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 Sampson - Lost In New York

Alfie Watts - Hopeless Wings

Ava Max - 1 Wish

Avelino & Aitch - Scary Movie

Belters Only – Awstopbro

Circa Waves - American Dream

Cleo Sol – Fear When You Fly

Ethel Cain – Punish

Fickle Friends - Feral

Flo - AAA [GRAT]

G-Dragon - Power

Grace Davies - Another Night

The Horrors - Trial By Fire

Jade feat Channel Tres - Fantasy

Jude Moore - Forever

Lauren Spencer Smith – Small

Lavelle – Chest

LCD Soundsystem – X-Ray Eyes

Lee Taub - Dream Siren

Noizu - Gasoline

Nora En Pure - Vigilant

Norma Jean Martine x James Carter - Easy To Love

Northern_Lyrics - Merry Xmas Day

Paul Simon & Edie Brickell - Bad Dream

Pentatonix - Meet Me Next Christmas

Saweetie - Dear Big Santa

Seth MacFarlane & Liz Gillies - White Christmas

Shawn Mendes - Heart Of Gold [GRAT]

Snoop Dogg feat Dr Dre & Jhene Aiko – Gorgeous

 

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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very uneventful week, most top releases on NMF were out mid-week

1 The Weeknd Sao Paulo

2 Tyler album track

5 Central C :o

 

HH has Gaga on the cover but she's still track #10 but track #1 is... Stargazing :D Can they be more detached from reality :D Stargazing is ancient and the guy has already released 2 more singles since then :D

HH are not taking Gracie's dad's money either :D insane I love you I'm sorry its now as its peak... at 40 :D and the new one only slightly higher :D

oh Gaga debuted on YT with a surprise low 1st day streams, 130K, with a similar figure on the 2nd day (120K).

The YT chart is so weird though... Lukas Graham-7 Years is top 20, really? how come? autopayola?

Apple's Today's Hits has added:

 

21. Central Cee - One By One

26. Tyler, The Creator - Noid

30. Inhaler - Your House

32. Cleo Sol - Fear When You Fly

 

Central Cee's new song seemed to fairly quietly release on Wednesday.

 

Gaga's Disease is also now track #1.

Gaga is #17 on Amazon... but with Monster :o Disease down to #107, even Shallow is higher than Disease on Amazon :/

this weeks biggest chart entry will be Mariah Carey then probably Lol

but seriously can’t see those The Weeknd and Centra Cee songs being much of a hit

 

Halloweeeeeen on Apple:

 

1. Michael Jackson - Thriller

4. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

9. The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween

17. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

21. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash

30. Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)

41. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

49. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash

51. Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O'Brien - Time Warp

52. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

54. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

57. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

58. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

67. Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family - Main Theme

69. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You

93. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

97. Rihanna - Disturbia

121. Ken Page, Ed Ivory, Oogie Boogie & Chorus - Nightmare Before Christmas - Oogie Boogie's Song

123. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

128. Television's Greatest Hits Band - The Munsters

140. Billie Eilish - ocean eyes

143. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

159. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

171. Evanescence - Bring Me to Life

185. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

192. Little Mix - Black Magic

198. Nelly Furtado - Maneater

 

well the Weeknd-Sao Paolo is at #53 on Apple, pretty good start

Amazon

1 & 11 Thriller

2 & 20 Ghostbusters

3 & 4 Monster Mash

5 Rockwell

6 Timewarp

9 The Sweet-Ballroom blitz

10 Rick James-Super freak

 

 

I didn't realise Ballroom Blitz was a popular Halloween song?

must be a new 2024 halloween playlist on Amazon, there are a lot of unusual songs further down

like Dusty Springfield-Spooky at #28, The Doors-People are Strange, DJ Jazzy Jazz & Fresh Prince- A nightmare on my street,

The Specials-Ghost town, Bow wow wow-I Want candy, Duran Duran- Hungry like a wolf etc etc

We had a random Spotify Halloween playlist on yesterday and one of the songs was Abba's 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight' - I think Spotify's criteria for something to be classed as a Halloween song are getting kinda loose :lol: what's next, 'Dancing In The Dark'?

Halloweeeeeen on Apple:

 

1. Michael Jackson - Thriller

4. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

9. The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween

17. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

21. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash

30. Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)

41. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

49. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash

51. Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O'Brien - Time Warp

52. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

54. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

57. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

58. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

67. Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family - Main Theme

69. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You

93. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

97. Rihanna - Disturbia

121. Ken Page, Ed Ivory, Oogie Boogie & Chorus - Nightmare Before Christmas - Oogie Boogie's Song

123. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

128. Television's Greatest Hits Band - The Munsters

140. Billie Eilish - ocean eyes

143. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

159. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

171. Evanescence - Bring Me to Life

185. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

192. Little Mix - Black Magic

198. Nelly Furtado - Maneater

 

 

Which is why I never understand shows like strictly having only 2 actual Halloween songs for their Halloween themed weeks , there's loads

Spotify

 

#1 Ghostbusters (540,581)

#2 Monster Mash (493,169)

#5 This is Halloween (382,528)

#6 Somebody's Watching Me (380,239) [#5 Combined; 463,005]

#9 Thriller (367,926) [#1 Combined; 601,913]

“Trap Music Guys” are new in at #170 with a remix of the Harry Potter theme :lol:

Guessing the vast majority of the Halloween boost this year will be missed by the Thursday estimate so could be quite a muted chart impact on the whole?

Guessing the vast majority of the Halloween boost this year will be missed by the Thursday estimate so could be quite a muted chart impact on the whole?

 

Do you think they would make an estimate based on previous Halloweens? Amazon tends to have a big impact though thanks to Alexa so may not be totally muted?

 

I do wonder if the OCC machine learning algorithm will consider that yesterday was Halloween and boost the related songs accordingly, or if it’s just going to act like any other Thursday.

 

we’ll see in tonight’s chart I suppose. wouldn’t be surprised if we do get some making the top 40 really as you’d think they’ve had enough historical data to estimate the boost to Thriller et al

Weeknd debuted at 43 with Sau Paulo

Spotify

 

#1 Ghostbusters (540,581)

#2 Monster Mash (493,169)

#5 This is Halloween (382,528)

#6 Somebody's Watching Me (380,239) [#5 Combined; 463,005]

#9 Thriller (367,926) [#1 Combined; 601,913]

That's a huge effect with new peaks for all those songs! Technically the higher version of 'Thriller' still has a peak of #4, but last year it was only #2 combined.

 

Given that the last time Halloween fell on a Thursday (2019) was the only year in the last decade that 'Thriller' didn't chart at all, I'm not expecting much of an impact officially and certainly I'd expect these record numbers will be hugely underestimated.