2009 – The Spinoff

Now that’s what we called the monster hits of 2009

5 September 20224 January 2020 by Sam Brooks

Sam Brooks steps back in time to 2009, the year of Now! That’s What I Call Music 31. What did his younger self think of those songs – and do they still hold up today? This post was originally published on March 4 2019. The year was 2009 and it was full of, as your worst … Read more

Kanye West was the hero we didn’t know we needed

5 September 202213 September 2019 by Josie Adams

On the 10th anniversary of the infamous “Imma let you finish” episode, Josie Adams reflects on what this moment revealed about both Taylor Swift and Kanye West. Cast your mind back a decade: 2009 DJ Earworm was still good, Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the US, Israeli ground forces began their invasion … Read more

Now that’s what we called 2009: Looking back at the monster hits of a decade ago

5 September 20224 March 2019 by Sam Brooks

Sam Brooks steps back in time to 2009, the year of Now! That’s What I Call Music 31. What did his younger self think of those songs – and do they still hold up today? The year was 2009 and it was full of, as your worst friend would say, ‘absolute chunes’. No album, no compilation, … Read more