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

 

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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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Shorter versions of 'Defying Gravity' and 'Popular' have been added to streaming platforms today.

not much on NMF

1 Rosé

2 Hozier

3 Sam Fender

 

Lola Young cover on HH and moved up quite a bit

New Sky Ferreira!!!!!

New Sky Ferreira!!!!!

It's a bit of a tune tbh!

Shorter versions of 'Defying Gravity' and 'Popular' have been added to streaming platforms today.

 

Be handy , was thinking other day DG would probably be even bigger if was half as long :lol: (I personally think it's perfect as it is though )

Glad short version dg was to long make me nod off

Mariah’s released a 30th anniversary version of her Christmas album including live performances of some tracks. Might help AIWFCIY get back ahead of Wham! worldwide

How does Leona's 'One More Sleep' normally do streaming wise?

not much on NMF

1 Rosé

2 Hozier

3 Sam Fender

 

Lola Young cover on HH and moved up quite a bit

 

Love that ‘Wild Long Lie’ has got strong support - wasn’t sure they would so soon after ‘People Watching’ was a NMF #1

Does anyone have a website that updates Spotify streaming daily quicker than Kworb? They’re usually incredibly slow and delayed at publishing them and want to know if there’s an alternate website that does it faster (both UK and worldwide Spotify). :unsure:

Does anyone have a website that updates Spotify streaming daily quicker than Kworb? They’re usually incredibly slow and delayed at publishing them and want to know if there’s an alternate website that does it faster (both UK and worldwide Spotify). :unsure:

Just use charts.spotify.com on google/safari, you don’t need to have Spotify for this it’s just a website

Fabulous thank you!

Has Bob Dylan's `Must Be Santa` ever made the top 200 on Spotify? thanks

Yes, but not since 2019 (#185 on Christmas Day)

Peak of #111 on Christmas Day 2016

Never made a weekly chart

This week's weekly Spotify chart is the first since w/e 27th December 2018 to not feature Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. Almost 6 consecutive years!

 

According to Kworb (as the Spotify website only goes back to 2017), Mr. Brightside has not left since w/e 24th December 2015.

Yes, but not since 2019 (#185 on Christmas Day)

Peak of #111 on Christmas Day 2016

Never made a weekly chart

 

Thanks once a year I endure the whole album

Spotify

 

1 Thats so true 550K

2 APT 371K

3 Wham 726/2=361K

 

only 2 songs in the top 30 not on ACR :D

 

Wham! and Mariah both down around 100k compared to the equivalent Friday last year. Brenda only down 15k

Mariah about to make way for the real queen of Christmas *_*