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This is the official streaming services thread, the go-to topic for the discussion of playlists and charts from services such as Spotify, Apple & Amazon!

 

FAQs

 

What is streaming? What are the chart rules regarding streaming?

For streaming and chart rules related FAQs read this thread.

 

How many streams 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. 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.

 

How much does streaming contribute to the chart?

Streaming contributes over 90% to the singles chart as a whole. Spotify counts for at least half of this, with Apple Music and Amazon also big contributors. YouTube is also big however most of YouTube's streams are at the free tier so won't count for as much.

 

Why is my fave not doing well?

Is it being promoted on a major curated playlist, and/or going viral on TikTok? If it isn't, it's unlikely to really take off! Hot Hits UK is the biggest of these playlists on Spotify from a UK standpoint. 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 releases, such as the recent album impacts from Drake and Taylor Swift.

 

Spotify

 

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. For the full top 200, use the link below to go to Spotify's website. You can also use the Kworb website which displays the data in an easier to read format and also contains additional information, however this is often out of date.

 

Spotify App [top 50]

Spotify Website [top 200]

Kworb [top 200 and extra data]

 

What are the most influential Spotify playlists?

Links to Spotify's top playlists are as below.

 

 

How often does the Spotify chart update?

It should update once every day, usually in the early afternoon - although on occasion there will be a delay.

 

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.

 

Apple Music

 

How do I see today's Apple Music chart?

You can use the link below to view the Apple Music top 100 through Kworb. If you have Apple Music, you can also view the top 200 by going to the Charts section and clicking on See All in the Top Songs section.

 

Kworb [top 100]

 

What are the most influential Apple Music playlists?

Links to Apple Music's top playlists are as below.

 

 

How often does the Apple Music chart update?

It like iTunes updates on a regular basis a number of times a day. No streaming figures are provided however, unlike Spotify.

 

Amazon

 

How do I see today's Amazon Music chart?

You can use the link below to view the Amazon Music chart.

 

Amazon Music

 

How often does the Amazon Music chart update?

It like iTunes updates on a regular basis a number of times a day. No streaming figures are provided however, unlike Spotify.

 

[FAQs written by Dan]

 

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Lots of Christmas songs unsurprisingly marching up the Apple chart as it’s now December.

 

Mariah #4 (and #71)

Shaky #6

 

Also:

Dreams #61

Go Your Own Way #73

Everywhere #78

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Spotify Chart Update (30/11)

 

:up: 01 02 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You 374,822 [*PEAK*]

:up: 02 03 Wham! – Last Christmas 366,248

:down: 03 01 Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero 348,084

:right: 04 04 RAYE, 070 Shake – Escapism. 309,129 (396,098; #1 combined)

:right: 05 05 Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (feat. Kim Petras) 283,509

:up: 06 11 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 269,846

:up: 07 14 Michael Bublé – It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 259,753

:down: 08 07 Drake, 21 Savage – Rich Flex 252,869

:down: 09 06 Meghan Trainor – Made You Look 252,627

:up: 10 16 Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 251,047

 

:down: 11 08 Oliver Tree, Robin Schulz – Miss You 246,385

:up: 12 25 Harry Styles – As It Was 232,991

:down: 13 09 venbee, goddard. – messy in heaven 231,172

:down: 14 12 David Guetta, Bebe Rexha – I'm Good (Blue) 228,374

:down: 15 10 Stormzy – Hide & Seek 227,711

:up: 16 17 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me 224,409

:down: 17 13 Anne-Marie, Aitch – PSYCHO 219,377

:up: 18 20 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock 217,831

:down: 19 15 Bugzy Malone, TeeDee – Out Of Nowhere 213,158

:down: 20 18 OneRepublic – I Ain't Worried 199,056

 

:up: 21 27 The Pogues, Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 194,408

:up: 22 23 Steve Lacy – Bad Habit 194,083

:down: 23 22 Tom Odell – Another Love 192,546

:up: 24 28 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree 190,094

:down: 25 21 Chris Brown – Under The Influence 189,235

:up: 26 30 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas - 2019 Remaster 188,133

:down: 27 19 Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me 184,976

:up: 28 29 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Version 184,049

:down: 29 24 Beyoncé – CUFF IT 178,756

:down: 30 26 Clavish, D-Block Europe – Rocket Science (feat. D-Block Europe) 163,968

 

:up: 31 35 Andy Williams – It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 159,967

:up: 32 36 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 158,430

:down: 33 31 The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather 158,284

:up: 34 37 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas 155,644

:down: 35 33 Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) - Edit 153,230

:down: 36 32 Taylor Swift – Lavender Haze 144,292

:up: 37 40 Sia – Snowman 144,129

:up: 38 47 Burna Boy – Last Last 139,883

:up: 39 46 Elton John – Step Into Christmas 138,956

:up: 40 44 Central Cee – Doja 138,277

 

:down: 45 34 Rema, Selena Gomez – Calm Down (with Selena Gomez) 134,008

:down: 53 45 Eminem – Mockingbird 126,364

:down: 61 43 Rihanna – Lift Me Up 118,069

:down: 62 39 Burna Boy – Alone 117,495

:down: 65 54 Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey – Snow On The Beach (feat. Lana Del Rey) 109,883

:up: 68 77 The Weeknd – Die For You 107,517

:down: 73 55 SZA – Shirt 105,293

:down: 76 56 Stormzy – This Is What I Mean 103,445

:down: 80 68 Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock 98,714

:down: 82 72 Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye 97,124

:down: 85 78 JVKE – golden hour 93,162

:up: 93 106 RAYE, 070 Shake – Escapism. - Sped Up 86,969 [*PEAK*]

 

:down: 104 83 Mimi Webb – Ghost of You 83,809

:down: 107 91 Ed Sheeran – Celestial 82,955

:down: 112 87 ThxSoMch – SPIT IN MY FACE! 82,131

:down: 113 88 The 1975 – About You 81,750

:up: 114 117 K-Trap – Warm 81,314

:up: 118 164 Harry Styles – Music For a Sushi Restaurant 80,248

:up: 119 150 Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary 79,742 [*PEAK*]

:down: 126 125 Tory Lanez – The Color Violet 78,590

:down: 127 90 Joel Corry, Tom Grennan – Lionheart (Fearless) 78,352

:down: 128 101 Billie Eilish – TV 78,332

:down: 132 93 Meekz, Dave – Fresh Out The Bank (feat. Dave) 76,832

:down: 140 103 Tiësto, Tate McRae – 10:35 75,205

:down: 142 124 Central Cee – One Up 73,965

:down: 152 114 Schak, Kim English – Moving All Around (Jumpin') (feat. Kim English) 71,947

:down: 155 121 d4vd – Here With Me 71,038

:down: 159 122 Drake, 21 Savage – Circo Loco 69,977

:down: 162 148 Imagine Dragons – Bones 69,771

:down: 176 160 Fred again.., Delilah Montagu – Delilah (pull me out of this) 67,784

:down: 195 153 Dermot Kennedy – Kiss Me 65,266

:down: 198 144 IShowSpeed – World Cup 64,872

 

Xmas

01 02 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You 374,822 [*PEAK*]

02 03 Wham! – Last Christmas 366,248

06 11 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 269,846

07 14 Michael Bublé – It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 259,753

10 16 Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 251,047

18 20 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock 217,831

21 27 The Pogues, Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 194,408

24 28 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree 190,094

26 30 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas - 2019 Remaster 188,133

28 29 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Version 184,049

31 35 Andy Williams – It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 159,967

32 36 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 158,430

34 37 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas 155,644

37 40 Sia – Snowman 144,129

39 46 Elton John – Step Into Christmas 138,956

42 49 John Lennon, Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Remastered 2010 137,231

44 41 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime - Edited Version / Remastered 2011 134,483

46 52 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 133,263

50 60 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride 128,728

56 69 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad 122,231

58 66 Ed Sheeran, Elton John – Merry Christmas 119,333

60 63 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe 118,482

69 79 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 106,139

71 76 Leona Lewis – One More Sleep 105,621

95 127 Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 86,568

99 131 Frank Sinatra, B. Swanson Quartet – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (with The B. Swanson Quartet) 85,563

109 138 Coldplay – Christmas Lights 82,477

125 149 The Jackson 5 – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 78,928

171 183 Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby 68,088

184 RE Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra – White Christmas 67,226

200 RE Frank Sinatra – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Remastered 1999 63,966

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Apple Music Chart Update (30/11-01/12)

 

:up: 01 02 RAYE - Escapism. (feat. 070 Shake)

:down: 02 01 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

:right: 03 03 Stormzy - Hide & Seek

:up: 04 10 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

:down: 05 04 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy

:up: 06 11 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

:down: 07 05 Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex

:down: 08 06 venbee & Goddard - messy in heaven

:down: 09 07 Anne-Marie x Aitch - PSYCHO

:down: 10 08 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

 

:down: 11 09 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me

:up: 12 16 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

:up: 13 19 The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

:up: 14 20 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

:up: 15 21 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

:down: 16 12 Chris Brown - Under the Influence

:down: 17 13 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

:up: 18 29 Wham! - Last Christmas (Single Version)

:down: 19 14 Tom Odell - Another Love

:up: 20 26 Elton John - Step into Christmas

 

:down: 21 15 Beyoncé - CUFF IT

:down: 22 18 Joel Corry & Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)

:down: 23 17 Stormzy - This Is What I Mean

:down: 24 22 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me

:down: 25 23 Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - Miss You

:up: 26 33 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

:up: 27 36 Wham! - Last Christmas

:down: 28 25 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) [Edit]

:down: 29 24 Clavish - Rocket Science (feat. D-Block Europe)

:down: 30 28 Burna Boy - Last Last

 

:up: 31 38 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

:down: 32 27 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down

:up: 33 41 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

:down: 34 30 Rihanna - Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By)

:down: 35 31 Ed Sheeran - Celestial

:up: 36 40 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

:up: 37 44 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

:up: 38 48 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remastered Version)

:up: 39 47 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

:down: 40 32 Stormzy - Firebabe

 

:down: 42 35 Mimi Webb - Ghost of You

:down: 43 39 Bugzy Malone & TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere

:down: 45 37 Meekz & Dave - Fresh Out The Bank

:down: 48 46 Drake & 21 Savage - Circo Loco

:up: 52 53 Tiësto & Tate McRae - 10:35

:down: 54 51 Burna Boy - Alone

:down: 55 54 Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye

:up: 56 59 Fred again.. - Delilah (pull me out of this)

:down: 60 57 Taylor Swift - Snow On The Beach (feat. Lana Del Rey)

:down: 70 61 Natalie Jane - AVA

:down: 72 63 JVKE - golden hour

:down: 80 73 Nathan Dawe & Talia Mar - Sweet Lies

:down: 81 71 Wizkid - 2 Sugar (feat. Ayra Starr)

:down: 87 84 Romy & Fred again.. - Strong

:down: 91 85 SZA - Shirt

:down: 92 86 Schak - Moving All Around (Jumpin') [feat. Kim English]

:down: 99 97 D.O.D & Raphaella - Like You Do

 

Xmas

04 10 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

06 11 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

12 16 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

13 19 The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

14 20 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

15 21 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

18 29 Wham! - Last Christmas (Single Version)

20 26 Elton John - Step into Christmas

26 33 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

27 36 Wham! - Last Christmas

31 38 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

33 41 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

36 40 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

37 44 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

38 48 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remastered Version)

39 47 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

53 69 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

58 76 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Edited Version)

59 81 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

63 82 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

65 83 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Single Version)

67 95 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

68 87 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

71 RE Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

76 RE Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

98 RE Sia - Snowman

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Amazon

 

Top 40, Non-Xmas

3. PSYCHO

4. Anti-Hero

5. Made You Look

8. Unholy

10. Miss You

11. Forget Me

12. Escapism.

13. messy in heaven

16. I'm Good (Blue)

18. Hide & Seek

22. Celestial

28. Kiss Me

30. I Ain't Worried

31. As It Was

33. Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By)

35. How Do I Say Goodbye

36. Lionheart (Fearless)

37. World Cup

39. Calm Down

40. Under The Influence

 

Top 100, Xmas

1. All I Want for Christmas Is You

2. Last Christmas

6. Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version)

7. Merry Christmas

9. It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

14. Merry Xmas Everybody

15. Underneath the Tree

17. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

19. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remaster)

20. Step Into Christmas

21. Santa Tell Me

23. Merry Christmas Everyone

24. Firebabe (Orchestral Version / Amazon Original) [stormzy]

25. Driving Home for Christmas

26. One More Sleep

27. Jingle Bell Rock

29. Someday at Christmas (Amazon Original) [Lizzo]

32. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

34. Wonderful Christmastime (Edited Version / Remastered 2011)

38. Holly Jolly Christmas

41. Sleigh Ride

42. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer [Felix Fox]

52. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Remastered 2010)

55. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

56. Stop The Cavalry

58. Snowman

62. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

64. Feliz Navidad

68. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

76. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (Long Version)

79. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

80. Together This Christmas (Amazon Original) [Maisie Peters]

81. Christmas Lights

83. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town [Jackson 5]

98. Lonely This Christmas

100. Last Christmas

yay Raye beating Mariah!
Imagine it'll be full of Christmas songs due to 1st Dec coke tomorrow's update 🥱🥱🥱

Spotify

 

Re-Peak:

 

1. Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas Is You

 

New Peak:

 

119. Lady GaGa- Bloody Mary

 

Re-Entries:

 

116. Fleetwood Mac- Dreams

150. Dave, Stormzy- Clash

153. Fleetwood Mac- Everywhere

163. The Weeknd- Save Your Tears

166. Central Cee- Obsessed With You

172. Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

173. Jack Harlow- First Class

175. Aitch, Ashanti- Baby

183. Luude, Colin Hay- Down Under

184. Bing Crosby- White Christmas

187. Arctic Monkeys- When The Sun Goes Down

188. Bruno Mars- When I Was Your Man

189. Cat Burns, goddard- go- goddard Remix

193. Knucks- Los Pollos Hermanos

196. Billie Eilish- Happier Than Ever

200. Frank Sinatra- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

 

Starting to see RAYE being Christmas #1 as a real possibility at this rate. So pleased for her. Will no doubt be a good boost for Xmas songs today though not sure if it being a Thursday will reduce the impact. Expect Saturday streams will be huge.
Gaga needs to quickly record a festive version- "Bloody Mary Christmas"

Not sure Christmas nativity season is the right time to plug ‘Bloody Mary’. :lol:

Wonder if this will finally be the year for 'Santa Tell Me' to make the top 10 since the official charts seem to be conforming more to the order of the Christmas songs on Spotify than they usually do (e.g. with The Pogues ranking lower than usual).

 

I scrape for things to care about amidst the Christmas invasion :kink:

 

Hope it may be possible for RAYE to grab #1 next week but I will not be surprised if it ends up being Mariah or Wham! (or Lewis Capaldi I guess, keep forgetting he has another song coming out)

Fleetwood Mac have a fair few songs in the top 100 on Apple (the top 2 are Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham songs respectively so clearly people are just putting on general Fleetwood Mac playlists without too much thought to Christine McVie specifically but still nice to see):

 

38 Dreams

44 Go Your Own Way

51 Everywhere

59 The Chain

69 Landslide

84 Songbird

 

Interested to see how high they go on Spotify tomorrow, I see 3 of their songs already re-entered with only a handful of hours of increased streams following the news.

NMF

 

1. Lewis Capaldi

2. PinkPantheress

3. Russ Millions/A1 x J1/French The Kid

4. James Arthur

5. Katie Gregson-MacLeod

6. Olly Murs

7. GRM Daily/Youngs Teflon/Tiny Boost

8. Jessie Murph

9. amy michelle

10. Armand Van Helden/Karen Harding

I can see the Top 5 looking something like;

 

01 Lewis Capaldi

02 Mariah Carey

03 Raye

04 Wham!

05 Taylor Swift

 

I am almost certain that will be the top 5, just not too sure in which order.

^Think Ed/Elton could easily go top 5 too judging by Amazon, Alexa is gone mad giving it crazy support, unlike Apple/Spotify

but Alexa is the one that rules the charts in Dec, when suddenly she reports crazy streams that the OCC somehow believes :D

 

the top 10 on Amazon are now all Xmas songs, with Mariah at #1 but Ed&Elton sure are the real #1 as they are the only ones not on ACR:

 

1 Mariah

2 Wham

3 Band Aid

4 Ed & Elton

5 Buble

6 Brenda Lee

7 Slade

8 Step into Xmas

9 Wizzard

10 Kelly Clarkson

Ugh I forgot about Ed/Elton - I hate the charts in Christmas :(. Will probably have to wait for new years for Raye to get #1 then 🥱

 

How are people not bored by listening to the same old Christmas songs every single year, I just don't get it. It's also not a true reflection as a lot of shops/cafes/bars etc just use the Christmas playlists without actively seeking it.

they shouldn't count passive playlisting or Alexa's
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