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

 

A-Trak - Like I Said

Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi

Airwolf Paradise & Rex The Dog feat JX - Son Of A Gun

Alex Warren feat Ella Henderson - Carry You Home

Alok with James Hurr & Supafly - Why I Love You So

Arielle Free - Wasabi

Benjamin Ingrosso - All My Life

Chase & Status x Stormzy - Backbone

Ciara feat Bossman Dlow - Run It Up

Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie & David Guetta - Cry Baby

Coco Jones _ Almost There

Dean Lewis & Sasha Alex Sloan – Rest

Goddard – Miss U

James Taylor Quartet – Miss Your Life

Jennifer Lopez x Ty Sunderland - If You Had My Love (2024 Rework)

Joss Stone - Loving You

Julian Velard - What If I’m Wrong?

Karmarly feat Itsjustdelo - Lifestyle

Katy Perry - Lifetimes

Kele Okereke - Hometown Edge

Kelly Lee Owens - Sunshine

Kelsea Ballerini - Sorry Mom

The Killers - Bright Lights

Laidback Luke feat Marlonbeats - One On One

Leon Bridges - Peaceful Place

Lion Babe - Freekish

London Grammar - Fakest Bitch [GRAT]

Luke Bryan - Closing Time In California

Michael Bublé - Don't Blame It On Me

Motion City Soundtrack - Stop Talking

Nightwish - The Day Of... [GRAT]

Nina Nesbitt – Anger [GRAT]

Nora En Pure feat Robinson - Hyperreal (Middle Of The Night)

Quavo & Lenny Kravitz - Fly

Rag'n'Bone Man - Rush Of Blood [Tuesday 13th]

Razorlight – Empire Service [GRAT]

Robin Thicke & Lizzen - Why 2.0

Rose Gray - Angel Of Satisfaction [Wednesday 14th]

The Royston Club - The Patch Where Nothing Grows

Sam Hague - Did Somebody Say

Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why / Isn't That Enough

The Smile - Don't Get Me Started

Snow Patrol – All

The Staves - Waiting For The Joy

Stretch & Vern x Adelphi Music Factory - I'm Alive

Thomas Rhett - After All The Bars Are Closed [GRAT]

The Vamps - Last Night (ReVamped)

Zedd & Remi Wolf – Lucky

 

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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Chase and Status / Stormzy new in at #46…

 

Spotify

 

01. Charli xcx & Billie Eilish - Guess (525,515)

02. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (507,803)

03. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe (473,470)

04. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (442,442)

05. Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (423,677)

07. Myles Smith - Stargazing

13. NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye

14. Charli xcx - Apple

16. BL3SS - Kisses

17. Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!

18. Jordan Adetunji - KEHLANI

22. Charli xcx - 360

23. Adam Port - Move

30. Hanumankind - Big Dawgs

33. Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

34. Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova

40. Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry

44. Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER

46. Chase & Status - Stomzy - BACKBONE

47. JADE - Angel of my Dreams

50. Post Malone - Guy For That

61. Chappell Roan - Femininomenon

69. Charli xcx - 365

64. Charli xcx - Von dutch

84. Lost Freguencies & Tom Odell - Black Friday (pretty like the sun)

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

88. Alphaville - Forever Young

94. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

105. Pharrell Williams - Double Life

112. Cyril - Stumblin'In

171. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Free

 

Wow at Chase & Status!

Its also track #1 on NMF today and also added to HH

Edited August 9, 2024Aug 9 by Bjork

Apple Music:

77 NEW Chase & Status & Stormzy - BACKBONE

Alphaville at #50 in the Global Spotify Chart too yay :cheer:

Alphaville at #50 in the Global Spotify Chart too yay :cheer:

 

Is this due to TikTok?

So I watched Deadpool & Wolverine last night (really enjoyable btw), and I can see why 'Bye Bye Bye' has taken off but tbh I feel like 'Like A Prayer' is used in a more iconic scene (and it's used twice), so I'm a bit baffled as to why that's not doing better on streaming!

JADE a non-mover despite a new entry above, YEEEESSSS! Small victories etc... hopefully she doesn't fall away too much over the weekend and can actually benefit a little this week.

Is this due to TikTok?

Here, yes. It's used to remember any celebrity who had already died.

Added to Apple's Today's Hits:

 

19. Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why

22. Asake & Travis Scott - Active

24. Chase & Status & Stormzy - BACKBONE

27. Hanumankind & Kalmi - Big Dawgs

30. Fontaines D.C. - Here's the Thing

45. Katy Perry - LIFETIMES

47. Darkoo (feat. Rema) - Favourite Girl

Chase & Status x Stormzy up to #18 on Apple now :o

 

Debut at #1 imminent?

Ooo good to see "LIFETIMES" added to Apple's playlist. Much better than "Woman's World" and a low key bop. Hope it does better for her. Would love to see it go top 40 at some point!

Ooo good to see "LIFETIMES" added to Apple's playlist. Much better than "Woman's World" and a low key bop. Hope it does better for her. Would love to see it go top 40 at some point!

I mean sure it's better than 'Woman's World' but that's quite a low bar :/ really disappointed with this era.

Hoping we'll see "Mamushi" make an appearance again on streaming services. Megan just released the music video and another great video from her, she's really serving the visuals this era *_*

 

 

Some on Apple Music:

 

#11. Chase & Status & Stormzy - "BACKBONE"

 

#156. Shawn Mendes - "Why Why Why" - really embracing the folk/country sound/popularity. Really catchy - I can see it being a hit!

 

#188. Katy Perry - "LIFETIMES"

BACKBONE up to #6 on Apple now!

Depending on the Spotify numbers i have a feeling this could debut at #1 officially.

#46 yesterday on just 6 hours of streams, excited to see how it does on its first full day!

Would be amazing if Backbone did debut at #1, but I’ll be chuffed with even a T10.

 

FYI that the highest C&S have peaked is #5 (on three occasions).

Up to #2 on Apple now!

Oh my C&S coming for a #1 debut??? :cheeseblock:

Even if it doesn't go to #1, at least we know we're getting an instant top 10 again next week after weeks of tedium.