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This is the streaming services thread for August 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 (approximately half if not more), 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 (30/07)

 

:right: 01 01 Beyoncé – BREAK MY SOUL 396,685

:right: 02 02 LF SYSTEM – Afraid To Feel 392,495

:right: 03 03 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 389,648

:right: 04 04 Central Cee – Doja 357,865

:right: 05 05 Harry Styles – As It Was 342,247

:up: 06 09 Burna Boy – Last Last 268,715

:up: 07 13 Lizzo – About Damn Time 219,565

:up: 08 14 George Ezra – Green Green Grass 218,835

:up: 09 15 Steve Lacy – Bad Habit 199,674

:up: 10 16 Glass Animals – Heat Waves 193,221

 

:up: 11 21 David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson – Crazy What Love Can Do 187,017

:up: 12 19 OneRepublic – I Ain't Worried 182,271

:down: 13 07 Beyoncé – ALIEN SUPERSTAR 181,490

:down: 14 08 Beyoncé – CUFF IT 179,961

:up: 15 22 Tion Wayne, La Roux – IFTK 171,909

:up: 16 27 Joji – Glimpse of Us 167,873

:down: 17 06 Beyoncé – I'M THAT GIRL 167,521

:up: 18 25 Harry Styles – Late Night Talking 167,185

:up: 19 23 Drake – Massive 165,987

:down: 20 11 Beyoncé – CHURCH GIRL 165,447

 

:down: 21 12 Beyoncé, BEAM – ENERGY (feat. Beam) 164,186

:down: 22 10 Beyoncé – COZY 161,050

:up: 23 29 Nathan Dawe, Ella Henderson – 21 Reasons (feat. Ella Henderson) 158,263

:up: 24 28 Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under 154,769

:up: 25 32 Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, Pharrell Williams – Stay With Me (with Justin Timberlake, Halsey, & Pharrell) 154,426

:up: 26 30 Future, Drake, Tems – WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems) 153,729

:up: 27 36 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 148,980

:up: 28 34 Jax Jones, MNEK – Where Did You Go? (feat. MNEK) 144,813

:down: 29 17 Beyoncé – SUMMER RENAISSANCE 141,903

:up: 30 35 Doja Cat – Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS) 137,864

 

:up: 31 37 Dave – Starlight 136,758

:up: 32 40 Sigala, Talia Mar – Stay the Night 136,530

:up: 33 42 Jack Harlow – First Class 135,586

:up: 34 38 Drake, 21 Savage – Jimmy Cooks (feat. 21 Savage) 132,880

:up: 35 44 Aitch, Ashanti – Baby 130,191

:up: 36 41 Bru-C – No Excuses 129,804

:up: 37 45 Lost Frequencies, Calum Scott – Where Are You Now 129,489

:up: 38 49 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits 128,707

:up: 39 52 Elton John, Dua Lipa, PNAU – Cold Heart - PNAU Remix 127,466

:up: 40 47 James Hype, Miggy Dela Rosa – Ferrari 127,217 [*PEAK*]

 

:up: 41 48 Harry Styles – Music For a Sushi Restaurant 127,072

:up: 44 46 Post Malone, Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song) (with Doja Cat) 124,537

:up: 49 60 Metallica – Master Of Puppets 113,725

:up: 59 70 Chris Brown – Under The Influence 99,793

:up: 60 64 Luude, Mattafix – Big City Life 98,595

:right: 61 61 Nicky Youre, dazy – Sunroof 97,889

:down: 65 55 Fred again.., Swedish House Mafia, Future – Turn On The Lights again.. (feat. Future) 94,769

:right: 67 67 Rosa Linn – SNAP 92,639

:up: 68 71 Tom Santa – Rainfall (Praise You) 92,601

:down: 70 68 Billie Eilish – TV 90,768

:up: 71 75 Diplo, Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love 90,619

:down: 74 51 JAE5, Dave, BNXN fka Buju – Propeller (feat. Dave & BNXN) 89,992

:up: 76 78 Tom Grennan – Remind Me 88,040

:down: 78 76 Tiësto, Charli XCX – Hot In It 86,185

:up: 89 90 Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran – For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran) 78,872

:up: 90 91 Benzz – Je M'appelle 78,696

:down: 95 86 Billie Eilish – The 30th 76,555

 

:down: 102 100 Benson Boone – In The Stars 71,808

:down: 133 112 Cian Ducrot – All For You 63,736

:down: 135 124 Sam Fender – Getting Started 63,487

:down: 164 153 Latto, Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled – Big Energy (feat. DJ Khaled) - Remix 59,184

:down: 170 145 Yung Gravy – Betty (Get Money) 58,237

:down: 189 167 Fred again.. – Jungle 55,336

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Apple Music Chart Update (31/07)

 

:right: 01 01 Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL

:right: 02 02 LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel

:right: 03 03 Burna Boy - Last Last

:right: 04 04 Central Cee - Doja

:right: 05 05 Beyoncé - CUFF IT

:right: 06 06 Harry Styles - As It Was

:up: 07 08 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do

:down: 08 07 Beyoncé - ALIEN SUPERSTAR

:up: 09 10 George Ezra - Green Green Grass

:down: 10 09 Beyoncé - I'M THAT GIRL

 

:up: 11 13 Alesso & Zara Larsson - Words

:up: 12 14 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

:up: 13 17 Nathan Dawe - 21 Reasons (feat. Ella Henderson)

:up: 14 15 Beyoncé - SUMMER RENAISSANCE

:down: 15 11 Beyoncé - COZY

:up: 16 19 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

:up: 17 18 Lizzo - About Damn Time

:down: 18 12 Beyoncé - ENERGY

:up: 19 23 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried

:right: 20 20 Drake - Massive

 

:up: 21 22 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay the Night

:down: 22 16 Beyoncé - CHURCH GIRL

:down: 23 21 James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa - Ferrari

:up: 24 26 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking

:up: 25 27 Bru-C - No Excuses

:up: 26 32 Future - WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems)

:down: 27 24 Beyoncé - VIRGO'S GROOVE

:up: 28 31 Burna Boy - For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran)

:up: 29 30 Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It

:down: 30 25 Beyoncé - PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA

 

:up: 31 37 JAE5 - Propeller (feat. Dave & BNXN fka Buju)

:down: 32 28 Beyoncé - HEATED

:up: 33 35 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?

:down: 34 29 Beyoncé - MOVE

:down: 35 33 Beyoncé - PURE/HONEY

:up: 36 40 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

:down: 37 36 Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now

:down: 38 34 Beyoncé - THIQUE

:down: 39 38 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

:up: 40 41 Ed Sheeran - 2step

 

:up: 44 46 Drake - Jimmy Cooks (feat. 21 Savage)

:down: 46 44 Diplo & Miguel - Don’t Forget My Love

:up: 48 53 Rosa Linn - SNAP

:up: 49 60 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

:up: 54 62 Lauren Spencer Smith - Narcissist

:down: 55 51 Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams - Stay With Me

:up: 56 68 Joji - Glimpse of Us

:down: 60 58 Meduza & James Carter - Bad Memories (feat. Elley Duhé & FAST BOY)

:down: 61 59 Post Malone - I Like You (A Happier Song) [feat. Doja Cat]

:down: 62 56 Tom Santa - Rainfall (Praise You)

:up: 64 72 Oxlade - KU LO SA - A COLORS SHOW

:right: 65 65 Doja Cat - Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS)

:down: 66 64 Luude & Mattafix - Big City Life

:up: 67 74 Cian Ducrot - All For You

:right: 69 69 Lewis Thompson & David Guetta - Take Me Back

:down: 71 61 Latto & Mariah Carey - Big Energy (Remix) [feat. DJ Khaled]

:down: 72 71 D-Block Europe & Ghost Killer Track - Elegant & Gang

:down: 74 67 ArrDee - Hello Mate (feat. Kyla)

:down: 75 66 Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

:down: 81 70 Chase & Status - Mixed Emotions

:down: 87 78 D-Block Europe - Fantasy

:down: 90 87 Harry Styles - Music For a Sushi Restaurant

:re: 93 RE Chris Brown - Under the Influence

:down: 94 89 Russ & Ed Sheeran - Are You Entertained

Kate Bush back to #1 on Spotify today, Break my soul down to #5. Think her chances of #1 are all but gone now.

#16 Alien Superstar

#17 Cuff It

Looks like these 2 could be her other charting songs from the album, they are starting to open up a gap between the other tracks.

 

Lower down

:re: #74 3 Lions

Thought that might have been higher, with it being on permanent ACR it shouldn’t trouble the top 40 this week unless it gets a huge boost tomorrow onwards.

Chris Brown - Under the influence top 50 now :/ hate Tiktok sometimes :/

 

Bizarre that Break my Soul is already lower than As It Was :/

Surprised 3 Lions isn’t a lot higher considering the coverage of the woman’s final!
Do Swifties actually stream 'August' at the beginning of every August?

 

Yes <3 on repeat all day :)

 

HH updated, adding a 3rd Beyonce track, Cuff It, as track #10

they also added my fav dance track right now, the fantastic Turn Out the Lights Again by Fred Again!!

 

 

 

I'd say Renaissance is similar to Chromatica - not amazing streaming numbers but will go down as a classic amongst fans and produced a big enough hit single to keep her afloat until the next era.
streams are so low... Break my soul did 274K yesterday

IN 2022 ZARA LARSSON IS ONCE AGAIN A TOP 10 STREAMING SMASH

 

10. WORDS

 

:cheeseblock:

 

 

IN 2022 ZARA LARSSON IS ONCE AGAIN A TOP 10 STREAMING SMASH

 

10. WORDS

 

:cheeseblock:

What are you going to do to celebrate if it manages to make the top 40 officially? 👀🔥

Who would have thought RUTH would have this level of longevity, it’s been amazing to see :wub:
Who would have thought RUTH would have this level of longevity, it’s been amazing to see :wub:

 

Pretty amazing how it's now spent 27 consecutive weeks in the top 75 without ever peaking higher than #42!

Pretty amazing how it's now spent 27 consecutive weeks in the top 75 without ever peaking higher than #42!

I think he’s talking about Kate bush!

Who would have thought RUTH would have this level of longevity, it’s been amazing to see :wub:

 

Ruth Lorenzo hasn't been in the charts since 2014?

Football effect:

 

44. Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa- One Kiss

70. Neil Diamond- Sweet Caroline

74. Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds- Three Lions

200. Gala- Freed From Desire

I think he’s talking about Kate bush!

I think he was being facetious :lol: (though I might be wrong)

 

Ruth Lorenzo hasn't been in the charts since 2014?

Are you talking about her #102 smash 'Dancing In The Rain'? Because I wouldn't really call that being in the charts :kink:

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