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 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]

Now That's What I Call Music! 5
Compilation album by various artists
Released	November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
Length	71:24
Label	Sony
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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	D[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.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"It's Gonna Be Me"	NSYNC	3:11
2.	"Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)"	98 Degrees	3:24
3.	"Jumpin', Jumpin'"	Destiny's Child	3:47
4.	"Don't Think I'm Not"	Kandi	3:49
5.	"I Think I'm in Love with You"	Jessica Simpson	3:36
6.	"Faded"	soulDecision	3:24
7.	"Shake It Fast"	Mystikal	4:13
8.	"Case of the Ex"	Mýa	3:50
9.	"Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"	Aaron Carter	3:25
10.	"Lucky"	Britney Spears	3:24
11.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"	Backstreet Boys	3:53
12.	"Incomplete"	Sisqó	3:51
13.	"I Wanna Be with You"	Mandy Moore	4:12
14.	"Doesn't Really Matter"	Janet Jackson	4:16
15.	"Back Here"	BBMak	3:37
16.	"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"	Nine Days	3:11
17.	"Kryptonite"	3 Doors Down	3:53
18.	"Wonderful"	Everclear	4:32
19.	"It's My Life"	Bon Jovi	3:43

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. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Various Artists – Now That's What I Call Music! 5: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
6. 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.