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

 

AJ Tracey & Pozer - Heaterz

Armin van Buuren & Moby - Extreme Ways

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2024 Ultimate Mix) [Monday 25th]

Brooke Combe - This Town [GRAT]

Cymande feat Celeste - Only One Way [GRAT]

Eats Everything - Upside Down

Fat Dog - Peace Song

Gracey - Back To Then

Jack Harlow - Hello Miss Johnson

James Arthur - ADHD

JC Stewart - Waste

Jelly Roll - Run It

JoJo Siwa - Iced Coffee

Kim Wilde - Midnight Train [GRAT]

Lil Nas X - Need Dat Boy

Lil Tjay - Let It Go Baby

Lola Brooke - Go To Yo Head

The Lottery Winners – UFO

Lucas & Steve feat Jordan Shaw — Heart First

Martin Garrix & Jex - Told You So

Matt Dusk, Tom Gaebel - My Favorite Things

Miguel - Always Time

New Hope Club - Stars

Olly Alexander – Polari [GRAT]

OneRepublic with Jelly Roll – Hurt

Rebecca Ferguson - Christmas Will Find You (It'll Find You)

Ren & Kit - Slaughter House

Robbie Williams - Forbidden Road

Rosé - Number One Girl

Sara Phillips — Stick Season

Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre & Alus - Outta Da Blue

Steve Aoki, Sam Feldt, Xandra feat Nile Rodgers & Zak Abel - I'm Going Out

The Ting Tings - Danced On The Wire

Tom A Smith - This Christmas Time

Tommy Farrow & House Gospel Choir - Angels

Twenty One Pilots - The Line

Venbee - Dark Place

Will Sparks & Sarah De Warren — Pulse

The Wombats - Blood On The Hospital Floor

 

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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Not much out today, a new Jack Harlow is #1 on NMF but that's it about newbies

 

HH has Sam Fender as cover and moving his song to track #10 on the playlist. HH has suddenly woken up and decided to support Gracie Abrams and It's so True is track #1 now, they even moved up I Love You I'm Sorry after being song #50 for months.

new single from Lil Nas X, he had one out last week that wasn't on NMF and this new one out today is only #24

guess something has happened behind the curtains with the label

‘Popular’ and ‘Defying Gravity’ are apparently being pushed as singles from Wicked, the former is #15 on New Music Friday UK.

Yeah I reckon Defying Gravity is going to do very very well this week - potentially top 10? There’s also new ROSE out but I’m not sure whether it’s being promoted as a single?

new single from Lil Nas X, he had one out last week that wasn't on NMF and this new one out today is only #24

guess something has happened behind the curtains with the label

 

Light Again got only 1.4 million streams in its first week on Spotify. That is bad for almost anyone with a global audience (even some local artists in my country with 5.6 million people do those numbers in a week at best).

Yeah I reckon Defying Gravity is going to do very very well this week - potentially top 10? There’s also new ROSE out but I’m not sure whether it’s being promoted as a single?

 

Do you think ‘Defying Gravity’ will chart higher than ‘Popular’?

 

It’s so strange seeing Ariana releasing Popular as a single - as it was interpolated into her 2nd single, ‘Popular Song’ with Mika back in 2013 and that was the first I had ever heard of her.

The song from jack harlow is pretty good might do well

I know we discussed band aid and how it’ll chart vs the original one, but this new version is being released under the original band aid on Spotify, they’re not making a new one like they did for 20 or 30, and it’s being released on streaming as an ep with the og, 20 and 30 versions, so who knows maybe the occ will be awkward and reset it and combine them

I know we discussed band aid and how it’ll chart vs the original one, but this new version is being released under the original band aid on Spotify, they’re not making a new one like they did for 20 or 30, and it’s being released on streaming as an ep with the og, 20 and 30 versions, so who knows maybe the occ will be awkward and reset it and combine them

 

Surely they wont reset a Christmas song but if they just combine them then I still think they wont make #1

Great start for Wizkid's new album on Apple:

 

#63 Troubled Mind

#73 Bad Girl (feat. Asake)

#85 Karamo

#91 Kese (Dance)

#109 Time

#148 Piece of My Heart (feat. Brent Faiyaz)

#154 Break Me Down

#162 Bend

#197 A Million Blessings

 

No other new entries yet.

still snowing? cos I see Wham, Mariah etc are all climbing again on Apple

 

Sam fender is down quite. lot on Apple, down to #26 :/

still snowing? cos I see Wham, Mariah etc are all climbing again on Apple

We woke up to snow again this morning but I don't know if that would necessarily be the reason for them climbing

They usually climb on Fridays on the lead-up to Christmas, don't they?

on Fri already? thought it was more of a Sat-Sun thing

Wicked impact begins on Apple:

 

60. Cynthia Erivo - Defying Gravity (feat. Ariana Grande)

94. Ariana Grande - Popular

'Carol Of The Bells' is the 20th highest Christmas song on Spotify

Spotify Christmas Songs Weekly Streams Comparison

 

17th to 23rd November 2023

#6 Wham! – Last Christmas: 1,998,290

#7 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 1,921,520

#16 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 1,399,630

#22 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 1,146,326

#24 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 1,111,187

#25 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 1,090,477

#34 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 917,082

#36 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 907,808

#51 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 794,292

#56 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 781,927

#58 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 747,983

#66 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 714,356

#67 Sia – Snowman: 706,159

#91 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 652,875

#96 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 633,046

#100 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 616,779

#111 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 594,505

#116 Justin Bieber – Mistletoe: 580,644

#141 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime: 548,453

#168 José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad: 509,953

Total: 20

 

Mr. Brightside 952k at #30; We Found Love 475k at #200

 

15th to 21st November 2024

#9 Wham! – Last Christmas: 2,029,522 (+1.56%)

#10 Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You: 1,980,583 (+3.07%)

#16 Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: 1,485,815 (+6.16%)

#27 Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me: 1,258,505 (+9.79%)

#33 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock: 1,152,640 (+3.73%)

#43 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York: 1,055,193 (+34.9%)

#46 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree: 1,033,681 (+13.9%)

#53 Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: 947,567 (+3.32%)

#58 Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!: 907,085 (+14.2%)

#62 Sia – Snowman: 842,164 (+19.3%)

#64 Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas: 837,863 (-23.2%)

#73 Michael Bublé – Holly Jolly Christmas: 791,363 (+10.8%)

#82 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone: 746,257 (-0.231%)

#106 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 692,000 (+5.99%)

#114 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride: 673,642 (+9.22%)

#122 Elton John – Step into Christmas: 651,768 (+>37%)

#181 John Williams – Carol of the Bells: 573,282 (+>20%)

#185 Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas: 568,962 (-4.30%)

#188 John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War is Over): 566,802 (-10.5%)

Total: 19

 

Mr. Brightside 969k at #51; Nobody Gets Me 551k at #200

 

Streams for non-Christmas songs are a lot higher this year than last year, but in terms of actual streaming numbers, Christmas songs are now also doing better than last year following the snow.

 

This was Mr. Brightside's first week below 1 million streams this year, Stick Season is still on course to become the second song to spend a calendar year of weeks over a million streams (after Blinding Lights in 2020).

Tate up to 30 considering the Christmas song climbs is impressive to see! Think itll be especially big for her post Christmas!

Spotify:

 

 

New Peak:

 

67. Lola Young- Messy

96. A$AP Rocky, Imogen Heap, Clams Casino- I Smoked Away My Brain (I'm God x Demons Mashup)

 

Re-Entries:

 

149. Juice WRLD- All Girls Are The Same

155. Adele- Easy On Me

176. Juice WRLD- Lucid Dreams

177. Wizzard- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

191. Snow Patrol- Chasing Cars

192. Nickelback- How You Remind Me

193. Travis Scott- HIGHEST IN THE ROOM

194. PAWSA- TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS

200. The Chainsmokers, Coldplay- Something Just Like This