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

 

ArrDee & Favé - Time

Alfie Templeman – Radiosoul

Baby D vs Paul Morrell - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Paul Morrell/Ku De Ta Mixes)

Black Keys - This Is Nowhere [GRAT]

Bryan Adams - Someone's Daughter Someone's Son

Buskerteers Choir - Proud Mary

Conan Gray - Alley Rose

Deco – Photograph

Dirty Sterling - I Hope You Never Know

Ella Henderson - Mamma You Were Right

Flo - Walk Like This

Gabrielle Aplin - My Hero

Girl In Red - Doing It Again Baby [GRAT]

Harriet - Tryin' To Get the Feeling Again

Here At Last - Until Tomorrow Comes

Idris Elba - La Trumpeta

Jax Jones & Zoe Wees - Never Be Lonely (Cascada Remix)

Justice – Incognito [GRAT]

Kelli-Leigh – Unconditional

Laufey - Goddess

Luke Hemmings - Shakes

Martin Garrix – IDEM (EP)

Matt Champion with Jennie - Slow Motion

Mura Masa - Still

Nina Nesbitt - Pages

NOFX - I'm A Rat

Rain Radio, Shugz & Caitlyn Scarlett - Baby I'm Bad

RLY - Ring The Alarm

Rosa Linn - Universe

S Club - Good Times (Bradley & Jon)

Sam Feldt - The Confession

Self Esteem & Jake Shears - Cabaret: The Maida Vale Session (EP)

Sheryl Crow feat Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt

Sinéad Harnett - The Most

Skynd - Heaven's Gate

Slash feat Brian Johnson – Killing Floor

Solardo x Stevie Appleton - The Juice

Twin Atlantic - World Class Entertainment

Two Door Cinema Club - Happy Customers

Underworld & Kettama - Fen Violet

 

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

HH update:
Ariana cover and Yes And? Back to #1

Her new single We can’t be friends added as track #20

 

They also added Charli but low

And Dasha-Austin!!! and 4btaz ft Drake

 

Also Rate-Worth it has been moved up to track #9 and SZA-Saturn track #10

and they finally moved Djo up, now at #17

 

 

Very quiet week for newbies, must be if they've got FLO as track 2 on NMF and Nina Nesbitt (remember her?) as track 6!

Spotify

 

01. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (594,564)

02. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (525,636)

03. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em (484,398)

04. Djo - End of Beginning (483,750)

08. casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada

16. Bryson Tiller - Whatever You Want

20. Ella Henderson - Alibi

21. Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start

23. Pozer - Kitch Stove

26. SZA - Saturn

27. Good Neighbours - Home

32. RAYE - Escapism.

37. Kygo - Whatever

65. Yung Filly - Grey

67. Rich Amiri - One Call

72. Jungle - Back on 74

83. Muni Long - Made For Me

89. Dasha - Austin

104. RAYE - Worth It.

115. Dylan Gossett - Coal

122. Charli XCX - Von Dutch

138. Calvin Harris - Lovers in a Past Life

136. Yeat - Breathe

137. Madison Beer - Make You Mind

Edited March 8, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

Benson increased his lead a little on Beyoncé setting him up for a big chance at #1 this week probably Beyoncé still favourite but only just

thought Ariana's label would really push for single #2 more

rather than having the dead lead single back at #1 on HH

Her new single is much more instant than 'yes, and?', hopefully it will take off and smash!

Very quiet week for newbies, must be if they've got FLO as track 2 on NMF and Nina Nesbitt (remember her?) as track 6!

Thought someone had hacked NMF and planted some fake names

as I've never heard of artists #7-10

Victoria Canal, Bellah Mae, Nieve Ella,

kinda sound like made up names to me :D

 

thought Ariana's label would really push for single #2 more

rather than having the dead lead single back at #1 on HH

 

I’m not going to listen but the general consensus seems to be yes and is the worst song on the album and the album is actually ok so hard to predict streaming numbers but the video drops later so if it gets into top 3 iTunes it may have a chance for #1 if not then no

I’m not going to listen but the general consensus seems to be yes and is the worst song on the album and the album is actually ok so hard to predict streaming numbers but the video drops later so if it gets into top 3 iTunes it may have a chance for #1 if not then no

 

Yeah getting top 3 on i-tunes is usually a big sign if a song will get a chance of going to Number 1 or not.

 

I look forward to McFly going to Number 1 soon :lol:

I think the 2nd single had too little Spotify support right now to be the #1 this week

even if it does well on day 1 on the back of the album release

 

I’m not going to listen but the general consensus seems to be yes and is the worst song on the album and the album is actually ok so hard to predict streaming numbers but the video drops later so if it gets into top 3 iTunes it may have a chance for #1 if not then no

 

Yes And? considered a bad song? I must have missed the memo.

Her new single is much more instant than 'yes, and?', hopefully it will take off and smash!

 

Ten times better!

 

I'm not anticipating a #1 contender but hopefully a steady hit at least.

Hope Benson Boone can have the number #01. He really deserves it, Beautiful Things is a smash hit !

Hope his lead on Beyoncé keeps growing all week long, and hope no Ariana Grande's song can have the number #01 this week.

 

Come on guys, let's stream Beautiful Things !

Potential Resets for Today's Chart based on this week's Spotify

 

RAYE feat. 070 Shake - Escapism. (+99.2%)

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire (+39.5%)

Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven (+32.1%)

Jungle - Back on 74 (Probably up over 100%)

 

There were also a bunch of old songs that got big re-entries into the Spotify chart this week for some reason including:

 

WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance (+~55%)

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (+~48%) [unsure as to the rules on this one, it hasn't charted in the last three years to this week, but did chart in early 2021 so we'll see]

 

Finally:

 

Viva la Vida was up 42% on Spotify this week but is ineligible for a reset.

Brazil by Declan McKenna was up 30% but is also inelgible.

Ariana Starting to appear on Apple...

 

09. yes and?

45. bye

49. intro (end of the world)

58. don't wanna break up again

67. eternal sunshine

85. we can't be friends (wait for you)

93. the boy is mine

94. supernatural

102. true story

109. Saturn Returns interlude

Edited March 8, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

That's an amazing start for Ariana, no?

Ariana Starting to appear on Apple...

 

09. yes and?

45. bye

49. intro (end of the world)

58. don't wanna break up again

67. eternal sunshine

85. we can't be friends (wait for you)

93. the boy is mine

94. supernatural

102. true story

109. Saturn Returns interlude

 

It’s good, but let’s not forget it’s already 8+ hours out.

Am I right in that Ariana tends to do a lot better on Spotify as well compared to Apple?

 

Really hope we can’t be friends can be a big hit. A lot of this album is amongst my favourites on first listen since Sweetener era Ariana.

Edited March 8, 20241 yr by JLJ

I don't find the new Ari song that instant. It sounds decent though - giving me Robyn vibes.

Edited March 8, 20241 yr by Scene