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

 

A. G. Cook – Britpop

Astro - Circles

Bat For Lashes - The Dream Of Delphi

Bugzy Malone - Ladies

Catfish and the Bottlemen – Showtime

Central Cee - I Will

Charlotte Day Wilson - I Don't Love You

Cheat Codes x Two Friends - The Way It Is

Daði Freyr - I'm Not Bitter / Outside

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Coone & Lil Jon - Join The Madness

The Driver Era, Ross Lynch & Rocky - Get Off My Phone

Enrique Iglesias & Miranda Lambert - Space In My Heart

Ford Kiernan & RYZY - Coffee Man

Frank Turner – Girl From The Record Shop

Griff - Miss Me Too [Wednesday 28th]

Guy Sebastian & Sam Fischer – Antidote

Hannah Laing - FWTDJ (All Night Long)

Hybrid Minds & Grace Grundy - Kites

Issey Cross feat Songer – Sleepwalking

Jacob Collier feat John Legend & Tori Kelly - Bridge Over Troubled Water [GRAT]

Jalen Ngonda – Illusions

James Vincent McMorrow - Never Gone

Joel Corry x Sidney Samson x Pajane – Riverside MF

Jordan Davis - Good News Sold

Josh Breaks - Easy

Judas Priest - The Serpent And The King [GRAT]

Julio Bashmore - Sprungboard

Justin Timberlake – Drown [GRAT]

Kiesza - Dancing And Crying

Kings Of Leon - Mustang

Lee Taub - Obsolete

LF System - All I've Got

Linkin Park – Friendly Fire

Lost Legs - King Of Broken Hearts

Lu.Ci - Freedom

Mark Knopfler - Watch Me Gone [GRAT]

Martin Garrix & Mesto feat Wilhelm - Breakaway

Matt Dusk – I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Max Richter feat Sparks - Don’t Go Away

Mr Belt & Wezol - It's Not Right (But It's OK)

Mylène Farmer & Feder - Désenchantée (2024)

Netsky & Dillon Francis - Nobody Likes The Records That I Play

Norah Jones - Staring At The Wall [GRAT]

Paul Weller – Soul Wandering

Raven Numan - My Reflection

Rebecca & Fiona - All Or Nothing

Redlight - In My Head

Rudimental x Skepsis feat Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan - Green & Gold

Saison feat Mike Dunn & Adrianne Archie - Non Stop

Sean Paul & Beres Hammond - Tender Tender

Sebastian Ingrosso & Steve Angello - Skip

Selena Gomez - Love Again

Shane Codd – Space

Sofia Carson - Joke's On Me

The Staves - I'll Never Leave You Alone [GRAT]

The Struts - Heaven's Got Nothing On You

Switch Disco x R3hab x Sam Feldt - Sleep Tonight

SZA – Saturn

Timcast - Eyes of Advice

Timmy Trumpet & Captain Curtis - Just A Kid

Tom MacDonald - The Machine

Tracers - Push And Shove

The Trammps - I've Gotta Stand Up (Brand New Man) (Dave Lee Garage City Mix)

Tyrone, FooR & Project One - On a Vibe (I Get High)

UB40 feat Gilly G - Gimme Some Kinda Sign [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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Great to see Catfish at #1 on NMF! They've been added reasonably high on Apple's Today's Hits too - hopefully they can debut Top 20 officially.

 

NMF:

 

1. Catfish and the Bottlemen

2. Central Cee

3. Rudimental & Skepsis (feat. Charlotte Plank)

4. Kasabian

5. Selena Gomez

6. Ghetts (feat. Kano & Wretch 32)

7. SZA

8. Hannah Laing

9. SOMOH

10. Justin Timberlake

 

11. Kings of Leon

think they only added Central Cee to HH

I'll be shocked if on Tomorrow's update Beyonce won't be number one after rising to number 1 on TTH and HHUK and others... it's gonna explode even more, but that's clearly what the GP like now so it's deserved.

yes she's the #1 + cover on both HH ad TTH

Crazy good update for Beyoncé on Spotify.

 

641,617 (+59,934)

Edited February 23, 20241 yr by BlackNBlue

Catfish and the Bottlemen are new in on Spotify at #173 after just under 6 hours.

Yeah Beyoncé not far away from overtaking Noah. Dua drops back to 14.

MGK didn’t make the top 200 pretty bad for him

MGK didn’t make the top 200 pretty bad for him

His last single didn't either. But his pop-punk stuff is what blew him up, so it's not too surprising to see his performance dip now he's gone back to rap. It's not a particularly commercial sounding rap song at that anyway.

Re-entry and new peak for Boys Don’t Cry at #163!

I think Bob Marley & The Wailers' 'Could You Be Loved' should get a reset this week, up 27% on Spotify

Catfish have now entered the Apple chart at #161.

Muni Long - "Made For Me"

 

Amazon (Prime Chart): #254 (highest I've seen it so far, seems to be climbing slowly but surely)

Apple Music: #30 (new peak - rising quite a bit, I assume she got moved up on playlists)

Spotify: #72 (peak #69 so far)

 

 

Dua Lipa - "Training Season"

 

Amazon (Prime Chart): #3 (new peak)

Apple Music: #8 (Not sure if it has gotten higher yet)

Spotify: #14

 

Disappointed by the lack of movement on HHUK. Most songs seem to be about the same positions as last week. Hopefully the Monday update will move things around a bit. I assume Selena Gomez's new song will get added Monday.

 

 

 

Apple Music:

39 NEW Central Cee - I Will

46 NEW Catfish and the Bottlemen - Showtime

 

Surprisingly still no new Selena in the top 200. Looks like it might not even become a hit for her but will be interesting to see what she does on Spotify tomorrow

Beyoncé is going to get a massive boost in the next update.

It’s a hit in its own right anyway with the general public so it’s well deserved.

Apple

8 Dua

24 Muni Long

33 NEW Central Cee - I Will

35 The Blessed Madonna

42 NEW Catfish and the Bottlemen - Showtime

plus lots of Potter Payper

Really thought SZA & Selena would be showing up by now :(

Selena in particular considering it has all the support. SZA came out of nowhere and it might take a day or two until people find out about it.

Beyoncé climbs to #1 on Spotify! 754,180 streams!