This is the Spotify chart and general streaming thread for November 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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Huge Halloween effect on Spotify with Ariana falling back big time.

 

Positions still #1 but less than 100k clear of Mood

Thriller #5

Ghostbusters #9

Mariah now up to #500ish on Apple

Positions still almost 500k so no need to downplay that - it is actually the third highest figure for the song.

Monster Mash at #27 & #36 - would be #4 combined!

Monster Mash at #27 & #36 - would be #4 combined!

A certified graveyard smash!

wow Positions already < 500K, shocking!

🎃 Halloween: Spotify 🎃

 

5. Michael Jackson - Thriller

9. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

27. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (also #36)

37. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

40. The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween

43. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

47. Rihanna - Disturbia

56. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

64. Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O'Brien - Time Warp

72. The Cranberries - Zombie

90. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

97. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

103. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

118. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

124. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You

126. Shakira - She Wolf

133. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

146. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

151. Ella Henderson - Ghost

152. Eminem & Rihanna - The Monster

153. M83 - Midnight City

155. Kesha - Cannibal

156. Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend

162. Britney Spears - Toxic

164. Radiohead - Creep

165. Little Mix - Black Magic

171. Imagine Dragons - Demons

172. The Specials - Ghost Town

181. Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)

185. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

186. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare on My Street

190. Lady Gaga - Monster

🎃 Halloween: Apple Music 🎃

 

9 Michael Jackson - Thriller

10 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

11 Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash

35 The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween

53 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

58 The Specials - Ghost Town

86 Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You

97 Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O'Brien - Time Warp

111 The Cranberries - Zombie (Remastered 2020)

112 The Prodigy - Breathe :cheeseblock:

116 Radiohead - Creep

120 Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (Remastered)

122 AC/DC - Highway to Hell

138 E. Power Biggs - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata :cheeseblock:

149 Alice Cooper - Poison (Live)

150 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

 

never realised 'Breathe' was ever considered a Halloween song :lol:

190. Lady Gaga - Monster

 

 

Queen of Halloween too!

never realised 'Breathe' was ever considered a Halloween song :lol:

I suppose if it were called "Insane" it'd be no less questionable in such a canon as "Creep" which also doesn't really fit at all outside of an out-of-context title :P

I suppose if it were called "Insane" it'd be no less questionable in such a canon as "Creep" which also doesn't really fit at all outside of an out-of-context title :P

not to mention 'Zombie' which has nothing to do with zombies, and a few others on that list.

 

(but what I meant was I'd never seen 'Breathe' in a list of "Halloween songs" before)

Its kylie month yaaay

That is huge for the Halloween songs - looks like 'Thriller' has never previously gone higher than #13 on Spotify.

 

I'd really love to see 'Monster Mash' making the top 40 though I still won't hold my breath x

 

Also... The Prodigy kings of Halloween :cheeseblock: (I've never considered that to be a Halloween song either but I can kind of see it x)

Seems like Lockdown has helped Halloween somewhat then. I wonder if we'll see a similar effect for Christmas...

 

... cue Buzzjack getting all excited about the prospect of Mariah going #1 again before the universe finds some way to stop it.

Seems like Lockdown has helped Halloween somewhat then. I wonder if we'll see a similar effect for Christmas...

 

... cue Buzzjack getting all excited about the prospect of Mariah going #1 again before the OCC finds some way to stop it.

 

Fixed it for you

What’s ‘Halloween’ about Disturbia, Ghost and Black Magic? Is it literally just the titles?

but it's not that people randomly goes and search for songs

Spotify makes a playlist and that's what people listen

and Im sure Breathe was on the Apple Halloween playlist

Mariah not climbing that quickly on Apple. Only #241 currently (does she usually do better on Spotify?)

Positions still almost 500k so no need to downplay that - it is actually the third highest figure for the song.

 

It seems to have had decent first day for the new release last week but soon fell to 400-500k and same following the album release. So it’s not downplaying it just stating the fluctuating nature of the track

Mariah not climbing that quickly on Apple. Only #241 currently (does she usually do better on Spotify?)

 

Good. Save the Christmas songs for December.