Now That's What I Call Music! 61

Now That's What I Call Music! 61 or Now 61 was released on 25 July 2005, on audio cassette and Compact Disc. The album is the 61st edition of the Now! series in the UK.
Now 61 features seven songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "You're Beautiful", "Ghetto Gospel", "Lyla", "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own", "Lonely", "Axel F" and "You've Got a Friend".
It sold 310,236 copies in its first week, the highest opening tally of the three albums in the series released that year