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

 

Axxima feat C.E.Q - Playing For Time

Benson Boone - Pretty Slowly

Bishop Briggs - Mona Lisa On A Mattress

Cheat Codes x Train – Bloom

Coco Jones – Sweep It Up

Duke Dumont & Clementine Douglas - Ain't Giving Up

Gracey - Delirium [Wednesday 21st]

Halsey - Lonely Is The Muse

Henry Moodie - Right Person Wrong Time

Hozier - Unaired (EP)

Hrvy – Dopamine

Iluka - Cry Evil!

Jake Bugg - Keep On Moving [GRAT]

JC Stewart - BT45

Jodie Harsh feat Bryn Christopher - Hit Me Up

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

Lisa feat Rosalía - New Woman

Matt Hodges - Blue Ridge Road

Nathan Evans - Flowers In The Water [GRAT]

New Found Glory - Part Of Your World

Pale Waves - Gravity

Paul Russell - Homecoming

Peggy Gou - Find The Way

Pendulum x Joey Valence & Brae - Napalm [Wednesday 21st]

Robin Schulz x Joel Corry x Koppy - Upside Down

Sean Paul - Bring It

Starsmith feat Ellie Goulding- Leave Me Slowly

Tom Grennan - The Best A Man Can Get (Gillette)

 

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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Sabrina better watch out coz Tinashe is COMING FOR HA!!!!!!!

 

EDIT: Not me being a week early with Sabrina

 

Oops x

Gaga and Bruno gonna smash :wub:

NMF

1 Post Malone, Chris Stapleton

2 Bruno, Gaga

3 Hozier

4 Blessed Madonna, Kylie

5 Halsey

6 Lisa, Rosaiia

7 Benson Boone

 

Gaga and Kylie

none added to HH, guess Bruno/Gaga was too late and will be added on Monday

Gone be another manic week my chart lot big song out this week hopefully get driftwood song out official chart to

Edited August 16, 2024Aug 16 by DJ Cheeky Magpie

Driftwood like Austin will stay, that's for sure.

I can only see Bruno/Gaga charting high on name power alone

cos nothing has playlist support beyond NMF/day 1

 

but actually no clue is something is viral or eagerly awaited cos of tiktok like Benson Boone might be maybe

Driftwood like Austin will stay, that's for sure.

 

Like old benson Boone songs espresso drop bottom end top 40 and hopefully kick stick season out chart

Added to Apple's Today's Hits:

 

11. Hozier - Nobody's Soldier

22. Benson Boone - Pretty Slowly

25. Duke Dumont & Clementine Douglas - Ain't Giving Up

30. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

32. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

35. Post Malone (feat. Chris Stapleton) - California Sober

Spotify

1 C&S 522K

2 Billie 505K

3 Chappell 453K

Lots of Tay songs climbing, My tears ricochet at #79

What eas the classic playlist that affected the UK Spotify the most?

 

Literally all classics BUT Forever Young climbing a lot are just annoying AF.

Edited August 16, 2024Aug 16 by CowTzy

Looks like Baddadan should get a reset in today’s chart

Spotify:

 

 

New Peak:

 

147. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long

153. Train- Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

 

Re-Entries:

 

160. Bryan Adams- Summer of '69

171. Train- Drive By

180. Taylor Swift- You Belong With Me (Taylor's Version)

182. Taylor Swift- Love Story (Taylor's Version)

183. Taylor Swift- But Daddy I Love Him

185. Taylor Swift- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

187. The Neighbourhood- Sweater Weather

188. Foster The People- Pumped Up Kicks

191. Green Day- Basket Case

192. Bill Withers- Lovely Day

193. Adele- Set Fire To The Rain

194. OneRepublic- I Ain't Worried

197. Taylor Swift- The Man

198. Tame Impala- The Less I Know The Better

Gaga & Bruno are new in on Apple at #51.

 

Several Posty album tracks are showing up already too.

Apple update:

 

51. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

 

Post Malone:

 

4. I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)

37. Guy For That (feat. Luke Combs)

48. Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton)

66. Wrong Ones (feat. Tim McGraw)

107. Finer Things (feat. Hank Williams, Jr.)

125. Have The Heart (feat. Dolly Parton)

165. What Don't Belong To Me

37. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

125. Hozier - Nobody's Soldier

182. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

 

Post Malone:

 

4. I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)

31. Guy For That (feat. Luke Combs)

44. Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton)

51. Wrong Ones (feat. Tim McGraw)

69. Finer Things (feat. Hank Williams, Jr.)

79. Have The Heart (feat. Dolly Parton)

97. What Don't Belong To Me

120. Goes Without Saying (feat. Brad Paisley)

122. California Sober (feat. Chris Stapleton)

136. Losers (feat. Jelly Roll)

145. Nosedive (feat. Lainey Wilson)

159. Yours

190. Devil I've Been (feat. ERNEST)

194. Missin' You Like This (feat. Luke Combs)

Really like the new Gaga & Bruno song. Reminds me of how much I miss Bruno and need him to release a solo album soon!! It's been 8 years since his last solo album. :snif:

 

Interested to see their spotify numbers tomorrow. I'm not really sure how big their numbers will be really. #1 with 750k streams perhaps? Or am I overstimating their name power on streaming?

 

 

they’re still only number 35 on Apple. I expect a higher spotify debut but probably nowhere near number one based on its Apple performance. Chase & Status were top ten on Apple at this point last week as a point of comparison