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

 

Alessia Cara – (Isn't It) Obvious [Monday 21st]

Alex Mills - Sensation

Alfie Templeman - Dirty Laundry

Ari Lennox - Smoke

Bailey Zimmerman - Holding On

BANKS feat Doechii - I Hate Your Ex-Girlfriend

Berri - Overthinking

Bon Iver - Sable (EP)

Bugzy Malone - The Riddler

The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (The Things/Dracula's Child) - Dead or Alive

Chloe Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody

Conan Gray - Holidays

David Guetta, Alphaville & Ava Max - Forever Young

D.O.D feat Charlotte Haining - Feel The Passion

Estelle feat Joi - Fire

FKA Twigs - Perfect Stranger [GRAT]

Guy Sebastian - No Reason To Stay

Jade – Fantasy

Jay Sean - Call You Mine

Jazzy & Kilimanjaro - No Bad Vibes

Kaleena Zanders - Glorified (EP)

Kip Moore - Learning As I Go

Martin Garrix & Sem Vox feat Jaimes - Gravity

Mary J. Blige - You Ain't The Only One [GRAT]

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Welcome Home [GRAT]

Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody

Nerina Pallot - Pressure

New Hope Club - Swimming With Sharks

Nidoo feat Antonio - Love Run Dry

NOTD - Bruce Wayne

Olivia O'Brien - All The Time

Paul Weller – Supplement: 66 (EP)

Rae Morris – Something Good

The Ragamuffins feat The Dark House Socialist Club - Oh! Mac Allister

Rebecca Black – Trust!

Ren - Money Ties

Ringo Starr – Time On My Hands

Rocketsmith - Rise

Romy & Sampha - I'm On Your Team [Wednesday 23rd]

Rosé & Bruno Mars - Apt.

Sebastian Ingrosso - Flood

Shygirl feat Saweetie - Immaculate [Wednesday 23rd]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Freedom Of The Night

The Vintage Explosion - Swimmin' With The Junkies

Wargasm - Circle Pit / Bad Seed

Warren Zeiders - You For A Reason

Wizkid feat Brent Faiyaz - Piece Of My Heart

 

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

See here

Jade is @1 on NMF but not added to HH

 

 

Story of my life@8 now on Apple, Night Changes@10

What time Bruno mars roae atp come out

What time Bruno mars roae atp come out

It’s out already

Will be interesting to see if the 1D streams are just a one day thing or if they hold up, if they do can see a couple of them at least getting a reset for next weeks chart

the norm is that when someone dies the effect is 24 hours max

maybe considering how popular 1D were, the effect lasts longer

but usually it's either no effect at all or 1-day effect and no one cares anymore after 2 days :/

APT. is really nice, hope it's another hit for Bruno!

the norm is that when someone dies the effect is 24 hours max

maybe considering how popular 1D were, the effect lasts longer

but usually it's either no effect at all or 1-day effect and no one cares anymore after 2 days :/

 

If the funeral is next week that will mean it could last longer also. Either way the streaming services have Liam Payne remembered playlists on their front pages also I noticed.

So I guess there was no surprise big release as rumoured after all then!

So I guess there was no surprise big release as rumoured after all then!

 

It always felt so baseless to me. It was based on two artists pushing back their release dates, artists push back their release dates all the time. Two at the same time is merely a coincidence.

I hope For You - Liam/Rita goes up high, that song was underrated

lol Shawn Mendes moved his album cos he had literally 12 pre-orders for his album and needed time to build some more

why would he move cos of someone else releasing a new single? his albums sales would never be affected, his album sales need pre-orders not streams during release week, he's not Eminem lol and even if Shawn was a big streaming artist, why would another artist releasing a single, affect his album streams?

'Story of My Life' is now up to #6 on Apple while 'Night Changes' has risen to #8.

 

Intrigued for the Spotify update today

lol Shawn Mendes moved his album cos he had literally 12 pre-orders for his album and needed time to build some more

why would he move cos of someone else releasing a new single? his albums sales would never be affected, his album sales need pre-orders not streams during release week, he's not Eminem lol and even if Shawn was a big streaming artist, why would another artist releasing a single, affect his album streams?

I think the suggestion was that there's a big surprise album dropping, not a single.

 

Unrelated, but weren't we expecting Gaga's lead single today? Or was that never confirmed?

The Gaga lead single was only a rumour, not confirmed.

 

 

AM

 

6. Story of My Life

8. Night Changes

19. Steal My Girl

21. Little Things

22. History

29. Best Song Ever

30. You & I

46. Strip That Down

50. Perfect

52. Drag Me Down

59. Kiss You

65. For You

150. Right Now

156. Midnight Memories

I’m surprised What Makes You Beautiful hasn’t made an appearance, I would’ve thought it was their biggest hit

I’m surprised What Makes You Beautiful hasn’t made an appearance, I would’ve thought it was their biggest hit

 

I really feel AM has a problem now. WMYB was in the top 100 last night, and also Sailor Song is not anywhere in the chart after being top 15, so… I don’t know.

Edited October 18, 2024Oct 18 by omrimayo

Yes happens all the time

Also happened withThe Weeknd comeback single

Its kworbs fault