So... are we all expecting Harry to crash iTunes tomorrow morning :heehee: :unsure:

It'll shoot to number 1 on iTunes like the others did (even Niall did, didn't he? Or was that number 2?)

 

It'll have the staying power if it's as credible as "Pillowtalk" as opposed to "Just Hold On".

So... are we all expecting Harry to crash iTunes tomorrow morning :heehee: :unsure:

I predict he'll put the #2 down to 0.3000 on iTunes and amass around 750,000 streams on Spotify - so not quite :heehee:

I actually posted that in the wrong topic, I realised afterwards, just couldn't be assed to delete it and post it in the iTunes topic. -_-

Well it'll get a stream from me cos I will certainly be curious in the morning!

 

But then I am curious about most major new releases :P

So what happens to capping if you say, played the main version 10 times, and then played a remix 10 times (say, Human by Rag'n'Bone Man and the Rudimental Remix)?

Remixes usually don't have their plays combined with the original on Spotify (generally the ones that do are those with relatively minor changes, like Maroon 5's 'Sugar' feat. Nicki Minaj or Troye Sivan's 'WILD' feat. Alessia Cara), so I expect they'd be considered separate songs on Spotify's end. For the OCC's data that combines those remixes, I have no idea though.

 

I think there's an app/website out there that randomly selects songs on Spotify with 0 plays. Or is it YouTube. I don't remember.

This is the site: http://forgotify.com/

 

Though there's no way to be sure if they really have zero plays, as the only thing to go by is Spotify's play counts that show '< 1,000' for anything that low.

One way to find out for sure could be to find a completely obscure song and spam play it 2,000 times or whatever, and see what happens to its total play count.

 

Didn't we already do this with Lisa Scott-Lee?

 

Our spam playing took it from 44,438 to 44,799 in one day and I doubt there were 36 of us spamming it!

Didn't we already do this with Lisa Scott-Lee?

 

Our spam playing took it from 44,438 to 44,799 in one day and I doubt there were 36 of us spamming it!

 

I'm pretty sure there would have been, wasn't that roughly the amount of people that took it into the iTunes chart? Also, the people doing it would have been aware of the 10 a day cap.

Didn't we already do this with Lisa Scott-Lee?

 

Our spam playing took it from 44,438 to 44,799 in one day and I doubt there were 36 of us spamming it!

 

Didn't realise that! Guess that's pretty much our answer then. Unless Aly is right and there were in fact 36 of us playing it 10 times that day!

 

If that's correct then that would be a nice little loophole where we could 'manipulate' the chart with spam streaming (sort of), by helping songs on their way into the top 50 and the inevitable boost that follows! Though really this would only work if they're very close to it in the first place, like No More Sad Songs is.

 

Tbh, even if that's not the case, and the cap applies, the 10 a day per person limit is quite generous imo, it would have only taken 15 Buzzjack Little Mix stans to play it 10 times yesterday and it would be top 50 now.

Edited April 6, 20178 yr by gooddelta

Oh I was aware of the cap, I just couldn't stop playing it!

Oddly Spotify have chosen to put an album track by The Chainsmokers at the top of their New Music Friday playlist... although Harry Styles will obviously take its place when he releases.

New Music Friday [07/04/17]

 

RELEVANT-

01 The Chainsmokers - Honest

02 Tinie Tempah - Find Me (feat. Jake Bugg)

03 JP Cooper - Passport Home

10 Halsey - Now Or Never

15 Gorillaz - Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)

20 Oh Wonder - Lifetimes

24 Cedric Gervais & Digital Farm Animals - Lifetime (feat. Dallas Austin)

37 Blaenavon - Lonely Side

38 Kid Ink - F With U (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

43 Desiigner - Up

 

* these positions will shift down when Martin Garrix, Kendrick Lamar and Harry Styles release new material later in the day. I will update this list in the afternoon when all releases have happened.

But it's the occ that has to add the cap

Not Spotify

It's the occ that makes the rule

So makes sense that the Spotify charts are uncapped

Spotify Chart Update (06/04/17)

 

RELEVANT-

05 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

06 Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

10 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

11 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

13 Julia Michaels - Issues

14 Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

15 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

21 Future - Mask Off

22 Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

25 Lorde - Green Light

26 ZAYN - Still Got Time (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)

40 Martin Solveig - Places (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

44 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin

49 Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

 

52 J HUS - Did You See

53 Calvin Harris - Heatstroke (feat. Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams & Young Thug)

55 KYLE - iSpy (feat. Lil Yachty)

58 Imagine Dragons - Believer

68 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

74 Wizkid - Come Closer (feat. Drake)

76 Khalid - Location

84 Post Malone - Congratulations (feat. Quavo)

87 Future - Selfish (feat. Rihanna

89 The Chainsmokers - The One

93 Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision

94 KATO & Sigala - Show You Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld)

96 Jon Bellion - All Time Low (feat. Stormzy)

 

103 Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Life

105 David Guetta - Light My Body Up (feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne)

108 Chris Brown - Privacy

113 Lana Del Rey - Love

116 Frank Ocean - Chanel

126 Chance The Rapper - All Night (feat. Knox Fortune)

127 Train - Play That Song

133 Kendrick Lamar - The Heart

135 Gorillaz - Ascension (feat. Vince Staples)

 

155 Oh Wonder - Ultralife

160 Idina Menzel - Let It Go

175 Luis Fonsi - Despacito (feat. Daddy Yankee)

176 Stargate - Waterfall (feat. P!nk & Sia)

177 Xxxtentacion - Look At Me!

181 Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (feat. Popcaan)

183 ALMA - Chasing Highs

185 Cheat Codes - No Promises (feat. Demi Lovato)

188 Migos - T-Shirt

190 Not3s - Addison Lee

191 alt-J - In Cold Blood

198 Kasabian - You're In Love With A Psycho

 

NEW PEAKS-

05 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

10 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

15 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

21 Future - Mask Off

22 Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

26 ZAYN - Still Got Time (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)

40 Martin Solveig - Places (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

49 Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

68 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

74 Wizkid - Come Closer (feat. Drake)

76 Khalid - Location

103 Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Life

153 Samuel E Wright - Under The Sea

155 Oh Wonder - Ultralife

200 Elton John - Circle Of Life

Edited April 8, 20178 yr by ♀mdh♀

As expected, Harry's straight in at #1 on the New Music Friday playlist and is in the playlist icon too :D

New Music Friday is still showing last week's releases for me. :(

 

Just to add my thoughts on whether there's a cap on Spotify's total streams, I would assume not. Don't forget Spotify existed before it got incorporated into the charts and the cap in regards to the charts existed. I doubt they would have altered this since.

Hot Hits UK Update [07/04/17]

 

RELEVANT-

04 Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

09 Lorde - Green Light

07 Zedd - Stay (feat. Alessia Cara)

10 Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

19 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

23 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

24 ZAYN - Still Got Time (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)

25 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times

27 Martin Solveig - Places (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

28 Calvin Harris - Heatstroke (feat. Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams & Young Thug)

34 KATO & Sigala - Show You Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld)

43 Jon Bellion - All Time Low (feat. Stormzy)

45 Khalid - Location

47 Wizkid - Come Closer (feat. Drake)

48 Gorillaz - Ascension (feat. Vince Staples)

 

NEW-

25 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times

28 Calvin Harris - Heatstroke (feat. Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams & Young Thug)

34 KATO & Sigala - Show You Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld)

47 Wizkid - Come Closer (feat. Drake)

Please No More Sad Songs finally entered the top 50. Should make some decent streaming gains this week then!

Spotify has too big influence on charts

Spotify has too big influence on charts

Thanks for the contribution, I'm sure as a result of this the OCC will void any contribution Spotify has towards the charts and make it entirely based on other streaming services that make up a fraction of Spotifys market share :P

Spotify has too big influence on charts

It at least makes for a change from the days where iTunes had too big of an influence on the chart (remember when the iTunes chart was basically the official chart? feels so long ago now)