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

 

24kGoldn – Clarity

Achilles & Beks & DJ Sammy — Wildfire

ATB feat David Frank — Take A Moment

Babymonster - Stuck In The Middle

Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On

The Blessed Madonna feat Clementine Douglas - Happier

Bombay Bicycle Club feat Lucy Rose – Willow

Bru-C & Shapes – Let It Go

Chicane — Offshore (Symphonic Rehearsal Mix)

Dannii Minogue & Autone - Thinking 'Bout Us

Dean Lewis - Memories

Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Jack Back / Da Capo & Kitty Amor Remixes)

Dimitri Vegas x Chapter & Verse x Goodboys — Good For You

Dylan Gossett - Bitter Winds

Gotye x Kimbra x Fisher x Chris Lake x Sante Sansone - Somebody 2024

Ibibio Sound Machine - Got to Be Who U Are

Jazzy - Shooting Star

Keith Urban - Straight Line

Mark Knight & Armand Van Helden — Don't Abuse It

Michael Aldag - Balayage

Nathan Dawe - We Ain't Here For Long

Orbital, David Holmes & Mike Garry – Tonight In Belfast (EP)

Sam Tompkins - Phones In Heaven

Shaznay Lewis - Kiss Of Life

Sia & Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone [Wednesday 7th]

Tom Walker - Head Underwater

Tones And I - Dreaming

Usher & Pheelz – Ruin [GRAT]

Wes Nelson & Craig David - Abracadabra

Will Clarke & Burns - Give Me

 

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

See here

HHUK updated, yes no Selfish of course but we all knew that,

I'm super disappointed by Nothing Matters going down all the way to 42 (!!) on release week. I mean, HOW? Such a weird decision, also the song is one to last on the album tracklist so I can't see a big boost, I was hoping for a top 10 this week, but I guess not :P

Home by Good Neighbours has been added to HHUK at #16!

NMF:

 

1 Jimmy

2 Tom Walker

3 Jazzy

4 Nothing But Thieves

5 Bicep

6 Nafe Smallz feat. AJ Tracey

7 Charlotte Plank

8 Potter Payper

9 TWICE

10 Tyler Lewis

11 The Blessed Madonna

 

How rude of them to completely snub Dannii Minogue from NMF :unsure:

NMF:

 

1 Jimmy

2 Tom Walker

3 Jazzy

4 Nothing But Thieves

5 Bicep

6 Nafe Smallz feat. AJ Tracey

7 Charlotte Plank

8 Potter Payper

9 TWICE

10 Tyler Lewis

11 The Blessed Madonna

 

How rude of them to completely snub Dannii Minogue from NMF :unsure:

Jimmy????

@1 on NMF is The Last Dinner Party with The Feminine Urge

Jimmy????

@1 on NMF is The Last Dinner Party with The Feminine Urge

Really? It's showing as 'Welcome To E9' by Jimmy for me! I wonder what it's showing for others?

Edited February 2, 20241 yr by Mangø

It’s The Last Dinner Party for me, Jimmy is somewhere in the middle of the playlist.

Jimmy is track #66 for me, but who is Jimmy?

Makes more sense to have The Last Dinner Party at #1 to be honest

The Last Dinner Party for me too and they’re also the cover.

Wtf??? Why am I the only one with Jimmy at #1? For me The Last Dinner Party are somewhere in the middle of the playlist! Really bizarre :wacko:

Besides being the pic, the playlist actually says: Brand new music from The Last Dinner Party, Tom Walker, Jazzy and more.

Thats bizarre, maybe your settings? I have "custom order" I think.

@orimayo will be happy that at least Timberlake's Selfish has been added to TTH and pretty high too (track #16)

Spotify

 

01. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (757,308)

02. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor (488,583)

03. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (383,084)

08. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

16. YG Marley - Praise Jah in the Moonlight

21. The Weeknd - One of the Girls

22. Megan Thee Stallion - HISS

25. The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

52. Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever

59. Ella Henderson & Rudimental - Alibi

80. Good Neighbours - Home

96. Yung Filly - Grey

143. Aimee Carty - 2 days into College

183. Rich Amiri - ONE CALL

 

Sophie’s numbers beginning to drop if she can stick around until the BAFTAs it will be interesting but seems unlikely it’s awhile away

'2 days into college' sounds like a Britain's Got Talent audition. :lol:

 

And then they follow it up in the live shows with a rubbish song.

@orimayo will be happy that at least Timberlake's Selfish has been added to TTH and pretty high too (track #16)

 

I know I saw, also 13 on HHUS, and it's omrimayo :)

I think any chance Sophie may have had at #1 has passed, but still crazy how well she’s done. And 4 separate runs at #2 is an even more special achievement in a way!

Yay Megan continuing to rise whilst Nicki has awful samples and continues to deteriorate into madness 😍

I think any chance Sophie may have had at #1 has passed, but still crazy how well she’s done. And 4 separate runs at #2 is an even more special achievement in a way!

what you mean 4 separate runs at #2??

what you mean 4 separate runs at #2??

 

Official charts I think - she’s hit #2 on four separate occasions.