NOW - Millennium 2002 – 2003 (Special Edition 4CD)

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£15.61

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: CDMLXNOW0203 / CDMLXNOW203
Barcode: 196588205927
Release Date: 29 Sep 2023
Genre: Pop

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing Millennium series - NOW - Millennium 2002 - 2003. 84 tracks across 4CDs, with discs 1 and 2 representing 2002, and 3 and 4 showcasing the best of 2003.

George Michael takes us back to the year 2002 with his Top 10 hit ‘Freeek!’ (which includes samples from Aaliyah’s No.5 hit ‘Try Again’ and Q-Tips’ ‘Breathe And Stop’), followed by the JXL remixed Elvis Presley track ‘A Little Less Conversation’, which reached #1 in 13 countries!
Girls Aloud made their debut and had the Christmas #1… Massive R&B hits from Nelly & Kelly Rowland, Mary J. Blige and P!nk, as well as HipHop from Missy Elliot and Blazin’ Squad. Neighbours star Holly Valance’s #1 debut single ‘Kiss Kiss’ appears alongside floor-fillers ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ and ‘The Ketchup Song’. Céline Dion’s powerhouse vocals close the disc with her stellar track ‘A New Day Has Come’.

Opening disc 2 are Top 10 anthems from Robbie Williams and Coldplay, followed by the platinum certified single from Oasis ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’. Pure Pop dominated the charts in ’02, represented here by Liberty X, Christina Milian, Vanessa Carlton, Westlife and Blue. Pop-Rock from Busted with their debut single ‘What I Go To School For’ and Avril Lavigne with her Grammy-nominated track ‘Complicated’. Pop Idol finalists Gareth Gates and Will Young round off disc 2 with their respective #1 singles ‘Anyone Of Us’ and ‘Evergreen’. But we don’t stop there…

Heading into 2003 on disc 3 with an incredible run of #1s from Elton John, Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham, t.A.T.u., Christina Aguilera, Will Young, and huge hits from Dannii Minogue, Electric Six with the unforgettable ‘Danger! High Voltage’ plus ‘Shut Up’ from The Black Eyed Peas alongside Katie Melua’s debut ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’.

The diversity of genres in the charts of the early noughties is highlighted by Evanescence who took their debut single ‘Bring Me To Life’ to #1, and followed by Pop-Rock from Good Charlotte and The Darkness. Pop excellence from Dido with the Brit Award-winning single ‘White Flag’, Kylie Minogue and her 7th UK #1 single ‘Slow’ and Rachel Stevens with ‘Sweet Dreams My LA Ex’. Fatman Scoop & Crooklyn Clan plus 50 Cent bring us big HipHop hits from the States, plus contemporary R&B from Big Brovaz and Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul. Stereophonics prepare to close the disc, ahead of two Top 10 alt-rock classics from R.E.M. with ‘Bad Day’ and Radiohead’s ‘There, There’.

NOW - Millennium 2002 – 2003; Celebrating the diversity and contemporary brilliance of post millennium Pop.
Available as a Special Edition CD housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork, and as a standard 4CD package.

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Comparison Titles

NOW - Yearbook 1986
Cumulative Sales: 11,200
Week 1: 5,500
Month 1: 8,000
Digital: 7%

NOW - Yearbook 1985
Cumulative Sales: 16,700
Week 1: 7,500
Month 1: 10,600
Digital: 5%

Forecast: Week 1 – 4,000 Month 1 – 8,000 Digital – 2%

Tracklist
CD 1
1. George Michael - Freeek! (Radio Edit)
2. Elvis Presley vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)
3. Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground
4. Britney Spears - Overprotected (Radio Edit)
5. Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes
6. Nelly & Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
7. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (Radio Edit)
8. Missy Elliott - Work It
9. P!NK - Just Like A Pill
10. Appleton - Fantasy (Album Version)
11. Sugababes - Round Round
12. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss
13. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) (Spanglish Version)
14. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (Album Version)
15. Anastacia - One Day In Your Life (European Version)
16. Blazin' Squad - Crossroads (Radio Edit)
17. Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye
18. A1 - Caught In The Middle
19. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes (Album Version)
20. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One (Album Version)
21. Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come (Radio Remix)

CD 2
1. Robbie Williams - Feel
2. Coldplay - In My Place
3. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
4. Doves - There Goes The Fear (Radio Edit)
5. X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy
6. Liberty X - Just A Little
7. Brandy - What About Us?
8. Christina Milian - AM To PM (Radio Edit)
9. Puretone - Addicted To Bass
10. A Touch Of Class - Around The World (La La La La La) (Radio Version)
11. DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven
12. Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy (Radio Edit)
13. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
14. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
15. Avril Lavigne - Complicated
16. Busted - What I Go To School For
17. Westlife - World Of Our Own
18. Blue - One Love
19. Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
20. Will Young - Evergreen

CD 3
1. Elton John - Are You Ready For Love ('79 Version Radio Edit)
2. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv (Radio Version)
3. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
4. Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder
5. Girls Aloud - Jump
6. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
7. t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said
8. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
9. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
10. The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up (Radio Edit)
11. Blazin' Squad - Flip Reverse (Radio Edit)
12. Lisa Maffia - All Over
13. Mis-Teeq - Scandalous (Stargate Radio Edit)
14. Emma - Free Me
15. Shania Twain - Forever And For Always (Pop Red Edit)
16. Delta Goodrem - Born To Try (Radio Edit)
17. Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy
18. Will Young - Leave Right Now
19. Westlife - Mandy
20. S Club 7 - Say Goodbye
21. Gareth Gates - Spirit In The Sky - With Special Guests 'The Kumars'

CD 4
1. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
2. Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
3. Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous
4. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Single Version)
5. Stacie Orrico - Stuck
6. Amy Studt - Misfit
7. Annie Lennox - Pavement Cracks (Radio Edit)
8. Dido - White Flag
9. Kylie Minogue - Slow
10. Sugababes - Hole In The Head (Radio Edit)
11. Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex (Original Radio Edit)
12. Tomcraft - Loneliness (UK Radio Edit)
13. Fatman Scoop & Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful
14. 50 Cent - In Da Club (Single Version)
15. Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul - Breathe (Rap Version)
16. Big Brovaz - Favourite Things (Radio Edit)
17. Lemar - Dance (With U) (Radio Edit)
18. John Mayer - No Such Thing
19. Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
20. The Coral - Pass It On
21. R.E.M. - Bad Day
22. Radiohead - There, There