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

 

 

Alexander 23 - American Boy

Bailey Zimmerman – New To Country

Bakermat & Fly Disco Butter - Your Shine

Bebe Rexha - I’m The Drama

Brooks & Camilia - Let It Out

Burna Boy - Higher

Camden Cox - Shivers

Cat Burns - Met Someone [GRAT]

Childish Gambino - Lithonia [Tuesday 2nd July]

Cloud House - Broken

Darius Syrossian & Eve - Satisfaction

Eddie Vedder - Save It For Later

Ellis Miah & Nicola Coughlan - Shoes...More Shoes

Flux Pavilion - Better Off

Gayle - Internet Baby

Happy Reality - What You Need

Jax Jones, Jason Derulo & Joel Corry - Tonight (D.I.Y.A)

Jessie Ware & Romy - Lift You Up

Joshua Bassett - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Julian Velard - It Gets Late Early

Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan - Cowboys Cry Too

The Kid Laroi – Girls

Leah Kate - What Girls Do

Lil Nas X - Here We Go

Lisa - Rockstar

Mark Ambor - Our Way

Marvin Humes - Ecstasy

Meekz - Flow Switcher

Nathan Evans - 100 Miles [GRAT]

Pia Mia - Repeat After Me

Picture This – Satellites

Skepta & R2R MOE - Miss Independent

Tinashe - Getting No Sleep

Tom Morello & Roman Morello – Soldier In The Army Of Love

Will Clarke - Set Me Free

Will Smith feat Fridayy & Sunday Service Choir - You Can Make It

 

 

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 Headie One & Skrillex

2 Sophie, Kim Petras

3 Olivia Dean

4 James Blake

5 Stefflon Don

7 Burna Boy

10 Kid Laroi

 

HH has finally semi-woken up and has Chappell as cover and has moved the song up a bit, to #12. But best news they added Hot to Go!!!!!

I think they added also Gracie/Taylor - Us, but maybe it was there and never noticed

and they also added the latest from Fontaines DC-Favourite

Edited June 28, 20241 yr by Bjork

Pretty quiet week - Megan Thee Stallion's album is out at least

hope Chappell can climb some more now that Spotify/HH seems to be onboard

 

Ive had Good luck babe on autoplay for the last 2 months and I guess it did help a bit

but think her success is kinda organic cos it's not the 1 song climbing but rather 4/5 instead

Weird that none of Megan or Camila's albums were featured in NMF

Weird that none of Megan or Camila's albums were featured in NMF

I thought the same. Especially as both are represented high up on the American & Australian NMF playlists.

Hoping for a decent Laroi showing this week, GIRLS has been teased for a while on TikTok!

NMF

1 Headie One & Skrillex

2 Sophie, Kim Petras

3 Olivia Dean

4 James Blake

5 Stefflon Don

7 Burna Boy

10 Kid Laroi

 

HH has finally semi-woken up and has Chappell as cover and has moved the song up a bit, to #12. But best news they added Hot to Go!!!!!

I think they added also Gracie/Taylor - Us, but maybe it was there and never noticed

and they also added the latest from Fontaines DC-Favourite

 

Hot to Go must be huge! I so prefer it to GLB!

Thats bizarre about Camila, cos I was checking earlier and in Australia she's #3 on NMF with one of the Drake songs (Hot Uptown)

+ Megan is #5 on NMF AU with Where them Girls At

 

in the general NMF, Camila is #2 and Megan #3

 

even here in Denmark, Camila is #2 on HH Denmark

Spotify UK read our discussion about lack of successful UK acts and decided to ban Americans altogether we love it

hahaha something had to be done, we cannot continue with 0/1 UK songs in the top 10

Weird that none of Megan or Camila's albums were featured in NMF

'Hot Uptown' feat. Drake is now appearing as track 7 on NMF UK

Maybe I'm delusional but I think Chappell could maaaaybe sneak a week in at #1

Spotify

 

01. Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (750,858)

02. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (746,996)

03. Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather (579,492)

04. Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe! (503,050)

08. Myles Smith - Stargazing

24. Tommy Richman - Devil is a Lie

26. Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO

30. David Guetta - I Don't Wanna Wait

34. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

36. Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova

37. Jordan Adetunji - KEHLANI

40. Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know

42. Post Malone - Pour me a Drink

44. Gracie Abrams - Us

47. Teddy Swims - The Door

50. Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove

51. BL3SS - Kisses

53. Dominic Fike - Misses

61. Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight

68. Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

70. Chappell Roan - Casual

115. PAWSA - Pick Up the Phone

129. Fred again.. - Places to Be

169. Tinashe - Nasty

199. Ariana Grande - The Boy is Mine

Edited June 28, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

Pleased to see 'Good Luck, Babe!' up to #4 now *.*

 

and that's good news about 'HOT TO GO!' being added to HHUK - it's back up to its peak today so hopefully this can assist it in cracking the top 20 going forward

Added to Apple's Today's Hits:

 

11. Fontaines D.C. - Favourite

15. Olivia Dean - Time

18. Camila Cabello (feat. Drake) - HOT UPTOWN

26. Mark Ambor - Our Way

 

and Coldplay have been moved up to #4!

Laroi up to #41 with NIGHTS LIKE THIS :cheer: it's track 2 on the GIRLS single too which will hopefully work in its favour.

Could espresso over take please please please agin

Interested to see how much Coldplay rise after Glastonbury, I reckon their whole catalogue will shoot up; but imagine their single will go into the top 25 again

We could get a real Sabrina flip flop with Espresso going back to #1 next week and going straight to ACR, and then Please Please Please climbing back.