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Now That's What I Call Music!
''Now That's What I Call Music!'' (often shortened to ''NOW'') is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music ( Universal/Sony Music) which began in 1983. Spinof ...
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Now That's What I Call Music! discography
This is a list of available actual and physical albums belonging to the official 1983 ''Now That's What I Call Music!'' UK series, comprising: compact discs (CD), magnetic audio Cassette tape, cassettes (AC), Phonograph record, vinyl (LP record, ...
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''Now That's What I Call Christmas!'' is a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001, by
Universal Music Group
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. The album is part of the (U.S.) '' Now!'' series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.
On November 15, 2004, ''Now That's What I Call Christmas!'' was certified 6× Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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for shipment of six million units in the United States.
Based on sales figures provided by
Nielsen SoundScan
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, the album was also the best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for both 2001 and 2002 with sales of 1,614,000 and 741,000 copies respectively. As of November 2014, ''Now That's What I Call Christmas!'' is the eighth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 — present), having sold 3,480,000 copies.
Top Internet Albums
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RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) operates an awards program based on the certified number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.List of ''Billboard'' Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s