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Spotify Monthly Chart Thread [08/17]

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Happy August 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.

 

The number changes to 300 plays when a song moves to ACR. For more information on the rules of ACR see this thread. For information on what songs are currently on ACR and what songs will be moving to ACR, refer to this thread.

 

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]

 

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Front page today is Summer Hits UK, where Dua is #5, and The Pop List, where Dua is #1. Expect another big boost tomorrow.

 

This is great, and I'm sure will help but you do realise the front page playlists change every 2 hours?

This is great, and I'm sure will help but you do realise the front page playlists change every 2 hours?

Yeah I know :lol: The post was mainly to point out that both playlist's have recently updated and she's higher on both than she was before ;o

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Top 50 Only

 

1. Luis Fonsi - Despacito (425k + ???) :left:

2. DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts (421k) :left:

3. French Montana - Unforgettable (416k) :left:

4. Jonas Blue - Mama (346k) :up:

5. Calvin Harris - Feels (340k) :down:

6. Dua Lipa - New Rules (286k) :up:

7. DJ Khaled - I'm the One :down:

8. Sigala - Came Here For Love :left:

9. Liam Payne - Strip That Down :down:

10. David Guetta - 2U :down:

 

14. Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club :left:

15. Major Lazer - Know No Better :up:

16. Rudimental - Sun Comes Up :up:

21. J Balvin - Mi Gente :up:

23. Demi - Sorry Not Sorry :up:

26. Louis T - Back to You :up:

27. Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 :up:

30. Jax Jones - Instruction :up:

31. Post Malone - Congratulations :down:

36. Axwell/Ingrosso - More Than You Know :up:

44. Yungen - Bestie :up:

45. Zedd - Get Low :down:

50. Fifth Harmony - Down :left:

On Spotifycharts, every single country's chart is showing up as the Czech Republic's :unsure:
Very happy to see Imagine Dragons "Thunder" number 1 on Spotify :cheer: :wub: . Never in a million years thought it would overtake Despacito.
How on earth did Thunder get to #1 :lol: :blink: :mellow:
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This is what's happening:

On Spotifycharts, every single country's chart is showing up as the Czech Republic's :unsure:
The actual UK top 50 can be found on Desktop.

Last week: 'Despacito' getting on ACR, then returning to the official #1

This week: 'Thunder' getting on ACR, then absolutely legitimately going #1 on Spotify

 

What next :thinking:

Fab!

 

Yesterdays interesting movements outside the top 50:

:right: 59 Selena Gomez - Fetish

:up: 60 Enrique Iglesias - SUBEME LA RADIO

:up: 61 James Hype - More Than Friends

:up: 63 Duke Dumont - Real Life

:up: 64 Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect

:up: 72 Charli XCX - Boys

:up: 75 Hardy Caprio - Unsigned

:up: 76 Bugzy Malone - Memory Lane

:up: 78 Macklemore - Glorious

:up: 91 OneRepublic - Rich Love

:down: 92 21 Savage - Bank Account

:up: 104 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

:up: 115 The Script - Rain

:up: 121 J HUS - Spirit

:down: 125 Not3s - Aladdin

:re: 146 Ralph Felix - The Heat

:re: 158 Snakehips - Either Way

:up: 161 French Montana - A Lie

:re: 181 Tom Zanetti - More & More

:down: 182 Playboi Carti - Magnolia

:re: 186 Cash Cash - All My Love

:ne: 198 SZA - Love Galore

:re: 200 Mabel - Finders Keepers

Dua still #6

Unforgettable up to #2 and pretty close to #1(Wild Things), although Despacito is still #1 combined

That's still a significant climb in streams for Dua, despite staying at #6
That's still a significant climb in streams for Dua, despite staying at #6

 

Am I the only one who the Desktop app hasn't updated today?

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1. DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts (428k) :left:

2. French Montana - Unforgettable (423k) :up:

3. Luis Fonsi - Despacito (415k / 484k) :down:

4. Calvin Harris - Feels (342k) :up:

5. Jonas Blue - Mama (325k) :down:

6. Dua Lipa - New Rules (306k) :left:

7. Sigala - Came Here For Love :up:

8. DJ Khaled - I'm the One :down:

9. David Guetta - 2U :up:

10. Liam Payne - Strip That Down :down:

 

14. Major Lazer - Know No Better :up:

15. Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club :down:

16. Rudimental - Sun Comes Up :left:

19. J Balvin - Mi Gente :up:

22. Demi - Sorry Not Sorry :up:

24. Louis T - Back to You :up:

27. Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 :left:

29. Post Malone - Congratulations :up:

30. ALMA - Chasing Highs :up:

32. Jax Jones - Instruction :down:

35. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls :up:

36. Axwell/Ingrosso - More Than You Know :left:

41. Yungen - Bestie :up:

44. Zedd - Get Low :up:

47. Fifth Harmony - Down :up:

 

51. Olly Murs - Unpredictable :up:

52. Lauv - I Like Me Better :up:

54. John Gibbons - P.Y.T. :up:

55. Duke Dumont - Real Life :up:

56. Enrique - Subeme La Radio :up:

57. James Hype - More Than Friends :up:

60. Selena - Fetish :down:

64. Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect :left:

66. Charli XCX - Boys :up:

71. Hardy Caprio - Unsigned :up:

73. Bugzy Malone - Memory Lane :up:

74. Lotto Boyzz - No Don :up:

75. Moon Taxi - Two High :up:

77. Macklemore - Glorious :up:

81. OneRepublic - Rich Love :up:

85. 21 Savage - Bank Account :up:

88. Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. :up:

92. Khalid - Location :up:

93. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still :up:

 

102. J Hus - Spirit :up:

106. The Script - Rain :up:

117. Arcade Fire - Everything Now :up:

122. Not3s - Aladdin :up:

123. Snakehips - Either Way :up:

151. Tom Zanetti - More & More :up:

152. Mabel - Finders Keepers :up:

157. French Montana - A Lie :up:

160. Cash Cash - All My Love :up:

170. Playboi Carti - Magnolia :up:

187. SZA - Love Galore :up:

So many future hits making progress all of a sudden :cheer: Think we'll have a bit of a clear out officially in the next few weeks, so much stuff finally breaking into top 40 contention.
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