In a statement, the ministry said it was not appropriate to allow in entertainers who have engaged in "bad behaviour. From 2003, and until 2010, there was one special edition released each year, covering a decade (80s, 90s and 00s), or a cross section of big hits celebrating the Now series ( Now Decades, Now Years, Now Dance) - however, from 2011, they became much more frequent, and in 2017, there were fifteen different titles released. UK series, comprising: compact discs (CD), magnetic audio cassettes (AC), vinyl ( LP), VHS tape, DVD, and on other short-lived formats. The first two volumes were not released on compact disc, and all subsequent releases were either single, double, or triple disc sets. A further release, The Final Chapter, a deluxe 4-CD and 3-LP set, was issued in December 2022, rounding off the Yearbook years 1980 to 1984.

Since the release of Now 102 in Easter 2019, the corresponding Now album from 100 volumes ago has been re-compiled and re-issued on 2-CD sets on the same day. Working as a DJ I like to keep my music library up to date and this album does that with the current radio trends. Each release is issued as a limited edition mini-hardback book, with the CDs in sleeves forming the pages of the ' yearbook' which contains an introductory overview of the year, original 7" single artwork, trivia, chart positions and a quiz. This arrived as expected, fully sealed to UK standards, the car CD read all track information and the music played as expected. Some of them have unique track listings and are not related to similarly themed collections already issued on compact disc, however, more recent releases have been 'selections' taken from a larger CD collection (Rock, for example).A handful of artists pop up on more than one occassion, including Justin Bieber, whose three Top 5 hits from 2017 make the cut.

The latter contains a new retro-70s Now logo design and artwork which complements its 80s sister Yearbook series. The year 1984 followed, but after this, the series rewound its year of focus, issuing collections that went from 1982 and backwards into the late 1970s. Due to the higher cost of pressing vinyl and the limited time they are available, they are at least three times more expensive than their compact disc counterparts.

The frequency in which they were released also varied from year to year; initially, and most frequently across the series, there would be one Now Dance volume per year, but in 1994 for example, there were four volumes released, and in 1996, there weren't any Now Dance compilations released.

These were all released on CD and magnetic cassette, but with the 1993 and 1994 volumes also being released on the vinyl format. A standard 4-CD version is also issued in a gatefold "wallet" design, which retails cheaper than the mini-hardback books.For the 30th anniversary of Now in 2013 and the release of Now 100 in Summer 2018, the first Now album was re-compiled and re-issued.

These compilations are very similar to the anniversary series, however, they contain a lower amount of tracks and retailed much cheaper than the former series. On This Day In HistoryJustin Bieber was banned from performing in China, according to Beijing's Culture Bureau.The only glitch that I do not approve is the inclusion of the CLEAN versions, as I find this totally unnecessary. Some of the Special Editions have identical names, although a few of these titles are followed by their year of release.