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

 

Aitch feat Luciano - Baddies

Alexander 23 - Brown Eyed Baby

Anastacia - Highs & Lows

Big Time Rush - Only One

Clementine Douglas - Riddles [Wednesday 12th]

D.O.D feat Ina Wroldsen - Paradise

Dom Dolla – Girl$

Elderbrook - Shallow Water

Falling In Reverse & Jelly Roll - All My Life

Ferreck Dawn & Alex Mills - Heartache

G-Eazy - Anxiety

Glass Animals - A Tear In Space (Airlock) [GRAT]

Gracie Adams - Close To You [GRAT]

Halestorm And I Prevail - Can U See Me In The Dark?

Hannah Laing - I Need it More

Headie One - I Still Know Better [GRAT]

Hunter & McMustard feat Mellow Party & Dumfries Community Choir- Go On Yourself

Johnny Cash feat Dan Auerbach – Spotlight [GRAT]

Lady Blackbird - Reborn

Link Lewis - Decisions

Luke Combs - The Man He Sees In Me

MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) - BMXXing

Nathan Dawe x MNEK - Ten (Get Back Up)

Naughty Boy feat Kah-Lo - Friends

Orville Peck, Kylie & Diplo - Midnight Ride

Ne-Yo, Pitbull & Afrojack - 2 The Moon

Raye - Genesis

Robin Schulz feat Izzy Bizu - Only Way Is Up

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

SBTRKT – Bet You Never

The Shapeshifters feat Liisi Lafontaine - Beautiful Day

Shermanology x Rudimental – Calling / Like A Train

Soccer Mommy - Lost

Swedish House Mafia and Niki & The Dove - Lioness

Thomas Rhett - Gone Country

Tori Kelly – All I Want

Travis – Bus [GRAT]

Twin Atlantic - Sorry

The Vamps - Somebody To You (ReVamped)

Will Young – Midnight [GRAT]

Yannis & The Yaw - Under The Strikes

Yung Gravy & Shania Twain - White Claw

 

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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C’mon Raye!! Genesis to smash!!

Spotify Chart Update (05/06)

 

01 01 Eminem – Houdini 944,779

02 02 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 756,018

03 04 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 695,651 [*PEAK*]

04 03 Central Cee, Lil Baby – BAND4BAND (feat. Lil Baby) 641,972

05 05 Hozier – Too Sweet 570,449

06 06 Billie Eilish – LUNCH 544,913

07 07 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 542,599

08 08 Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY 483,646

09 09 Myles Smith – Stargazing 481,590

10 10 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 470,994

 

11 12 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 395,379

12 11 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 387,983

13 13 Artemas – i like the way you kiss me 348,228

14 14 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 346,089

15 16 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 339,566

16 15 Billie Eilish – CHIHIRO 327,648

17 18 Taylor Swift, Post Malone – Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 314,274

18 19 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 312,158

19 17 Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us 307,728

20 20 Benson Boone – Slow It Down 281,663

 

21 21 Mark Ambor – Belong Together 270,525

22 22 Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER 245,587

23 24 Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With a Broken Heart 237,540

24 23 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 236,177

25 25 Djo – End of Beginning 224,630

26 26 cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe – Prada 223,798

27 27 Ariana Grande – we can't be friends (wait for your love) 207,398

28 28 Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer 203,825

29 30 Billie Eilish – L’AMOUR DE MA VIE 184,408

30 37 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 182,901

 

31 33 Gunna – one of wun 179,303

32 34 Vance Joy – Riptide 177,994

33 32 Billie Eilish – BLUE 173,356

34 35 David Guetta, OneRepublic – I Don't Wanna Wait 173,353 [*PEAK*]

35 36 Badger, Natasha Bedingfield – These Words 172,856

36 29 Zach Bryan – Pink Skies 170,496

37 31 The Blessed Madonna, Clementine Douglas – Happier (feat. Clementine Douglas) 166,907

38 49 Fred again.., Anderson .Paak, CHIKA – places to be 163,106 [*PEAK*]

39 38 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners – Evergreen 160,881

40 48 Eminem – Without Me 159,477 [*PEAK*]

 

41 42 Taylor Swift – Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? 157,722

43 45 Taylor Swift – Down Bad 154,432

47 41 Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse – Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Version Revisited 149,240

58 54 Teddy Swims – The Door 129,014

66 79 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! 122,836 [*PEAK*]

69 90 Flex (UK), Nate Dogg – 6 In the Morning (feat. Nate Dogg) 122,217 [*PEAK*]

79 75 NewEra – Birds In The Sky 116,422

80 94 Tems – Love Me JeJe 115,854

82 88 Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova 115,089 [*PEAK*]

86 95 Rudimental, Skepsis, Charlotte Plank, Riko Dan – Green & Gold (feat. Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan) 112,146

 

103 109 Travis Scott, Playboi Carti – FE!N (feat. Playboi Carti) 104,330

107 114 Lay Bankz – Tell Ur Girlfriend 103,724

110 118 FloyyMenor, Cris Mj – Gata Only 102,683

116 143 Bakar, Summer Walker – Hell N Back (feat. Summer Walker) 100,979

119 145 Lithe – Fall Back 100,614 [*PEAK*]

120 76 Zerb, The Chainsmokers, Ink – Addicted 100,573

144 137 Gunna – on one tonight 93,240

149 139 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiësto, Dido, W&W, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike – Thank You (Not So Bad) 92,626

151 149 Kendrick Lamar – euphoria 92,428

158 140 Kairo Keyz – GANG 91,397

175 178 Charli XCX – 360 86,318

193 RE AJ Tracey – Joga Bonito 83,204

Apple Music Chart Update (06/06)

 

01 01 Eminem - Houdini

02 02 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

03 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

04 04 Central Cee & Lil Baby - BAND4BAND

05 05 Hozier - Too Sweet

06 06 Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)

07 07 Myles Smith - Stargazing

08 08 Dasha - Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

09 09 Billie Eilish - LUNCH

10 10 Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

 

11 11 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER

12 12 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

13 13 Noah Kahan - Stick Season

14 14 Teddy Swims - Lose Control

15 15 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

16 16 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO

17 17 The Blessed Madonna - Happier (feat. Clementine Douglas)

18 18 Mark Ambor - Belong Together

19 19 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

20 20 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

 

21 21 Teddy Swims - The Door

22 22 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

23 24 Marshmello & Kane Brown - Miles On It

24 26 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

25 23 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait

26 25 Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER

27 27 Benson Boone - Slow It Down

28 29 Rudimental & Skepsis - Green & Gold (feat. Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan)

29 30 NewEra - Birds In The Sky

30 28 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)

 

31 33 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM

32 31 Disclosure - She’s Gone, Dance On

33 32 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start

34 34 Taylor Swift - Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?

35 35 Taylor Swift - Down Bad

36 36 Billie Eilish - L’AMOUR DE MA VIE

37 39 Taylor Swift - But Daddy I Love Him

38 42 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

39 37 Dua Lipa - Illusion

40 38 Becky Hill - Right Here

 

41 43 Tems - Love Me JeJe

42 40 Perrie - Forget About Us

43 41 Nathan Dawe - We Ain't Here For Long

53 52 Gunna - one of wun

55 55 John Summit, Sub Focus & Julia Church - Go Back

60 58 Fred again.., Anderson .Paak & CHIKA - places to be

63 62 Alok, Tazi & Samuele Sartini - Seek Love (On The Beach) [feat. Amanda Wilson & York]

67 65 Rag'n'Bone Man - What Do You Believe In?

69 71 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies

70 69 Becky Hill - Outside Of Love

73 72 Sonny Fodera - Mind Still (feat. blythe)

77 74 K-Trap - Whistle

88 83 Badger & Natasha Bedingfield - These Words

90 98 Charli xcx - 360

 

116 109 Kygo & Zak Abel - For Life (feat. Nile Rodgers)

123 121 Myles Smith - Solo

155 141 Gunna - on one tonight

161 155 Jonas Blue, Galantis & Zoe Wees - Mountains

183 172 Kendrick Lamar - euphoria

Those Eminem numbers will be too tough to beat for Raye I'd think, but she could very well end up going top 5

smart move on her team for splitting the song into 3 parts as well, I suppose part 2 will serve as the radio edit and that'll get significant numbers alongside the whole song

I like Please Please Please video, the song however is pretty nothing-y

Eminem def fav for one but iTunes and YouTube will be down quite a lot for him. Band4band seems to be going slightly backwards if Billie made a video for birds of a feather it would have had a good shot but she went with another song, raye I mean maybe I don’t really know but doubt it. Sabrina new song could boost espresso or could take away from it but the song seems mid on first listen so don’t see it as a #1 challenger but then I thought the Eminem song was mid in first listen too

Shame Spotify only put Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue & Diplo - Midnight Ride at 50 on their NMF playlist in UK.

 

Stream everyone. What a bop!

Raye not on HH :o

Raye not on HH :o

Her being independent still probably plays into that sadly.

I like Please Please Please video, the song however is pretty nothing-y

 

It sounds like a really bad attempt at a Miley Cyrus song...

Oh 360 has been moved up 35ish places on Hot Hits

Apple Music

 

53. Charli XCX - 360 (+22)

184. Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please [NEW]

Edited June 7, 20241 yr by 365

With the eras tour hitting the UK tonight (with the first UK show in Scotland), thought I'd do an AM/Spotify Taylor update, and can't wait to see how her streams are over the next month here!

 

Apple Music:

9. Fortnight

19. I can do it with a broken heart

21. Cruel Summer

34. Down bad

35. Who's afraid of little old me

38. But Daddy I love him

43. The Smallest man who ever lived

54. Anti-Hero

60. Lover

65. The tortured poets department

67. My boy only breaks his favourite toys

68. Guilty as sin

72. You need to calm down

73. So Long, London

78. So high school

95. Florida

106. loml

125. Blank Space (Taylor's Version)

126. fresh out the slammer

134. The Man

138. Love Story (OG)

142. All Too Well (10 mins)

144. The Alchemy

149. Shake It Off (Taylor's Version)

162. I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor's Version)

173. Don't Blame Me

178. Cardigan

179. Style (Taylor's Version)

187. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor's Version)

195. I Can Fix Him (No really I can)

 

in pop 200: Karma, Ready For It, Clara Bow, Delicate, The Black Dog, Look What You Made Me Do, Wildest Dreams (OG), imgonnagetyouback, Lavender Haze, How Did It End?, The Prophecy, Bejeweled, Wildest Dreams (TV), I Hate It Here, Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince, 22 (TV), Enchanted (TV), The Albatross, The Bolter, thank you Aimee, Bad Blood (TV), Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, Style (OG), Is It Over Now, Peter

 

in country top 50: love story (TV), you belong with me (TV), fearless (TV), you belong with me (OG)

 

Spotify:

17. Fortnight

22. I Can do it with a broken heart

27. Cruel summer

37. Who's afraid of little old me

40. Down Bad

49. But Daddy I Love Him

64. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

69. Guilty As Sin?

90. So Long, London

105. My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys

107. So High School

131. Anti-Hero

162. Florida

163. The Tortured Poets Department

190. Lover

Any sign of Rayeon Apple?

some of the big expectations for this RAYE single are....curious, I honestly wouldn't expect her to have high-charting singles unless one of them has a viral moment (lest we forget that was the reason Escapism took off x) - worth keeping in mind she's independent and her music isn't exactly made for commercial appeal

Birds of a Feather closing the gap on Espresso

Any sign of Rayeon Apple?

Not yet.

some of the big expectations for this RAYE single are....curious, I honestly wouldn't expect her to have high-charting singles unless one of them has a viral moment (lest we forget that was the reason Escapism took off x) - worth keeping in mind she's independent and her music isn't exactly made for commercial appeal

Sadly I think the same, I think her next album will do really well but I actually don't think she will do that well singles wise. I reckon Top 20/30 maybe.

Couple of viral hits aside, she's more like a respected indie/critical darling type of artist and amazing live act. A top 40 hit would be good for her! If Charli XCX doesn't go top 20 with all her releases wouldn't expect Raye to do that either.