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 & D-Block Europe - Gold Mine

Alex Mills & Belters Only – Out Of My Hands

Amy Shark feat Tom DeLonge - My Only Friend [GRAT]

Bastille - & (Part One) (EP)

Bingo Players — Hit It Pump It

Blanka - Asereje (Airplane Mode)

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - (When I'm With You I'm) Free

Central Cee – Gen Z Luv

Cody Simpson - Fly

Disrupta & Rudimental feat Liam Bailey, BackRoad Gee,Scrufizzer & Shakes - Gone For The Night

Dr Phunk — Forever Young

Echosmith - Feminine Rage / Jaded

Ewan McVicar & Kettama - The Miracle Makers

Foster The People - Chasing Low Vibrations [GRAT]

The Fray - Time Well Wasted

Gwen Stefani & Anderson Paak - Hello World

Halsey – Lucky

Jorja Smith - High

Kacey Musgrave - Irish Goodbye

Kylie Minogue with Bebe Rexha & Tove Lo - My Oh My (Remixes)

Magnolia Park – I2I

Mahalia – Life Size

mgk (Machine Gun Kelly) & Jelly Roll - Lonely Road

Muni Long - Ruined Me

Nessa Barrett – Passenger Princess

Oliver Heldens, David Guetta & Fast Boy - Chills (Feel My Love)

Paris Hilton feat Meghan Trainor – Chasin' [GRAT]

Patrick Topping - Energy

Pixies - Chicken

Post Malone feat Luke Combs - Guy For That [GRAT]

Razorlight – Scared Of Nothing

Samantha Jade - Peachy

Shift K3y - On My Mind

Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D - Somedays

Sotunde - Venom

Sub Focus - Wildfire [Tuesday 30th]

Tiesto & Alana Springsteen - Hot Honey

Tion Wayne & Russ Millions – We Won

Tourist - Protector [Monday 29th]

XG – Something Ain't Right

 

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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New central cee #1 on NMF and added straight to HHUK pretty high

Biggest surprise for me is new Calvin/Ellie not insta added to HH

NMF

 

1. Central Cee

2. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

3. Jorja Smith

4. Post Malone feat. Luke Combs

5. Halsey

6. Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D

7. Young T & Bugsey

8. Mahalia

9. Yannis & The Yaw

10. Thandii

 

11. Tion Wayne & Russ Millions

13. Ice Spice & Travis Scott

14. Bastille

15. Aitch & D-Block Europe

WHO decided to put the abysmal Central Cee above a new Calvin track??? :puke2:

WHO decided to put the abysmal Central Cee above a new Calvin track??? :puke2:

I was about to put that until you beat me to it

WHO decided to put the abysmal Central Cee above a new Calvin track??? :puke2:

 

Spotify are arseholes

I mean Central Cee's last single was a bigger hit than Calvin's last.

JADE up to #8 on Hot Hits UK AND the Cover :D

 

Hopefully we see it have the desired effect.

I’m glad Miley stopped Cench from having the biggest single of last year

Post Malone still doing the lame country radio duets it seems.

oh adding CentralC but not Calvin/Ellie to HH is obnoxious

oh adding CentralC but not Calvin/Ellie to HH is obnoxious

suppose by and large he’s a bigger artist in the UK at this point in time. sure Calvin and Ellie will be added within the next 7 days

That Calvin Ellie song is a bit too so-so for #1 I fear. Sabrina may get another week ‼️

Post Malone still doing the lame country radio duets it seems.

 

Well considering he announced this album was gonna be a country album I thought that would be obvious :P

Edited July 26, 2024Jul 26 by 777666jason

Well considering he announced this album was gonna be a country album I thought that would be obvious :P

One can do country in several ways (like Beyoncé demonstrated earlier this year) - the country radio tailored B rate Thomas Rhett throwaways are not it.

 

And I have been listening to country to some extent since late 90s.

One can do country in several ways (like Beyoncé demonstrated earlier this year) - the country radio tailored B rate Thomas Rhett throwaways are not it.

 

And I have been listening to country to some extent since late 90s.

 

Beyonce ain't exactly a masterclass on country music , but that's the beauty of opinions

 

Also gold star for listening to country music since the 90s ,

Edited July 26, 2024Jul 26 by 777666jason

Well considering he announced this album was gonna be a country album I thought that would be obvious :P

 

I was about to say, were they expecting the album to be scrapped or something :lol:

I’m not going to lie, I am enjoying the somewhat cheesy country pop post malone has been putting out. Is it clearly designed for radio to eat up, sure. Is it a lot of fun still, definitely.

 

The new jorja track sounding really good on first listen. Here’s hoping that is another hit for her.

Oh US country radio will eat it up but that is pretty niche in global scale.

193. Alphaville - Forever Young

 

Nice to see some appreciation for this 80s song that feels way more recognisable than its #98 peak would suggest.

 

I listened to its parent album just a few months ago (continuing to slowly make my way through more 80s synth-pop/new wave stuff) and enjoyed it a lot.