Now That's What I Call Music! (often shortened to Now Music! ) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music (Universal/Sony Music) which began in 1983. Spinoff series began for other countries the following year, starting with South Africa, and many other countries worldwide soon followed, expanding into Asia in 1995, then the United States in 1998.

Now That's What I Call Music! 72 or Now 72! is a compilation album that was released on 3 April 2009 in Ireland. The album is the 72nd edition of the (UK) original series. It was released on CD & Digital Download formats

Now 72 features eight songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "The Fear", "Just Dance", "Right Round", "My Life Would Suck Without You", "Hero", "Hallelujah", "Greatest Day" and "Islands in the Stream".

This album also has double appearances from Alesha Dixon, The Saturdays, T.I and Daniel Merriweather.