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

 

Bath Philharmonia Young Carers' Choir feat Ed Davey - Love Is Enough

Becky Hill x MK - Swim

Coldplay - All My Love (Pnau Remix)

David Guetta x Kiko x Olivier Giacomotto - Home

Deacon Blue - Late '88

Deadmau5 - Familiars

DJ Heartstrings & Swim - Alone Again

DJ Koze feat Damon Albarn – Pure Love

Dodie – Old Devil Moon

Emeli Sandé – Roots

Greentea Peng - One Foot

Hitty & Karen Harding - Take U Home

James Vincent McMorrow - Rent California

Jenny Berggren - Lion's Den

Kesha – Delusional

KT Tunstall & Andy Burrows feat Chris Leonard - Little Saint Nick

Louis Dunford – Superman [GRAT]

Lu.Ci – Chains

Matrix & Futurebound feat Glacier Baby – Weightless

Matt Dusk – Christmas On Cherry Lane (EP)

Phoebe Green – Precious Things

Russ - SSX Tricky

The Sherlocks - Bones

Shy FX feat Maverick Sabre - Risk It All

Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre & Sting - Another Part Of Me

V & Park Hyo Shin - Winter Ahead

Zedd, Bea Miller & Ellis - Tangerine Rays

 

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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Are we expecting the new Juice WRLD album to do anything. Lucid Dreams and All Girls are the Same have been comfortably back in the Spotify chart the last week, but the version with Nicki Minaj the other week did nothing

NMF

1 Disclosure, Pa Salieu

2 Kesha

3 Ed Sheeran

4 Potter Payper, Aitch

5 Rudimental

 

Nothing I can see added to HH, who still live in summer 2024 and have Move as track #1 lol

Didn't know there was a posthumous album from Juice Wrld out today

there still seems to be quite the demand for his music so I reckon he could get the #1 album as there's nothing else out

I’m not convinced juice will outdo Kendrick week two but we’ll see

His last posthumous album didn’t do that well if I recall right

Taylor Swift is also releasing physicals for TTPD The Anthology, it’s the first time all 31 songs are on vinyl/cd. They are gonna be put up on her store at 1pm today so if they ship this week the could be a contender? I expect there to be pretty high demand for these physicals

ANOTHER posthumous Juice WRLD album?! Isn't that like the 3rd or 4th one now? How can he have had that many unreleased tracks just lying around?

ANOTHER posthumous Juice WRLD album?! Isn't that like the 3rd or 4th one now? How can he have had that many unreleased tracks just lying around?

Yeah it's his third posthumous album - he apparently had over 3k unreleased songs when he died.

 

 

That's insane! They could be putting out albums for years then...

That's insane! They could be putting out albums for years then...

The new one is supposed to be the final album, but we'll see I suppose...

I thought Taylor's Anthology version of the album would ship later but it actually says it ships later this week so will count for this week yay

 

Ships on or before 4 December 2024

Release date: 28 November 2024

I thought Taylor's Anthology version of the album would ship later but it actually says it ships later this week so will count for this week yay

 

Ships on or before 4 December 2024

Release date: 28 November 2024

 

Tbf it's only available to purchase 10 minutes ago :lol:

 

TTPD for number 1 then I'm guessing unless Juice does legends never die numbers

what kinda numbers did he do?

His 2021 album only sold 9.5k in the first week.

Legends never die did 23k but it actually seems like there's some hype for this new one so we'll have to see

Weekly Spotify top 10 with OCC rules applied:

#1 That's So True

#2 Sailor Song

#3 APT.

#4 luther

#5 squabble up

#6 tv off

#7 Defying Gravity

#8 Timeless

#9 WILDFLOWER

#10 What Is This Feeling?

(#11 Popular)

Edited November 29, 2024Nov 29 by jimwatts

Weekly Spotify top 10 with OCC rules applied:

#1 That's So True

#2 Sailor Song

#3 APT.

#4 luther

#5 squabble up

#6 tv off

#7 Defying Gravity

#8 Timeless

#9 What Is This Feeling?

#10 Popular

 

Wildflower would be #9

Wildflower would be #9

Good spot, thought I'd missed something

Wildflower would be #9

 

Does wildflower have a second version it's showing as 24 and popular is 21 so wouldn't it be 11 depending on if the weekend is on acr or not

Edited November 29, 2024Nov 29 by 777666jason