Streaming Services Chart Discussion

Posted May 24, 20241 yr

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

Alex Adair & Bottom Lip - Love Makes It Easy

Alexis Ffrench - Once

Audio Bullys & Smokey Bubblin' B - Dilate

Babymetal & Electric Callboy - Ratatata

Bailey Zimmerman - Hell Or High Water

Bat For Lashes - At Your Feet

bbno$ - It Boy

Becky Hill feat Self Esteem - True Colours [GRAT]

Blanka - If U Want Me

Blue - My City

Central Cee & Lil Baby - Band4band

Charlie Puth – Hero

The Chemical Brothers — Hey Boy Hey Girl (ARTBAT Remix)

Cian Ducrot - Something I Can't Afford (Demo)

Darin - Moonlight

Disclosure - She's Gone, Dance On [Wednesday 29th]

Flo - Caught Up

Gorgon City — One New Change

Groove Armada - Free Jam (EP)

Imagine Dragons - Nice To Meet You

James Vincent McMorrow- Things We Tell Ourselves

Jorja Smith - Backwards (Dirty Danger Remix)

LP Giobbi feat Jacob Banks - Feel

Mariah Carey - Portrait

Masters At Work – Organi

Matt Dusk &The Lou Pomanti Orchestra - It Had To Be You

Maximo Park - Your Own Worst Enemy

Meghan Trainor feat Niecy Nash - I Wanna Thank Me [GRAT]

Miike Snow - I Was A Sailor

PinkPantheress - Turn It Up

Prince - Silver Tongue

Priyanka - Shut It Down

R3hab x Da Tweekaz - My Girl

Rag'n'Bone Man - What Do You Believe In

Snow Patrol - The Beginning [Wednesday 29th]

Tom Ferry feat Jess Ball - Standstill

Tom Speight - Stay Alive

Zach Bryan - Pink Skies (Eulogy)

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.

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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May 24, 20241 yr

NMF

1 Bring me the Horizon

2 Central Cee,Lil baby

3 PinkPantheress

7 Nelly Furtado <3

8 Rag N Bone Man

15 Clairo <3

HH has Billie as cover but they actually demoted Lunch down to #6

but nice for them they added Birds of a Feather as track #20

so now she has 3 tracks on HH (Chihiro is further down)

HH also added the Central Cee/Lil baby thing at #30

May 24, 20241 yr

The central cee & Lil baby song is new levels of bad for UK rap its definitely struggling this year

May 24, 20241 yr

Hope rag bone man can’t scrap top 40

May 24, 20241 yr

Wrong thread

Edited May 24, 20241 yr by darrens94

May 24, 20241 yr

Billie up to #1 with 807k :puke:

May 24, 20241 yr

Billie up to Number 1 on Spotify!

May 24, 20241 yr

Spotify

:up: 01. Billie Eilish - LUNCH (807,761)

:down: 02. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (759,008)

:up: 03. Hozier - Too Sweet (596,107)

:down: 04. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby (590,992)

:up: 05. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (572,585)

:down: 11. Myles Smith - Stargazing

:left: 23. Benson Boone - Slow it Down

:down: 35. gunna - one of wun

:up: 56. David Guetta - I Don't Wanna Wait

:up: 61. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

:down: 74. Tems - Love Me JeJe

:up: 83. Rudimental - Green and Gold

:up: 109. Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight

:up: 143. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

:up: 147. The Script - Breakeven

:down: 152. Teddy Swims - The Door

:down: 157. Charli XCX - 360

:up: 164. The Script - Hall of Fame

Edited May 24, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

May 24, 20241 yr

Come through Billie! Lunch is absolutely fantastic, song of the year material.

May 24, 20241 yr

oh my massive drop for Espresso and massive climb for Lunch...

has the autopayola switched? :D

was thinking about it this morning cos I first streamed Phoebe Bridgers-Punisher and the first autosong after the album was Billie-Lunch

then I streamed Taylor's and the first song on autopayole was again Billie-Lunch

of course cannot really tell cos I have streamed Billie's album quite a lot so the autoplayed song makes sense

but it crossed my mind that the autopayola might have switched from Espresso to Lunch :D

May 24, 20241 yr

Yeah Sabrina has been tailing off this week I doubt she will get more than a day above 800k again. Big opportunity for a new 1 the next few weeks

May 24, 20241 yr

Ooh go Billie! I prefer the other charting tracks but I can see why Lunch is the biggest and I’d be up for that being the next #1.

May 24, 20241 yr

I hope Lunch can hold onto #1 on Spotify until next Friday but not sure it will

May 24, 20241 yr

I'm getting Lunch as my autoplay song every single time now too instead of Espresso. Which is fine as I prefer it, but I wish they were pushing Birds of a Feather onto me instead as that is a stunning track.