Although the albums started out on only vinyl records and cassette tapes, the formats on which the albums have been released have changed over the years: Now Music is a Danish record label set up especially to release Now That's What I Call Music! albums in Denmark reaching the nineteenth edition in November 2007 not making anymore after that. As well as the Now regular series there have also been spin-offs including Now Big Hits, Now Christmas, Now Summer, Now Clubbing, Now Dance and Now Hip Hop.

In 2021, the original concept of Now Dance was revived with a new series of compilations containing 12" remixes released under the title, Now That's What I Call Music 12" 80s. Official Compilations Chart Top 100 – 21 April 2023 – 27 April 2023". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 April 2023.

Now That's What I Call Music! 53 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Contains excerpts from “I Get Deep” written by Roland Clark and published by WB Music Corp. obo Itself and Greyhound Music (ASCAP) / Central P.E.C. Music (ASCAP) Performed by Roland Clark courtesy of Roland Clark. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Vinyl editions of the main series ended in 1996 with Now That's What I Call Music! 35, [15] though spin-offs like NOW presents the 70s was being released as a five LP vinyl boxset by Sony/EMI in 2021. [16] NOW That's What I Call Music! 3 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 October 2019. Now That's What I Call Music! 59 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. P) 2017 Simco Ltd. under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited. P) 2017 Atlantic Records UK, a Warner Music Group Company. Licensed Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.

P) 2017 PME Records, under exclusive license to Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH. Now That's What I Call Music! 42 - Now That's What I Call Music". www.nowmusic.com . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Now That's What I Call Classical (28 November 2011) 2-CD. Released in association with Decca Records.The first Finnish Now That's What I Call Music was released in 2003 where it replace the Absolute Hits series. The albums are released as double discs. There have also been spin-offs including Now That's What I Call Music Pop Hits and Now That's What I Call Dance Music. Now That's What I Call Music 1 to be reissued on CD and LP". Superdeluxeedition.com. 26 September 2023 . Retrieved 26 September 2023. Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 31 July 2010 . Retrieved 3 March 2012. The idea for the series was conceived in the office of Virgin Records in Vernon Yard, near Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London, by the head of Licensing and Business Affairs at Virgin Records (1979–1990) Stephen Navin, and General Manager (1983–1988) Jon Webster. [2] The concept was taken to Simon Draper (managing director at Virgin Records) and then Peter Jamieson (managing director of EMI Records (1983–1986)). Jamieson had similar plans to launch such a compilation, and he agreed to the partnership. The deal was negotiated and finalised on Richard Branson's boat moored in Little Venice. [3]