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 - Sacrifice Tomorrow [GRAT]

Aluna - Ride Or Die

Anish Kumar - Everything Blooms Around Her

Astrid S - Hot Fever Dream

Becky Hill - Right Here [GRAT]

Bellah Mae - Hell & Never Back

Bicep - Dove

Blanq Minds feat Conor Maynard - How Will I Love You

Cage The Elephant - Metaverse [GRAT]

Calum Scott - Then There Was You

Caroline Polachek - Starburned And Unkissed

Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)

Daryl Hall & Dave Stewart - Can't Say No to You

Fireboy DML - Everyday

Fisher x Jennifer Lopez — Waiting For Tonight

G-Eazy - Lady Killers III

Garbage - Song To The Siren

Holly Humberstone feat Medium Build – Cocoon (EP)

Imagine Dragons x J Balvin - Eyes Closed

Jodie Lauren - Told Me To Smile

Keith Urban & Lainey Wilson - Go Home W U

Leigh Anne - Forbidden Fruit

Loyle Carner - A Lasting Place (live from the Royal Albert Hall)

Lucy Spraggan feat Robbie Williams - Sober

Lukas Graham - Cheat Code

Mabel & Shygirl - Look At My Body [Wednesday 8th]

Majestic x The Jammin Kid x Céline Dion - Set My Heart On Fire (I'm Alive x And The Beat Goes On)

Marshmello & Kane Brown - Miles On It

Meghan Trainor - To The Moon

Michael Aldag - Promenade

Miles Kane - Miles Kane & The Evils (EP)

Miranda Lambert - Wranglers

New Rules - Back To The Drawing Board

Pip Millett - Husband

Purple Disco Machine & Benjamin Ingrosso feat Nile Rodgers & Shenseea - Honey Boy

Rapsody feat Erykah Badu – 3:AM

Raven Numan – Going Down

Richard Hawley - Prism In Jeans [GRAT]

Riva Starr – Love You Till Tomorrow

Sam Palladio feat Chris Shiflett – Tennessee

Shaznay Lewis – Got To Let Go [GRAT]

Sofi Tukker - Throw Some Ass

Soft Play - Act Violently

Tom Misch - Insecure

The Waeve - City Lights

Will Clarke feat House Gospel Choir - Weekend Love

Woseley - Do For Me (What You Gonna)

 

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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very dead week for newbies (again), Dua Lipa is #1 on NMF with a random album track These Walls

These Walls has also been added to HH but low as track #40 replacing Houdini, which is out of HH now

These Walls is such a bizarre choice for a focus track from the solid album imo.

 

Manifesting Kendrick for top ten officially on Friday!

have to agree there, These Walls doesn't really sound like single material

11 tracks is a bit lazy but the promo been very solid, no vultures 2 as of yet and taylor’s songs finally dropping off so I think Dua will get #1.

 

Kendrick will be lucky to have get top 40, great diss track but they rarely have longevity especially not a 6+ minute one.

 

Sabrina now #1 on apple music

Dua said they got 100 songs so at least they should have gone with 12, 16 would have been perfect

No Lucy Spraggan feat Robbie Williams - Sober on music Friday

 

That flop now to just hope pineapple teddy swims acr this week be happy

No Lucy Spraggan feat Robbie Williams - Sober on music Friday

 

That flop now to just hope pineapple teddy swims acr this week be happy

It is there, just quite low down.

 

Not that it was ever going to be a hit anyway.

crazy it's track #119 on NMF :)

'These Walls' is a cringe fest. Why that one?

but Pinneapple Teddy Swims will never leave the charts ;)

Added to Apple's Today's Hits:

 

18. Becky Hill - Right Here

30. Rachel Chinouriri - It Is What It Is

39. Teddy Swims - The Door

45. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby

 

Can The Pineapple get another hit?

Fortnight down to #4 on Spotify - oops. I Can Do It with a Broken Heart will be the hit from the album in the long run I reckon.

#123 NEW Gracie Adams - Risk!!!! oh!!!

Gracie Abrams New one really good hope get in chart

oh Gracie Adams supported Taylor on the Eras tour, 1000% sure that's why it's charting today :D hahaha

Taylor giving birth to another pop girl

Taylor giving birth to another pop girl

 

Taylor Swift is the new Carol Jones.

Sabrina also down on last week for the first time. Autoplay bonus wearing off? Hozier seems to have stabilised now so it seems likely she'll do the same. Good to see so many huge hits at the moment anyway!

Apple Music:

 

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

 

23. Illusion

26. Training Season

54. Houdini

109. End Of An Era

123. These Walls