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

 

Alesso – Hypnotize (EP)

Altégo feat Gia Koka - Couldn't Care Less

Beabadoobee - Take A Bite

Bklava & MJ Cole - All Around Me

Black Eyed Peas & El Alfa feat Becky G – Tonight (Bad Boys: Ride Or Die)

Bradley Simpson - Picasso

Camila Cabello feat Lil Nas X - He Knows

Charli XCX – 360 [GRAT]

Charlotte Plank - Nightshift

Coi Leray - Lemon Cars

David Kushner – Hero

Don Diablo - Smalltown Boy

Felix Jaehn feat Jasmine Thompson - Without You

Hot Since 82 feat Ron Carroll - Preach

Iann Dior - Edge Of Tomorrow

Ice Spice - Gimme A Light

James TW - Remember Me

Jodie Harsh - Joy

Jonas Blue, Galantis & Zoe Wees – Mountains

KC Lights - Sky (Shining Bright)

Loreen - Forever

Mabel & Shygirl - Look At My Body Pt II

The Magic Gang - I’m Not Scared

Max - Pinkberry

Meduza, OneRepublic & Leony – Fire

Mega Sun Machine - Lightheaded

Megan Thee Stallion – Boa

MistaJam - Do It Like This

Myles Smith - Stargazing

Nero - Draw Energy

Paul Weller – Nothing [GRAT]

Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

Remi Wolf - Toro / Alone In Miami [GRATS]

Ren - Troubles

The Rifles - Mr Sunflower [GRAT]

RM - Come Back To Me

Róisín Murphy - The House (System Olympia Remix)

Samantha Harvey - Think About

Solardo feat Kaleena Zanders - Testify

Thomas Rhett - Beautiful As You

Timmy Trumpet x POLTERGST with Naeleck - Like A G6

Travis - Raze The Bar [GRAT]

 

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 M Huncho, Potter Payper

2 Myles Smith who

3 Charli XCX-

4 Beabadoobee

5 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

 

Post & Morgan are at #5 on Apple Music Australia after about 18 hours, a massive hit is incoming I think.

Morgan Wallen is a pretty big artist in Australia especially compared to here so hopefully it can pass us by and we are spared

Yeah, Australia is his second or third biggest country after US and/or Canada and MILES ahead the fourth.

Think its clearly between Sabrina and Tommy this week but it'll be interesting to see how Post Malone does on streaming. Fortnite in a fight to stay top 10!

Spotify

 

01. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (952,984)

02. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby (743,004)

03. Kendrick Lemar - Not Like Us (716,909)

04. Hozier - Too Sweet (666,253)

05. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (590,733)

06. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (480,929)

10. Dasha - Austin

20. Benson Boone - Slow It Down

21. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

22. Drake - Family Matters

25. Kendrick Lemar - Meet the Grahams

28. Badger - These Words

31. The Killers - Mr Brightside

35. Dua Lipa - Illusion

62. David Guetta - I Don't Wanna Wait

67. A$AP Rocky - Sundress

73. Rudimental - Green and Gold

95. Tems - Love Me JeJe

104. Dua Lipa - These Walls

138. Daya - Hide Away

144. Perrie - Forget About Us

145. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby (VHS) (99,416)

191. Teddy Swims - The Door

 

Edited May 10, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

Post Malone 93 on apple music seems pretty decent for this time of the day

Cruel summer already on the rise again

if you’d told me Taylor’s highest song from ‘TTPD’ would be as low as #8 three weeks after release I’d have been shocked!

if you’d told me Taylor would still have 10 songs top 50 three weeks after release I’d have been shocked!

if you’d told me Taylor would still have 10 songs top 50 three weeks after release I’d have been shocked!

 

Your not supposed to be looking at the positives, :lol:

 

But yeah that's the bigger picture, I'd say fortnight probably would be holding better if was an actual pre album single , not that it's necessarily the best off the album

In very bad news I expect As It Was to be reset ahead of today's chart. It was up 37% compared to last week on Spotify.

if you’d told me Taylor would still have 10 songs top 50 three weeks after release I’d have been shocked!

She did that with Midnights (11 songs top 40 after 3 weeks)

I think fortnight was a terrible choice, had she playlisted, radio’d and made a single of either I Can Do It With A Broken Heart or Down Bad I’d imagine they’d still be top 3 right now.

 

Fortnight is only higher due to playlist support and being promoted as the single.

All I want is pineapple be on acr had another lose control

Added to Apple's Today's Hits:

 

8. Mabel (feat. Shygirl) - Look at My Body [Pt. II]

11. Loreen - Forever

15. Jonas Blue, Galantis & Zoe Wees - Mountains

21. Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) - I Had Some Help

27. beabadoobee - Take A Bite

37. Clavish & D-Block Europe - Most Definitely

 

Myles Smith's 'Solo' has also had a big move up to #5 - I can see it making the Top 40 next week.

 

I'd like to see Jonas Blue make a chart comeback, his new single is pretty good.

I think fortnight was a terrible choice, had she playlisted, radio’d and made a single of either I Can Do It With A Broken Heart or Down Bad I’d imagine they’d still be top 3 right now.

 

Fortnight is only higher due to playlist support and being promoted as the single.

 

Weren't you throwing a wobbly about Sabrina knocking it off #1 less than a week ago? :unsure:

Morgan Wallen is a pretty big artist in Australia especially compared to here so hopefully it can pass us by and we are spared

Well it seems to be rising on Apple here at a similar rate to there currently!

 

It's now at #1 in Australia. I don't think it'll get that high here, but could go Top 10 on Apple today.

With Taylor I think the anti-Taylor feeling pretty big, when you have such huge sales first week it's going to hurt future weeks, then even her core fanbase they have so many songs to choose from even the recent past tons double album now then finally a lot of good songs around now that are simply better than hers. All that combined it's not a surprise she's not really holding up i don't think the song choice makes much of a diff, think fortnite is better than down bad anyway