Editing Now That's What I Call Music! (original U.S. album)

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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music!
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Now 1 US.jpg|200px|center]]
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists
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!	Released 
|October 27, 1998
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!Length
|1 Hour, 8 Minutes
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!Label
|Virgin Records America, Inc.
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! colspan="2" |Series chronology
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| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Now That's What I Call Music! 1 (1998)'''
|[[Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (U.S. series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (1999)]] 
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|+Professional ratings
! colspan="2" |Review scores
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!Source
!Rating
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|<div style='text-align: center;'>AllMusic</div>
|<div style="text-align: center;">[[File:Star full.png]][[File:Star full.png]][[File:Star half.png]][[File:Star empty.png]][[File:Star empty.png]]</div>
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'''NOW That's What I Call Music!''' is the first mainline installment in the American compilation album series "NOW That's What I Call Music!".

It was released on October 27, 1998 & contains hits from Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys, & Fastball. The album contains 17 tracks in total. NOW! includes three Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "Together Again", "All My Life" & "MMMBop".

The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 Charts. 

{|
|+NOW 1 tracklisting
! colspan="4" |Disc 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!Track
!Artist
!Song Title
!Peak Position (BB100)
!Length
|-
|1
|Together Again
|Janet Jackson
|#1
|5:01
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|As Long As You Love Me
|Backstreet Boys
| ---
|3:32
|-
|3
|The Way
|Fastball
| ---
|4:16
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|Flagpole Sitta
|Harvey Danger
|#38
|3:35
|-
|5
|Say You'll Be There
|Spice Girls
|#3
|3:56
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|All My Life
|K-Ci & Jojo
|#1
|5:31
|-
|7
|Never Ever (Single Edit)
|All Saints
|#4
|4:54
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|If You Could Only See
|Tonic
| ---
|4:21
|-
|9
|MMMBop
|Hanson
|#1
|4:27
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|Zoot Suit Riot
|Cherry Poppin' Daddies
|#41
|3:53
|-
|11
|Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind)
|Imajin
|#25
|4:54
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12
|Anytime
|Brian McKnight
| ---
|4:31
|-
|13
|Barbie Girl
|Aqua
|#7
|3:16
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14
|Karma Police
|Radiohead
| ---
|4:21
|-
|15
|I Will Buy You A New Life
|Everclear
| ---
|3:58
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16
|Fly Away
|Lenny Kravitz
|#12
|3:41
|-
|17
|Sex & Candy
|Marcy Playground
|#8
|2:52
|}

{{NOW music US albums}}