This is the streaming services thread for March 2022, 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]

 

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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Pinch punch first of the month

On Apple:

4 House on fire

8 Where did you go

11 Sigala - Melody

15 Becky Hill & Galantis - Run

19 The Motto

60 The joker and the queen

Spotify

 

01. We Don't Talk About Bruno (239,906)

02. Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now (226,084)

07. Mimi Webb - House on Fire

13. Dove Cameron - Boyfriend

38. Jax Jones x MNEK - Where Did You Go?

50. Labrinth x Zendaya - I'm Tired

57. Labrinth - Mount Everest

68. George Ezra - Anyone for You

71. Wilkinson x Issey Cross - Used to This

92. Florence and the Machine - King

110. Charli XCX - Beg for You

111. Becky Hill x Galantis - Run

190. Sigala - Melody

Edited March 1, 20223 yr by ElectroBoy

Heat Waves now within 20k of #1, would you credit it

Think the add of Sigala to HH and now entering the Spotify chart (finally!) should get him his 13th UK top 40!

could Lost Frequencies be a serious number one challenger next week then? if Bruno is off to ACR and nothing else seems to be gathering steam.

I think it all depends if Peru is off to ACR next week too or if it’s a week behind Bruno (I’m not entirely sure). If Peru is off to ACR next week too, I genuinely think WAYN will grab it, unless a big release comes out of nowhere.

Spotify Chart Update (28/02)

 

01 01 Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto - Cast – We Don't Talk About Bruno 239,906

02 03 Lost Frequencies, Calum Scott – Where Are You Now 226,084 [*NEW PEAK*]

03 02 Glass Animals – Heat Waves 221,737

04 04 D-Block Europe, Central Cee – Overseas 213,452

05 05 Luude, Colin Hay – Down Under (feat. Colin Hay) 209,358

06 06 Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under 208,740

07 10 Mimi Webb – House On Fire 204,832

08 09 Fireboy DML, Ed Sheeran – Peru 189,590

09 07 Ed Sheeran – Shivers 186,546

10 11 Belters Only, Jazzy – Make Me Feel Good 184,322

 

11 12 GAYLE – abcdefu 172,981

12 14 Adele – Easy On Me 160,713

13 18 Dove Cameron – Boyfriend 160,033 [*NEW PEAK*]

14 13 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits 156,970

15 08 Jessica Darrow – Surface Pressure - From "Encanto"/Soundtrack Version 156,511

16 19 D-Block Europe, AJ Tracey – Make You Smile 154,256

17 16 Elton John, Dua Lipa, PNAU – Cold Heart - PNAU Remix 151,963

18 17 The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber – STAY (with Justin Bieber) 150,612

19 20 ArrDee, Aitch – War 150,445

20 26 Dave, Stormzy – Clash (feat. Stormzy) 148,024

 

21 22 Frank Ocean – Lost 143,730

22 23 SwitchOTR, A1 x J1 – Coming for You (feat. A1 x J1) 139,358

23 21 Central Cee – Obsessed With You 138,829

24 28 Digga D, Still Brickin' – Pump 101 136,816

25 25 Justin Bieber – Ghost 136,329

26 33 Tate McRae – she's all i wanna be 131,827

27 30 Lauren Spencer-Smith – Fingers Crossed 128,965

28 24 Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u 126,823

29 15 Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Encanto - Cast – The Family Madrigal 123,330

30 35 Adele – Oh My God 122,232

 

31 27 Lil Nas X – THATS WHAT I WANT 122,036

32 32 Doja Cat – Woman 119,182

33 29 Imagine Dragons, JID, Arcane, League of Legends – Enemy (with JID) - from the series Arcane League of Legends 119,017

34 39 Tiësto, Ava Max – The Motto 116,960 [*NEW PEAK*]

35 37 ArrDee – Flowers (Say My Name) 115,530

36 34 Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) 115,201

37 31 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 112,833

38 43 Jax Jones, MNEK – Where Did You Go? (feat. MNEK) 111,247 [*NEW PEAK*]

39 40 Dave, Burna Boy – Location (feat. Burna Boy) 111,067

40 38 Arctic Monkeys – 505 109,078

 

41 45 Gunna, Future, Young Thug – pushin P (feat. Young Thug) 105,658

42 46 Central Cee – Straight Back to It 103,934

43 42 ACRAZE, Cherish – Do It To It 103,191

44 52 Em Beihold – Numb Little Bug 102,537 [*NEW PEAK*]

45 48 Central Cee – Khabib 102,111

47 41 HAZEY – Packs and Potions 101,955

48 55 Cat Burns – Go 99,200 [*NEW PEAK*]

49 66 Labrinth, Zendaya – All For Us 98,645

50 NE Labrinth, Zendaya – I'm Tired - From "Euphoria" An Original HBO Series 98,254 [*NEW PEAK*]

55 53 Charlie Puth – Light Switch 89,663

57 82 Labrinth – Mount Everest 88,963 [*NEW PEAK*]

58 57 Central Cee – Retail Therapy 88,921

62 87 Bad Boy Chiller Crew – BMW 86,893

64 72 Tion Wayne, M24 – Knock Knock 85,887

65 67 Jnr Choi, Sam Tompkins – TO THE MOON 84,358

66 63 Elley Duhé – MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 82,966

67 91 Russ Millions, Buni, YV – Reggae & Calypso (Russ Millions x Buni x YV) 82,932

68 65 George Ezra – Anyone For You - Tiger Lily 82,891

71 89 Wilkinson, Issey Cross – Used To This 81,451

74 58 Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift – The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) 79,856

77 114 Dave – Screwface Capital 78,764

79 76 Jaymes Young – Infinity 78,195

84 69 The Rare Occasions – Notion 75,107

86 NE Tyga, Doja Cat – Freaky Deaky 75,024 [*NEW PEAK*]

87 103 Jack Harlow – Nail Tech 74,941

90 88 Ruth B. – Dandelions 72,774

94 85 The Walters – I Love You So 71,260

100 117 D.O.D, Carla Monroe – Still Sleepless 70,082

 

101 95 Koomz – Pretty One 70,062

110 136 Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama – Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama) 66,290

111 143 Becky Hill, Galantis – Run 66,114

113 119 Muni Long – Hrs and Hrs 65,799

129 149 Knucks – Los Pollos Hermanos 61,159

132 RE Mura Masa, Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress, Shygirl – bbycakes (with Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress & Shygirl) 60,652

144 146 JBee – 4am 58,356

149 RE Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys – City of Gods 57,197

151 160 Liam Gallagher – Everything's Electric 57,130

152 134 Vundabar – Alien Blues 56,936

168 194 Nemzzz – Elevate 54,636

190 RE Sigala – Melody 51,105

200 RE Private Zero – Someone Else 50,049

think Peru is increasing slightly on Spotify relative to last week so might avoid ACR

 

while Bruno seems to be definitely dropping quite a lot

 

in regards of newbies, there is the new Camila & Ed duet, if it gets the usual Camila push it will start slow

but if it gets the usual Ed push, could even debut at #1

Based on just Spotify numbers for the week so far it seems like Peru definitely has a chance to avoid ACR (its been up day on day everyday so far apart from today, up about 35k on last week overall at this point), but I could see Where Are You Now overtaking it next week anyway regardless of ACR

 

Hope ‘Peru’ or ‘Where are You Now’ gets a couple of weeks at No1 as they’ve been unlucky to miss out since the new year.

to me they sound more like #2s than 1s, especially with the low numbers they're pulling

 

If they get to #1 it will be like with 30K, which is low low low

I think Overseas is going to be on ACR next week

Just noticed that the title of 'Anyone For You' has been changed to 'Anyone For You - Tiger Lily' on Spotify, what's that all about?!

 

EDIT: According to the song thread in the pop forum it was changed a few days ago so I'm clearly late in noticing it and it's probably been discussed already so nvm! Very odd though :unsure:

Edited March 1, 20223 yr by Mangø

^Yes, makes no sense and still don't understand it myself

has been changed everywhere, even on Amazon

 

it's not that the line has become a tiktok or gone viral

It would be nice to see LF score his second #1

Just noticed that the title of 'Anyone For You' has been changed to 'Anyone For You - Tiger Lily' on Spotify, what's that all about?!

 

EDIT: According to the song thread in the pop forum it was changed a few days ago so I'm clearly late in noticing it and it's probably been discussed already so nvm! Very odd though :unsure:

 

It's so utterly stupid it's unreal. I seriously hope it gets changed back.

Dave is releasing a single on Thursday at 8pm I believe.

 

Given he does well on streams and he’s a pretty big name in UK music too maybe he could be the next #1? Track is called Starlight just been announced by the man himself on his socials.

Edited March 1, 20223 yr by Jord

I wouldn’t rule it out, since whatever is next to be #1 after Bruno is gonna be on low sales, I think he could!