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 Warren – Ordinary

Alexander Technique & Todd Terry - The Ross

Alice Chater - Bed Of Lies

Anitta - Romeo

Arch Enemy - Paper Tiger [GRAT]

Ava Max - Lost Your Faith

The Black Keys - The Night Before

The Bluetones - In The Cut

Brett Eldredge - You'll Be Mine

Bryan Adams – Roll With The Punches

Bugzy Malone – The 10 Graft Commandments

Caity Baser - Watch That Girl (She's Gonna Say It)

Divorce – Hangman

Dom Dolla feat Daya – Dreamin'

Eats Everything & MJ Cole feat Eight9Fly - One Call

Emma Blackery - Isn't It Funny?

Hannah Wants feat ARA - Hold Me

Heidi Montag feat Pitbull - I'll Do It

Issey Cross - Sirens

Jethro Tull - The Tipu House [GRAT]

Kelli-Leigh – Broken Heart

Lance Ferguson - L’océan de toi

Leon Vynehall – Tears For A Lover

Lisa, Raye & Doja Cat - Born Again

Plumb - Fighter (I’m Not Afraid)

Rachel Chinouriri with Sombr - All I Ever Asked

Robin Schulz x Fast Boy - Million Good Reasons

Sean Paul - Nah Follow Dem

Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas - Tell Me

Tom Speight – Covers (EP)

Tommy Richman - Actin Up

Twinnie – Worst Kind Of Crush

 

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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Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" zooming up Amazon now. Up to #22 *_*

 

 

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" zooming up Amazon now. Up to #22 *_*

For sure gonna be also number 1 or top 3 on NMF (Number 1 in AU so it's an indicator), I want to see Friday numbers!

For sure gonna be also number 1 or top 3 on NMF (Number 1 in AU so it's an indicator), I want to see Friday numbers!

 

:cheer: Also should hopefully move up the likes of HHUK/TTH when they update in an hour or so (so I hope!). It's not added to Amazon's main playlist yet either.

Gaga is indeed number 1 on NMF!

Lisa and RAYE is 2.

 

So weird on HHUK Gaga went down from #11 to #15, I will never understand the logic!

Lisa and RAYE are new there on #38.

Edited February 7Feb 7 by omrimayo

Yay for Gaga!

 

I wasn't convinced they'd put it on with it being a Monday release.

Happy to see Gaga #1 on NMF!

 

Also "Born Again" is a bop. Music video already at 1.5 million views, should do really well on youtube. Hoping it'll be able to go top 20 at least. Happy to see it #2 on NMF and instantly added to HHUK.

 

Also just seen Gaga added to Hits UK on Amazon as song #4 which is the biggest Amazon playlist I believe. Should see the song continue to gain there. :wub:

Edited February 7Feb 7 by Envoirment

so Gaga should be #1 tomorrow with the help of NMF and might be even fight for #1 come Friday with Messy :)

I'd love to see Gagz get the #1, 'Messy' feels quite far ahead of the pack right now so I'm envisaging #2 next week at least.

Messy is doing just just above 500K so not unbeatable, True was doing far more at its peak

Gaga is just 100K-ish behind, which sure is what #1 on NMF accounts for, so totally doable imo

so Gaga should be #1 tomorrow with the help of NMF and might be even fight for #1 come Friday with Messy :)

She’s now also #1 at TTH

Gwon Gaga , not anti messy but be nice to not have the same number 1 for months on end again

as usual, only HH being out of touch with reality and placing the song lower than it was yesterday lol

It’ll be interesting to see how Gaga does over the weekend and with the playlist support. I suspect it’s update today will creep up slightly but fingers crossed there’s a bit more of a jump over the weekend.

 

Am I right in thinking Gaga has never been No.1 on Spotify ever? I feel Shallow and ROM both peaked at No.2, I don’t know Apple Music wise where’s she’s peaked there.

It’ll be interesting to see how Gaga does over the weekend and with the playlist support. I suspect it’s update today will creep up slightly but fingers crossed there’s a bit more of a jump over the weekend.

 

Am I right in thinking Gaga has never been No.1 on Spotify ever? I feel Shallow and ROM both peaked at No.2, I don’t know Apple Music wise where’s she’s peaked there.

 

Rain on Me had a day at #1 I believe!

 

I think the day following Chromaticas release it was #1 by a very small margin!

UK AM

#4. (+1) Abracadabra *new peak*

 

GET 'EM GAGA!!!

as usual, only HH being out of touch with reality and placing the song lower than it was yesterday lol

100% as always.

Rain on Me had a day at #1 I believe!

 

I think the day following Chromaticas release it was #1 by a very small margin!

 

yes Rain on me debuted at #2 and then on album release day it hit #1 by 8 streams :D

It’ll be interesting to see how Gaga does over the weekend and with the playlist support. I suspect it’s update today will creep up slightly but fingers crossed there’s a bit more of a jump over the weekend.

 

Am I right in thinking Gaga has never been No.1 on Spotify ever? I feel Shallow and ROM both peaked at No.2, I don’t know Apple Music wise where’s she’s peaked there.

Rain on Me peaked at #1 on May 30, 2020. Both Shallow and Die With a Smile peaked at #2. Abracadabra (#4) is already the highest solo peak of Gaga's career on Spotify UK.

 

UK Amazon Music

#17. (+1) Abracadabra *np*

Ah thanks for confirming, maybe that’s why I don’t remember if it was just for day haha.