Happy July everyone :cheer:

 

FAQs

 

What is streaming?

 

For streaming related FAQs read this thread.

 

How do I see today's Spotify chart?

 

To see the daily top 50 update on desktop, log in to Spotify, click 'Browse', then click 'Charts', then click 'United Kingdom Top 50', or click the link below. The desktop top 50 may update before anything else so is always worth checking if the website is not up to date. However recently it has been known to not to do, so do check all sources. Also note that the Spotify Website will update before external websites (Kworb, LivePopBars).

 

Useful links:

 

Spotify App [top 50]

Spotify Website [top 200]

Kworb [top 200 and extra data]

LivePopBars [top 200]

 

How often does the chart update?

 

It should update once every day, usually in the morning - although this is not 100% guaranteed. Sometimes the top 200 on the website will update but without the top 50 on the app updating, and sometimes there will be no update at all.

 

How many plays on Spotify equals one download sale?

 

150 plays. However you cannot simply play a song 150 times in one day to give it one sale, you are limited to 10 plays per day in terms of what counts to the chart. (Spotify will let you play a song on repeat 150 times if you really want to). This used to be 100 plays but the ratio was revised by the OCC at the start of 2017.

 

How much does Spotify contribute to the chart?

 

Streaming contributes approximately 90% to the singles chart as a whole, although good paid-for sales are still essential for making the very top of the chart in most cases. Spotify counts for at least 70% of all streaming sales, so doing well on Spotify is essential for doing well in the chart.

 

Why is my fave not doing well on Spotify?

 

Is it being promoted on one of Spotify's major curated playlists? If it isn't, it's unlikely to really take off! Hot Hits UK is the biggest of these playlists, with over a million followers. The playlist usually updates itself to include breaking hits once or twice a week, though there is no guarantee that your fave will get a place on the playlist.

 

Often sales hits don't cross over to being streaming hits, this is usually the case for songs with an older target audience (i.e. 'Love My Life' by Robbie Williams) or campaign songs (i.e. 'Liar Liar' by Captain Ska). Also keep in mind that it takes longer for a song to take off on Spotify than it would on iTunes.

 

Also keep in mind that the UK Top 50 is a largely followed playlist and that songs often experience a 'top 50 effect', when they enter the top 50 and get the additional exposure of being on the playlist.

 

My fave didn't debut high and is falling already, does this mean they're flopping?

 

Not necessarily. Most songs debut relatively low as they aren't instantly well-known, and experience a sharp decline on Day 2 as they no longer have the promoted 'New Music Friday' effect. A lot of songs manage to recover through gaining popularity and additions to playlists. Exceptions to the rule of course come from massively hyped artists/releases such as Justin Bieber/Ed Sheeran/Drake who will of course enter straight at the top.

 

What do the numbers mean?

 

The streaming figures cited in the daily chart are the number of streams each song received the previous day. Unlike the iTunes chart, Spotify is not a rolling chart so the numbers will only change once per day.

 

[FAQs written by Dan]

 

January 2017 | February 2017 | March 2017 | April 2017 | May 2017 | June 2017

Calvin slaying :)

 

8 UP Feels

17 UP Slide

34 NEW Cash out

49 UP Rollin

54 re Heatstroke

55NEW Faking it

60 NEW Prayers Up

69 NEW Holiday

71 NEW Skrt on me

116 NEW Hard to love

 

NMF

Drake up to #13

57 NEW Rudimental/JA

64 NEW Liam Gallagher - Chinatown

115 NEW Bugzy Malone - Bruce Wayne

178 NEW Versace on the Floor Guetta Mix

188 NEW Redlight

 

Despacito still #1 combined, actually increasing the lead from 30 to almost 70K now

 

1 Despacito 648+82 = 732K

2 Wild thoughts 666K

Feels coming for top 10 this week then!

Calvin! :o

great to see. I don't think he'll beat Ed Sheeran but his good streams should secure him a top 3 album which would be a good result.

"Cash Out" from Calvin's album is probably the worst track I've heard on it. Hopefully it'll grow. Good album though!

Cash Out is only so high because of New Music Friday (track 1).

despacito back to #1 :/ and combined the lead is >100K now, was barely 30K a couple days ago :(

 

13 L Mix

17 Camilla

21 Sigala

31 Garrix/TS

 

55 Instruction

 

Calvin:

8 8 Feels

18 17 Slide

42 49 Rollin

54 34 Cash out

72 54 Heatstroke

95 55 Faking it

99 60 Prayers up

106 69 Skrt on me

115 71 Holiday

188 116 Hard to love

 

Rudimental big drop to #121

Cash Out is only so high because of New Music Friday (track 1).

Ah makes sense, fair enough! It is growing on me now, although I think it has been poorly placed in the tracklisting.

Sunday is the worst day of the week for streams, nothing happens, and who climbs? bloody Ed Sheeran :)

 

Despacito 675K combined

vs. Khaled/Riri 579K

 

huge advantage agai

where,s gay icon katie price?

where,s gay icon katie price?

She's not in the top 200. Stop trolling.

 

-x-

 

Spotify Chart Update [02/07]

 

1 Luis Fonsi - Despacito [596k]

2 DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts [580k]

3 French Montana - Unforgettable [442k]

4 Jonas Blue - Mama [386k]

5 DJ Khaled - I'm The One [383k]

6 Liam Payne - Strip That Down [360k]

7 David Guetta - 2U [335k]

8 Calvin Harris - Feels [313k]

9 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl [291k]

10 Charlie Puth - Attention [291k]

 

12 Rita Ora - Your Song

13 Little Mix - Power

14 Drake - Signs

19 Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

24 Imagine Dragons - Thunder

28 Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Life

32 Martin Garrix - There For You

38 Calvin Harris - Rollin'

39 Artists For Grenfell - Bridge Over Troubled Water

45 Post Malone - Congratulations

47 Imagine Dragons - Believer

 

53 Calvin Harris - Cash Out

54 John Gibbons - P.Y.T

56 Jax Jones - Instruction

58 Axwell & Ingrosso - More Than You Know

66 Drake - One Dance

69 Yungen - Bestie

74 Duke Dumont - Real Life

83 NEIKED - Call Me

92 5 After Midnight - Up In Here

96 Rudimental - Sun Comes Up :wub:

 

101 Logic - 1-800-273-8255

105 Travis Scott - goosebumps

121 J HUS - Fisherman

138 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now

140 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

143 Lauv - I Like Me Better

144 Not3s - Aladdin

155 Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect

165 Tyler The Creator - 911 / Mr Lonely

167 Bugzy Malone - Bruce Wayne

168 Playboy Carti - Magnolia

174 KSI - Creature

189 Liam Gallagher - Chinatown

198 Tyler The Creator - Who Dat Boy

Stop trolling.

 

Never. :angel:

 

With that said, I actually wondered if people might stream it to see how bad it is... I guess not.

'I Got U' has 5,750 streams so far so I guess 5,750 people did.

'I Got U' has 5,750 streams so far so I guess 5,750 people did.

 

Or more realistically, 4 people have been streaming it 24 hours a day non-stop since it was released on Friday.

It always seems to me like different people stream in the weekends vs. during the week

Wild Thoughts back to #1 although Despacito is still #1 combined, but the lead is just 20K now (was 100K yesterday)

 

climbers:

11 Signs

14 slide

16 Camilla Cabello

20 Slow hands

21 Sigala

23 Thunder

24 M. Lazer

34 Bad liar

39 Hailee

40 Post Malone

(41 Grenfell song) :/

 

out of the top 50:

51 Instruction

52 Axwell/Ingrosso

57 Alma

60 olly/Louisa

 

and of course

54 Mr Brightside :)

Instruction and Axwell/\Ingrosso so close!!!

I swear if either of these stall out of the top 50...

Spotify Chart Update [03/07]

 

1 DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts [590k]

2 Luis Fonsi - Despacito [536k]

3 French Montana - Unforgettable [435k]

4 Jonas Blue - Mama [391k]

5 DJ Khaled - I'm The One [368k]

6 Liam Payne - Strip That Down [341k]

7 David Guetta - 2U [326k]

8 Calvin Harris - Feels [319k]

9 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl [286k]

10 Charlie Puth - Attention [271k]

 

11 Drake - Signs

14 Calvin Harris - Slide

15 Little Mix - Power

16 Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

20 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

21 Sigala - Came Here For Love

23 Imagine Dragons - Thunder

24 Major Lazer - Know No Better

25 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

26 Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Life

33 Martin Garrix - There For You

36 Calvin Harris - Rollin'

40 Post Malone - Congratulations

46 Imagine Dragons - Believer

48 Fifth Harmony - Down

 

51 Jax Jones - Instruction

52 Axwell & Ingrosso - More Than You Know

60 Olly Murs - Unpredictable

61 Yungen - Bestie

70 Duke Dumont - Real Life

71 Rudimental - Sun Comes Up !!

75 Not3s - Addison Lee

81 NEIKED - Call Me

93 5 After Midnight - Up In Here

95 Logic - 1-800-273-8255

96 Travis Scott - goosebumps

97 Wale - My Love

 

106 Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass

109 Calvin Harris - Skrt On Me

122 J HUS - Fisherman

133 Lauv - I Like Me Better

134 Bugzy Malone - Bruce Wayne

136 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

139 Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect

140 Not3s - Aladdin

 

153 Playboy Carti - Magnolia

156 Tyler The Creator - 911 / Mr Lonely

162 Andra Day - Rise Up

164 Ralph Felix - The Heat

177 Tyler The Creator - Who Dat Boy

187 Liam Gallagher - Chinatown

189 Metro Boomin - No Complaints

190 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now

190 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now

 

sad to see this so low :(

Drake nearly top 10 is great to see.

 

And I really need Jax Jones and Axwell /\ Ingrosso to make the top 50 asap.