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

 

Alec Benjamin - King Size Bed

Alexis Ffrench - The Way It Was

Alicia Keys - Kaleidoscope

Armin van Buuren & Gryffin - What Took You So Long

Bat For Lashes - Letter To My Daughter [GRAT]

Benjamin Ingrosso with Olly Alexander - Kite

Benson Boone - Slow It Down [GRAT]

Beverley Knight - Fabulous, Baby!

Bradley Simpson - Cry At The Moon

Camila Cabello feat Playboi Carti - I Luv It

Cassyette - When She Told Me [GRAT]

Darin – Electric

Daughtry - Pieces

D.O.D - Sun Is Shining

Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World?

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books: Short Stories (EP)

Girl In Red feat Sabrina Carpenter - You Need Me Now [GRAT]

Happy Reality – Dreams

Hot Since 82 feat Rowetta & Sweet Mercy - Reach Out

James Hype - Wild

Justice & Miguel – Saturnine [GRAT]

Kane Brown - Fiddle In The Band

Kelly Jones - Turn Bad Into Good [GRAT]

Lenny Kravitz - Human

Matt Terry - His Car

The Newton Brothers - X-Men '97 Theme

Offaiah - Hands

Pearl Jam – Running [GRAT]

Ruel & DMA'S - What A Life [Wednesday 27th]

Sarah Louise - I Ain't Got The Time

Selecta J-Man & MC Spyda - Foundation Style

Sepp Osley - Sing (Freedom Club Mix)

Seven Lions & Illenium feat Ásdis - Not Even Love

Songer - Wide Awake

Stacey Lynn - Long Road

Tourist - Crush

Travis – Gaslight

 

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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NMF

1 Tyla - Art

2 Benson Boone - Slow it down

3 Nemzzz,Headie One - I Know you Care

4 Olivia Rodrigo - Obsessed

5 Kenya Grace - Someone else

6 Hozier - Too sweet

 

HH didn't add Olivia :/ barely added anything, can only see Artemas and maybe Rudimental?

Djo is the cover and now moved slighty up to track #10, Ariana-Friends still low at #15

speaking of NMF it's quite ridiculous that the playlist has room for 120 songs but Porter Robinson's lead from his forthcoming album isn't one of them

and they have songs on the playlist from 9 months ago

they should should systematically add all new big releases every week

not adding the new Olivia, which is even insta-A-listed by R1, is ridiculous

Obsessed is a great song Olivia really doesn’t have any bad songs at all. In a different league to some others out there

Spotify

 

01. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (559,552)

03. Djo - End of Beginning (542,365)

04. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (487,373)

11. Dasha - Austin

15. Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants

23. Good Neighbours - Home

40. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

57. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

74. Artemas - if u think i'm pretty

141. Mark Arbor - Belong Together

142. Rudimental - Green and Gold

182. goddard. & Cat Burns - Wasted Youth

 

Nice to see 'i like the way you kiss me' moving up further today!

 

Be gone 'Sex On Fire' though <_<

speaking of NMF it's quite ridiculous that the playlist has room for 120 songs but Porter Robinson's lead from his forthcoming album isn't one of them

> follow up to one of the best albums of modern times

> 346k streams in well under 24 hours

> video approaching 1m views

 

clearly that's not a noteworthy release..... :thinking:

 

anyway since they don't want you hearing it - ADD Cheerleader to your playlists, stream it all day, blast it in your car, and sing it OUT LOUD just to stick it to them xxo

 

 

NMF

 

1 Tyla - Art

4 Olivia Rodrigo - Obsessed

 

These to smash please. Great videos as well!

Spotify:

 

New Peak:

 

11. Dasha- Austin

15. Bryson Tiller- Whatever She Wants

40. Kings of Leon- Sex On Fire

57. Artemas- i like the way you kiss me

74. Artemas- if u think i'm pretty

80. Dominic Fike- Babydoll

141. Mark Ambor- Belong Together

 

 

 

Re-Peak:

 

1. Benson Boone- Beautiful Things

 

New Entries:

 

156. Billy Joel- Vienna

 

 

Re-Entries:

 

176. Linkin Park- Numb

186. Elton John- I'm Still Standing

188. Brent Faiyaz- Best Time

189. Tyler, The Creator ft Kali Uchis- See You Again

191. The Kooks- She Moves In Her Own Way

193. SZA- Kill Bill

198. DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Bryson Tiller- Wild Thoughts

200. Earth, Wind & Fire- September

No Olivia on Apple Music but a lot of Future/Metro Boomin songs starting to show up with the highest at #41.

Apple Music is run so poorly because they had it right then they switched the album to 2023 release so now if you use voice control for latest album it plays some movie soundtrack instead of the album extension she just released. So American and Obsessed both great songs no idea if they’ll do well but they should

Obsessed now in at #76 on Apple, with a 2nd version lower in the t200

Hozier--Too Sweet in at #90

 

Hozier's been added quite high to Today's Top Hits on Apple.

Olivia Rodrigo - "Obsessed"

 

Going to be a massive hit, so good! #76 & #144 on Apple Music - hopefully it'll get combined soon. Also #212 on Amazon. The music video is also off to a good start so far with over 1.7 million views. Interested to see how big it debuts on spotify - wouldn't be surprised if it challenges for a top 3 debut or even for #1!

 

 

 

 

Didn’t anticipate that so many people would care about a Future and Metro Boomin album

Future & Metro B doing very well on Apple, 2 tracks top 10 (#6 & 7), 5 top 20, and the whole thing in the top 100

Besides them,

Olivia - Obsessed is at #46&161 now

Hozier- Too sweet is at #58

Tyla - Art at #180

New benson not done anything Apple Music hope does better Spotify update

New benson not done anything Apple Music hope does better Spotify update

Beautiful Things got off to a better start on Spotify than on Apple, though I've set my expectations low - he's got no precedent for smashing with every release so I'm not expecting big things (so far, would be nice to see playlist support continue beyond his big hit)

he's #2 on NMF on Spotify so should do well today on that alone

is he not being supported on Apple?