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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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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.

 

 

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Never actually payed attention yo all details this section did make me chuckle , think could probably take beiber out now and Ed entered 29 today :lol:

Edited October 1, 20222 yr by 777666jason

Yess at Arctic Monkeys highest new debut and Mirrorball back up to #28 as well. Fingers crossed for some stability for both these tracks now.

Never actually payed attention yo all details this section did make me chuckle , think could probably take beiber out now and Ed entered 29 today :lol:

It was written back in 2017 to be fair! And well, there wasn't anywhere near as much hype and promo for this particular Ed Sheeran song as there was for those on his last album so I think he can stay on there.

Spotify Chart Update (30/09)

 

01 01 Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (feat. Kim Petras) 527,248

02 02 David Guetta, Bebe Rexha – I'm Good (Blue) 427,012

03 03 Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me 365,711

04 05 Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) - Edit 315,046

05 04 Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl 294,686

06 06 OneRepublic – I Ain't Worried 294,118

07 07 Steve Lacy – Bad Habit 288,584

08 09 Harry Styles – As It Was 261,552

09 10 Chris Brown – Under The Influence 260,722

10 11 LF SYSTEM – Afraid To Feel 251,767

 

11 69 Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint 238,058 [*PEAK*]

12 12 Beyoncé – CUFF IT 228,768

13 13 Central Cee – Doja 226,463

14 16 Luude, Mattafix – Big City Life 205,224

15 18 Arctic Monkeys – 505 200,303 [*PEAK*]

16 17 James Hype, Miggy Dela Rosa – Ferrari 199,927

17 14 Burna Boy – Last Last 197,948

18 15 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 185,275

19 19 Anne-Marie, Aitch – PSYCHO 177,969

20 08 Coolio, L.V. – Gangsta's Paradise 177,523

 

21 NE KSI – Summer Is Over 176,725 [*PEAK*]

22 20 Tom Odell – Another Love 172,627

23 27 Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? 170,555 [*PEAK*]

24 21 KSI, Tom Grennan – Not Over Yet (feat. Tom Grennan) 167,450

25 28 Arctic Monkeys – I Wanna Be Yours 164,138

26 22 Harry Styles – Late Night Talking 155,834

27 23 Elton John, Britney Spears – Hold Me Closer 154,045

28 56 Arctic Monkeys – There’d Better Be A Mirrorball 152,893

29 NE Ed Sheeran – Celestial 152,273 [*PEAK*]

30 35 Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? 151,055 [*PEAK*]

 

31 25 The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather 150,799

32 26 Beyoncé – BREAK MY SOUL 150,076

33 24 Glass Animals – Heat Waves 148,766

34 29 Future, Drake, Tems – WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems) 140,553

35 32 Lizzo – 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 138,748

36 37 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 135,402

37 36 Aitch, Ed Sheeran – My G (feat. Ed Sheeran) 134,514

38 34 David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson – Crazy What Love Can Do 134,150

39 33 Dave – Starlight 132,526

40 39 George Ezra – Green Green Grass 132,349

 

41 30 Stormzy – Mel Made Me Do It 128,779

44 41 Oxlade – KU LO SA - A COLORS SHOW 126,971

46 31 Paramore – This Is Why 121,749

48 44 D-Block Europe – She's Not Anyone 112,659

52 40 D-Block Europe – 4 The Win 111,486

53 49 Rosa Linn – SNAP 111,160

54 47 d4vd – Romantic Homicide 111,078

56 55 Fred again.., Swedish House Mafia, Future – Turn On The Lights again.. (feat. Future) 109,657

58 52 Beach Weather – Sex, Drugs, Etc. 108,160

60 48 Omar Apollo – Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All) 103,702

64 61 Montell Fish – Hotel 99,207

65 58 Steve Lacy – Static 99,119

72 67 Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran – For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran) 94,697

74 104 venbee, goddard. – messy in heaven 94,255 [*PEAK*]

77 66 Central Cee – LA Leakers Freestyle 92,001

79 NE K-Trap, Headie One – Extra Sleeve 90,421 [*PEAK*]

81 76 Rema, Selena Gomez – Calm Down (with Selena Gomez) 90,246

91 96 Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) 84,483

92 NE Tate McRae – uh oh 84,369 [*PEAK*]

95 91 Lil Nas X – STAR WALKIN' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem) 83,476

97 98 Alok, Ella Eyre, Kenny Dope, Never Dull – Deep Down (feat. Never Dull) 83,079

 

102 97 Armani White – BILLIE EILISH. 79,802

104 142 K-Trap – Warm 78,651 [*PEAK*]

110 100 Seafret – Atlantis 75,862

112 73 BLACKPINK – Shut Down 75,771

128 110 Rosa Walton, Hallie Coggins – I Really Want to Stay at Your House 70,819

144 NE Russ Millions, Krept & Konan – Pisces (feat. Krept & Konan) 64,914 [*PEAK*]

146 131 DJ Khaled, Drake, Lil Baby – STAYING ALIVE (feat. Drake & Lil Baby) 64,886

152 152 Alesso, Zara Larsson – Words (feat. Zara Larsson) 63,389

159 129 BLACKPINK – Pink Venom 62,656

163 151 Bugzy Malone, MIST – Energy 62,113

167 146 JAE5, Dave, BNXN fka Buju – Propeller (feat. Dave & BNXN) 61,410

172 RE JVKE – golden hour 60,625 [*PEAK*]

174 181 AJR – World's Smallest Violin 60,425

182 177 Jax – Victoria’s Secret 59,503

192 169 Tory Lanez – The Color Violet 58,080

New Peak for 505 - hope it gets a new official peak on Friday!

It was written back in 2017 to be fair! And well, there wasn't anywhere near as much hype and promo for this particular Ed Sheeran song as there was for those on his last album so I think he can stay on there.

 

Even back then, Perfect debuted high, fell out of the top 50 I think and then climbed to #1. Hotline Bling did the same thing on a smaller scale.

 

It was written back in 2017 to be fair! And well, there wasn't anywhere near as much hype and promo for this particular Ed Sheeran song as there was for those on his last album so I think he can stay on there.

 

Lol that's why it made me chuckle times have changed but se things stay consistent

Doesn't Ed have the signed cds too? With 150k daily on Spotify + 30k of singles it'll be top 3 easily - similar to The Joker single earlier.

Was really hoping more for Tate's debut :(

Other new *post-2016* peaks for Arctic Monkeys:

#43 Fluorescent Adolescent

#51 When The Sun Goes Down

#55 R U Mine?

#70 Snap Out Of It

#155 Arabella

amazing for Arctic Monkeys, both for the new single Body Point but also for 505

I see they've done the smart thing and Mirrorball plays automatically after Body Point :)

 

Ed underperforming no matter what the loons say, the song was #1 on NMF which usually gives at least 100K

and also insta-added to HH, which should give at least 50K... but his total was just 150K, meaning he has no real fanbse :D sorry not sorry :D

you can't seriously accuse Ed of having no real fanbase considering the truckloads of money he's made off touring just cos his new Pokemon tie-in single isn't doing amazingly well :P

the song was #1 on NMF which usually gives at least 100K

and also insta-added to HH, which should give at least 50K...

@1506684446174740481

 

These numbers are literally plucked out of thin air :lol:

Rex Orange County (just to think of one very recent example) agog at the suggestion that being #1 on NMF is allegedly supposed to equate to at least 100k first day streams x

 

Paramore holding up fairly well so far!

The good thing is that it's possible to be smugly dismissive about Ed Sheeran whether his songs are successful on day one* or not

 

*Bad Habits is still a flop, right?

New Peak for 505 - hope it gets a new official peak on Friday!

 

It will continue to be denied the true peak it deserves.

Apple Music Chart Update (01/10)

 

01 01 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

02 02 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy

03 03 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me

04 04 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) [Edit]

05 05 Chris Brown - Under the Influence

06 07 Burna Boy - Last Last

07 12 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried

08 11 LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel

09 08 Anne-Marie x Aitch - PSYCHO

10 06 Stormzy - Mel Made Me Do It

 

11 09 Luude & Mattafix - Big City Life

12 14 James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa - Ferrari

13 10 Aitch & Ed Sheeran - My G

14 15 Beyoncé - CUFF IT

15 16 Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl

16 13 Burna Boy - For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran)

17 21 Sigala, David Guetta & Sam Ryder - Living Without You

18 18 Harry Styles - As It Was

19 17 Joel Corry & Becky Hill - HISTORY

20 38 Ed Sheeran - Celestial

 

21 19 KSI - Not Over Yet (feat. Tom Grennan)

22 22 Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

23 25 Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL

24 27 Oxlade - KU LO SA - A COLORS SHOW

25 26 Alesso & Zara Larsson - Words

26 24 Tom Odell - Another Love

27 20 D-Block Europe - 4 The Win

28 28 Elton John & Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer

29 33 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do

30 35 Lizzo - About Damn Time

 

31 23 Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

32 32 Central Cee - Doja

33 31 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

34 34 Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint

35 30 Caity Baser - X&Y

36 37 Bru-C - No Excuses

37 36 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me

38 41 George Ezra - Green Green Grass

39 29 D-Block Europe - She's Not Anyone

40 39 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking

 

46 51 KSI - Summer Is Over

47 46 Meduza & James Carter - Bad Memories (feat. Elley Duhé & FAST BOY)

49 49 MK & BURNS - Better (feat. Teddy Swims)

50 47 Tom Grennan - All These Nights

53 58 Jax - Victoria’s Secret

54 42 D-Block Europe - Conor McGregor

55 56 Asake - Terminator

56 55 Fred again.. - Danielle (smile on my face)

59 60 Fred again.. & Swedish House Mafia - Turn On The Lights again.. (feat. Future)

67 NE Lil Nas X - STAR WALKIN' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem)

72 NE Russ Millions - Pisces (feat. Krept & Konan)

73 54 Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be A Mirrorball

79 74 Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof

81 96 Asake - Organise

83 82 Bugzy Malone & MIST - Energy

87 77 Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle

90 95 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down

94 93 FLO - Not My Job

95 91 JAE5 - Propeller (feat. Dave & BNXN fka Buju)

amazing for Arctic Monkeys, both for the new single Body Point but also for 505

I see they've done the smart thing and Mirrorball plays automatically after Body Point :)

 

Ed underperforming no matter what the loons say, the song was #1 on NMF which usually gives at least 100K

and also insta-added to HH, which should give at least 50K... but his total was just 150K, meaning he has no real fanbse :D sorry not sorry :D

 

The only loon here is yourself with your constant comments about Ed Sheeran 😂