Editing Now That's What I Call Music! 81 (U.S. series)

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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music! 81
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists
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!	Released 
|January 28, 2022
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!Length
|1 Hour, 5 Minutes
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!Label
|Universal Music Group
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! colspan="2" |Series chronology
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|'''Now That's What I Call Music! 81(2022)'''
|[[Now That's What I Call Music! 82 (U.S. series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 82(2022)]] 
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'''Now That's What I Call Music! 81''' was released on January 28, 2022. The album is the eighty-first edition of the (U.S.) Now series. It peaked at number 1, 4 and 5 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. The compilation includes three songs which reached the #1 on the Billboard Hot 100:  "INDUSTRY BABY", "STAY" & "My Universe".

The cover is inspired by the NOW 108 UK cover released in 2021.

== Tracklist ==
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!'''No.'''
!style="width:60%" | '''Title'''
!style="width:40%" | '''Artist(s)'''
!'''Length'''
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|1
|INDUSTRY BABY
|Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
|3:31
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|Need to Know
|Doja Cat
|3:27
|-
|3
|Bad Habits
|Ed Sheeran
|3:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|STAY
|The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber
|2:17
|-
|5
|My Universe
|Coldplay & BTS
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|Take My Breath
|The Weeknd
|3:36
|-
|7
|Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
|Elton John & Dua Lipa
|3:20
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|Ghost
|Justin Bieber
|2:32
|-
|9
|traitor
|Olivia Rodrigo
|3:47
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|For Tonight
|Giveon
|3:12
|-
|11
|One Day
|MONSTA X
|2:24
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12
|Who's in Your Head
|Jonas Brothers
|3:01
|-
|13
|Moth to a Flame
|Swedish House Mafia & the Weeknd
|3:53
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14
|Better Days
|NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G
|2:38
|-
|15
|Meet Me at Our Spot
|The Anxiety, Willow & Tyler Cole
|2:36
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16
|Memory
|Kane Brown & blackbear
|2:32
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
! colspan="4" | NOW What's Next! Bonus Tracks
|-
|17
|Telepath
|Conan Gray
|3:11
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|18
|no friends
|mazie
|1:45
|-
|19
|POCKET ROCKET
|Cochise
|2:10
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|20
|HI LONR
|Lonr
|3:20
|-
|21
|The Last Man on Earth
|Wolf Alice
|4:21
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{{NOW music US albums}}