This is the Spotify chart thread for May 2019, the go-to topic for the discussion of Spotify playlists and charts!

 

Spotify FAQs

 

What is streaming? What are the chart rules regarding streaming?

 

For streaming and chart rules 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 web links:

 

Spotify App [top 50]

Spotify Website [top 200]

Kworb [top 200 and extra data]

LivePopBars [top 200]

SponOnTrack [top 200]

 

Hot playlist links:

 

 

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]

 

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So, what is causing Lizzo's 'Juice' to be reaching new peaks only now? :lol:

I'd guess it's probably also benefiting from that 'Truth Hurts' song becoming a TikTok meme. (And obviously her album just coming out)

 

I really wish it was 'Tempo' that was blowing up for her.

So, what is causing Lizzo's 'Juice' to be reaching new peaks only now? :lol:

I think it's a mixture of today's top hits playlisting and it's been added onto the Truth Hurts single so it'll play straight after for most people that listen to truth hurts (and truth hurts is 12 on US spotify!! ❤️)

 

I'm so glad both tracks are getting streaming boosts 😍

it's been added onto the Truth Hurts single so it'll play straight after for most people that listen to truth hurts

 

Ah, that'll be why :lol: Smart but dirty tactic there.

So NONE of the Pink album tracks are top 200? That's very bad imo...

So NONE of the Pink album tracks are top 200? That's very bad imo...

P!nk is hardly a streaming behemoth as her last era proved. I don't see why she would have any, especially several days after release...

She got six last time around I believe, this time two.. But yea her core audience might not use streaming services THAT much.

poor Pink she's the definition of anti-streaming, if something, streaming has always hindered her

Pink basically has one song several times on her album, why would you listen to more than one?

Pink basically has one song several times on her album, why would you listen to more than one?

 

I’d say it’s her most varied album since Try This.

 

If you’d said that about her last album I might’ve understood your point but there’s definite variety on this one.

you clearly haven't listened to the album if you say it's one song repeated 12 times

 

the album is actually a great surprise cos it's varied and has lots of great potential future singles

 

the label did a very poor job at choosing grats so people might have gotten the wrong impression but it's a fantastic album

P!nk's album is actually a surprise, a pleasant one. Definitely an improvement from Beautiful Trauma, the tracks released before this album (Hustle, Can We Pretend) are probably the weakest. Happy, Love Me Anyway beat anything from on the last album. Not transcend work, but it's not 12x the same track.

 

Lizzo should had Truth Hurts to her album the sooner the better.

 

Ellie is probably gonna get another top 20 with Sixteen. Like Close to Me, it's a nice track ... but just very beige.

ME! vertical video on both HHUK and TTH

Stromzy Up again a little to 811k

OTR combined is 732k, so quite a bit behind

92. Dominic Fike - 3 Nights

Ellie-Sixteen finally top 50!

Finally at Ellie! Hopefully it’ll take off now that it’s in the top 50 and she’s on JR show on Saturday

Spotify Daily Chart Update (30/04)

01 [01] Stormzy – Vossi Bop 811,658

02 [02] Billie Eilish – bad guy 527,298

03 [03] Meduza – Piece Of Your Heart (feat. Goodboys) 508,751

04 [04] Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) {#2 combined with 732,601 streams} 457,869

05 [05] Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved 406,913

06 [07] Avicii – SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc) 371,018

07 [06] Taylor Swift – ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) 353,878

08 [09] Dave – Location (feat. Burna Boy) 289,193

09 [08] Mabel – Don't Call Me Up 288,047

10 [10] Lil Nas X – Old Town Road 274,732

 

11 [13] Jonas Brothers – Sucker

12 [11] Khalid – Talk

13 [12] Tom Walker – Just You and I

14 [14] Marshmello – Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)

15 [15] Russ splash x Tion Wayne – Keisha & Becky (Remix) (feat. Aitch, Swarmz, Sav'o & JAY1) {#8 combined with 336,994 streams}

16 [16] Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa – All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)

17 [17] Steel Banglez – Fashion Week (feat. AJ Tracey & MoStack)

18 [18] Billie Eilish – bury a friend

19 [19] Ava Max – So Am I

20 [20] JAY1 – Your Mrs

 

21 [21] Post Malone – Wow.

22 [23] NSG – Options (feat. Tion Wayne)

23 [22] Digga D – No Diet

24 [25] Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

25 [26] Wiley, Sean Paul & Stefflon Don – Boasty (feat. Idris Elba)

26 [27] Jonas Blue – What I Like About You (feat. Theresa Rex)

27 [24] Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man – Giant

28 [28] P!nk – Walk Me Home

29 [32] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Swervin (feat. 6ix9ine)

30 [29] Sigrid – Don't Feel Like Crying

 

31 [33] Ariana Grande – 7 rings

32 [30] Lauv & Troye Sivan – I'm so tired…

33 [34] Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho

34 [35] Dave – Disaster (feat. J Hus)

35 [31] Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

36 [36] Lil Dicky – Earth

37 [37] Billie Eilish – when the party's over

38 [38] Billie Eilish – wish you were gay

39 [39] Ariana Grande – break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored

40 [40] BTS – Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)

 

44 [41] The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer – Who Do You Love

45 [48] Kygo & Rita Ora – Carry On [*NEW PEAK*]

46 [46] SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott – Power Is Power

50 [55] Ellie Goulding – Sixteen [*NEW PEAK*]

56 [52] Martin Jensen & James Arthur – Nobody

59 [56] Ariana Grande & Victoria Monét – MONOPOLY

62 [70] Not3s – Wanting [*NEW PEAK*]

67 [67] J Hus – Daily Duppy (feat. GRM Daily)

68 [66] George Ezra – Pretty Shining People

69 [76] Zara Larsson – Don't Worry Bout Me

70 [71] Lizzo – Truth Hurts [*NEW PEAK*]

72 [65] Catfish and the Bottlemen – Conversation

79 [81] Lewis Capaldi – Bruises

81 [80] Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

82 [88] Giggs – BABY

85 [108] Lizzo – Juice [*NEW PEAK*]

86 [89] Marshmello – Light It Up (feat. Tyga & Chris Brown) [*NEW PEAK*]

88 [83] Khalid & John Mayer – Outta My Head

89 [78] Catfish and the Bottlemen – 2all

92 [99] Dominic Fike – 3 Nights [*NEW PEAK*]

94 [87] Catfish and the Bottlemen – Encore

100 [114] Bazzi – Paradise [*NEW PEAK*]

 

102 [101] BLACKPINK – Kill This Love

103 [100] Jonas Brothers – Cool

104 [106] French Montana – Slide (feat. Blueface & Lil Tjay) [*NEW PEAK*]

115 [103] Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah

116 [120] Beyoncé – Before I Let Go (Homecoming Live Bonus Track) [*NEW PEAK*]

121 [132] Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (feat. Lykke Li)

122 [119] MIST – Different Strokes (feat. Lotto Ash)

129 [128] Lil Uzi Vert – Sanguine Paradise

137 [143] Lauv – Drugs & The Internet

148 [155] Geko x French Montana x Ay Em – New Money

154 [139] Loyle Carner – Loose Ends (feat. Jorja Smith)

157 [147] SL – Homage

166 [153] benny blanco, Selena Gomez, J Balvin & Tainy – I Can't Get Enough

181 [157] Bastille – Doom Days

183 [198] Calboy – Envy Me

186 [197] YK Osiris – Worth It

188 [173] SL – FWA Boss

192 [156] Tom Walker – Now You're Gone (feat. Zara Larsson)

195 [199] M Huncho – Ocho Cinco

196 [150] Florence + The Machine – Jenny of Oldstones (Game of Thrones)

197 [RE] Roddy Ricch – Die Young

200 [195] Martin Garrix – No Sleep (feat. Bonn)

 

Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balance

64 Longshot

72 Conversation

89 2all

94 Encore

109 Fluctuate

135 Sidetrack

153 Mission

165 Basically

Pink basically has one song several times on her album, why would you listen to more than one?

 

What an ignorant comment. I mean, you clearly haven’t heard the album or even the four prerelease tracks that all sounded very different from each other.

 

I quite like that Pink isn’t a big streaming star. People would clearly rather own her music.