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This is the streaming services thread for June 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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11 PS1 - Life goes on

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65 Måneskin - Slave

The Måneskin switchover is imminent:

 

:down: 28. ZITTI E BUONI

:up: 29. I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE

Great to see this slip in!

 

:ne: 197. WILLOW (feat. Travis Barker) - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l

I wonder if Riptide could chart this week, was #58 yesterday and #56 today and with the continued hot weather I imagine it can maintain solid numbers throughout the week.
Future poll idea: best ever #10-peaking song whose title rhymes with "ride"
The Måneskin switchover is imminent:

 

:down: 28. ZITTI E BUONI

:up: 29. I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE

 

Really hope IWBYS takes off - such a good track.

Really hope IWBYS takes off - such a good track.

I know right *.* they need to get a music video out there for it - the Wiwibloggs live performance now has 10 million+ views :o

 

Great to see 't r a n s p a r e n t s o u l' showing up also ^_^

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Spotify Chart Update (31/05)

 

:right: 01 01 Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U 1,005,791

:right: 02 02 Tion Wayne & Russ Millions - Body (feat. ArrDee, E1, ZT, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign & Darkoo) 442,583 [#2 combined] 555,449

:right: 03 03 Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) 396,868

:right: 04 04 Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu 388,170

:right: 05 05 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) 364,518

:up: 06 07 Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor 293,595

:down: 07 06 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 293,394

:right: 08 08 Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta - Bed 274,752

:right: 09 09 Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 266,484 [#6 combined] 329,853

:right: 10 10 Justin Bieber - Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon) 262,222

 

:up: 11 12 Polo G - Rapstar

:down: 12 11 Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman)

:right: 13 13 Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal

:right: 14 14 Olivia Rodrigo - Favorite Crime

:right: 15 15 ATB, Topic & A7S - Your Love (9PM)

:up: 16 17 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (feat. Ariana Grande) [#7 combined] 320,718

:down: 17 16 Tiësto - The Business

:up: 18 21 Olivia Rodrigo - Happier

:up: 19 20 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love

:down: 20 18 Joel Corry - Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)

 

:down: 21 19 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin

:right: 22 22 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

:right: 23 23 Olivia Rodrigo - Enough For You

:up: 24 25 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

:down: 25 24 Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

:up: 26 28 Olivia Rodrigo - Jealousy, Jealousy

:right: 27 27 Olivia Rodrigo - 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back

:down: 28 26 Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

:up: 29 32 Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave [*NEW PEAK*]

:up: 30 31 Mimi Webb - Good Without

 

:down: 31 30 D-Block Europe - Ferrari Horses (feat. Raye)

:down: 32 29 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

:up: 33 35 AJ Tracey - Little More Love

:right: 34 34 BTS - Butter

:down: 35 33 Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know

:right: 36 36 Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan - Let’s Go Home Together

:right: 37 37 Navos - Believe Me

:up: 38 41 Ava Max - My Head & My Heart

:up: 39 42 Olivia Rodrigo - Hope Ur OK

:right: 40 40 Little Mix - Confetti (feat. Saweetie)

 

:down: 42 39 Stay Flee Get Lizzy - Meant To Be (feat. Fredo & Central Cee)

:up: 46 49 Bella Poarch - Build a Bitch

:down: 47 45 Griff - Black Hole

:up: 53 57 Anne-Marie & Niall Horan - Our Song

:down: 55 53 Noizu - Summer 91 (Looking Back)

:up: 58 60 Billie Eilish - Your Power

:down: 62 61 Coldplay - Higher Power

:right: 67 67 Nathan Dawe - Way Too Long (feat. Anne-Marie & MoStack)

:up: 68 70 J. Cole - Pride Is the Devil (feat. Lil Baby)

:down: 69 56 Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)

:down: 73 69 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Don't You Worry About Me

:right: 78 78 J. Cole - My Life (feat. 21 Savage & Morray)

:down: 81 75 Rag'n'Bone Man & P!nk - Anywhere Away From Here

:up: 85 90 Wes Nelson - Nice To Meet Ya (feat. Yxng Bane)

:up: 95 116 Years & Years - Starstruck

 

:up: 113 133 Surf Curse - Freaks

:up: 114 120 J. Cole - Amari

:up: 117 132 Lil Nas X - Sun Goes Down

:down: 122 106 Young Adz - Daily Duppy

:up: 125 139 Fat Joe, DJ Khaled & Amorphous - Sunshine (The Light) [*NEW PEAK*]

:up: 129 145 Morrisson & Aitch - House & Garage

:up: 139 141 StarBoi3 - Dick (feat. Doja Cat)

:up: 153 180 Trippie Redd - Miss The Rage (feat. Playboi Carti)

:up: 170 196 SR - Welcome To Brixton

:up: 172 183 Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae - You

:re: 175 RE Bugzy Malone - Ride Out

:re: 183 RE Maroon 5 - Beautiful Mistakes (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)

:ne: 197 NE Willow - Transparent Soul (feat. Travis Barker) [*NEW PEAK*]

:down: 199 194 Ashnikko - Slumber Party (feat. Princess Nokia)

 

:down: xx 198 PS1 - Life Goes On (feat. Alex Hosking)

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Apple Music Top 200 Chart Update (01/06)

Note: positions may be slightly inaccurate, due to Kworb errors

 

:right: 01 01 Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u

:right: 02 02 Tion Wayne X Russ Millions - Body (Remix) [feat. ArrDee, E1 (3x3), ZT (3x3), Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign & Darkoo]

:right: 03 03 Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)

:right: 04 04 Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu

:up: 05 07 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

:down: 06 05 Justin Bieber - Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON)

:down: 07 06 Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta - BED

:right: 08 08 Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know

:right: 09 09 Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

:up: 10 11 Olivia Rodrigo - traitor

 

:down: 11 10 PS1 - Life Goes On (feat. Alex Hosking)

:right: 12 12 Little Mix - Confetti (feat. Saweetie)

:right: 13 13 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license

:right: 14 14 The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - Save Your Tears (Remix)

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

:up: 16 17 Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby)

:up: 17 18 ATB, Topic & A7S - Your Love (9PM)

:up: 18 21 Stay Flee Get Lizzy, Fredo & Central Cee - Meant To Be

:down: 19 16 Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman) [Dopamine Re-Edit]

:down: 20 19 Noizu - Summer 91 (Looking Back)

 

:down: 21 20 Rag'n'Bone Man & P!nk - Anywhere Away from Here

:up: 22 23 Olivia Rodrigo - brutal

:up: 23 25 Olivia Rodrigo - favorite crime

:down: 24 22 Coldplay - Higher Power

:up: 25 27 D-Block Europe & RAYE - Ferrari Horses

:right: 26 26 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love

:down: 27 24 Joel Corry - Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)

:up: 28 33 Olivia Rodrigo - happier

:up: 29 30 Mimi Webb - Good Without

:down: 30 29 Fat Joe, DJ Khaled & Amorphous - Sunshine (The Light)

 

:up: 31 32 Anne-Marie & Niall Horan - Our Song

:down: 32 28 Navos - Believe Me

:up: 33 35 Olivia Rodrigo - enough for you

:up: 34 37 Olivia Rodrigo - 1 step forward, 3 steps back

:down: 35 34 Nathan Dawe x Anne-Marie x MoStack - Way Too Long

:down: 36 31 Paul Woolford & Amber Mark - HEAT

:up: 37 39 AJ Tracey - Little More Love

:down: 38 36 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin

:down: 39 38 Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

:right: 40 40 Polo G - RAPSTAR

 

:right: 41 41 BTS - Butter

:down: 43 42 Jonasu - Black Magic

:up: 45 48 Griff - Black Hole

:up: 47 50 Jonas Blue & León - Hear Me Say

:right: 53 53 Lil Nas X - SUN GOES DOWN

:down: 54 51 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Don't You Worry About Me

:down: 58 56 Ofenbach - Wasted Love (feat. Lagique)

:up: 66 71 J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray - m y . l i f e

:up: 67 72 Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE

:right: 68 68 Bissett - Every Single Time

:down: 69 58 Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)

:down: 70 69 Years & Years - Starstruck

:up: 71 76 Meekz - Respect The Come Up

:up: 72 87 Morrisson - House & Garage (feat. Aitch)

:right: 80 80 Bella Poarch - Build a Bitch

:down: 82 81 Young Adz & D-Block Europe - Daily Duppy

:down: 86 84 Wizkid - Essence (feat. Tems)

:up: 93 105 J. Cole - a m a r i

:up: 96 107 Griff - One Foot In Front Of The Other

:up: 100 120 Sigrid - Mirror

 

:up: 106 115 Mentis - Excuses (feat. Kate Wild)

:up: 115 142 Potter Payper - Topshottas Freestyle

:up: 119 132 easy life - skeletons

:up: 123 134 Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin

:up: 128 137 P!nk - All I Know So Far

:down: 134 133 Freedo & DJ Katch - So Sick

:up: 138 166 Blanco & Central Cee - The Great Escape

:up: 140 157 Moneybagg Yo - Wockesha

:up: 145 153 Nicki Minaj, Drake & Lil Wayne - Seeing Green

:up: 166 168 MK - Chemical

:up: 184 194 Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI

:up: 188 203 Jorja Smith - Bussdown (feat. Shaybo)

:ne: 190 NE Lil Baby & Lil Durk - Voice of the Heroes

As expected, the Måneskin songs have switched over today!

 

:up: #27 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE

:down: #30 ZITTI E BUONI

Another day over a 1M for g4u, what is Ed record?
I wonder if traitor could end up charting ahead of drivers licence by Friday even though drivers licence is ahead of it in the mids, I think it will be close. In today’s update traitor is 12k ahead of it on Spotify and it’s also 3 places above it on AM.

Traitor and DL have been neck and neck all week, both on Apple and Spotify

on Amazon, Traitor is well ahead too now, so rooting for Traitor to chart on Friday but will be close

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