Happy new year! This is the streaming services thread for January 2021, the go-to topic for the discussion of playlists and charts from services such as Spotify, 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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The Weeknd back to #1 with 351k, could he get reset?

COME ON LITTLE MIXXXXXXXXXX up to 11 :wub:

23. (+27) Rain On Me

 

:cheeseblock:

23. (+27) Rain On Me

 

:cheeseblock:

 

 

OH MY GOD :cheeseblock:

The Weeknd back to #1 with 351k, could he get reset?

 

I'm thinking 'Blinding Lights', 'Wap' and 'Head and Heart' could be coming for a reset next week! Hopefully 'Midnight Sky too' as that's increased 50% on streams in comparison to last week too :D

Hopefully the NYE effect will wear off tomorrow for BL

The only this with songs getting resets is today’s steams will only be estimated and it was the biggest day for almost every song

^ yes, thats the problem, moreover the figures are not great, just 350K for the Weeknd

Levitating new peak of #9! Omg such a massive increase!

 

 

The best song ever made did that :cheeseblock:

looking at the data one year ago, streams were much higher,

wonder if Amazon and Alexa have stolen Spotify users this Xmas...

looking at the data one year ago, streams were much higher,

wonder if Amazon and Alexa have stolen Spotify users this Xmas...

They must have returned them for the 25th

I Gotta Feeling at #33 :drama:

Spotify Chart Update (31/12)

 

01 09 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights 351,830

02 06 Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) 317,916

03 01 Ariana Grande – Positions 317,190

04 02 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. Iann Dior) 305,200

05 03 CJ – Whoopty 240,017

06 05 Pop Smoke – What You Know Bout Love 239,798

07 04 Internet Money – Lemonade (feat. Gunna, Don Toliver & Nav) 239,609

08 19 Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) 229,475

09 14 Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 225,142 [*NEW PEAK*]

10 07 Ariana Grande – 34+35 217,407

 

11 12 Little Mix – Sweet Melody

12 13 Meduza – Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) [*NEW PEAK*]

13 25 Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar

14 51 Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix)

15 10 Ed Sheeran – Afterglow

16 08 The Kid Laroi – Without You

17 46 The Killers – Mr. Brightside [*NEW PEAK*]

18 24 Paul Woolford & Diplo – Looking For Me (feat. Kareen Lomax)

19 148 Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) [*NEW PEAK*]

20 16 Miley Cyrus – Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)

 

21 17 Wes Nelson – See Nobody (feat. Hardy Caprio)

22 11 Tate McRae – You Broke Me First

23 50 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me

24 20 DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch)

25 53 Tones And I – Dance Monkey

26 23 KSI – Really Love (feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals)

27 15 Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am

28 29 Shane Codd – Get Out My Head [*NEW PEAK*]

29 48 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams

30 18 Lil Nas X – Holiday

 

31 31 Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky

32 26 Headie One – Ain't It Different (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)

33 RE Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling [*NEW PEAK*]

34 RE Outkast – Hey Ya!

35 64 Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)

36 21 Central Cee – Loading

37 136 Toploader – Dancing In the Moonlight [*NEW PEAK*]

38 122 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy

39 27 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

40 44 Jason Derulo – Take You Dancing

 

42 22 Taylor Swift – Willow

44 41 Tiësto – The Business

62 60 Hvme – Goosebumps

67 42 Shawn Mendes – Monster (with Justin Bieber)

68 37 The Kid Laroi – So Done

72 36 The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather

77 39 A92 x Fumez The Engineer – Plugged In Freestyle

82 100 Nathan Dawe x Little Mix – No Time For Tears

 

112 84 Glass Animals – Heat Waves

116 97 Megan Thee Stallion – Body

118 66 Juice WRLD & The Kid Laroi – Reminds Me Of You

123 70 Ariana Grande – POV

128 68 Wilbur Soot – Your New Boyfriend

132 86 SZA – Good Days

139 90 Kid Cudi – Show Out (feat. Skepta & Pop Smoke)

145 79 Mother Mother – Hayloft

156 72 Sia – Snowman

165 154 220 Kid – Too Many Nights (with JC Stewart)

168 81 Taylor Swift – Champagne Problems

178 95 The Neighbourhood – Daddy Issues

 

xx 107 Taylor Swift – No Body, No Crime (feat. Haim)

xx 119 Eminem – Gnat

xx 128 Brent Faiyaz – Dead Man Walking

xx 142 Digga D – Daily Duppy - Part 1

xx 146 Jason Derulo & Nuka – Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

xx 149 Corpse – E-Girls Are Ruining My Life! (feat. Savage Ga$p)

xx 162 Lil Peep – Star Shopping

xx 170 The Kid Laroi – Always Do

xx 181 Yung Bleu – You're Mines Still (feat. Drake)

xx 186 Lil Tjay – Sex Sounds

oh my just realised Mr Brightside is #17 on Spotify :o :D

I'm thinking 'Blinding Lights', 'Wap' and 'Head and Heart' could be coming for a reset next week! Hopefully 'Midnight Sky too' as that's increased 50% on streams in comparison to last week too :D

 

You cannot look at just 1 day of data, you have to look at the whole week

 

actually, Head & Heart dropped in streams (195K on average last week vs 188K this week), same for Miley

WAP did identical numbers both weeks and Blinding Lights only had a marginal increase,

177K on average last week vs 183K this week, much less than a 25%

 

 

its its highest peak ever too. low streams clearly the cause of that.

the gp clearly aren’t ever getting sick of that song, like mariah carey, wham at christmas and ed sheeran’s perfect.

Yes at Levitating getting a new peak! Didn't think it would bounce back after the Christmas craziness.

I don’t think we’ll be seeing any resets towards the 8/1 chart but we could have some counting towards the 15/1 chart at this rate.

Looking at the figures on the Spotify Chart compared to last week, I highly doubt anything is getting reset, very few songs are up Week-on-Week and none by a particularly large amount:

 

Blinding Lights: +47,000 (+4%)

WAP: +1,000 (+0.1%)

Mr. Brightside: +85,000 (+14%)

Roses: +31,000 (+5%)

Dreams: +54,000 (+9%)

Dance Monkey: +42,000 (+7%)

Rain on Me: +40,000 (+7%)

Sweater Weather: +15,000 (+2%)

Tick Tock: +3,000 (+0.5%)

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High: +9,000 (+2%)

Savage Love: +12,000 (+2%)

Rover: +10,000 (+2%)

Don't Start Now: +18,000 (+4%)

Adore You +4,000 (+0.8%)

 

Everything else is either down week on week or wasn't in the top 200 last week so I can't tell how much it has increased.

NOTE: Godzilla may have been reset last week as it increased by 26% due to the deluxe version of the album.

 

However the Spotify market (top 200) is down from 218,962,228 streams last week to 156,608,119 streams this week, a fall of 28%, I'm not entirely sure on the ACR rules but I believe its not the nominal increase in streams that counts but more the increase in streams relative to the market. Say that theoretically the market has fallen by 28%, could a song have decreased by 2% and still get reset as it would've increased by 26% compared to the market?