Why Now That's What I Call Music 100 is 

Press shot of Jamz Supernova, BBC Radio 1xtra DJ

NOW CDs were about capturing a moment

Headshot of Hannah J Davies, freelance music journalist

NOW pinpoints what pop is and was at specific moments, but as time goes on those songs naturally become the stuff of highly rose-tinted memories.

Later, NOW CDs helped my mother and I find a common musical ground

NOWs are like Heinz Beans or your old school friend Jason – you’ve just assumed that they’ll always be there

As NOW celebrates its 100th release, five women explain their love of the iconic double disc

Why Now That’s What I Call Music is the one album that will never die