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

 

Alex Warren - Burning Down [GRAT]

American Authors - Bon Voyage [GRAT]

Armin van Buuren feat Louis III – Part Of Me

Ava Max - Spot A Fake

Axxima, Cristiano Fry & Abi Flynn – So Into You (Remix)

Bailey Tomkinson & The Locals - Chrysalis

Bimini - Control

Bishop Briggs - Good For Me

The Blessed Madonna feat Shaun J. Wright & Kon – Secretariat [GRAT]

Bon Iver – Speyside

Brad Kella - Eve & Frank

Brennan Heart, Timmy Trumpet & Blademasterz - Now We Are Free

Charlotte Plank - Stargirl

Chase Atlantic - Doubt It

Chris Lake & Disclosure - in2minds

Ciara - Goodies 2024

Creator Universe & The Nursery Nurse - Nurseryverse

DJ Heartstring - Fuerteventura Forever

Dodie - Someone Was Listening

Dropkick Murphys - Sirens

Duck Sauce - Fallin In Love

Elle King - High Road

Gwen Stefani - Somebody Else's

Hard-Fi – Always And Forever

Hugel & Diplo feat Malou & Yuna - Forever

Jade - Midnight Cowboy [Wednesday 25th]

Jake Bugg - I Wrote The Book [GRAT]

Julian Velard feat Rachel Velard - We Should Have An Affair

Kavinsky, Angèle & Phoenix - Nightcall

Kelsea Ballerini - Two Things [GRAT]

Kip Moore - Live Here To Work

Lizzy McAlpine - Pushing It Down And Praying

Lost Frequencies x Bomfunk MC's – Freestyler (Rock The Microphone)

Lucas & Steve - Do It All Again

Macklemore feat Anees, MC Abdul, & Amer Zahr - Hind's Hall 2

Maverick Sabre - If I Could Only Love You Again

Meek Mill – Cyber Truck

Nerina Pallot - High Time

Olivia Newton-John, Jim Brickman & Il Volo - My Dream

Olivia O'Brien - Lower

OMD - Look At You Now (Walt Disco Remix)

Pixie Lott - Show You Love [GRAT]

Purple Disco Machine & The Magician - All My Life

Rahim C Redcar - Deep Holes

The Scarlet Opera - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

Shakira - Soltera [Wednesday 25th]

Skylights - Skies Are Burning

St Vincent - Hombre Roto

Starlight Alice - Together We Ride

Tom Francis - Sunset Boulevard

Tom Grennan - Higher

Tom Misch - Better Days

Tommy Richman – Whitney [GRAT]

Tourist & Gold Panda - +1

Twinnie - Hypothetically

 

 

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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4- Espresso - 396,827

5- Die with a smile - 389,994

 

Very close to overtaking now. Taste still 100k clear at #1

HOT TO GO! into the Top 10 on Spotify :cheer:

Katy Perry's new album has dropped. No evidence of landing.

Lots of Future on Apple Music chart already, some quite high up. Quite frankly it looks unlikely any of Katy’s will hit the top 200 I’m sure a few will on Spotify but not a guarantee at all

Apple Music:

162 NEW Jamie xx, Romy & Oliver Sim - Waited All Night

 

Great to see at least one song from In Waves charting.

 

 

I wouldn't be expecting anything from Katy's album to appear, I don't think she's ever made a big splash on Spotify with her albums and this certainly won't be the one to change that.

As of this week, Espresso has now passed 100 million Spotify streams in the UK this year.

 

This makes 2024 the second year to have multiple songs pass 100 million streams after 2017 (Shape of You and Despacito [Combined].

 

I would estimate that up to 5 songs could pass 100 million by the end of the year.

I wouldn't be expecting anything from Katy's album to appear, I don't think she's ever made a big splash on Spotify with her albums and this certainly won't be the one to change that.

 

In fairness though, all of her albums in the streaming era have been flops!

 

Apple:

Lots of album tracks for Future charting wth the highest at #47 and 48

125 NEW Jamie xx, Romy & Oliver Sim - Waited All Night

148 NEW Tom Grennan - Higher

As today is the 21st September, let’s guess what position September by Earth, Wind & Fire will show up on the Spotify update tomorrow. (It was #37 last year).

 

I’ll guess #24

As today is the 21st September, let’s guess what position September by Earth, Wind & Fire will show up on the Spotify update tomorrow. (It was #37 last year).

 

I’ll guess #24

#34

Spotify Chart Update (20/09)

 

01 01 Sabrina Carpenter – Taste 603,259

02 02 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 505,531

03 03 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 438,743

04 04 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 419,509

05 05 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile 403,848

06 06 Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please 370,666

07 07 Sabrina Carpenter – Bed Chem 319,267

08 10 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! 313,868 [*PEAK*]

09 09 Chase & Status, Stormzy – BACKBONE 312,282

10 08 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 310,931

 

11 13 BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose – Kisses (feat. bbyclose) 296,919

12 15 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 291,193

13 11 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song 286,913

14 16 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 284,944

15 14 Charli xcx, Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish 279,625

16 12 Hozier – Too Sweet 277,549

17 19 Myles Smith – Stargazing 259,343

18 17 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 259,337

19 20 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 255,241

20 18 Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I'm Sorry 245,514

 

21 22 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 241,341 [*PEAK*]

22 23 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 235,019

23 24 Ndotz – Embrace It 231,895 [*PEAK*]

24 21 Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine 229,811

25 25 Benson Boone – Slow It Down 216,256

26 26 Charli xcx – Apple 193,038

27 28 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 192,159

28 27 Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii – Move 188,095

29 35 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D – Somedays 186,617 [*PEAK*]

30 30 The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 185,293

 

31 31 Tate McRae – It's ok I'm ok 185,189

32 32 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 181,393

33 34 Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova 176,681 [*PEAK*]

34 33 Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI 176,422

35 29 The Kid LAROI – NIGHTS LIKE THIS 176,207

36 40 Coldplay – Yellow 175,214

37 39 Teddy Swims – The Door 170,188 [*PEAK*]

38 36 Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER 170,104

39 37 Chappell Roan – Casual 167,455

40 38 Lord Huron – The Night We Met 165,996

 

42 NE Future – TEFLON DON 159,333 [*PEAK*]

44 45 The Weeknd – Dancing In The Flames 154,570

48 NE Alex Warren – Burning Down 152,194 [*PEAK*]

53 51 Oasis – Wonderwall - Remastered 141,352

54 52 Linkin Park – Numb 141,235

56 49 Addison Rae – Diet Pepsi 140,158

60 69 Alex Warren – Carry You Home 135,836 [*PEAK*]

63 NE Future – LIL DEMON 135,336 [*PEAK*]

67 62 Oasis – Don't Look Back In Anger - Remastered 131,802

72 64 Hanumankind, Kalmi – Big Dawgs 129,580

74 NE Future – SKI 128,372 [*PEAK*]

81 73 Oasis – Live Forever - Remastered 119,904

88 83 Surf Curse – Disco 114,910

98 127 Jimin – Who 112,063

 

114 113 Lost Frequencies, Tom Odell – Black Friday (pretty like the sun) 105,348

116 NE Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E 105,114 [*PEAK*]

121 101 Gracie Abrams – Close To You 101,940

127 107 JADE – Angel Of My Dreams 99,760

131 97 Charli xcx, Troye Sivan – Talk talk featuring troye sivan 98,531

134 139 Odetari – KEEP UP 97,766

162 146 Teddy Swims – Bad Dreams 90,741

164 NE Jamie xx, Romy, Oliver Sim, The xx – Waited All Night 90,100 [*PEAK*]

167 160 The Kid LAROI – BABY I'M BACK 89,474

172 RE PAWSA – TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS 88,449

178 142 Playboi Carti – ALL RED 87,254

191 188 Luke Combs – Ain't No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album) 85,976

195 162 Nines – Tony Soprano 3 85,221

197 183 Noah Kahan – You’re Gonna Go Far 85,113

Spotify Saturday Special: Estimated OCC Rules Chart Update

 

01 Sabrina Carpenter – Taste

02 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

03 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

04 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile

05 Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please

06 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO!

07 Chase & Status, Stormzy – BACKBONE

08 BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose – Kisses (feat. bbyclose)

09 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song

10 Charli xcx, Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish

 

11 Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I'm Sorry

12 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club

13 Ndotz – Embrace It

14 Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine

15 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER

16 Benson Boone – Slow It Down

17 Charli xcx – Apple

18 Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii – Move

19 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D – Somedays

20 Tate McRae – It's ok I'm ok

 

21 The Kid LAROI – NIGHTS LIKE THIS

22 Teddy Swims – The Door

23 Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER

24 Future – TEFLON DON

25 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things

26 The Weeknd – Dancing In The Flames

27 Alex Warren – Burning Down

28 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

29 Teddy Swims – Lose Control

30 Oasis – Wonderwall - Remastered

 

31 Linkin Park – Numb

32 Addison Rae – Diet Pepsi

33 Hozier – Too Sweet

34 Alex Warren – Carry You Home

35 Future – LIL DEMON

36 Oasis – Don't Look Back In Anger - Remastered

37 Myles Smith – Stargazing

38 Noah Kahan – Stick Season

39 Hanumankind, Kalmi – Big Dawgs

40 Future – SKI

 

41 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

42 Oasis – Live Forever - Remastered

43 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)

44 Surf Curse – Disco

45 Jimin – Who

46 Lost Frequencies, Tom Odell – Black Friday (pretty like the sun)

47 Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E

48 Gracie Abrams – Close To You

49 JADE – Angel Of My Dreams

50 Charli xcx, Troye Sivan – Talk talk featuring troye sivan

DWAS coming for Espresso this week!

HHUK still didn't add Talk talk

No Tom. G no Ava m just same top 5 again glad don’t listen to official boring singles chart

 

No Tom. G no Ava m just same top 5 again glad don’t listen to official boring singles chart

Literally all of Tom's hits as primary artist have climbed to their peak, there's plenty of time for him. Ava was never going to make a splash, let's be real...!

 

Unrealistic expectations create disappointment, I don't think anyone else was expecting much from their releases (not on week 1 anyway).

^This + the latest solo (non-Xmas) hit by Ava Max is My Head and My Heart from 2021. She is almost a nobody these days.

Yay for burning down, it’s a brilliant track! Glad it looks like it could be a hit!