This is the streaming services thread for March 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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Spotify Chart Update (28/02)

 

01 01 Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers License 334,439

02 02 Lil Tjay – Calling My Phone (feat. 6lack) 309,399

03 04 The Kid Laroi – Without You 232,633

04 03 Tiësto – The Business 232,450

05 06 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals – Don't Play 204,280

06 05 Riton & Nightcrawlers – Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman) (Dopamine Re-Edit) 193,602

07 09 A1 x J1 – Latest Trends 188,607

08 10 The Weeknd – Save Your Tears 182,303

09 07 Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) 180,679

10 08 Meduza – Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) 179,574

 

11 12 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

12 13 Doja Cat – Streets

13 11 Nathan Evans – Wellerman (Sea Shanty) (220 Kid x Billen Ted Remix)

14 14 ATB, Topic & A7S – Your Love (9PM)

15 16 24kGoldn – Mood (feat. Iann Dior)

16 20 SZA – Good Days

17 19 Internet Money – Lemonade (feat. Gunna, Don Toliver & Nav)

18 15 Shane Codd – Get Out My Head

19 22 Central Cee – Commitment Issues

20 17 CJ – Whoopty

 

21 18 Digga D & AJ Tracey – Bringing It Back

22 21 Pop Smoke – What You Know Bout Love

23 26 Glass Animals – Heat Waves

24 24 Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby)

25 23 Cardi B – Up

26 25 Hvme – Goosebumps {#06 combined} 199,540

27 28 Ariana Grande – 34+35

28 27 Little Mix – Sweet Melody

29 30 Central Cee – Loading

30 31 Justin Bieber – Anyone

 

31 44 DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch)

32 35 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

33 33 Wilkinson – Afterglow [*NEW PEAK*]

34 29 Fredo – Money Talks (feat. Dave)

35 34 The Killers – Mr. Brightside

36 32 Digga D – Bluuwuu

37 40 Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean [*NEW PEAK*]

38 38 Ariana Grande – Positions

39 36 Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta – Bed

40 39 Miley Cyrus – Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)

 

42 37 Navos – Believe Me

45 45 Dua Lipa – We're Good

47 49 Ed Sheeran – Afterglow

48 59 Duncan Laurence – Arcade [*NEW PEAK*]

50 48 Digga D – Toxic

54 75 Kali Uchis – Telepatía [*NEW PEAK*]

57 54 Ava Max – My Head & My Heart

58 77 ElyOtto – SugarCrash! [*NEW PEAK*]

74 65 Saweetie – Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat)

75 86 Wilbur Soot – Your New Boyfriend

81 88 Polo G – Martin & Gina

 

119 99 Pop Smoke – AP

127 116 Abra Cadabra – Mixed Emotions

128 136 Taylor Swift – Love Story (Taylor's Version)

140 164 Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan – Let's Go Home Together [*NEW PEAK*]

145 RE Giveon – Heartbreak Anniversary [*NEW PEAK*]

174 196 Tom Grennan – Little Bit of Love [*NEW PEAK*]

175 142 Fredo – Burner on Deck (feat. Pop Smoke & Young Adz)

182 168 Yung Bleu – You're Mines Still (feat. Drake)

184 RE Post Malone – Only Wanna Be With You

193 RE Central Cee – Day in the Life

199 156 Raye & Rudimental – Regardless

 

xx 139 Rudimental – Be the One (feat. Morgan, Digga D & Tike)

xx 146 Bicep – Apricots

xx 170 Tom Zanetti – Didn't Know

xx 183 Fredo – Ready (feat. Summer Walker)

xx 190 Ariana Grande – Test Drive

Apple Music Top 200 Chart Update (28/02-01/03)

 

01 01 Lil Tjay & 6LACK - Calling My Phone

02 02 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license

03 03 Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman) [Dopamine Re-Edit]

04 04 ATB, Topic & A7S - Your Love (9PM)

05 06 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play

06 05 Travis Scott & HVME - Goosebumps (Remix)

07 07 Navos - Believe Me

08 08 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head

09 09 Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta - BED

10 10 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU

 

11 11 Fredo - Ready (feat. Summer Walker)

12 12 Ava Max - My Head & My Heart

13 15 Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan - Let’s Go Home Together

14 14 Digga D - Bluuwuu

15 13 Meduza - Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy)

16 20 Central Cee - Commitment Issues

17 17 Cardi B - Up

18 18 Tiësto - The Business

19 16 Joel Corry - Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)

20 23 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love

 

21 21 Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II

22 24 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

23 22 Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted - Wellerman (Sea Shanty / 220 KID x Billen Ted Remix)

24 27 Doja Cat - Streets

25 26 Justin Bieber - Anyone

26 29 A1 x J1 - Latest Trends

27 19 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

28 25 Digga D & AJ Tracey - Bringing It Back

29 28 Fredo - Money Talks (feat. Dave)

30 30 Little Mix - Sweet Melody

 

31 31 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

32 32 CJ - Whoopty

33 38 SZA - Good Days

34 35 Ariana Grande - positions

35 34 Digga D - Toxic

36 33 Imanbek & Goodboys - Goodbye

37 39 Paul Woolford & Amber Mark - HEAT

38 36 MK - Lies (feat. Raphaella)

39 37 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me

40 40 Nathan Dawe x Little Mix - No Time For Tears

 

42 43 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow

43 46 Yung Bleu - You’re Mines Still (feat. Drake)

44 45 Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)

46 48 RAYE & Rudimental - Regardless

47 52 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

49 47 Diplo & Sonny Fodera - Turn Back Time

52 44 Dua Lipa - We're Good

54 50 Rudimental - Be the One (feat. MORGAN, Digga D & TIKE)

56 57 JC Stewart - Break My Heart

59 60 Headie One - Siberia (feat. Burna Boy)

61 66 Abra Cadabra - Mixed Emotions

62 65 Saweetie - Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat)

63 63 Clean Bandit - Higher (feat. iann dior)

65 72 Duncan Laurence - Arcade

78 80 Wilkinson - Afterglow

79 87 Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

81 91 Rag'n'Bone Man - All You Ever Wanted

83 85 Tones And I - Fly Away

87 82 James Hype - Afraid (feat. Harlee)

88 86 Silk City & Ellie Goulding - New Love (feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson)

93 101 Pop Smoke - AP (Music from the film "Boogie")

99 110 Fredo - Burner on Deck (feat. Pop Smoke & Young Adz)

100 106 Ashnikko - Deal With It (feat. Kelis)

 

102 128 Maisie Peters - John Hughes Movie

104 95 THAT KIND - One Last Time (KC Lights Remix)

106 119 Ariana Grande - test drive

108 130 Griff - Black Hole

115 104 Majestic - Me & U (feat. Kelsey)

116 116 Ghetts - 10,000 Tears (feat. Ed Sheeran)

130 154 D-Block Europe & RAYE - Ferrari Horses

137 129 Fat Joe, DJ Khaled & Amorphous - Sunshine (The Light)

146 132 Bicep - Apricots

154 134 Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know

155 133 Bissett - Every Single Time

159 137 Gorgon City & DRAMA - You've Done Enough

174 214 Polo G - Martin & Gina

HH added a new dance track, Tom Zaneti - Didn't Know, but kinda low,

they also added that Digga D Bluuwuu song

Of ALL the dance tracks available, why that?

SugarCrash and Telepathia are top 50 in UK now

SugarCrash! I don't want to accuse the OCC of meddling, but it's odd that it wasn't in the mids yesterday (and was last week with much lower streaming positions)

Is the Elyotto song really just 1:20??

maybe the OCC have decided that its too short to qualify as a proper song :D or maybe its only so high because of Bots

haha maybe it's charting on the short song chart :D

 

on Apple:

8 Joel Corry

12 Ella H & Tom G

19 Tom G

 

Elyotto only at 250-ish on Apple

maybe the OCC have decided that its too short to qualify as a proper song :D or maybe its only so high because of Bots

Probably the length then, it's a big thing on TikTok so I don't expect its bots.

 

(hopefully there's a longer remix at some point)

Heat Waves up to #19 on Spotify!

Heat Waves up to #19 on Spotify!

I reckon the nice weather will be helping it!

 

A fun fact is that 'Heat Waves' came out the same week as 'Head & Heart'! Shows how long it's taken to get to this point :P

I think there's still every opportunity for 'Heat Waves' to peak really high officially.

I think Elyotto missing from the mids is just an error, as it did chart last week already

Rag N Bone Man definitely needs this to be a hit. Shame there is no sign of it getting any streaming push yet

Big Climbs for both of these on Spotify.

 

109 Ella Henderson/ Tom Grennan - Let's Go Home Together

134 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love

maybe the OCC have decided that its too short to qualify as a proper song :D or maybe its only so high because of Bots

 

Length isn't a factor, there have been a couple of hits less than a minute long

In other sad news it appears Not JLS have now been removed from Spotify altogether.

 

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In other sad news it appears Not JLS have now been removed from Spotify altogether.

 

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Oh well, at least they got their official UK top 60 hit!