This is the Spotify chart thread for September 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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2014: Jun-Dec

Spotify Chart Update (01/09)

 

1 1 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Señorita 338,850

2 2 Dominic Fike – 3 Nights 328,180

3 3 Aitch – Taste (Make It Shake) 320,812

4 4 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove 315,243

5 9 Lil Tecca – Ransom 282,349 [*NEW PEAK*]

6 5 Ed Sheeran – Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) 281,356

7 8 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) 264,286

8 6 Joel Corry – Sorry 262,563

9 7 Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love 262,238

10 11 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved 255,596

 

11 10 Young T & Bugsey – Strike a Pose (feat. Aitch)

12 12 Post Malone – Circles

13 13 Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep?

14 14 MIST – So High (feat. Fredo)

15 16 Post Malone – Goodbyes (feat. Young Thug)

16 15 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – I Don't Care

17 17 Dave – Location (feat. Burna Boy)

18 18 Ariana Grande & Social House – boyfriend

19 19 Mabel – Mad Love

20 20 Lizzo – Good as Hell

 

21 21 Headie One – Both

22 25 Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait

23 23 Billie Eilish – bad guy

24 22 Sigala & Becky Hill – Wish You Well

25 24 Sam Feldt – Post Malone (feat. RANI)

26 26 Stormzy – Vossi Bop

27 27 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch)

28 28 Jorja Smith – Be Honest (feat. Burna Boy)

29 30 Freya Ridings – Castles

30 29 Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – Harder

 

31 31 Chris Brown – No Guidance (feat. Drake)

32 35 Taylor Swift – Lover

33 33 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)

34 32 MEDUZA – Piece Of Your Heart (feat. Goodboys)

35 36 Lauv & Anne-Marie – f***, i'm lonely (from "13 Reasons Why: Season 3") [*NEW PEAK*]

36 34 Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered

37 38 Tones and I – Dance Monkey [*NEW PEAK*]

38 37 Lizzo – Truth Hurts

39 42 Y2K & bbno$ – Lalala

40 39 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

 

41 40 Drake – Money In The Grave (feat. Rick Ross)

42 43 Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down

43 41 Normani – Motivation

46 44 Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – Ritual

51 51 Regard – Ride It

54 53 Lana Del Rey – Norman f***ing Rockwell

59 64 Lana Del Rey – Doin' Time

60 56 Becky Hill & Weiss – I Could Get Used To This

64 74 Ali Gatie – It's You

66 65 Miley Cyrus – Slide Away

77 68 Wiley – My One (feat. Tory Lanez, Kranium & Dappy)

78 79 Lana Del Rey – f*** it I love you

88 87 5 Seconds of Summer – Teeth

92 62 Solardo & Eli Brown – XTC

94 85 The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM & Lennon Stella – Takeaway

96 107 Lil Tecca – Love Me [*NEW PEAK*]

99 92 Megan Thee Stallion – Hot Girl Summer (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

 

102 99 Deno – Change (feat. DigDat)

105 115 Lil Tecca – Did It Again [*NEW PEAK*]

109 101 Swae Lee – Won't Be Late (feat. Drake)

136 127 Mahalia – Simmer (feat. Burna Boy)

144 112 RAYE – Love Me Again

159 138 Katy Perry – Small Talk

163 159 Khalid – Right Back (feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie)

182 176 DJ Snake – Loco Contigo (feat. J Balvin & Tyga)

183 RE Lil Tjay - F.N [*NEW PEAK*]

184 167 Blossoms – Your Girlfriend

192 164 Koffee – Toast

196 178 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (Sir Spyro Remix) (feat. Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch)

197 RE BROCKHAMPTON - NO HALO

 

OUT 163 Jax Jones & Tove Lo – Jacques

OUT 183 A$AP Rocky – Babushka Boi

OUT 196 benny blanco & Juice WRLD – Graduation

'NO HALO' returning :cheer: the longevity is real x

 

Glad that 'Circles' hasn't dropped again today, hope it can rise into the top 10.

Lana on hot hits

Lana holding up very well, still 11 album tracks in, some even climbing, and that with very little support on Spotify

If you don't combine versions, I think for the first time ever, Australia's #1 is on higher streams than the UK's.

Aitch #1!!! :cheer:

Aitch #1!!! :cheer:

Oh joy...

Hooray for someone other than Ed finally overtaking 'Señorita', after Dominic and AJ both came close but kept stalling at #2 (both still within a few thousand of Shawn today). Aitch coming to sorta kinda replace himself at #1 next week? Will need a pretty big boost from the EP release as Ed still has a fairly substantial lead but it could happen ~ 'Strike A Pose' is back up to #10 as well.

Spotify Chart Update (02/09)

 

1 3 Aitch – Taste (Make It Shake) 368,515

2 1 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Señorita 358,431

3 2 Dominic Fike – 3 Nights 355,967

4 4 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove 352,829

5 5 Lil Tecca – Ransom 304,857

6 6 Ed Sheeran – Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) 303,936

7 7 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) 295,985

8 8 Joel Corry – Sorry 289,715

9 9 Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love 284,930

10 11 Young T & Bugsey – Strike a Pose (feat. Aitch) 279,004

 

11 10 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

12 13 Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep?

13 12 Post Malone – Circles

14 14 MIST – So High (feat. Fredo)

15 15 Post Malone – Goodbyes (feat. Young Thug)

16 17 Dave – Location (feat. Burna Boy)

17 16 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – I Don't Care

18 21 Headie One – Both

19 18 Ariana Grande & Social House – boyfriend

20 20 Lizzo – Good as Hell

 

21 19 Mabel – Mad Love

22 22 Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait

23 25 Sam Feldt – Post Malone (feat. RANI) [*NEW PEAK*]

24 28 Jorja Smith – Be Honest (feat. Burna Boy)

25 27 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch) [*NEW PEAK*]

26 23 Billie Eilish – bad guy

27 26 Stormzy – Vossi Bop

28 24 Sigala & Becky Hill – Wish You Well

29 30 Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – Harder

30 36 Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered [*NEW PEAK*]

 

31 35 Lauv & Anne-Marie – f***, i'm lonely (from "13 Reasons Why: Season 3") [*NEW PEAK*]

32 31 Chris Brown – No Guidance (feat. Drake)

33 29 Freya Ridings – Castles

34 32 Taylor Swift – Lover

35 37 Tones and I – Dance Monkey [*NEW PEAK*]

36 34 MEDUZA – Piece Of Your Heart (feat. Goodboys)

37 38 Lizzo – Truth Hurts

38 33 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)

39 43 Normani – Motivation [*NEW PEAK*]

40 39 Y2K & bbno$ – Lalala

 

41 41 Drake – Money In The Grave (feat. Rick Ross)

42 40 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

44 42 Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down

45 46 Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – Ritual

51 51 Regard – Ride It

52 54 Lana Del Rey – Norman f***ing Rockwell

57 60 Becky Hill & Weiss – I Could Get Used To This

58 59 Lana Del Rey – Doin' Time

59 66 Miley Cyrus – Slide Away

65 77 Wiley – My One (feat. Tory Lanez, Kranium & Dappy)

69 64 Ali Gatie – It's You

80 78 Lana Del Rey – f*** it I love you

83 92 Solardo & Eli Brown – XTC

84 88 5 Seconds of Summer – Teeth

85 94 The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM & Lennon Stella – Takeaway

86 99 Megan Thee Stallion – Hot Girl Summer (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

87 102 Deno – Change (feat. DigDat) [*NEW PEAK*]

98 109 Swae Lee – Won't Be Late (feat. Drake)

 

102 96 Lil Tecca – Love Me

114 105 Lil Tecca – Did It Again

118 136 Mahalia – Simmer (feat. Burna Boy)

138 163 Khalid – Right Back (feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie)

148 159 Katy Perry – Small Talk

160 184 Blossoms – Your Girlfriend

168 RE A$AP Rocky – Babushka Boi

170 182 DJ Snake – Loco Contigo (feat. J Balvin & Tyga)

171 144 RAYE – Love Me Again

173 183 Lil Tjay - F.N [*NEW PEAK*]

178 196 Ed Sheeran – Take Me Back To London (Sir Spyro Remix) (feat. Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch)

180 RE Sam Fender - Will We Talk?

182 RE Jax Jones & Tove Lo – Jacques

185 197 BROCKHAMPTON - NO HALO

186 192 Koffee – Toast

Wheres Ed combined?

Can u please include it in the update?

You go to all the effort of making the update but you

omit the most important bit

Ed is #1 combined by quite a way with 526,196

oh miles away then

Shocker that a song which was already way ahead remains way ahead when both of its remixes have climbed today... :P

Wheres Ed combined?

Can u please include it in the update?

You go to all the effort of making the update but you

omit the most important bit

It's not so difficult to add it up using this link... https://spotifycharts.com/regional/gb/daily/latest

I know but I'm travelling and without a computer, so not easy on the phone

but was just an observation, not a criticism, DanG always includes it

but was just an observation, not a criticism, DanG always includes it

 

The tone of your post was well aggy

It's not so difficult to add it up using this link... https://spotifycharts.com/regional/gb/daily/latest

 

That would constitute not being spoon fed :P (jk)