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

 

AJ Mitchell - Foolish

Amy Shark - Beautiful Eyes

Aurora - The Conflict Of The Mind

Bananarama - Supernova

Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera – Never Be Alone

Ben Howard – Rumble Strip

Benson Boone – Beautiful Things

Cage The Elephant - Neon Pill

Calum Scott – Lighthouse

David Kushner - Skin And Bones

Declan McKenna - Mulholland's Dinner And Wine

D.O.D feat Hannah Boleyn – Dominos

Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart

Hannah Wants + Sam Divine + Jem Cooke – Cruel Intentions

Jade Bird - Burn The Hard Drive [Wednesday 24th]

Jonas Blue & Sam Feldt present Endless Summer feat Sadie Rose Van - Rest Of My Life

Kaiser Chiefs - Burning In Flames [GRAT]

Kaleb Cooper - I Can't Stand Sheep

Knox - Here's To Us

Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu - All Night Long

Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever

Mae Stephens - ADHD

Maggie Lindemann – Hostage

Magic! - Good Feeling About You

Next In Line - Love Like Us

Nia Archives – Crowded Roomz

Noah Kahan with Sam Fender – Homesick

Norah Jones - Running

Paloma Faith feat Kojey Radical – Pressure [GRAT]

Paul Oakenfold & Franky Wah - Bullet In The Gun

Picture This - Act Of Innocence

R3hab, Vize & JP Cooper - Jet Plane

Robin Schulz x Topic feat Oaks - One By One

Sandi Thom - Festival Of The Oppressed [Wednesday 24th]

Shouse - Tonic

The Snuts – Millionaires [GRAT]

Tia Kofi - Read My Lips

Vintage Culture, Maverick Sabre & Tom Breu - Weak

Wilkinson & Kelli-Leigh – This Moment

Wrabel - The Village (mtf Version)

X Ambassadors - No Strings

Zara Larsson - You Love Who You Love

 

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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MOTD added to HHUK!!!

They’ve also added Alibi too yay

Well they didn't half take their time but good to see (she's in at #8 on there). Will see if this has any immediate impact on the gap between her and Noah.

 

Ariana has been moved down to 3rd behind Noah and Jack now so RIP to her run being #1 on every playlist ever etc.

 

(also yay 114,000th post x)

MOTD added to HHUK!!!

They’ve also added Alibi too yay

 

Great news! Where are both MOTD and Alibi placed?

The new version of Noah’s ‘Homesick’ with Sam Fender is sounding great on first listen, would love to see that become a decent sized hit

Great news! Where are both MOTD and Alibi placed?

MOTD is #8 and alibi quite low down at #49 on the playlist

Ooooh yay for Sophie!

 

They had to eventually, didn't they?

NMF:

 

1. Mumford & Sons x Pharrell Williams

2. Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera

3. Nia Archives

4. David Kushner

5. Rachel Chinouriri

6. Zara Larsson

7. Declan McKenna

8. Mae Stephens

9. Kingfishr

10. Blxst

 

I’m surprised that Mumfords at #1 there, it’s apparently just a promo track for Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton runway show.

I have Noah & Sam at #3. Willing for that to be a big hit!

 

I like Mumford's new one and Rachel Chinouriri is sounding decent on first listen too!

 

My fave track this week though is Zara! WHAT A BOPPPPP!!!

I have Noah & Sam at #3. Willing for that to be a big hit!

Oops, not sure how I missed it! :lol:

Oh, Kygo/Ava only #40 on NMF, almost forgot about this one. Kygo usually has decent support in the UK but this is one seems to be DOA.

Oops, not sure how I missed it! :lol:

Tbf I had to triple/quadruple check that you missed it and I'm going to blame "Nia" being perceived as "Noah" :lol:

As the last thread has been closed, I just want to use this opportunity to say I was thrilled reading some love for Spaceman by The Killers. Underrated tune.

MOTD is #8 and alibi quite low down at #49 on the playlist

 

Thanks, that’s great for Sophie! Hopefully Ella’s position improves.

Hurrah that they’ve added Sophie finally and at a reasonable placing too. Clearly they listened to my 2 or 3 disgruntled posts this past week :kink:

 

Will now be quite interesting to see what difference it makes to her numbers. It must be quite rare that we get the chance to see the effect of being suddenly placed top 10 on the playlist when a song is already doing so well.

Oh yes for Sophie, think Alibi was already in there?

 

guess we'll see the effect more from Monday

Well they didn't half take their time but good to see (she's in at #8 on there). Will see if this has any immediate impact on the gap between her and Noah.

 

Ariana has been moved down to 3rd behind Noah and Jack now so RIP to her run being #1 on every playlist ever etc.

 

(also yay 114,000th post x)

 

So funny how the truth shaking you so much,

Every word about her getting a huge support on Spotify was (and is) true and you pretend I said something wrong. I like you anyway :)

Noah - 1 - 745K

Ariana - 4 - 414K

 

Is that enough?

Noah - 1 - 745K

Ariana - 4 - 414K

 

Is that enough?

 

I got Noah ahead by 5-6k sales. Wouldn’t say it’s particularly close. Would have been if she kept dominating iTunes but seemed to fall off yesterday so unless a lot of her other versions are getting streams I’m not factoring in she’s miles away.

Loads good music this week gone be manic on my chart next week official chart same as always Sophie and Noah stick cds battle number 1

Edited January 19, 20241 yr by DJ Cheeky Magpie