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

 

Big Boss Man - Das Freak

Black Country Communion - Stay Free

Cardi B - Like What Freestyle

Catty - I Dated A Monster

Charli XCX - Von Dutch

Chloe - FYS

Claptone - Come With Me

Confidence Man x DJ Boring – Forever 2 (Crush Mix)

The Cost - Not For Me

David Penn & Offaiah - Satisfied

Dylan Gossett - Somewhere Between

Eels - Time

Elbow - Balu

Fletcher - Doing Better [GRAT]

Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds of Summer – Lighter

Gorgon City - You Know It

Hayley May & TCTS – Losing My Mind

Headie One - Socials

Hell Is For Heroes - If Your Heart Will Answer

James - Our World [GRAT]

Jamie Jones & Jazzy - We Groovin

JAY1 - Sunday Service

Jess Bays & Jem Cooke - In Your Arms

Jesse McCartney feat Yung Gravy - Make A Baby

Joost - Europapa

Kacey Musgraves - Too Good To Be True [GRAT]

Kaleen - We Will Rave

Keith Richards - I'm Waiting For The Man

Keith Urban - Messed Up As Me

Kelly Jones - Inevitable Incredible

Keys The Prince - Left Right

The LaFontaines - Business As Usual

Laurel - Wild Things

Liam Payne – Teardrops

Martin Garrix & Seth Hills — Biochemical

Martin Smith - Joy (What The World Calls Foolish)

Matt Hansen - Gravity

The Mercians - Sarah Connor

Mozey & Sofia - Run (Part 1)

New Kids On The Block - Kids [Tuesday 5th]

Olly Alexander - Dizzy

Pharrell Williams feat Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It)

Plastik Funk x Rave Republic x Bellini — Samba De Janeiro

Ricki-Lee - I Was Made For Loving You (EP)

The Rifles - Days Of Our Lives

Samara Joy – Why I'm Here

Scooter — Let's Do It Again

Seeb - Before You Go

SG Lewis & Chloé Caillet - Costa

Skepta & Portable - Tony Montana

SL Kutta - Commercial In Dispersal

St Vincent - Broken Man

Sunbeam - Give Me Something

Surfaces feat Jvke - Don't Let Me Down

The Kid Laroi - Still Yours

Tokio Myers - Malaya's Song (Lullaby)

Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate

The Zutons – Pauline

 

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

NMF UK:

 

1. Charli XCX

2. Pharrell Williams ft. Miley Cyrus

3. Fred again..., Lil Yachty & Overmono

4. Skepta, Portable & JAE5

5. Cat Burns

6. Twenty One Pilots

7. Olly Alexander

8. Jamie Jones & Jazzy

9. Headie One

10. BXKS & Joe James

 

11. Griff

 

Jamie Jones and Joe James appearing together :lol:

I thought Olly would have been higher up the list.

I think Catfish and the Bottlemen are the only ones to be added to HHUK - shame it wasn’t last week though.

Weird HH didn't add Charli as it seems to get a big push everywhere, and instead they add Catfish one week too late

same for Miley, but probably will be added on Monday

 

https://kworb.net/youtube/insights/uk_daily.html

 

Djo had a big increase here so looks like it will be rising up the charts

that's cos he released the official lyric video

 

https://kworb.net/youtube/insights/uk_daily.html

 

Djo had a big increase here so looks like it will be rising up the charts

He did not rise even one place on the artist page on Spotify UK, so I wouldn’t put my money on it. I really think with the right push on TTH and HHUK it could have been number one in a week or so but he’s very lagging behind in that case.

Hope new entry can push stick season out 5 once and all

it's bizarre Djo is only track #43 on HH and they're totally ignoring how popular the song is

but good thing is, the song has lots of room to grow once HH eventually moves it up, so then it could really easily gain +100K extra streams per day

it's bizarre Djo is only track #43 on HH and they're totally ignoring how popular the song is

but good thing is, the song has lots of room to grow once HH eventually moves it up, so then it could really easily gain +100K extra streams per day

This. I hope it won’t lose steam until Spotify will decide to put him on the top of playlists. Best song of the moment for me.

Beyoncé keeps losing steam, still 2 but less than a 100k from 3 and 150k from djo. I think she’ll have next week still but after that no, hopefully djo will keep gaining and get support.

Looks still safe this week

Next week my money would be on Ariana with the next single being pushed with the album ala Break Up with your girlfriend

Looks still safe this week

Next week my money would be on Ariana with the next single being pushed with the album ala Break Up with your girlfriend

Maybe, most likely is ES the title song that is the single, I don’t see it doing a whole week over 600k unless it’s very good and strong second single, but who knows.

Ariana yes and struggle. Wait see how new one sound

 

And why end up different Fred agin track thought Selena Gomez next one

No chance if it was a prealbum 2nd single

But together with the abum release think she might do it

Looks still safe this week

Next week my money would be on Ariana with the next single being pushed with the album ala Break Up with your girlfriend

 

Beyoncé is favourite but benson, Kanye, Djo are catching her on a daily basis

but also don't forget the other outlets

Kanye is not even top 10 on Apple and probably not doing much on Amazon

Djo is even lower on Apple

it's bizarre Djo is only track #43 on HH and they're totally ignoring how popular the song is

but good thing is, the song has lots of room to grow once HH eventually moves it up, so then it could really easily gain +100K extra streams per day

The system feels threatened whenever scary left field hits like these break through via organic means :arrr: notice how Mitski's track was always tucked away towards the bottom of their playlist when it was one of the biggest songs around...

 

Apple's Today's Hits has added:

 

15. Charli XCX - Von dutch

18. Fred again.., Lil Yachty & Overmono - Stayinit

20. Olly Alexander - Dizzy

22. Headie One - Socials

27. Griff - Miss Me Too

31. Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate

40. Liam Payne - Teardrops

51. Pharrell Williams (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Doctor (Work It Out)

55. Sia & Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone

 

I can't remember if Dance Alone was already there or not, but I think it's an addition.