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

 

Addison Rae – Aquamarine

Alesso & John Alto - Lonely Heart

Alexis Strum - Karma

Ashe & Suki Waterhouse - Pushing Daisies

Bambie Thug - Fangtasy

Blossoms - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Calum Scott & Christina Perri - Kid At Christmas

Charlotte Plank - Ellen

Choleigh - Wasn't There

Clementine Douglas - True

Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart

Declan McKenna - Champagne / That's Life

Disclosure - Arachnids

Gala - Freed From Desire (2024 Version) (Diplo Edit)

Gigi Perez – Fable

Gregory Porter - We Have All The Time In The World (Cam Blackwood & Swindle Version)

Gwen Stefani - Swallow My Tears [GRAT]

James Vincent McMorrow - Sunburn

Jax Jones & Azteck feat Norma Jean Martine - Love The Way You Lie

Jin - I'll Be There

Joel Corry - Be Alright

Jvke - Next To You

Lady Gaga – Disease

Lewis Fitzgerald - Oh Mama

Linkin Park – Over Each Other [GRAT]

The Lottery Winners - Superpower

Lovequest feat Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Make it Easy

Majestic - My House (EP)

Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight

Maren Morris - People Still Show Up

Masked Wolf – Sweeter [GRAT]

Michael Kiwanuka - Rebel Soul

Michael Marcagi - Good Enough

Mimi Webb - One Eye Open

Oliver Heldens, Armin van Buuren & Sam Harper – Freedom

Revival House Project & Peyton - A Higher Place

Rudimental x 1991 x Pnau x AR/CO - The Feeling

Sade Adu – Young Lion [ALBUM TRACK]

Sharon Van Etten – Afterlife

Solardo feat Hayley May - Take Me There

Sub Focus & Katy B - Push The Tempo

Tensnake - Get It

U2 - Happiness [GRAT]

Xzibit feat. Jenn Em - Been A Long Time Pt. 2

YouNotUs & Cheat Codes feat Barbz - Cinema

 

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

Gaga @1 on NMF and @11 on HH

Come through DOCTOR GAGA

 

Come and discuss the track http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...0&start=280

Edited October 25, 2024Oct 25 by Sour Candy

Gaga instant A Listed on R1 - no reason why she shouldn’t debut at no1 with this support any thing else will be a flop :no1: :tearsmile:

Come through Godga!

how is the Gaga song? hate being at work unable to listen :/

how is the Gaga song? hate being at work unable to listen :/

 

Her best since Born This Way album!

how is the Gaga song? hate being at work unable to listen :/

 

Her best in years! It’s incredible!

how is the Gaga song? hate being at work unable to listen :/

 

Very industrial sounding!

Oh my Gaga's song is actually brilliant! Her best in a VERY long time.

Apple:

 

10 Sailor song

19 APT.

25 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True

 

APT is #35 on Amazon now

Sailor Song is now almost at the bottom of Apple’s Today’s Hits, crazy really!

I can't remember a week where I liked so many of the new releases! Here's hoping a few of them actually chart next week.

Disease enters the AM chart at #199, pretty nice after 8 hrs of availability.

apple:

28 NEW

Lady Gaga - Disease

ooh yay that’s promising

 

provided Taste and DWAS go to ACR as expected perhaps a top three debut is possible ?

this kinda suggests #1 to me, it was a morning release

and the stakes are so low at the moment, if you take Taste out of the picture, Sailor is doing 450K on Spotify but on Apple is just #10

<die with a Smile is not even doing 350K and Apt is barely on 300K

UK Apple Music

#28 (+171) Lady Gaga - Disease

 

Ireland Apple Music

#19 (+62) Lady Gaga - Disease

 

That’s a decent start on AM for Disease although I don’t know how other hyped/big up releases have done in comparison on the first update

Haven’t heard the new Gags yet but could be entering at #1. Not a huge bar this week either.

 

Hope APT still gets a shot at the top at some point.