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!

 

This week's new releases

courtesy of ManicKangaroo

 

Alle Farben & Lewis Thompson feat Mae Muller - Love Hurt Repeat

Alok & Bebe Rexha - Deep In Your Love

Ariana Grande - Yes, and?

Astrid S - Two Hands

Bandit x Belfort – Jenny (Heaven Can You Hear Me) (Paul Woolford Remix)

Billen Ted & TeeDee feat Sissy Ford - I Love You

Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)

Bright Light Bright Light - You Want My

Camelphat – Running Man

Cody Simpson - On My Mind (Forever Version)

Dizzee Rascal feat Jme, D Double E & Turno - What You Know About That

Ella Henderson feat Rudimental - Alibi

Felix Jaehn feat Leony - Waking Up

Gavin James - Afterlife

Gorgon City feat Bbyafricka - Biggest Regret

Here At Last - Dear Taylor

Illyus & Barrientos x KC Lights feat Jones – Boy

Irish Women In Harmony - Nothing Compares 2 U

Jack Wins – Bend N Snap

James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love [GRAT]

Jhene Aiko – Sun/Son

Jvke - This Is What Winter Feels Like

Kelly Clarkson – Lighthouse / I Won't Give Up

Lil Nas X - J Christ

Lola Young - Wish You Were Dead

Lyrical Lemonade feat Gus Dapperton, Lil Yachty & Joey Badass – Fallout [GRAT]

Marshmello x Venbee - No Man's Land

Oliver Heldens & Ian Asher & Sérgio Mendes - Mas Que Nada

Shaznay Lewis – Miracle

Sheryl Crow – Evolution [GRAT]

 

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.

 

Hot Hits UK

UK Top 50

New Music Friday

Today's Top Hits

 

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.

 

Today's Hits

UK Top 100

 

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]

 

Spotify/streaming discussion thread archive

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NMF - of course there’s no cover as it’s saved for Ariana!

 

1. D-Block Europe & Noizy

2. Lil Nas X

3. Jamie xx

4. The Vaccines

5. Marshmello & venbee

6. Ella Henderson ft. Rudimental

7. Unknown T ft. Loyle Carner

8. Etta Marcus

9. Reneé Rapp & Cast of Mean Girls

10. Gorgon City ft. BbyAfricka

JLo #16, that’s not very nice

Sabrina moved up to 5 and Sophie moved up to 10 on Apple Music’s Today Hits! ❤️ (And those positions are including the eventual Ari add, as she’s greyed out as track 1 currently!) - Ella/Rudimental added as track 22, Lil Nas X track 24, and Marshmello/Venbee track 30

Quite underwhelmed by Ariana's single. Whose idea was to interpolate Vogue so much that it's basically all the song offers in the end. The interpolation itself is tasteful, just.... too much.

The writers of 'Vogue' aren't even credited on it so pretty sure it's not even officially interpolated at all :kink: (although definitely inspired by it, I don't think it's that similar though).

 

I like the song but I don't think it's going to #1, it seems a little too lowkey to pull in the numbers to beat Noah I think.

They're not? It sounds exactly like Vogue :o

I don't hear Vogue either, I hear more Deeper and Deeper

agree it's underwhelming, caters too much to the same people that liked Beyonce's comeback

really not my thing, think it's beyond bad

 

but what a support, #1 on every possible existing playlist on Spotify, been a while since we had a song insta-added at #1 on HH

'Underwhelming' and 'beyond bad' feel like very different descriptions to me but hey x

let us have opinions please, it's not your website, don't need to comment on everything and correct everything like if you own the website thanks ;)

Ok I will leave you to your own self contradictory opinion lol x

I'm mostly impressed by how much of a risk it is — that minute instrumental opening, it's very camp

 

It's incredible and beyond atrocious x

I love her comeback single, it's so much fun! I think it could get to #1 with physicals etc and it does have a lot of hype.

let us have opinions please, it's not your website, don't need to comment on everything and correct everything like if you own the website thanks ;)

This is dramatic even for you

I'm mostly impressed by how much of a risk it is — that minute instrumental opening, it's very camp

 

It's incredible and beyond atrocious x

Agreed on this. Definitely feels risky and I won’t rule out the song growing on me, but definitely not the instant pop bop I was hoping for. Expect Noah to stay ahead overall this week now.

 

Ella/Rudimental ticks all the boxes screaming hit based on what did well last year. Expect that to do very well.

Edited January 12, 20241 yr by GTH

besides Ariana at #1, HH added:

Lil Nas X- J Christ at #25, BMTH- Kool-Aid, and The Last Dinner Party-Nothing Matters!!!!!

I like Ariana and even love some of her songs but this one is just the worst. Not catchy, all over the place, just feel SO blend, I guess with being number 1 on every possible playlist on the universe it will do some numbers but for me it was so bad.

besides Ariana at #1, HH added:

Lil Nas X- J Christ at #25, BMTH- Kool-Aid, and The Last Dinner Party-Nothing Matters!!!!!

Nothing Matters is just a masterpiece, I wish it was blowing on TT.

It's funny how we all seem to be hearing different songs listening to Ari... personally I'm finding it really instant!

It's funny how we all seem to be hearing different songs listening to Ari... personally I'm finding it really instant!

Same here! I think it's such a fun bop! It's not on No Tears levels but it's really strong.