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

 

Addison Rae - High Fashion

Alex Adair - Never What You Do

Alok & Kylie - Last Night I Dreamt I Fell In Love

The Amazons - Love Is A Dog From Hell [GRAT]

Amy Sheppard - Mr Mistake

Anne-Marie - Act I: If You're Looking for a New Best Friend (EP)

Avantasia - The Witch [GRAT]

Avicii & Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours (Tim’s 2016 Ibiza Version)

Beth McCarthy - Hot And Stupid

Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne feat Steve Stevens - Gods Of Rock N Roll

Bon Iver - Everything Is Peaceful Love

Caylee Hammack - How Long [GRAT]

Chris Lake feat Abel Balder - Ease My Mind

D.O.D feat North - Wrap Yourself Around Me [Tuesday 18th]

Donae'o - Not Like Dis

Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (ShyBoy Remix) [GRAT]

Frank Walker feat Clara Mae – Hurricane

Franky Wah – Wrong For Me

Grace Davies - Do Or Die

Head Automatica - Annulment

James Arthur – Embers [GRAT]

Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit [GRAT]

Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow [GRAT]

Jaxomy & Conor Maynard - She's So High

Jisoo - Amortage (EP)

Jon Pardi - Love The Lights Out [GRAT]

Kwn feat Kehlani - Worst Behaviour

Lordi – Hellizabeth [GRAT]

Louise – Confession

Macklemore - f***ed Up

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Back In The Game

Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken

McFly - Sorry's Not Good Enough (Live at the O2) [GRAT]

Mr. Belt & Wezol - Don't Stop Lovin'

Muni Long - Slow Grind

Myles Smith feat Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You

Nathan Carter - Cannibals

Nathan Dawe feat Abi Flynn – Here In Your Arms

Offset - Ten

Perrie – Rollercoaster

Peter Murphy - Swoon

Rose Betts - You Never Looked Back [GRAT]

Sam Fender - Remember My Name [GRAT]

Sam Smith - Love Is A Stillness

Sammy Virji - I Guess We’re Not The Same

Seal - All I Know Is Now / Kiss From A Rose (Seal's Version)

Selena Faider & House Gospel Choir - Be Together

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Scared Of Loving You

Self Esteem – 69 [GRAT]

Somebody's Child - Irish Goodbye [GRAT]

The Stylistics & Shania Twain - Yes, I Will

SubSonic, 1991 & IVD - Castles In The Sky

Tom Brownlow - More Than Just A Love

TS7 - Secrets

Tyla x Sean Paul - Push 2 Start (Remix)

Tindersticks - Don't Walk, Run / Soft Tissue

 

 

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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NMF

1 Sabrina

2 AJ Tracey/jorja smith

3 Bon Iver

4 flowerovlove ??

5 Nathan Dawe/Abi Flynn

6 Anne-Marie

 

11 Sam Fender

13 SZA

 

Nothing new added to HH by the looks of it

with such push everywhere, you'd imagine they'd add the new Sabrina to HH but alas...

Busy Woman is #1 on TTH though...

 

Haven't heard this but it's up to a flying start on Apple:

48 NEW AJ Tracey - Crush (feat. Jorja Smith)

 

 

It’s pretty good I heard it last night

Oh wow that’s a great start, I gave it a listen earlier it’s pretty decent

it's been a while since wed had AJ Tracey in the charts

Jorja Smith is a welcome return to the charts too

New Drake album is listed as PartyNextDoor and Drake as opposed to Drake and PartyNextDoor so I suspect the impact will be fairly limited

^maybe for the better :o

 

the AJ Tracey/Jorja Smith samples Love Wouldn't Count Me Out by Brandy

PPP will probably get reset thanks to the new version with Dolly.

The AJ/Jorja track was released 2 days ago.

luther now up to #3 on Apple Music rising 5 spots in the last 24 hours

 

Can’t call #1 this week a multitude of songs have a chance

Backstreet boys tune is decent

 

Addison the song of the year so far

Kendrick now has the entire top 3 on UK Spotify

1. Not Like Us

2. All The Stars

3. luther

 

Other songs he’s in in the top 50:

9. tv off

21. squabble up

24. 30 For 30

26. HUMBLE.

35. Money Trees

49. peekaboo

 

Edited February 14Feb 14 by DanielsAloud

Taking off yesterday's streams Lola has just outdone Kendrick through the week

 

Messy- 2,893,577

Not Like Us- 2,882,624

 

It's gonna be so close, Thursday estimates come through for Kenny please!

 

 

Kendrick easily #1 of Thursdays counted properly but as it is my guess would be Lola

Depends on the free to paid ratio too

New entry on Spotify today:

 

#27 AJ Tracey - Crush (feat. Jorja Smith)

New entry on Spotify today:

 

#27 AJ Tracey - Crush (feat. Jorja Smith)

Very strong start, with the NMF boost hope this can get even higher tomorrow, great song and hope it can do well

Ordinary up to 15 on AM a lot of drake now appearing too

Ordinary up to 15 on AM a lot of drake now appearing too

It's a VERY decent album BTW after a while for him, and 2 solo songs (not the collab one that got pushed...) sounds like huge smashes, and the buzz is very positive. I would like to see what will be.

GIMME A HUG is already top 5 in the US of the album, even when it's only number 10 on the tracklist, which is very very rare for first-second update which always comes as in order of the trracklist, and all Twitter is full with this one.

Edited February 14Feb 14 by omrimayo