This is the Spotify chart and general streaming thread for December 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]

 

Spotify thread archive

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2019: Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec

2018: Jan-Mar • Mar-May • May-Jun • Jun-Sep • Sep-Oct • Nov • Dec

2017: Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct-Dec

2016: Jan-Jun • Jun-Oct • Oct-Dec

2015: Jan-Oct • Oct-Dec

2014: Jun-Dec

Spotify Chart Update (30/11)

 

01 01 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You 🎄 393,118

02 02 Wham! – Last Christmas 🎄 373,915

03 11 Ariana Grande – Positions 325,751

04 03 Michael Bublé – It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 🎄 279,450

05 05 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me 🎄 277,428

06 04 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 🎄 271,800

07 16 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. Iann Dior) 253,080

08 17 Internet Money – Lemonade (feat. Gunna, Don Toliver & Nav) 246,500

09 20 Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am 240,471

10 25 Ariana Grande – 34+35 237,043

 

11 06 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree 🎄

12 22 Pop Smoke – What You Know Bout Love

13 10 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 🎄

14 07 Andy Williams – It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 🎄

15 08 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock 🎄

16 09 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? 🎄

17 30 CJ – Whoopty

18 33 Miley Cyrus – Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)

19 29 Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)

20 31 Little Mix – Sweet Melody

 

21 34 Wes Nelson – See Nobody (feat. Hardy Caprio)

22 32 Tate McRae – You Broke Me First

23 36 Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby)

24 13 Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas 🎄

25 12 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride 🎄

26 14 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 🎄

27 37 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

28 38 Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky

29 43 Meduza – Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy)

30 19 Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄

 

31 15 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas 🎄

32 41 KSI – Really Love (feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals)

33 21 Elton John – Step Into Christmas 🎄

34 44 Headie One – Ain't It Different (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)

35 18 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime 🎄

36 49 Shawn Mendes – Monster (with Justin Bieber)

37 23 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe 🎄

38 39 Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)

39 42 Ariana Grande – POV

40 48 Paul Woolford & Diplo – Looking For Me (feat. Kareen Lomax)

 

45 53 Lil Nas X – Holiday [*NEW PEAK*]

47 51 James Arthur – Train Wreck

50 61 Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco – Lonely

52 74 Central Cee – Loading [*NEW PEAK*]

55 73 A92 x Fumez The Engineer – Plugged In Freestyle

56 67 BTS – Dynamite

62 72 Harry Styles – Golden

63 80 The Kid Laroi – So Done

66 85 Shawn Mendes – Wonder

82 107 Jax Jones – I Miss U (feat. Au/Ra)

87 116 Shane Codd – Get Out My Head

88 115 Megan Thee Stallion – Body [*NEW PEAK*]

92 109 Miley Cyrus – Angels Like You

 

105 139 Glass Animals – Heat Waves

106 127 Polo G – Martin & Gina

119 172 AJ Tracey – Graveyard Shift (feat. Slowthai)

121 153 Studio Killers – Jenny [*NEW PEAK*]

124 165 Nathan Dawe x Little Mix – No Time For Tears

125 177 Loski – Flavour (with Stormzy)

135 173 BTS – Life Goes On

164 RE Tiësto – The Business

182 199 Ricky Montgomery – Line Without a Hook

188 RE Corpse – E-Girls Are Ruining My Life! (feat. Savage Ga$p)

193 RE 220 Kid – Too Many Nights (with JC Stewart)

197 RE Lil Tjay – Move On

 

+++ 🎄 Christmas 🎄+++

 

01 01 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You

02 02 Wham! – Last Christmas

04 03 Michael Bublé – It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

05 05 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me

06 04 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

11 06 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree

13 10 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

14 07 Andy Williams – It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

15 08 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock

16 09 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas?

24 13 Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas

25 12 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride

26 14 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

30 19 Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone

31 15 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas

33 21 Elton John – Step Into Christmas

35 18 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime

37 23 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe

 

43 26 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

46 28 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep

48 24 Frank Sinatra with The B. Swanson Quartet – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

49 27 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad

50 35 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

77 47 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody

81 40 Brett Elderedge – Baby, It's Cold Outside (feat. Meghan Trainor)

98 52 Coldplay – Christmas Lights

 

108 55 Bing Crosby – White Christmas

113 56 Pretenders – 2000 Miles

116 57 Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby

120 62 Mud – Lonely This Christmas

126 59 The Jackson 5 – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

131 68 Idina Menzel – Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Michael Bublé)

150 82 Jona Lewie – Stop the Cavalry

166 76 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

167 79 Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

172 89 Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and Wine

178 90 Sam Smith – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

 

xx 92 Michael Bublé – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

xx 94 Dolly Parton – Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas (feat. Michael Bublé)

xx 103 Liam Payne – Naughty List (feat. Dixie D'Amelio)

xx 105 Boney M. – Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

xx 111 Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

xx 112 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra – It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

xx 123 Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run

xx 124 The Jackson 5 – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

xx 128 Sia – Santa's Coming For Us

xx 132 Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas

xx 137 Ava Max – Christmas Without You

xx 143 Britney Spears – My Only Wish (This Year)

xx 144 Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means To Me

xx 147 Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY

xx 151 Michael Bublé – Jingle Bells (feat. The Puppini Sisters)

xx 155 Michael Bublé – Cold December Night

xx 168 Queen – Thank God It's Christmas

xx 170 Michael Bublé – I'll Be Home For Christmas

xx 178 Michael Bublé – White Christmas (feat. Shania Twain)

xx 182 Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas

xx 189 Tony Bennett – Winter Wonderland

xx 192 Daryl Hall & John Oates – Jingle Bell Rock

xx 200 Meghan Trainor – My Kind Of Present

In general on Apple Music, Xmas songs are doing a lot better than yesterday but most of them are lower than they were on Sunday, idk if that’ll be similar in terms of Spotify positions and numbers

SCR Xmas releases on Spotify currently

 

45 Lil Nas Holiday (is this a Xmas release??)

 

Outside the top 200

 

Dolly Parton x Michael Buble Cuddle Up Cosy Down Christmas

Liam Payne Naughty List (Ft Dixie D’Ameilo)

Ava Max Christmas Without You

Meghan Trainor My Kind Of Present

 

 

does anyone have the UK wrapped playlists on spotify for 2020 yet?

Yeah. I googled Spotify wrapped, clicked the first result and it took me to a page on the app with the thing

If you type 2020 wrapped on the app it should be the first thing that comes up.

SCR Xmas releases on Spotify currently

 

45 Lil Nas Holiday (is this a Xmas release??)

it’s got a xmas themed music video but the song doesn’t have any explicit christmas references.

 

I’ve not been including it in my xmas songs update as it seems to not be on xmas playlists.

Wierd number 2 on amazon

 

2 Aerosmith dream on

Hmmm that’s not showing up for me?

The Mince Pie Song is back ahead of Jess and Justin on Amazon now though

Imagine Mariah ending up at number 3 on the Official Chart while Bieber battles for number one with Santa Mince Pie

Santa and Jess to get a tied #1 on fake streams pls.

it’s got a xmas themed music video but the song doesn’t have any explicit christmas references.

 

I’ve not been including it in my xmas songs update as it seems to not be on xmas playlists.

 

Fair enough, probably peak in January now as well!

is Mariah still #1 on Amazon? or is it that Santa Pie thing?

Still Mariah, Santa Mince Pie is at #10

I’m surprised Amazon allow a non Amazon exclusive to be number one there

No Spotify update yet. I reckon Mariah has broken it with massive streaming numbers

95 Santa mince pie

The OCC currently bribing Spotify to delete Mariah's streams :o

Did Spotify Wrapped playlists have any kind of effect on hits from earlier in the year last year? They're a huge talking point all over social media today and the cut-off point was November so a disadvantage to Christmas songs. *probably just results in 'Blinding Lights' climbing a bit again* :lol:

 

I'm not sure if a substantial amount of people actually listen through their playlist though or just post the stats to social media. I listened to some of mine at least :P