Happy New Year! :cheer:

 

This is the Spotify chart thread for January 2019, the go-to topic for UK Spotify chart discussion! We should expect Ava Max to remain at #1 to be the year's first Spotify #1 though she is still close with Ariana Grande. We could see a big artist drop a surprise release this month too (is it too much to ask for a surprise Rihanna album drop?) who could shake up the charts too, otherwise we'll be stuck with the 2018 carry-overs for the time being.

 

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 (even when the website has), so do check all sources. Also note that the Spotify Website will update before external websites (Kworb, LivePopBars). Occasionally there will be a delay in the Spotify chart updating which could even take days.

 

Useful links:

 

Spotify App [top 50]

Spotify Website [top 200]

Kworb [top 200 and extra data]

LivePopBars [top 200]

SponOnTrack [top 200]

 

How often does the chart update?

 

It should update once every day, usually in the early afternoon - 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?

 

100 plays if you are on Spotify Premium, or 600 if you are using the ad-supported free tier. However you cannot simply play a song that many 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 600 times if you really want to).

 

The number changes to 200 or 1200 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 over 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 half of all streaming sales (probably, we can't actually be sure on that), 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. Also, 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.

 

Often sales hits don't cross over to being streaming hits, this is usually the case for songs with an older target audience, reality or campaign songs. Also keep in mind that it often takes longer for a song to take off on Spotify than it would on iTunes.

 

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]

 

Revisit previous threads

 

2019: I

2018: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

2017: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X

2016: I, II, III

2015: I, II

2014: I

Anyone think we should have Apple Music chart in this thread too for reference or is it not possible to have a chart for their format?

03. Sunflower

05. Shotgun

08. Eastside

09. Promises

13. Happier

15. Funky Friday

16. One Kiss :o (expected a lot higher)

19. Body

23. Better Now

24. Gods Plan

32. Back & Forth

34. 2002

36. In My Feelings

37. Paradise

39. Nice For What

40. Mr Brightside

42. Electricity

44. Girls Like You

45. I Like It

46. No Tears Left To Cry

47. Just Got Paid

50. I Wanna Dance With Somebody

crazy to be see shotgun at #5

Whitneyyyyy!

Spotify Daily Chart Update (31/12)

01 [01] Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho 573,999

02 [02] Ariana Grande – thank u, next 537,264

03 [04] Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) [*NEW PEAK*] 385,222

04 [03] Halsey – Without Me 357,962

05 [10] George Ezra – Shotgun 321,561

06 [05] Post Malone – Wow. 321,312

07 [06] Travis Scott – SICKO MODE 295,951

08 [12] benny blanco – Eastside (with Halsey & Khalid) 288,163

09 [22] Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises 277,708

10 [08] Kodak Black – ZEZE (feat. Travis Scott & Offset) 260,298

 

11 [07] Mark Ronson – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

12 [14] Little Mix – Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj)

13 [15] Marshmello – Happier (feat. Bastille)

14 [09] Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life

15 [17] Dave – Funky Friday (feat. Fredo)

16 [59] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss

17 [11] Keala Settle - This Is Me

18 [13] Hugh Jackman et al. – The Greatest Show

19 [42] Loud Luxury – Body (feat. Brando)

20 [20] Meek Mill – Going Bad (feat. Drake)

 

21 [25] Jax Jones & Years & Years – Play

22 [37] Rita Ora – Let You Love Me

23 [31] Post Malone – Better Now

24 [45] Drake – God's Plan

25 [16] Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

26 [24] Ellie Goulding & Diplo – Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee)

27 [41] Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

28 [35] Tyga – Taste (feat. Offset)

29 [23] Jess Glynne – Thursday

30 [19] Ariana Grande – imagine

 

31 [21] Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams – A Million Dreams

32 [81] MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill – Back & Forth

33 [18] Billie Eilish – when the party's over

34 [60] Anne-Marie – 2002

35 [28] Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba

36 [40] Drake – In My Feelings

37 [65] George Ezra – Paradise

38 [34] Charli XCX & Troye Sivan – 1999

39 [73] Drake – Nice For What

40 [68] The Killers – Mr. Brightside

 

49 [27] James Arthur & Anne-Marie – Rewrite The Stars

54 [39] Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK – Kiss and Make Up

55 [44] 6ix9ine – KIKA (feat. Tory Lanez)

58 [33] James Arthur – Empty Space

66 [46] Cadet & Deno Driz – Advice

68 [43] Khalid – Saturday Nights

74 [48] The 1975 – It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

75 [47] XXXTENTACION & Lil Pump – Arms Around You (feat. Maluma & Swae Lee)

79 [50] russ splash – Gun Lean

80 [63] Cardi B – Money

88 [62] Flipp Dinero – Leave Me Alone

98 [64] Anne-Marie – Perfect To Me

99 [100] benny blanco & Calvin Harris – I Found You

 

106 [72] P!nk – A Million Dreams

115 [74] George Ezra – Hold My Girl

121 [85] Clean Bandit – Baby (feat. Marina and The Diamonds & Luis Fonsi)

122 [75] Lewis Capaldi – Grace

133 [107] Pinkfong – Baby Shark

148 [174] FISHER – Losing It [*NEW PEAK*]

174 [121] Tom Grennan – Found What I've Been Looking For

199 [131] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Startender (feat. Offset & Tyga)

 

OUT [112] 21 Savage - monster

OUT [117] 21 Savage - a lot

OUT [120] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Look Back At It

OUT [139] Marshmello & Roddy Ricch – Project Dreams

OUT [143] NSG – Options (feat. Tion Wayne)

OUT [146] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Swervin (feat. 6ix9ine)

OUT [147] Sam Smith – Fire On Fire

OUT [162] Yxng Bane – Problem (feat. Fredo)

OUT [163] Madison Beer – Hurts Like Hell (feat. Offset)

OUT [167] Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

OUT [194] Peter Manos – In My Head

OUT [197] benny blanco & Juice WRLD – Roses (feat. Brendon Urie)

Christmas

 

...is officially over in the Spotify chart!!

 

Also worth noting NYE has also brought back Queen 'Don't Stop Me Now' to #48, and many other old songs re-enter the chart.

Final Xmas songs in the top 200 until next Halloween lol

We really need some fresh music :lol:

Huh? Shotgun is the only song in current midweeks top ten that has more than 13 weeks on chart.

Is there anything big releasing on Friday other than Bring Me the Horizon and Fleur East?

Is there anything big releasing on Friday other than Bring Me the Horizon and Fleur East?

 

I’d say we will have a better idea on Thursday but I can’t see anything massive coming out

Wait fleur east is releasing ?

> big

> Fleur East

> big

> Fleur East

'of note' then :lol:

was hoping for some big name making an unannounced out of the blue comeback this Friday, would be perfect for Rihanna, Madonna or Beyonce

wish HH updated, has been the same for the last 3 weeks with only a subtle mini reshuffle last week

It’s just been updated. Baby is up to #17 which is a virtual miracle considering how poorly it’s been supported by Spotify. But it reflects where it’s at in the midweeks.

 

Will that boost its streams significantly? Actually now think there’s a chance it goes Top 10 this month after all.

lol Baby it's not even top 100, #106 today

lol Baby it's not even top 100, #106 today

He meant Hot Hits UK. :P

Spotify Daily Chart Update (01/01)

01 [01] Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho 334,456

02 [02] Ariana Grande – thank u, next 317,204

03 [03] Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) 255,033

04 [04] Halsey – Without Me 232,117

05 [06] Post Malone – Wow. 202,739

06 [05] George Ezra – Shotgun 181,135

07 [07] Travis Scott – SICKO MODE 176,639

08 [10] Kodak Black – ZEZE (feat. Travis Scott & Offset) 161,345

09 [08] benny blanco – Eastside (with Halsey & Khalid) 150,731

10 [11] Mark Ronson – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus) 148,652

 

11 [14] Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life

12 [13] Marshmello – Happier (feat. Bastille)

13 [09] Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises

14 [17] Keala Settle - This Is Me

15 [18] Hugh Jackman et al. – The Greatest Show

16 [15] Dave – Funky Friday (feat. Fredo)

17 [12] Little Mix – Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj)

18 [25] Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

19 [20] Meek Mill – Going Bad (feat. Drake)

20 [31] Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams – A Million Dreams

 

21 [33] Billie Eilish – when the party's over

22 [35] Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba [*NEW PEAK*]

23 [26] Ellie Goulding & Diplo – Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee)

24 [41] Zac Efron & Zendaya – Rewrite The Stars

25 [21] Jax Jones & Years & Years – Play

26 [29] Jess Glynne – Thursday

27 [30] Ariana Grande – imagine

28 [23] Post Malone – Better Now

29 [27] Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

30 [43] Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams

 

31 [22] Rita Ora – Let You Love Me

32 [28] Tyga – Taste (feat. Offset)

33 [24] Drake – God's Plan

34 [40] The Killers – Mr. Brightside

35 [49] James Arthur & Anne-Marie – Rewrite The Stars

36 [36] Drake – In My Feelings

37 [61] Loren Allred – Never Enough

38 [38] Charli XCX & Troye Sivan – 1999

39 [16] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss

40 [65] XXXTENTACION – SAD!

 

44 [58] James Arthur – Empty Space

46 [54] Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK – Kiss and Make Up

50 [55] 6ix9ine – KIKA (feat. Tory Lanez)

52 [75] XXXTENTACION & Lil Pump – Arms Around You (feat. Maluma & Swae Lee)

56 [79] russ splash – Gun Lean

59 [66] Cadet & Deno Driz – Advice

60 [68] Khalid – Saturday Nights

66 [88] Flipp Dinero – Leave Me Alone

69 [74] The 1975 – It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

77 [80] Cardi B – Money

81 [98] Anne-Marie – Perfect To Me

82 [115] George Ezra – Hold My Girl

85 [106] P!nk – A Million Dreams

91 [122] Lewis Capaldi – Grace

100 [133] Pinkfong – Baby Shark [*NEW PEAK*]

 

106 [121] Clean Bandit – Baby (feat. Marina and The Diamonds & Luis Fonsi)

110 [99] benny blanco & Calvin Harris – I Found You

133 [RE] NSG – Options (feat. Tion Wayne)

140 [174] Tom Grennan – Found What I've Been Looking For

147 [RE] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Look Back At It

149 [199] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Startender (feat. Offset & Tyga)

159 [RE] 21 Savage - monster

161 [RE] 21 Savage - a lot

163 [RE] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Swervin (feat. 6ix9ine)

168 [RE] Sam Smith – Fire On Fire

177 [RE] Marshmello & Roddy Ricch – Project Dreams

190 [148] FISHER – Losing It