Various Artists | NOW That’s What I Call… Pop! | 2CD 375

The past few years has seen an explosion in pop music, with new artists breaking with unforgettable songs and (re)establishing pop, with influences from different genres and places, at the top of the charts.

NOW Music are very proud to present NOW That’s What I Call Pop! – 38 massive pop anthems - including 8 UK #1s – and with all tracks featured on a 2-CD collection, and on a stunning 3-LP vinyl pressed in a different colour for each disc: Bright Yellow, Hot Pink and Baby Blue, releasing 23rd May 2025.

Kicking off with two of 2024’s biggest singles: Sabrina Carpenter enjoyed 7 weeks at #1 with ‘Espresso’ and Noah Kahan had the years’ biggest seller with ‘Stick Season’. Myles Smith made his Top 5 debut with the airplay giant ‘Stargazing’, and Billie Eilish hit #2 with ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’. Benson Boone made his Top 40 debut by having a #1 and ‘24’s second biggest seller with ‘Beautiful Things’ – and the year also saw Teddy Swims reach #2 with ‘Lose Control’.

Country influenced pop in a big way in 2024 and Post Malone collaborated with Morgan Wallen and had a huge global smash with ‘ I Had Some Help’ – whilst Dasha enjoyed a big hit with ‘Austin’. SZA took ‘Kill Bill’ to the Top 3 in 2023, as did Tate McRae with ‘greedy’. Tyla made her chart debut with ‘Water’, and ‘Close To You’ became Gracie Abrams’ first UK Top 40 hit.

Lana Del Rey had a Top 10 single with ‘Say Yes To Heaven’, Dua Lipa opened her 2024 album campaign with ‘Houdini’, and ‘yes, and?’ reached #2 at the start of an amazing year for Ariana Grande as both a singer and actress. Two huge #1s from RAYE feat. 070 Shake (‘Escapism’), and Miley Cyrus (‘Flowers’ – 2023’s biggest seller) feature alongside stellar pop from Conan Gray, Tom Grennan, Madison Beer, Troye Sivan, Shawn Mendes…and KAROL G, with her pop anthem ‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’ – a single that became a hit in more than 10 European countries as well as the US and South America – and was awarded in Spain for 10 x Platinum sales, making it 2024’s best seller there.

Collaborations between Sam Smith & Kim Petras, David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera and Nathan Dawe x Joel Corry x Ella Henderson are all included along with signature tracks from Lizzo, Mimi Webb, Lil Nas X, PinkPantheress and Doja Cat, plus singer-songwriters Sam Fender, Dermot Kennedy and Alex Warren who features with ‘Carry Me Home’ – a Top 10 smash in 2024.

TRACKLIST:

DISC 1

1. Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

2. Noah Kahan – Stick Season

3. Myles Smith – Stargazing

4. Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER

5. Olivia Rodrigo – vampire

6. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile

7. Benson Boone – Beautiful Things

8. Teddy Swims – Lose Control

9. Post Malone & Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

10. Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)

11. SZA – Kill Bill

12. Tate McRae – greedy

13. Tyla – Water

14. Gracie Abrams – Close To You

15. Shawn Mendes – When You’re Gone

16. Conan Gray – Never Ending Song

17. Troye Sivan – One Of Your Girls

18. Lana Del Rey – Say Yes To Heaven

19. RAYE feat. 070 Shake – Escapism.

DISC 2

1. Ariana Grande – yes, and?

2. Dua Lipa – Houdini

3. Miley Cyrus – Flowers

4. Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under

5. Tom Grennan – Higher

6. Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy

7. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)

8. Madison Beer – Make You Mine

9. Mimi Webb – House On Fire

10. KAROL G – Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido

11. Lil Nas X – THATS WHAT I WANT

12. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY

13. PinkPantheress – Boy’s a liar

14. Doja Cat – Woman

15. Lizzo – About Damn Time

16. Nathan Dawe x Joel Corry x Ella Henderson – 0800 Heaven

17. Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera – Never Be Alone

18. Dermot Kennedy – Kiss Me

19. Alex Warren – Carry You Home