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This is the Spotify chart and general streaming thread for October 2020, the go-to topic for the discussion of Spotify playlists and charts alongside discussion of other streaming services' charts such as Apple & Amazon!

 

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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I thought the biggest boost for that song was usually on September 1st, but I didn't see anyone post anything about the song then.

As it is the song isn't top 1500 on AM, but has had an iTunes boost up to #178, up 161 places since yesterday going off Kworb.

Heart of Glass new at #25!

 

#3 Lemonade

#7 What you know bout love

#12 You broke me first

#15 Miley

#25 NEW Heart of Glass

#37 Put your records on

 

#53 Daisy

 

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I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but Midnight Sky still feels lowish on HHUK given how well it's doing? 16th is good, but I would expect it to have been put in the top 5 by now, or at very least the top 10.

exactly, but guess we cannot complain cos it was much lower on HH all these past weeks

but as usual HH is totally detached from reality

 

is Heart of Glass a Spotify exclusive? cos it's not top 1500 on Apple

looks like Diplo is coming for another hit with On My Mind

up to #80 an Apple, #120 on Spotify and even climbing on iTunes

I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but Midnight Sky still feels lowish on HHUK given how well it's doing? 16th is good, but I would expect it to have been put in the top 5 by now, or at very least the top 10.

 

No doubt some unheard of GRM song is higher

No doubt some unheard of GRM song is higher

It has to be pretty heard if it's high on a list of most listened songs. :basil:

 

Wait nm you meant a playlist.

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Heart Of Glass managing to debut at #25 with 157,000 and being on no new playlists is incredible! It probably would have went top 40 had it been released on Friday with NMF!

 

Delighted Midnight Sky has managed a new peak of #15 on Spotify, surely HHUK will finally move this top 10 now. Graham Norton could help it battle for top five next week hopefully!

GRM Daily is like a platform to promote UK rap (I think)
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Spotify Chart Update (30/09)

 

:right: 01 01 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. Iann Dior) 480,373

:right: 02 02 Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) 377,093

:up: 03 04 Internet Money – Lemonade (feat. Gunna, Don Toliver & Nav) 351,330 [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 04 03 Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) 339,696

:right: 05 05 Headie One – Ain't It Different (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy) 322,669

:right: 06 06 Paul Woolford & Diplo – Looking For Me (feat. Kareen Lomax) 270,030

:up: 07 08 Pop Smoke – What You Know Bout Love 264,035 [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 08 07 Pop Smoke – Mood Swings (feat. Lil Tjay) 253,624

:up: 09 10 Pop Smoke – For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby) 244,384

:down: 10 09 Drake – Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk) 242,432

 

:right: 11 11 Nathan Dawe – Lighter (feat. KSI)

:up: 12 15 Tate McRae – You Broke Me First [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 13 12 DJ Khaled – Greece (feat. Drake)

:down: 14 13 Justin Bieber – Holy (feat. Chance The Rapper)

:up: 15 20 Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 16 14 DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch)

:down: 17 16 Jason Derulo – Take You Dancing

:right: 18 18 Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar

:down: 19 17 AJ Tracey & Mabel – West Ten

:down: 20 19 Chris Brown & Young Thug – Go Crazy

 

:right: 21 21 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

:right: 22 22 Dermot Kennedy – Giants

:right: 23 23 Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)

:right: 24 24 Clean Bandit & Mabel – Tick Tock (feat. 24kGoldn)

:ne: 25 NE Miley Cyrus – Heart of Glass (Live from the iHeart Music Festival) [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 26 25 Topic – Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

:down: 27 26 Da Beatfreakz – 808 (feat. Dutchavelli, DigDat & B Young)

:up: 28 29 Conan Gray – Heather

:down: 29 28 Sigala & James Arthur – Lasting Lover

:down: 30 27 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me

 

:right: 31 31 Juice WRLD – Wishing Well

:down: 32 30 BTS – Dynamite

:down: 33 32 Pop Smoke – The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch)

:up: 34 35 Tion Wayne – I Dunno (feat. Dutchavelli & Stormzy)

:down: 35 34 AJ Tracey – Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack)

:down: 36 33 Becky Hill & Sigala – Heaven On My Mind

:up: 37 41 Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 38 36 DJ Khaled – Popstar (feat. Drake)

:down: 39 37 Juice WRLD & Marshmello – Come & Go

:down: 40 39 S1mba – Rover (feat. DTG)

 

:down: 42 40 Sam Smith – Diamonds

:right: 43 43 Machine Gun Kelly & Blackbear – My Ex's Best Friend

:down: 44 38 Travis Scott – Franchise (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)

:down: 49 47 S1mba – Loose (feat. KSI)

:up: 53 56 Ashnikko – Daisy [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 62 58 Machine Gun Kelly – Forget Me Too (feat. Halsey)

:down: 68 66 Nines – Airplane Mode (feat. NSG)

:right: 69 69 Juice WRLD & The Weeknd – Smile

:down: 71 68 M Huncho & Nafe Smallz – 5AM

:down: 74 67 MoStack – Miss Me (feat. AJ Tracey)

:up: 78 82 Banners – Someone To You

:down: 79 72 Dua Lipa – Hallucinate

:down: 80 74 Saweetie – Tap In

:down: 81 79 Rudimental – Come Over (feat. Anne-Marie & Tion Wayne)

:down: 85 81 Polo G – Epidemic

:right: 87 87 Wes Nelson – See Nobody (feat. Hardy Caprio)

:right: 89 89 Labrinth – Still Don’t Know My Name

:right: 92 92 Polo G – Martin & Gina

:down: 93 88 Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine

 

:down: 110 103 Calvin Harris & The Weeknd – Over Now

:down: 117 109 Vedo – You Got It

:up: 120 164 Diplo & Sidepiece – On My Mind [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 122 117 WhoHeem – Lets Link

:down: 137 126 Zayn – Better

:down: 141 132 Royal Blood – Trouble's Coming

:down: 145 140 Salem Ilese – Mad at Disney

:up: 150 151 Polo G – 21

:down: 157 143 Joji – Gimme Love

:up: 162 166 Lil Peep – Star Shopping

:down: 170 168 Marshmello & Demi Lovato – OK Not To Be OK

:down: 174 154 Joji – Your Man

:up: 188 192 Flora Cash – You're Somebody Else

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Apple Music Top 200 Chart Update (30/09-01/10)

 

:right: 01 01 24kGoldn - Mood (feat. iann dior)

:right: 02 02 Joel Corry - Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)

:right: 03 03 Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)

:right: 04 04 Headie One - Ain't It Different (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)

:right: 05 05 Internet Money & Gunna - Lemonade (feat. Don Toliver & NAV)

:right: 06 06 Justin Bieber - Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper)

:right: 07 07 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me

:right: 08 08 DJ Khaled - GREECE (feat. Drake)

:right: 09 09 Pop Smoke - Mood Swings (feat. Lil Tjay)

:right: 10 10 Clean Bandit & Mabel - Tick Tock (feat. 24kGoldn)

 

:up: 11 16 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love

:right: 12 12 Nathan Dawe - Lighter (feat. KSI)

:down: 13 11 Dermot Kennedy - Giants

:right: 14 14 Tate McRae - you broke me first

:down: 15 13 Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk)

:down: 16 15 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

:right: 17 17 Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing

:up: 18 21 Pop Smoke - For the Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)

:right: 19 19 Sigala & James Arthur - Lasting Lover

:down: 20 18 AJ Tracey & Mabel - West Ten

 

:down: 21 20 Rudimental - Come Over (feat. Anne-Marie & Tion Wayne)

:right: 22 22 Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy

:up: 23 24 Pop Smoke - The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch)

:down: 24 23 Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)

:up: 25 26 Da Beatfreakz - 808 (feat. Dutchavelli, DigDat & B Young)

:down: 26 25 220 KID & JC Stewart - Too Many Nights

:up: 27 50 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

:right: 28 28 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

:right: 29 29 DaBaby - ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch)

:up: 30 32 Sam Smith - Diamonds

 

:down: 31 30 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me

:down: 32 27 Little Mix - Holiday

:down: 33 31 Topic & A7S - Breaking Me

:down: 34 33 PS1 - Fake Friends (feat. Alex Hosking)

:down: 35 34 Nines - Airplane Mode (feat. NSG)

:down: 36 35 M Huncho & Nafe Smallz - 5AM

:down: 37 36 MoStack - Miss Me (feat. AJ Tracey)

:right: 38 38 DJ Khaled - POPSTAR (feat. Drake)

:right: 39 39 Becky Hill & Sigala - Heaven On My Mind

:up: 40 43 Tones And I - Dance Monkey

 

:down: 41 37 Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear - my ex's best friend

:down: 43 42 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate

:up: 47 51 Wes Nelson & Hardy Caprio - See Nobody

:down: 50 45 Travis Scott - FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)

:down: 51 48 Calvin Harris, The Weeknd - Over Now

:down: 54 53 Conan Gray - Heather

:up: 55 56 Dutchavelli - Bando Diaries

:up: 58 78 BTS - Dynamite

:down: 59 58 Ashnikko - Daisy

:right: 66 66 Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It

:right: 69 69 Royal Blood - Trouble’s Coming

:down: 73 70 Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On

:down: 80 75 WhoHeem - Lets Link

:right: 83 83 VEDO - You Got It

:up: 87 114 Diplo & SIDEPIECE - On My Mind

:down: 89 86 M1llionz - Lagga

:up: 91 92 Polo G - Epidemic

:down: 93 89 twocolors - Lovefool

:down: 97 76 Machine Gun Kelly & Halsey - forget me too

:down: 100 99 Topic & A7S - Why Do You Lie to Me (feat. Lil Baby)

 

:down: 102 97 Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now

:down: 111 103 David Guetta & Sia - Let's Love

:down: 113 105 GRACEY & Alexander 23 - Like That

:down: 115 102 Marshmello & Demi Lovato - OK Not to Be OK

:up: 116 125 Punctual - I Don't Wanna Know

:down: 119 116 Polo G - Martin & Gina

:down: 122 118 POUNDZ - Tik Tok

:down: 123 106 Snakehips & Jess Glynne - Lie for You (feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie & Davido)

:down: 128 127 London Grammar - Baby It's You

:up: 152 168 Keith Urban & P!nk - One Too Many

:down: 155 149 Swarmz, Krept & Konan & Bandokay - How Do You Want It

:up: 158 165 Morrisson - Brothers (feat. Jordan)

:down: 163 119 Machine Gun Kelly - bloody valentine

:down: 164 156 BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez - Ice Cream

:down: 176 143 Tory Lanez - Money Over Fallouts

:down: 182 176 Pa Salieu - My Family (feat. BackRoad Gee)

:down: 199 162 Tory Lanez - Friends Become Strangers

curious to see how the new version of Levitating with DaBaby does next week and if Spotify is gonna support it etc

'Mood Swings' no longer the highest Pop Smoke song on Spotify :wave:

 

Miley debuting higher with a random live cover version than she did with her actual single...?!

 

Also here for 'On My Mind' belatedly becoming a hit ~

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