Now That's What I Call Music! 5 (American series)

This article describes the fifth album in the U.S. Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 5 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography.
Now That's What I Call Music! 5
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
Length71:24
LabelSony
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 4
(2000) 		Now That's What I Call Music! 5
(2000) 		Now That's What I Call Music! 6
(2001)

Now That's What I Call Music! 5 is the fifth edition of the Now! series released in the United States. It was released on November 14, 2000, peaked at number two on the Billboard 200[1] and certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA,[2] to date the only non-Christmas album in the U.S. series to achieve that status.[3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Entertainment WeeklyD[6]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine declares Now! 5 is "a Polaroid of the summer of 2000" and while pop music in general paled in comparison to the pop successes of the previous year, this volume "proves that it was a pretty good year after all." He calls "Aaron's Party (Come and Get It)" an embarrassing inclusion but maintains Now! 5 is "one of the better volumes in the American series."[5]

Jim Farber for Entertainment Weekly has a different take, saying "Now That's What I Call Music! 5...compiles the crummiest singles crowding the airwaves" in 2000, making the pop music of the time "seem even drearier than it actually is."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."It's Gonna Be Me"NSYNC3:11
2."Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)"98 Degrees3:24
3."Jumpin', Jumpin'"Destiny's Child3:47
4."Don't Think I'm Not"Kandi3:49
5."I Think I'm in Love with You"Jessica Simpson3:36
6."Faded"soulDecision3:24
7."Shake It Fast"Mystikal4:13
8."Case of the Ex"Mýa3:50
9."Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"Aaron Carter3:25
10."Lucky"Britney Spears3:24
11."Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"Backstreet Boys3:53
12."Incomplete"Sisqó3:51
13."I Wanna Be with You"Mandy Moore4:12
14."Doesn't Really Matter"Janet Jackson4:16
15."Back Here"BBMak3:37
16."Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"Nine Days3:11
17."Kryptonite"3 Doors Down3:53
18."Wonderful"Everclear4:32
19."It's My Life"Bon Jovi3:43

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 2

References

  1. ^ Various Artists Chart History – Billboard 200: Now 5
  2. ^ Jeckell, Barry A. (March 21, 2001). "'NOW 6' Collects Hits From Britney, Shaggy, J. Lo". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search – Now That's What I Call Music!". RIAA. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Jeckell, Barry A. (February 28, 2005). "'NOW 18' Mixes Rock, Pop, R&B, Country". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Various Artists – Now That's What I Call Music! 5: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Farber, Jim (November 17, 2000). "Music Review: NOW That's What I Call Music! 5". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2022.