This is the Spotify chart thread for April 2020, 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 the #1 still can be decided by who has better paid-for sales. Spotify counts for a good chunk of streaming sales (although it appears to be losing some market share as Apple Music and Amazon Music gain in popularity), 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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Little Mix down to #35 :(

Spotify Chart Update (31/03)

 

01 01 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights 517,100

02 02 Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix) 457,848

03 03 Dua Lipa – Physical 329,208

04 04 Dua Lipa – Don't Start Now 321,130

05 05 Roddy Ricch – The Box 309,530

06 06 Lil Mosey – Blueberry Faygo 288,122

07 07 Dua Lipa – Break My Heart 270,088

08 08 Doja Cat – Say So 254,565

09 09 Powfu – Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) (feat. Beabadoobee) 234,880

10 10 Justin Bieber – Intentions (feat. Quavo) 227,515

 

11 11 Tones and I – Dance Monkey

12 12 Joel Corry – Lonely

13 14 Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go

14 13 PartyNextDoor – Believe It (feat. Rihanna)

15 16 Mabel – Boyfriend

16 15 Aitch & AJ Tracey – Rain (feat. Tay Keith)

17 17 Harry Styles – Adore You

18 19 Stormzy – Own It (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy)

19 18 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

20 20 Benee – Supalonely (feat. Gus Dapperton)

 

21 22 Eminem – Godzilla (feat. Juice WRLD)

22 24 Halsey – You Should Be Sad

23 25 Megan Thee Stallion – Savage [*NEW PEAK*]

24 21 Skepta, Chip & Young Adz – Waze

25 23 The Weeknd – In Your Eyes

26 27 Surfaces – Sunday Best

27 26 Arizona Zervas – Roxanne

28 28 Future – Life Is Good (feat. Drake)

29 31 Becky Hill – Better Off Without You (feat. Shift K3Y)

30 29 24kGoldn – City of Angels

 

31 34 Harry Styles – Falling

32 32 Trevor Daniel – Falling

33 35 Doja Cat – Boss Bitch [*NEW PEAK*]

34 33 Billie Eilish – No Time To Die

35 30 Little Mix – Break Up Song

36 40 Nathan Dawe – Flowers (feat. Jaykae)

37 37 Post Malone – Circles

38 38 Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted

39 41 Lewis Capaldi – Bruises

40 43 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy

 

42 39 Lady Gaga – Stupid Love

43 42 The Weeknd – After Hours

44 47 Khalid & Disclosure – Know Your Worth

46 52 Jonas Brothers – What A Man Gotta Do

48 51 Tory Lanez – The Take (feat. Chris Brown)

49 44 Skepta, Chip & Young Adz – Mains

51 53 Niall Horan – No Judgement

52 56 Kygo – Like It Is (feat. Zara Larsson & Tyga) [*NEW PEAK*]

53 66 KSI – Poppin (feat. Lil Pump & Smokepurpp)

56 55 DripReport – Skechers

58 59 JP Saxe – If The World Was Ending (feat. Julia Michaels) [*NEW PEAK*]

63 69 Anne-Marie – Birthday

66 65 Roddy Ricch – High Fashion (feat. Mustard)

67 74 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa – Tequila (feat. Raye)

70 72 Sam Smith – To Die For

73 81 Sam Fischer – This City [*NEW PEAK*]

80 92 Jack Harlow – Whats Poppin [*NEW PEAK*]

81 80 Nav & Gunna – Turks (feat. Travis Scott)

82 77 Ashe – Moral of the Story

84 86 Da Beatfreakz – Self-Obsessed (feat. Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe & Deno)

86 90 Doja Cat – Like That (feat. Gucci Mane)

94 95 Mastermind – War (feat. Bandokay)

99 108 NLE Choppa – Walk Em Down (feat. Roddy Ricch) [*NEW PEAK*]

 

101 79 Skepta, Chip & Young Adz – Golden Brown

102 109 Robbie Doherty & Keees. – Pour the Milk

109 111 ill Blu & OFB – Magic

122 125 Fredo – Scorpion

123 123 YNW Melly – Suicidal (feat. Juice WRLD)

124 134 220 Kid & Gracey – Don't Need Love [*NEW PEAK*]

136 155 Tinie Tempah – Top Winners (feat. Not3s)

147 156 Octavian – Papi Chulo (feat. Skepta)

149 160 Demi Lovato – I Love Me

158 173 Hosh & 1979 – Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (feat. Jalja) [*NEW PEAK*]

164 167 Lil Yachty & DaBaby – Oprah's Bank Account (feat. Drake)

166 194 S1mba – Rover (feat. DTG) [*NEW PEAK*]

172 188 Madison Beer – Selfish [*NEW PEAK*]

173 190 SZA & Justin Timberlake – The Other Side

176 187 Lotto Boyzz – +44 (feat. Dappy)

 

xx 182 5 Seconds of Summer – Wildflower

xx 198 Conan Gray – Maniac

Little Mix still falling despite having the song on Hot Hits twice (and it getting moved up the past few days). We absolutely hate to see it. I thought this was gonna be a big hit too . Maybe since Capital and Radio 1 are playing it now it's got a chance?

Edited April 1, 20205 yr by Zak

I think it really needs to be higher on Hot Hits for it to rebound. It's only song #24 at the moment, once it gets in the first 10 we should start to see it make gains. It's the type of song that will very much depend on its HH support too.

just realised Hosh & 1979 – Midnight (The Hanging Tree) is another dance cover

the Hunger Games song that Jennifer Lawrence did...

It's one of the worst ones yet. Not here for it coming to probably be a bigger hit than the original yet again lol ~

Interesting that the top 3 is identical at Spotify and Apple Music

 

Some interesting positions at Apple:

5 PartyNextDoor & Rihanna

6 Blueberry Faygo

18 Little Mix (but dropping, was #14 yesterday)

20 Meghan the Stallion - Savage

21 Khalid/Disclosure (was top 20 yesterday)

22 Sam Fischer - This city

34 JP Saxe & Julia Michaels

 

 

Strange to see Madison Beer in the Top 200, she's not even on any playlists as far as I'm aware??

^it's on Pop Rising, the playlist has nearly 2 million followers so could have some impact

The song has 72k Tik Tok's as well, I'm not sure if that's good or not? :lol:

Little Mix down to #35 :(

 

it's a mediocre song at best anyway..

I don't like LM at all and their last 4/5 singles were all a 0/10 for me,

but the new one is good, and that comes from a non-fan, sure a return to form

it's a mediocre song at best anyway..

Strong and brave choice of words coming from a Westlife stan...

 

Break Up Song is doing fine rn. It could do with being moved up on Hot Hits, but it's performance on Apple Music is exceeding my expectations rn. They must have some really strong playlisting over there!

 

Now that Capital are spamming it and Radio 1 playlisting on Friday (only C - usually once a song moves up to B that's when movements and effects start becoming more noticeable iirc) I think it's going to hold pretty well.

from the comments on the YT video, looks like the Madison Beer song is charting cos of TikTok

I think Break Up Song will do well in the long run and peak later on. The song may spend a few weeks in the top 20 after it’s top ten debut then once airplay and streaming support gets better (specifically from Spotify) it should help the song repeak. That type of chart run for Little Mix would be a return to form for them after a string of under performances.

I'm fairly certain this will be 'Break Up Song's peak week, but I think it'll have a much better chart run than 'Bounce Back'. I can see it getting a few top 20 weeks.

Kygo/Zara/Tyga now top 50, Break-Up Song down a little again to #36

Yasss at Zara / kygo / Tyga

58. Anne-Marie - Birthday

 

Finally!