreamcast was discontinued in March 2001, and Sega transitioned to software developing/publishing only.

text: Sony's PlayStation 2 was released in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America on October 26, 2000, in Europe on November 24, 2000 and in Australia on November 30, 2000. It was the follow-up to its highly successful PlayStation, and was also the first home game console to be able to play DVDs. As was done with the original PlayStation in 2000, Sony redesigned the console in 2004 into a smaller version. As of November 21, 2011 over 140 million PlayStation 2 units have been sold.[56][57] This makes it the best selling home console of all time to date, and now the best-selling video game console to date.

text: Nintendo's GameCube was released in Japan on September 15, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002 and in Australia on May 17, 2002. It was Nintendo's fourth home video game console and the first console by the company to use optical media instead of cartridges. The Nintendo GameCube did not play standard 12 cm DVDs, instead it employed smaller 8 cm optical discs. With the release of the Game Boy Player, all Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges could be played on the platform. The Nintendo GameCube was discontinued in 2007 with the release of Wii.

text: Microsoft released its first games console, the Xbox in North America on November 15, 2001, in Japan on February 22, 2002, and in Europe and Australia on March 14, 2002. It was the first console to employ a hard drive right out of the box to save games, the first to include an Ethernet port for broadband internet, and the beginning of Microsoft's online Xbox LIVE service. Microsoft was able to attract many PC developers by using the NT kernel and DirectX from their Windows operating system. Though criticized for its bulky size and the awkwardness of its original controller, the Xbox eventually gained popularity, especially in the US, where it outsold the GameCube to secure second place, due in part to the success of the Halo franchise.

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text: The features introduced in this generation include the support of new disc formats: Blu-ray Disc, utilized by the PlayStation 3, and HD DVD supported by the Xbox 360 via an optional $200 external accessory addition, that was later discontinued as the format war closed. Another new technology is the use of motion as input, and IR tracking (as implemented on the Wii). Also, all seventh generation consoles support wireless controllers.

text: Microsoft kicked off the seventh generation with the release of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 in the United States, December 2, 2005 in Europe, December 10, 2005 in Japan and March 23, 2006 in Australia. It featured market-leading processing power until the Sony PlayStation 3 was released one year later. While the original Xbox 360 "Core" did not include an internal HDD, most Xbox 360 models since have included at least the option to have one. The Xbox 360 optical drive is a DVD9 reader, allowing DVD movies to be played. No Blu-ray drive was included, making big games like Battlefield and Grand Theft Auto V require two or more DVDs to play. Up to four controllers can be connected to the console wirelessly on the standard 2.4 GHz spectrum. There are 4 discontinued versions of the Xbox 360: the "Arcade," the "Pro," and the "Elite," and the newer "S" or 'slim' model. The currently shipping "E" version of the Xbox 360 includes 3 configurations: a 4 GB internal SSD version which acts like a USB hard drive, a 250 GB HDD version, and a branded 320 GB HDD version. The Xbox 360 is backward compatible with about half the games of the original Xbox library. In 2010, Microsoft released Kinect, allowing for motion-controlled games.

text: Sony's PlayStation 3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006, in North America on November 17, 2006 and in Europe and Australia on March 23, 2007. All PlayStation 3s come with a hard drive and are able to play Blu-ray Disc games and Blu-ray Disc movies out of the box. The PlayStation 3 was the first video game console to support HDMI output out of the box, using full 1080p resolution. Up to seven controllers can connect to the console using Bluetooth. There are 6 discontinued versions of the PS3: a 20 GB HDD version (discontinued in North America and Japan, and was never released in PAL territories), a 40 GB HDD version (discontinued), a 60 GB HDD version (discontinued in North America, Japan and PAL territories), 80 GB HDD version (only in some NTSC territories and PAL territories), a "slim" 120 GB HDD version (discontinued), and a "slim" 250 GB version (discontinued). The two current shipping versions of the PlayStation 3 are: a "slim" 160 GB HDD version and a "slim" 320 GB HDD version. The hard drive can be replaced with any standard 2.5" Serial ATA drive and the system has support for removable media storage, such as Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, USB, SD, MiniSD, and CompactFlash (CF) digital media, but only the PlayStation versions up to 80 GB support this. The slim PlayStation 3 consoles (120 GB and up) had removable storage discontinued.[58] All models are backward compatible with the original PlayStation's software library, and the launch models, since discontinued, are also backward compatible with PlayStation 2 games. As a cost-cutting measure, later models removed the Emotion Engine, making them incompatible with PS2 discs. In 2010, Sony released PlayStation Move, allowing for motion-controlled games. With recent software updates, the PlayStation 3 can play 3D Blu-ray movies and 3D games.

text: Nintendo's Wii was released in North America on November 19, 2006, in Japan on December 2, 2006, in Australia on December 7, 2006 and in Europe on December 8, 2006. It is bundled with Wii Sports in all regions except for Japan. Unlike the other systems of the seventh generation, the Wii does not support an internal hard drive, but instead uses 512 MB of internal Flash memory and includes support for removable SD card storage. It also has a maximum resolution output of 480p, making it the only seventh generation console not able to output high-definition graphics. Along with its lower price, the Wii is notable for its unique controller, the Wii Remote, which resembles a TV remote. The system uses a "sensor bar" that emits infrared light that is detected by an infrared camera in the Wii Remote to determine orientation relative to the source of the light. All models, other than the Wii Family Edition and the Wii Mini, are backwards compatible with Nintendo GameCube games and support up to four Nintendo GameCube controllers and two memory cards. It also includes the Virtual Console, which allows the purchase and downloading of games from older systems, including those of former competitors. In 2009, Nintendo introduced the 'Wii MotionPlus' expansion, which uses the same technology as the console previously used, but with enhanced motion tracking and sensing to improve gameplay quality. The Wii has four colors: white, blue, black, and red. Current models include Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Motion Plus.

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text: Aside from the usual hardware enhancements, consoles of the eighth generation focus on further integration with other media and increased connectivity.[59] The Wii U introduced a controller/tablet hybrid whose features include the possibility of augmented reality in gaming.[60] The PlayStation 4 is Sony's eighth generation console, featuring a "share" button to stream video game content between devices, released on November 15, 2013. Microsoft released their next generation console, the Xbox One, on November 22, 2013.[61]

text: Game systems in the eighth generation also faced increasing competition from mobile device platforms such as Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems. Smartphone ownership was estimated to reach roughly a quarter of the world's population by the end of 2014.[62] The proliferation of low-cost games for these devices, such as Angry Birds with over 2 billion downloads worldwide,[63] presents a new challenge to classic video game systems. Microconsoles, cheaper stand-alone devices designed to play games from previously established platforms, also increased options for consumers. Many of these projects were spurred on by the use of new crowdfunding techniques through sites such as Kickstarter. Notable competitors include the GamePop, OUYA, and GameStick Android-based systems, the PlayStation Vita TV, and the forthcoming Steam Machine.[64]

text: Despite the increased competition, the sales for major console manufacturers featured strong starts. The PlayStation 4 sold 1 million consoles within 24 hours in 2 countries, whilst the Xbox One sold 1 million consoles within 24 hours in 13 countries.[65] As of April 2014, 7 million Playstation 4 consoles have been sold worldwide,[66] and 5 million Xbox One units have shipped,[67] both outpacing sales of their seventh generation systems. In May, Nintendo announced that it had sold only 2.8 million Wii U consoles, falling far short of their forecasts.[68]

text: In 2016, both Microsoft and Sony announced hardware refreshes of their respective consoles, which all aim to futureproof their platforms and provide improved support for 4K ultra high-definition content and virtual reality.[69][70][71][72][73] Nintendo discontinued production of the Wii U in January 2017,[74] and released a new "hybrid" console, the Nintendo Switch, in March 2017. The Switch can be used as either a handheld tablet or docked for use on televisions.[75]

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