| Now That's What I Call Music! 5 | |
| Type: | Compilation |
| Artist: | various artists |
| Cover: | Now 5 USA.jpg |
| Length: | 71:24 |
| Label: | Sony |
| Chronology: | Series |
| Prev Title: | Now That's What I Call Music! 4 |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Now That's What I Call Music! 6 |
| Next Year: | 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]
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."
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."