Editing Now That's What I Call Music! 81 (UK series)

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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music! 81
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| colspan="2" | [[File:NOW081UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Compilation album
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!Released
|2 April 2012
|-
!Length
|2:33:18
|-
!Label
|Sony Music Entertainment UK, EMI, Virgin, Universal, WEA
|-
! colspan="2" |''Now'' UK series chronology
|-
| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable"
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (UK series)|Now 80]]'' (2011)
|'''''Now 81''''' (2012)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 82 (UK series)|Now 82]]'' (2012)
|}
|}
'''''Now That's What I Call Music! 81''''' or '''''Now 81''''' is a double-disc compilation album that was released in Ireland on 30 March 2012 and in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2012. It is the 81st edition of the UK ''Now'' series and is available on CD and downloadable formats.

== Track listing ==
{|
! colspan="4" |CD 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist(s)
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Somebody That I Used to Know"
|Gotye feat. Kimbra
|4:07
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Paradise"
|Coldplay
|4:19
|-
|3.
|"Lego House"
|Ed Sheeran
|3:03
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Next to Me"
|Emeli Sandé
|3:16
|-
|5.
|"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
|Kelly Clarkson
|3:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"Domino"
|Jessie J
|3:20
|-
|7.
|"Titanium"
|David Guetta feat. Sia
|4:05
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Good Feeling"
|Flo Rida
|4:07
|-
|9.
|"The One That Got Away"
|Katy Perry
|3:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|"Last Time"
|Labrinth
|4:23
|-
|11.
|"Mama Do the Hump"
|Rizzle Kicks
|3:37
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|"Dance with Me Tonight"
|Olly Murs
|3:23
|-
|13.
|"Kiss the Stars"
|Pixie Lott
|3:15
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|"One Thing"
|One Direction
|3:17
|-
|15.
|"Seven Nation Army"
|Marcus Collins
|2:58
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|"Shake It Out"
|Florence + the Machine
|3:36
|-
|17.
|"Take Care"
|Drake feat. Rihanna
|4:37
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|18.
|"Born to Die"
|Lana Del Rey
|4:45
|-
|19.
|"Cannonball"
|Little Mix
|3:25
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|20.
|"Proud"
|JLS
|4:02
|-
|21.
|"Wherever You Are"
|Military Wives Choir, Gareth Malone & the London Metropolitan Orchestra
|2:52
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| colspan="3" |'''Total length:'''
|'''1:18:02'''
|}

{|
! colspan="4" |CD 2
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist(s)
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Sexy and I Know It"
|LMFAO
|3:21
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Wild Ones"
|Flo Rida feat. Sia
|3:55
|-
|3.
|"Marry the Night"
|Lady Gaga
|4:25
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Levels"
|Avicii
|3:21
|-
|5.
|"International Love"
|Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
|3:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"
|Lloyd feat. Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne
|3:56
|-
|7.
|"She Doesn't Mind"
|Sean Paul
|3:49
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Troublemaker"
|Taio Cruz
|3:15
|-
|9.
|"Elephant"
|Alexandra Burke feat. Erick Morillo
|3:49
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|"Antidote"
|Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party
|2:56
|-
|11.
|"When I Was a Youngster"
|Rizzle Kicks
|2:56
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|"Love Me"
|Stooshe feat. Travie McCoy
|3:05
|-
|13.
|"Get Yourself Back Home"
|Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
|3:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|"You da One"
|Rihanna
|3:20
|-
|15.
|"Bright Lights (Good Life) Part II"
|Tinchy Stryder feat. Pixie Lott
|3:26
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|"Twilight"
|Cover Drive
|3:27
|-
|17.
|"Alone Again"
|Alyssa Reid feat. Jump Smokers
|3:19
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|18.
|"Who You Are"
|Jessie J
|3:50
|-
|19.
|"Ray Charles"
|Chiddy Bang
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|20.
|"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)"
|will.i.am feat. Mick Jagger / Jennifer Lopez
|4:08
|-
|21.
|"Rockstar"
|Dappy feat. Brian May
|3:40
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| colspan="3" |'''Total length:'''
|'''1:15:16'''
|}

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2012)
!Peak
position
|-
|UK Compilations Chart
|1
|-
|UK Download Albums Chart
|1
|}

{{NOW music albums}}