From the FCP thread as this gives some context into how everything is selling when you factor in the premium/ad-funded ratios, and all platforms together:

 

Sales since Monday's update

 

13,600 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends

12,603 Benson Boone

12,343 Beyoncé

12,158 Djo

11,108 Teddy Swims

Ariana's in a very strong position for #1 next week at this point, otherwise it's all close. Benson's obviously been pulling away from Beyoncé, but Djo's not far behind and he's on his way up, so I think if anyone's likely to challenge Ariana it'll be him, especially if his playlisting improves by Friday. Could be an interesting battle next week!

definitely Ariana vs Djo next week

Spotify Chart Update (12/03)

 

01 01 Djo – End of Beginning 629,362

02 03 Ariana Grande – we can't be friends (wait for your love) 569,292 [*PEAK*]

03 02 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 563,045

04 04 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 541,291

05 05 Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD 'EM 440,180

06 06 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 397,154

07 07 ¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich The Kid, Playboi Carti – CARNIVAL 376,223

08 08 Ariana Grande – yes, and? 309,525

09 09 Tate McRae – greedy 309,419

10 15 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 286,168 [*PEAK*]

 

11 11 cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe – Prada 258,653

12 12 Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Murder On The Dancefloor 244,247

13 14 Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me 243,376

14 16 YG Marley – Praise Jah In The Moonlight 233,557

15 10 Ariana Grande – bye 232,212

16 19 Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer 231,385

17 17 Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten 230,676

18 22 Kenya Grace – Strangers 218,984

19 20 Bryson Tiller – Whatever She Wants 215,836

20 25 Dua Lipa – Training Season 215,170

 

21 13 Ariana Grande – the boy is mine 214,953

22 27 Ella Henderson, Rudimental – Alibi (feat. Rudimental) 199,141

23 18 Ariana Grande – eternal sunshine 194,103

24 40 Dasha – Austin 193,931 [*PEAK*]

25 29 Dua Lipa – Houdini 190,641

26 21 Ariana Grande – supernatural 184,629

27 33 SZA – Saturn 181,344

28 28 21 Savage – redrum 178,858

29 38 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners – Evergreen 177,995 [*PEAK*]

30 23 Ariana Grande – don't wanna break up again 175,432

 

31 31 Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture "Barbie"] 174,703

32 37 Good Neighbours – Home 170,231

33 24 Ariana Grande – i wish i hated you 168,742

34 34 Tyla – Water 167,823

35 39 Olivia Rodrigo – vampire 165,214

36 36 Flo Milli – Never Lose Me 165,066

37 46 Kygo, Ava Max – Whatever 163,741

38 35 Mitski – My Love Mine All Mine 163,703

39 43 Lord Huron – The Night We Met 158,764

40 26 Ariana Grande – true story 158,422

 

44 45 Travis Scott, Playboi Carti – FE!N (feat. Playboi Carti) 149,547

46 41 Pozer – iamspamspamamiStove 148,280

49 49 The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp – One Of The Girls (with JENNIE, Lily Rose Depp) 137,829

52 54 The Last Dinner Party – Nothing Matters 133,640

57 90 Madison Beer – Make You Mine 125,202

60 59 ¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign – BURN 120,233

62 65 4batz, Drake – act ii: date @ 8 (feat. Drake) - remix 118,676 [#22 combined]

65 112 NewEra – Birds In The Sky 117,397 [*PEAK*]

86 76 Rich Amiri – ONE CALL 105,494

90 82 Paul Russell – Lil Boo Thang 103,871

99 93 RAYE – Worth It. 97,833

 

106 101 Yung Filly – Grey 94,676

118 121 Artemas – if u think i'm pretty 91,031

129 124 Shy Smith – Soaked 86,636

130 137 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiësto, Dido, W&W, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike – Thank You (Not So Bad) 86,367

135 147 Charli XCX – Von dutch 85,314

152 133 Gracie Abrams – I miss you, I’m sorry 81,583

167 150 Yeat – Breathe 78,811

168 153 Central Cee – I Will 78,730

182 165 Dylan Gossett – Coal 76,343

the interesting thing is that if you look at the Mids data from Mon-Wed and then you compare to the corresponding data from Spotify, Djo is the #1 that did best but only 4th from the Mids data

and Djo did > 250,000 more than Beyonce but he's below her

guess that means Djo is having a bit of the same problem as Benson and getting a bad ratio of free/premium

the interesting thing is that if you look at the Mids data from Mon-Wed and then you compare to the corresponding data from Spotify, Djo is the #1 that did best but only 4th from the Mids data

and Djo did > 250,000 more than Beyonce but he's below her

guess that means Djo is having a bit of the same problem as Benson and getting a bad ratio of free/premium

Djo might be #1 on Spotify but he's #7 on Apple (and has only entered the top 10 there in the last few days), while he wasn't charting on video streaming at all last week, so he's lagging in other regards. The ratio might also be a factor but hard to tell!

Wow at scared to start finally taking off, it’s been hovering at the lower end of the top 40 for a while now so glad to see it’s finally breaking out at last. Fingers crossed it can chart in the top 10 next week.

I do love the chart currently! Lots of new hits and it’s not as stale as it has been recently! more of this plzzz

It would be a bit refreshing to see We Can't Be Friends and the still relatively fresh Djo hit battling it out in the top 2 next week.

 

I'm not sure too much staleness has dissipated on the whole though.

It would be a bit refreshing to see We Can't Be Friends and the still relatively fresh Djo hit battling it out in the top 2 next week.

 

I'm not sure too much staleness has dissipated on the whole though.

There is definitely some dead wood to clear, but nice to see the top of the charts being interesting for once. Certainly beats the situation we were in just over a month ago where it was just stick season, Prada, greedy, cruel summer and MOTD (Lovin On Me before that) hogging the top 5.

 

Great numbers for Ariana and to see 9 songs still top 40 almost a week in is great. Happy for Djo too although I wonder if it would be doing this well if the TikTok black out of universal acts/songwriters wasn’t limiting choice on the app.

the interesting thing is that if you look at the Mids data from Mon-Wed and then you compare to the corresponding data from Spotify, Djo is the #1 that did best but only 4th from the Mids data

and Djo did > 250,000 more than Beyonce but he's below her

guess that means Djo is having a bit of the same problem as Benson and getting a bad ratio of free/premium

 

I don’t think this is the reason at all. Free Spotify is very ugly to use these days. I don’t think it’s about benson. Teddy Swims seems to outperform his numbers and he probably has other versions of his song(live versions etc) that get an extra 400-500k streams per week across all platforms that we don’t factor in

I'm positive is the free/premium ratio

we've seen it looooots of times in the past, lots and lots

especially with artists that cater to young + also r'n'b/rap artists

I'm positive is the free/premium ratio

we've seen it looooots of times in the past, lots and lots

especially with artists that cater to young + also r'n'b/rap artists

 

Benson numbers make sense in comparison to everyone else except teddy swims so not really following your logic. Try and use Spotify without premium it’s near impossible to play songs you want to

I'm positive is the free/premium ratio

we've seen it looooots of times in the past, lots and lots

especially with artists that cater to young + also r'n'b/rap artists

 

yes especailly boys a liar vs flowers - bal was ahead on spotify for ages iirc but never made #1 officially

 

Spotify

 

01. Djo - End of Beginning (635,395)

02. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (554,754)

03. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (550,284)

04. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (549,411)

05. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em (422,432)

10. Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start

20. Dasha - Austin

30. SZA - Saturn

61. Madison Beer - Make You Mine

94. RAYE - Worth It.

115. NewEra - Birds in the Sky

150. Charli XCX - Von dutch

183. Alex Warren - Before You Leave Me

 

 

Seems like djo is the real one with momentum

Seems like djo is the real one with momentum

 

On Spotify he is, on Apple he is still at 6

 

 

Hoping Ariana gets some physicals for next week.

 

She does have a strings version and an acapella version on iTunes at the moment so hopefully those also go to streaming sites. It’s too good for it to just miss out on #1!

On Spotify he is, on Apple he is still at 6

 

I have Ariana at 5 there

I'm so utterly baffled (much like I was with Stick Season) as to why this Djon song has blown up :mellow:

 

I really like both Djo’s and Ariana’s songs so I’m happy with either of them replacing Beyoncé at #1.

 

Beyoncé really seems to have a good grip on Apple Music and iTunes. It’s only Spotify letting her down really.