This is the Spotify chart thread for June 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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Spotify Daily Chart Update (30/05)

 

Top 40

 

01 01 Ed Sheeran – I Don't Care (with Justin Bieber) 590,116

02 03 Stormzy – Vossi Bop 513,690

03 02 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved 513,287

04 04 Billie Eilish – bad guy 484,076

05 05 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) 419,861 {#1 combined with 645,723 streams}

06 06 Meduza – Piece Of Your Heart (feat. Goodboys) 402,593

07 07 Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait 397,615

08 08 Avicii – SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc) 323,055

09 09 Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You 304,413

10 10 Ed Sheeran – Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) 286,863

 

11 11 Lewis Capaldi – Bruises

12 12 Dave – Location (feat. Burna Boy)

13 14 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa – All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)

14 13 Lewis Capaldi – Grace

15 15 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road

16 16 Ellie Goulding – Sixteen

17 17 Jonas Blue – What I Like About You (feat. Theresa Rex)

18 18 Marshmello – Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)

19 20 Russ splash x Tion Wayne – Keisha & Becky (Remix) (feat. Aitch, Swarmz, Sav'o & JAY1) {#13 combined}

20 22 Martin Garrix – Summer Days (feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy)

 

21 19 Taylor Swift – ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)

22 21 Tyler, The Creator – EARFQUAKE

23 27 Hardy Caprio & DigDat – Guten Tag

24 23 Young Thug – The London (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott)

25 26 Jonas Brothers – Sucker

26 25 NSG – OT Bop

27 24 Lewis Capaldi – One

28 28 Mabel – Don't Call Me Up

29 31 Steel Banglez – Fashion Week (feat. AJ Tracey & MoStack)

30 32 Kygo & Rita Ora – Carry On

 

31 30 Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

32 29 Khalid – Talk

33 35 NSG – Options (feat. Tion Wayne)

34 33 Lewis Capaldi – Forever

35 36 Dominic Fike – 3 Nights [*NEW PEAK*]

36 39 Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho

37 38 Digga D – No Diet

38 37 Billie Eilish – bury a friend

39 34 Tom Walker – Just You and I

40 41 Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man – Giant

 

Bubblin' Under

 

41 44 Lizzo – Truth Hurts [*NEW PEAK*]

46 49 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier

47 45 Da Beatfreakz – Motorola (feat. Swarmz, Deno & Dappy)

50 61 Jess Glynne & Jax Jones – One Touch

51 50 Ava Max – So Am I

52 57 James Arthur – Falling like the Stars [*NEW PEAK*]

54 56 Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (feat. Lykke Li) [*NEW PEAK*]

55 64 Skepta – Greaze Mode (feat. Nafe Smallz)

57 65 Sigala & Becky Hill – Wish You Well [*NEW PEAK*]

59 63 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove

63 59 Logic – Homicide (feat. Eminem)

66 67 Not3s – Wanting

67 66 Joyner Lucas – Isis (feat. Logic)

68 71 OneRepublic – Rescue Me

75 77 Polo G – Pop Out (feat. Lil TJay) [*NEW PEAK*]

79 82 Lizzo – Juice [*NEW PEAK*]

82 75 Halsey – Nightmare

84 87 Bazzi – Paradise

87 78 David Guetta – Stay (Don't Go Away) (feat. Raye)

95 105 Skepta – Bullet From A Gun

98 98 ZAYN & Zhavia Ward – A Whole New World (End Title)

 

111 99 Lil Dicky – Earth

114 123 slowthai – Inglorious (feat. Skepta)

117 115 Bugzy Malone – M.E.N II

123 108 Tyler, The Creator – I THINK

129 121 DJ Khaled – Just Us (feat. SZA)

130 126 FISHER – You Little Beauty

132 130 Avicii – Tough Love (feat. Agnes & Vargas & Lagola)

133 129 Sam Fender – Hypersonic Missiles

135 124 Kygo – Not Ok (feat. Chelsea Cutler)

138 155 YG – Go Loko (feat. Tyga & Jon Z) [*NEW PEAK*]

144 133 Bastille – Joy

145 127 Zara Larsson – Don't Worry Bout Me

148 149 DaBaby – Suge [*NEW PEAK*]

151 160 MoStack – Wild

162 162 YK Osiris – Worth It

163 157 Charli XCX – Blame It On Your Love (feat. Lizzo)

 

OUT 179 Kina – Get You The Moon (feat. Snøw)

Miley #30

Katy #31

Mark Ronson & Camila #32

 

High key really annoying that people like Skepta can fart out any old song and it can chart highly.

 

Good to see Mikey, Mark/Camila and Katy all making Top 40 debuts!

And Katy is top 30 with the 3 track rule on Skepta ;)

Listened to the whole miley ep and personally think the best track is THE MOST actually feel like mothers daughter is the weakest

Tiesto, Jonas & Rita at #84

 

The Chainsmokers & Bebe at #93

 

Craig David at #128

 

Chase & Status sneaking a song in with Weed & Rum at #192 ;)

Not forgetting Herve Pagez, Diplo and Charli XCX at #195! :lol:

Good debuts for Miley & Katy. Shame about Cheryl missing the top 200 even though it was kind of obvious she would.

 

She did get decent support last time for Love Made Me Do It so be interesting to see if she gets added to any decent playlists.

poor Cheryl

if only pop artists had it so easy to chart on spotify as urban artists :/

Listened to the whole miley ep and personally think the best track is THE MOST actually feel like mothers daughter is the weakest

Is this a joke? :blink: Cattitude is contender for one of the worst songs of the year!

High key really annoying that people like Skepta can fart out any old song and it can chart highly.

 

I appreciate that this is probably aimed at UK rap in general but Skepta is probably the worst example you could possibly give :lol: for how big a name he is in the genre he's actually had very little chart success. He's had a total of one top 10 hit ever - only because it was a carbon copy follow-up to Wiley's massive #1 - and only one top 20 hit as lead artist. Only 2 of his last 11 singles have even gone top 40, half of them missed the top 100 entirely.

 

poor Cheryl

if only pop artists had it so easy to chart on spotify as urban artists :/

 

DAE le evil urban

Are we really moaning about the talent that is Cheryl not doing as well as urban music?

yes :D

I wish Skepta was huge. "Wish You Were Here" is one of my favourite songs of the year and that did nothing. :lol: What Do You Mean? is pretty good too though, probably J Hus is driving its success more than he is though.

Cheryl never does well on streaming

I don't care about Cheryl not doing well, the song is flat. Okay maybe Skepta was a bad example bit just UK Hip Hop / Urban in general doing well on the back of absolutely zero promotion and hardly any quality or creativity going into the songs being big and just managing to get Top 10/20 hits like it isn't a thing is frustrating to see

I hope it's a phase and passes.

Are we really moaning about the talent that is Cheryl not doing as well as urban music?

 

 

Cheryl never does well on streaming

Well, to be honest, is a bit odd that a 35-year-old woman is still singing, dancing and acting like a teenage girl in her vids. :P

Edited June 1, 20196 yr by Jason

^tell that to Madonna :D

Shots fired.