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

 

AJ Mitchell - Flowers On The Moon

Alex Adair - Love Is What We Hope For

Becky G - Boomerang

Ben Platt - Andrew

Bicep & Benjamin Damage- CHROMA 002 L.A.V.A

Bon Jovi - Legendary

Bright Light Bright Light & Ultra Naté - Every Emotion

Cardi B - Enough (Miami)

Cascada - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

The Christians - Tanera Days

The Dandy Warhols feat Debbie Harry - I Will Never Stop Loving You

Daniel O'Donnell & Brandon McPhee - Across The Hills Of Home

Dee C Lee - Every Day Summer

DJ Susan & Shift K3y - Feel Alive

Eats Everything, Chris Lorenzo & Lily McKenzie – Ghosts

Example feat Nu-La - Run

F.Hero, Bodyslam & Babymetal- Leave It All Behind

Gasoline & Matches - Could’ve Been A Love Song

Halle - In Your Hands

Holly Humberstone - Work In Progress (EP)

James TW - Wish I Never Had to Say Goodbye

Jennifer Lopez feat (G)I-dle - This Time Around

Kenya Grace - It's Not Fair

Lewis Thompson - Love Again

Magic! - Sunflower Fields

Majestic - When I Close My Eyes

Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes - Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)

Meghan Trainor & T-Pain - Been Like This

Nia Archives - Unfinished Business [GRAT]

Nora En Pure — Invasion Of The Believers

Ruth Royall – Electricity

The Saw Doctors - All We Love

Sheppard - Edge Of The Earth

Sister Bliss - Dancing With U

V - FRI(END)S

Vampire Weekend – Classical [GRAT]

Wilkinson & North - Balance

X Ambassadors – Half-Life [GRAT]

Zayn - What I Am

 

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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Intrigued to see how Zayn does this week.

Intrigued to see how Zayn does this week.

 

Spoiler: Bad.

(Sadly, I do like him)

Cannot see any new adds to HH, they have Kygo/Ava as cover and they moved Whatever to track #5

Benson is #1, Beyonce #2 and they keep Djo and new Ariana out of the top 10

 

on NMF

1 Justin Timberlake - No Angels

2 Cardi B

3 Caity Baser

4 Zayn

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

 

Very interesting YouTube stats now

 

Spotify

 

01. Djo - End of Beginning (606,412)

02. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (557,882)

04. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (537,062)

06. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em (405,780)

10. Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start

19. Dua Lipa - Training Season

25. SZA - Saturn

79. Madison Beer - Make You Mine

101. RAYE - Worth It.

 

Ohh, Ariana closed the gap a fair bit, it'll be close this week.

 

3+6+7+8. V - FRI(END)S

20. Meghan Trainor & T-Pain - Been Like This

22. Cardi B - Enough (Miami)

23. The Saw Doctors - All We Love

25. Hanley and the Baird - Force of Beauty

51. ZAYN - What I Am

59. Nothing But Thieves - Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God

60. Justin Timberlake - No Angels

67. Justin Timberlake - Paradise (feat. *NSYNC)

75. Halle - In Your Hands

83. Nothing But Thieves - Pure You

84. G4 - Io che non vivo senza te (You Don't Have to Say You Love Me)

96. John Rush - Waitin' For Your Love To Call (radio edit)

Benson 250k more than Beyonce past two days shame he doesn’t get such numbers on the weekend or he might have got 1

3+6+7+8. V - FRI(END)S

20. Meghan Trainor & T-Pain - Been Like This

22. Cardi B - Enough (Miami)

23. The Saw Doctors - All We Love

25. Hanley and the Baird - Force of Beauty

51. ZAYN - What I Am

59. Nothing But Thieves - Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God

60. Justin Timberlake - No Angels

67. Justin Timberlake - Paradise (feat. *NSYNC)

75. Halle - In Your Hands

83. Nothing But Thieves - Pure You

84. G4 - Io che non vivo senza te (You Don't Have to Say You Love Me)

96. John Rush - Waitin' For Your Love To Call (radio edit)

 

 

Was that for iTunes therd

wow Djo doing 50% more than Beyonce now!

Was that for iTunes therd

 

Whoops, yes

This week seems pretty dead, nothing new is charting on AM.

This week seems pretty dead, nothing new is charting on AM.

 

Pitbull & Dolly Parton are top 10 on Amazon if that spices things up:

 

 

 

Apple:

31 Raye - Worth it

158 NEW Griff - Miss Me Too <3

187 NEW Zayn - What I am

Would be nice to see ‘Worth It’ becoming a proper hit!

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

 

If this holds I don’t see how Ariana will finish above Benson. He’s ahead on Amazon and Apple Music and doing a lot better than her on iTunes too so she’d need a big Spotify advantage which I doubt she’ll get

Dont let your Ariana hate blind you

We know Benson has a poor premium ratio and that kills his chances

 

On Yt theyre all doing similarly

I wouldnt take any conclusion from that

Especially on the basis of 1 day and a 50 stream advantage

Stream Kylie and Sia!!

 

The Ofenbach remix is rising on Amazon UK up to 20. The music video is now out, the Remix EP is out. Lets go!

Wow the top 3 are literally separated today by about 5k streams! :o

 

Ariana is down to 4 but still not that far behind the top 3 either!