Other Facts: This volume coincides with the 20th anniversary of the series (10th December 1983) when the first volume was released. Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series.

If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. An extra bonus was The Black eyed Peas - also on the cds, which I now regularly dance to( the only exercise I do) -h ave to wait until my neighbours have left for work so I can blast it out. This collection includes tracks from Wiz Khalifa, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez, Meghan Trainor with John Legend, Ed Sheeran and many others. it goes to a collection you can get more of these now cds and it is well worth trying to collect all of the set if you can as they normally have all the number ones that have been at number 1 in the charts. Holly Valance, Speedway, Kosheen and Delta Goodrem would've been my disc 3 choices from that little lot Andrew.

On this volume, we were introduced for the first time to artists like Black Eyed Peas, Rachel Stevens (as a solo artist), Fatman Scoop, Beyoncé (as a solo artist and not just a featured artist), Lemar, Ultrabeat and also Angel City. So here we have stinkers (Sophie Ellis-Bextor, DSide, Phixx) and some pretty good stompers (S Club 8, Emma, Ultrabeat, Louise) and then the OK crowd (Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten). My love of Ashanti at that time of my life was unreal, she was just such a babe and her music was so nice to listen to with those majestic vocals.

The only other performer to get a Hollywood star at her age was Little House on the Prairie actress Melissa Gilbert. The only bad part is that some of the songs on here could have been updated by newer, more recent hits. or Now 56 was released on November 17, 2003 on audio cassette and 2CD, The album is the 56th edition of the Now series in the United Kingdom. I haven't played myself for 20+ years but the tone of the guitar was so sweet and the action so easy to play that I couldn't resist. Most have those would have been missed for not being big enough hits or because the artist had other songs on this volume I guess.

Though I didn't think it at the time, mid-late 2003 was actually a fairly vintage time for pop despite the very low sales climate. A much colder theme than the previous summer volume, this one characterises the snowflakes and ice that would hit the country hard that year. Other faves include 'Mad World' and 'Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)' (this again grew on me quite recently when I re-discovered it).

Slow, melancholy cover of the Tears For Fears classic, and the Christmas number one for 2003 (BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE DARKNESS AND I’M STILL ANGRY ABOUT THAT ahem). Disc 1 fave: "Where Is The Love", brilliant opener and one of the big selling points of the album, it's such a well written song.

For example Busted's Sleeping With The Light On is long forgotten by now, but Crashed The Wedding is the current single. In fact the latter was my favourite song of 2003 not by Delta Goodrem, such a sorely underrated track that I wish had stayed in the charts a little longer.