Posted February 18, 201411 yr So the OCC have officially confirmed that they're going to begin counting streaming towards the official chart, this includes Spotify, VEVO and YouTube. The Saturdays don't usually get many views/streams bar What About Us so how do you think this new rule will affect their chart placing in the future? Disaster or Success? Edited February 18, 201411 yr by Cal Christopher
February 18, 201411 yr Well like you said, they don't really do good on streaming and stuff. On YouTube (I've no idea about Spotify) their views are surprisingly low/average but I guess they're only UK/Irish based anyway. Other acts like Little Mix and The Wanted have massive views but they're more worldwide so it's kinda hard to say if The Sats views are bad or not.
February 18, 201411 yr I remember Disco Love spent a few weeks in the streaming chart, I think it peaked in the top 50/40
February 18, 201411 yr I think that's an overreaction. I'd assume streaming would only make up a very small % of the sales. I'd say like 5 - 10%, it's going to be made up of sales mostly.
February 18, 201411 yr I think that's an overreaction. I'd assume streaming would only make up a very small % of the sales. I'd say like 5 - 10%, it's going to be made up of sales mostly. Mine was supposed to be an overreaction :P Now if it was being based on airplay, then that would've been an appropriate reaction. Edited February 18, 201411 yr by LoveKiller
February 18, 201411 yr I guess all the Saturdays fans should get streaming when their new singles are released then! :P
February 18, 201411 yr The thing is, you need a good video in order to boost entertainment factor. Pixie lott has reached 10 million with a lot of her songs just because she has very talked about videos. The sats need to have a video that will be talked about, boosting views. The way not giving up looks like atm won't worry me as it looks very fetching
February 19, 201411 yr Just so you know guys, the OCC haven't said ANYTHING about it yet, it could be untrue. It's definitely gonna impact them a lot though, being a fanbase act where a large amount of their total sales come in the first week. Streaming's never that instant. :(
June 23, 201411 yr It's been confirmed guys. Streaming is now taking place in the Official UK Charts. Streams count from Spotify, Deezer, Xbox etc. Spotify's most streamed song of the week gets roughly 1,000,000 streams and usually has 1,500,000 streams overall when including other sites, therefore we can tell that Spotify is the main streaming site. 100 streams = 1 Sale. I'm worried because What Are You Waiting For? will be premiered before 6th July but released after therefore it's peak streaming traffic won't be grouped with sales as of course, it won't have been released. This coming Sunday is when streams will be counted and the 6th of July will hold the first ever chart based on streams and sales in the UK. Tbh I see it just going fe bad to worse for them. They're not a streaming artist. Streams are capped to avoid chart-rigging so leaving the song on repeat for a whole week wouldn't have much affect, in fact playing a 4 minute song on repeat for a week straight would only equate to 2,525 sales which equals 25 streams. Poinyless, really. Edited June 23, 201411 yr by CallumC97
June 23, 201411 yr I don't think it's going to mess up that much for them, although I do believe they will need to choose their release weeks really carefully. Going against bigger acts would definitely be harder than ever now. I think with radio supports they will still manage top 10. :thinking:
June 24, 201411 yr YouTube isn't included, thank god! I don't think it's gonna impact them TOO much. Their songs will still be streamed to a degree and it's likely gonna add only around 10k to the most played track of the week, so it won't make a HUGE impact on their chart positions hopefully!
June 24, 201411 yr YouTube isn't included, thank god! I don't think it's gonna impact them TOO much. Their songs will still be streamed to a degree and it's likely gonna add only around 10k to the most played track of the week, so it won't make a HUGE impact on their chart positions hopefully! Haven't the saturdays first week sales been increasing gradually anyway?
June 24, 201411 yr I think it could impact them if their single was only looking to go low Top 10 based on sales alone - perhaps in those circumstances, streaming could knock them down to outside the Top 10 instead. Similarly, if they were heading for a low Top 5 positions on sales alone, maybe they'd end up outside of the Top 5 instead. I haven't followed how Saturdays singles have done on the streaming chart, and I don't know if there's any archives available. However I've looked at old Spotify charts, and in the week 'Disco Love' entered at #5, it was at #30 in the Spotify Top 50. Its Spotify chart run was 30-30-45-out. Also... What About Us 13-17-20-22-41-45-48-out [spotify Top 50 - from 28th April 2013 onwards, which was 6 weeks into What About Us being on sale] 18-23-27-39-36-43-55... [Where 'What About Us' was in the official chart in the equivalent weeks] Neither 'Gentleman' or 'Not Giving Up' entered the Spotify Top 50.
June 24, 201411 yr ... What About Us 13-17-20-22-41-45-48-out [spotify Top 50 - from 28th April 2013 onwards, which was 6 weeks into What About Us being on sale] 18-23-27-39-36-43-55... [Where 'What About Us' was in the official chart in the equivalent weeks] So had the streaming already been incorporated into the charts at this point, WAU probably would have fared a bit better maybe?
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