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

 

Abba - Waterloo (50th Anniversary Edition)

Amber Mark - Comin' Around Again

AP Dhillon & Stormzy - Problems Over Peace

Ava Max - My Oh My

Baby Queen - Ride Or Die

Benjamin Ingrosso – Better Days

Boston Manor - Sliding Doors

Cali Green - Waiting...

Calum Bowie – Love Lost

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

The Chattahoochies - Take The 'O' Outta Country

The Curse Of K.K. Hammond feat Ian Davidson - She Is My Precious

David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don’t Wanna Wait

Depeche Mode - People Are Good (Remixes)

Diplo & Riva Starr feat Kareen Lomax - Heaven Or Not

DJ Zinc & Riko Dan - London

Dolly Parton - Southern Accents

Eli & Fur - Insomnia

Ella Henderson x Natasha Bedingfield feat Rudimental - Alibi (The Other Girl Version)

Empire Of The Sun - Changes

Felip - Fake Faces

Good Neighbours - Keep It Up

Gorgon City feat Caroline Byrne - All That You Need

Griff - Ver2igo Vol 2 (EP)

Iain Angus MacLeod - At The Helm

Jalen Ngonda - Here To Stay

Jesse McCartney - All's Well (EP)

JoJo Siwa - Karma

Julian Velard - I Don't Know

Kehlani - After Hours

Kelsea Ballerini - Love Me Like You Mean It (Reimagined)

Khalid - Please Don't Fall In Love With Me

Kim Cameron - Roll The Dice

Kittie - We Are Shadows

Lawrence - Guy I Used To Be

London Grammar - House

Luke Bryan - Love You Miss You Mean It

Luke Hemmings- Close My Eyes

Missy Higgins - The Second Act

Omar Apollo - Spite

Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other

Paul Russell - Eat Pray Love

Paul Weller - Rise Up Singing

Peggy Gou - 1+1=11

Picture This - Parked Car Conversations [GRAT]

Prince - United States Of Division

Rainbow Kitten Surprise feat Kacey Musgraves - Overtime

Raven Numan - Here For Me

Rich Amiri – Madonna & Rihanna

Rosie Alice - Best Part of My Day

Sam Redmore feat Lumi HD - Let It All Out

Sia feat Labrinth – Incredible [GRAT]

Small Black Arrows - The British Museum

Sonny Fodera feat Blythe – Mind Still

Steve Aoki & Kiddo - Drive

Tasos P - Save You

Tones And I - Down Under

Twinnie - The Greatest Love Story

Wardruna - Hertan

Welshy feat Hayley May - Feel

Within Temptation feat Alex Yarmak - A Fool's Parade

The Zutons – The Big Decider

 

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. Benson Boone - Cry

2. Glass Animals

3. Griff

4. Good Neighbours

5. Diplo/Riva Starr/Kareen Lomax

6. Bryson Tiller

7. Peggy Gou

8. Kehlani

9. Charli XCX - Club classics

10. Soft Launch

 

11. London Grammar

12. David Guetta/OneRepublic

13. Ava Max

I'm a little surprised the Guetta track has been placed as low as #12.

 

Not expecting Charli to do much sadly.

The band at #10 on NMF, Soft Launch, are there with their debut single. They’re signed to Parlophone, so I wonder what the story is there. 👀

 

They were getting hyped up on Radio 1 the other evening too.

The band at #10 on NMF, Soft Launch, are there with their debut single. They’re signed to Parlophone, I wonder what the story is there. 👀

 

They were getting hyped up on Radio 1 the other evening too.

 

Ok i'm cackling at the idea of a band called 'Soft Launch' being an aggressively pushed industry plant. :lol:

Ok i'm cackling at the idea of a band called 'Soft Launch' being an aggressively pushed industry plant. :lol:

And in very surprising news, I’ve done some digging and the frontman is Sean of X Factor 2017 duo ‘Sean & Connor Price’! :lol:

Added to Apple’s Today’s Hits:

 

18. Glass Animals - Creatures in Heaven

21. Good Neighbours - Keep It Up

45. Benson Boone - Cry

51. David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don’t Wanna Wait

59. Ava Max - My Oh My

 

Hozier has also been moved up to #1!

Hozier cover + moved to track #10 on HH

Think they also added Jolene, it wasnt there before right?

Poor Bodyguard, still not a chance :(

yes poor Bodyguard and probably half of its streams are Taylor fans trying to figure out if Taylor sings backing vocals :D

'Bodyguard' is the best one, it deserves to get a chart placing!

Excited to see the numbers for Too Sweet throughout the week!

Spotify

 

01. Hozier - Too Sweet (641,304)

02. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (562,607)

03. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (492,956)

04. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (484,565)

05. Djo - End of Beginning (456,189)

11. Dasha - Austin

17. Mark Ambor - Belong Together

32. SZA - Saturn

33. Jungle - Back On 74

37. Benson Boone - Slow It Down

45. Artemas - if u think i'm pretty

51. The Blessed Madonna - Happier

59. NewEra - Birds in the Sky

66. Tyla - Jump

116. Rudimental - Green and Gold

143. G-Eazy - Lady Killers II

157. goddard. and Cat Burns - Wasted Youth

199. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

Edited April 5, 2024Apr 5 by ElectroBoy

Jolene could get replace bodyguard that one happy swap that one

Jolene could get replace bodyguard that one happy swap that one

 

What are you basing that on because bodyguard is down 6 places today ❓❔

 

641 a new high for hozier but I def see it going much higher

Interesting that Apple have added Cry to Today's Hits and not Slow It Down, a bit annoying as it'll hinder the progress of the latter but could help Benson achieve another charting song, so swings and roundabouts x

Looks like Hozier is starting to pull away from Benson Boone now.

Edited April 5, 2024Apr 5 by DoBelieveTheHype

Looks like Hozier is starting to pull away from Benson Boone now.

 

Sure the gap will close again given the album is out so Beautiful Things should get some form of bump in the next update

But it's not doing 1m yet so it's a flop right ?

Spotify:

 

 

New Peak:

 

11. Dasha- Austin

17. Mark Ambor- Belong Together

45. Artemas- if u think i'm pretty

55. WALK THE MOON- Shut Up and Dance

66. Tyla, Gunna, Skillibeng- Jump

69. Dominic Fike- Babydoll

 

 

New Entries:

 

199. Bruce Springsteen- Dancing In The Dark

 

 

 

Re-Entries:

 

158. Timbaland, Keri Hilson, D.O.E.- The Way I Are

171. Kelly Clarkson- Since U Been Gone

172. Train, Hey, Soul Sister

175. The Script- Breakeven

178. Bakar- Hell N Back

183. Linkin Park- Numb

184. MKTO- Classic

188. Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag

190. Frank Ocean- Lost

192. Pitbull, Ne-Yo- Time of Our Lives

193. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close

194. PinkPantheress- Pain

197. Campbell, Alcemist- Would You (go to bed with me?)

200. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Fortunate Son