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The Hits ___MASK91___ , or Hits 1 as it is often called , is a compilation ___MASK91___ released by ___MASK100___ ( Now ___MASK63___ BMG ) and ___MASK94___ in November 1984 . The ___MASK91___ was released as a rival to the already successful " Now That ' s What I Call Music " series which EMI and ___MASK79___ had launched in November 1983 . " The Hits ___MASK91___ " reached No . 1 in the UK Top 100 Albums chart for seven weeks and remained in the chart for 36 weeks . This ___MASK91___ kept " Now 4 " from the coveted No . 1 spot over Christmas 1984  the only " Now " ___MASK91___ in the original series not to reach No . 1 in either the UK ___MASK91___ Chart ( to 1989 ) or the UK Compilations Chart ( January 1989 onwards ). ___MASK100___ ( an initialism of the network ' s former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of ___MASK100___ Corporation . The company is headquartered at the ___MASK100___ Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the ___MASK100___ Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at ___MASK100___ Television City and the ___MASK100___ Studio Center ). ___MASK63___ BMG Music Entertainment was a record music company , which was a 50  50 joint venture between the ___MASK63___ Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG . The venture ' s successor , the again - active ___MASK29___ , is 100 % owned by the ___MASK63___ Corporation of America . Now That ' s What I Call Music 4 or Now 4 was released in 1984 . The ___MASK91___ is the fourth edition of the ( UK ) Now ! series . It is the only ___MASK91___ in the series which failed to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart , kept off the top by Hits 1 . Although one of its predecessors Now 2 was released earlier that year and charted higher , Now 4 had managed to sell more copies than Now 2 by the end of the year . Although Now 4 was the first in the series to be released on Compact Disc , this was only a single - CD release containing 15 tracks ( compared to 32 on the standard double LP and cassette ) . In addition , it included tracks from the regular Now 4 , Now 3 and Now 2 releases , the latter two having been released earlier in 1984 . ( The Now 4 cassette makes reference to `` The Best of Now 1984 Compact Disc '' as being `` Also Available '' , but does not confirm whether this was the originally planned title for the CD that was ultimately released as Now 4 ) . It would be a further two years later before another regularly numbered Now ___MASK91___ was released on CD , with a single - disc issue of Now 8 , although Now - The ___MASK25___ Compact Disc and Now ' 86 were also made available on the format . The CD format became regular from 1987 with a double - disc issue of Now 10 being the first major release . Now 4 features one song which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart : `` Hello '' by Lionel Richie . ___MASK79___ is a major record label first founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson , Simon Draper , Nik Powell and musician Tom Newman in 1972 . The company grew to be a worldwide phenomenon over time with the success of its platinum performers such as Janet Jackson , Roy Orbison , Devo , Genesis , Keith Richards , the Human League , Culture Club , Simple Minds , Lenny Kravitz , dc Talk , the Smashing Pumpkins , Mike Oldfield , Spice Girls and more on their list of artists . It was later sold to Thorn EMI in 1992 . ___MASK89___ Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally , specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day . Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7 : 00 pm , including electronic dance , hip hop , rock , indie or interviews . It is aimed primarily at the 15  29 age group , although the average age of the UK audience in 2008 was 33 . ___MASK89___ Radio 1 started 24 - hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991 . ___MASK28___ ( officially ___MASK28___ Group Limited , originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and often known as ___MASK70___ and ___MASK28___ Music ) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 and was based in London . At the time of its break - up in 2012 , it was the fourth - largest business group and family of record ___MASK85___ in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies ( now the big three ). Its ___MASK70___ Ltd . group of record ___MASK85___ included ___MASK70___ , ___MASK67___ , ___MASK79___ and Capitol Records . ___MASK28___ also had a major publishing arm , ___MASK28___ Music Publishing  also based in London with offices globally . The Official Charts Company ( previously known as the Chart Information Network ( CIN ) The Official UK Charts Company and also referred to Official Charts ) is a British inter - professional organisation that compiles various " official " ___MASK14___ charts in the ___MASK59___ , including the UK Singles Chart , the UK Albums Chart , the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart , as well as genre - specific and music video charts . The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown , and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the album market , and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . The UK Albums Chart ( currently called the Official Albums Chart ) is a list of albums ranked by physical and ___MASK88___ sales and ( from March 2015 ) audio streaming in the United Kingdom . It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) on Fridays ( previously Sundays ). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 ( top 5 ) and published in " Music Week " magazine ( top 75 ), and on the OCC website ( top 100 ). Music Week is a trade paper for the UK ___MASK14___ industry . Founded in 1959 as " ___MASK14___ Retailer ", it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as " Music Week ". On 17 January 1981 , the title again changed , owing to the increasing importance of sell - through videos , to " Music & Video Week ". The rival " ___MASK14___ Business ", founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod , was absorbed into Music Week in February 1983 . Later that year , the offshoot " Video Week " launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to " Music Week ".