Since 2018, Ministry of Sound exclusively moved their Playlists to Apple Music. Many of their well known compilation brands such as Anthems, Fitness, I Love and Chilled have moved to a Playlist format, which accounts for the limited releases of non-streamable Chilled Compilation albums. A notable example is the Chilled House Session series that ran from 2009 to its final release in 2019 (Chilled House Session 9) and is now an exclusive Playlist on Apple Music. The Chillout Sessions 3 is the third installment in the series and was released on 30 September 2002. It was the first album to be released in Australia only, and the first to use the name 'Sessions' in the title instead of simply 'Session'

The Chillout genre of compilations started in the UK and since 2003 Ministry of Sound has released them under different tropes such as "Chilled", "After Hours", "The Morning After..." which has shown MOS to have seemingly ended its branding of the genre as Chillout Sessions. Some Chillout Sessions albums have become known and distinguishable for the symbol of a turntable (with the Ministry of Sound logo on it) frozen in ice, or in one case ( The Summer Collection 2003) the turntable itself is made of ice. In the UK this motif is used on the covers of volumes 1, 2, The Winter Collection (2003), The Summer Collection 2003, and The Very Best of album. In Australia, the image is used for volumes 1–6 except on volume 3. The idea of the turntable with the Ministry of Sound logo on had been used on the covers of the Ministry of Sound Clubbers Guide in prior years (and in The Annual IV), the idea of such turntable on the covers was last used on Clubbers Guide albums in early 2001 when The Chillout Session began using the idea. Chillout Sessions XII is the twelfth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound.The cover art for the album used on the slipcase depicts the Ministry of Sound logo uprising out of water. The Chillout Session 2 is the second installment in the series and was released on 3 July 2001 in the United Kingdom and Australia. It reached #2 in the UK compilation album chart. features samples from the Vera Hall recording "Trouble So Hard" produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp by arrangement with Warner Special Products'. Amongst the releases from 2002 to 2004, Ministry of Sound UK also launched spin-off compilations such as Late Night Sessions and Late Night Sessions: Autumn/Winter Collection. In Australia, the series has been a continued success from Volume 3 in 2002. In a different approach from the UK, the Australian series maintained the numbering system as a suffix in its titles, with only the "Best of..." style album Chillout Classics omitting a number from the title.

contains a sample of "Tahitian Sunset" performed by Bert Kaempfert, licensed courtesy of by Bert Kaempfert Music'. Fifth in the series, Chillout Sessions 5 is a two-disc compilation of songs by various artists that was released in 2004. Its front cover uses the same image that the UK release The Very Best of the Chillout Session does. The image is also similar to that used on the front cover of Chillout Classics.Chillout Sessions XVI is the sixteenth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound. includes sample of "Dead Again"&"American Beauty", written by Thomas Newman, from the Dreamworks motion picture "American Beauty", courtesy of Dreamworks Records'. Chillout Sessions XX is the twentieth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound and was released in April 2018.

Chillout Sessions 7 is the seventh installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound. Chillout Sessions XIX is the nineteenth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound. Chillout Sessions 4 is the fourth installment in the series. It was the first to remove "The" from the title, leaving the series title simply 'Chillout Sessions'. Chillout Sessions XV is the fifteenth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound.Chillout Sessions XVIII is the eighteenth installment of the Chillout Sessions series of compilations, released by Ministry of Sound. Although well received, some criticism has been made for CD 3 of the album, with many describing it as dance music rather than chill out. In 2016, the Ministry of Sound UK record label was sold to Sony Music. The label is run as an independent and split between A&R and Compilations. The Compilations team were retained when moving to Sony.