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

Anabel Englund x Punctual - Falling Up

Anna Lunoe & Melanie C - Girl

Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith

Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

Billy Idol - Still Dancing

Blossoms - Mariah Carey Through Death Valley

Charlotte Plank - Chemical Fashion

Cheat Codes & Öwnboss - Carnival

Confidence Man & Eliza Rose - I Heart You

Cynthia Erivo - Replay

Damiano David - Next Summer

Dasha - Not At This Party

Disciples feat Jazzi Sirius – Pray

Djo - Delete Ya [GRAT]

Don Diablo - The Way I Are

The Driver Era - Can't Believe She Got Away [GRAT]

Gabrielle Aplin – Magnolia

Gigi Perez – Chemistry

Girl In Red – Confession

Glockenbach & Norma Jean Martine - Anthem

Halsey - Safeword

Jonas Blue & Izzy Bizu - Lifeline

Jvke - Pretty

Lizzo - Love In Real Life

Matt Dusk - Human

Michael Marcagi - Flyover State

Piri & Tommy - Fruit Machine

RY X - Tell Me

Sean Paul x Inna - Let It Talk To Me

Shaggy feat Sting - Til A Mawnin

Sigma feat Mali-Koa - Chemicals

Sports Team - Maybe When We're 30 [GRAT]

Tiësto & Oscar L - Flex

Two Shell - Oops…

Van Morrison - Down To Joy

 

FAQs

 

What is streaming? What are the chart rules regarding streaming?

For streaming and chart rules related FAQs read the pinned thread regarding this.

 

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 200 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 200]

 

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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Benson is #2 on NMF and #22 on Hot Hits UK - amazing start!

Little Simz #1 on NMF-UK.

Surprised that Little Simz is #1 on NMF over Benson Boone, to be honest.

NMF

1 Little Simz

2 Benson Boone

3 Gigi Perez

5 Djo

9 Lisa, Future

HH has Sam as cover and People Watching as track #2, kinda one week too late

Benson added as track #22

they also finally moved Pink Pony to track #17

they also added Leon Thomas-MUTT, 

Olivia Dean and her Bridget Jones song

and Fontaines, one week too late again

also noticed Drake-Nokia in the list

New Benson is very instant, screaming out smash!

Looks like pink pony is really going to get number 1 doing 325k a day

That Benson song sounds like it'll be the Song of the Summer.

1 hour ago, Liam sota said:

Looks like pink pony is really going to get number 1 doing 325k a day

Na something tells me something getting reset after brits , so unless she done it this week I don't see it happening

8 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Na something tells me something getting reset after brits , so unless she done it this week I don't see it happening

If the Brits was on Saturday maybe but Monday night is too late to really get a reset in my opinion. By then it’ll need 50%+ increase for the remaining days.

Benson could potentially get 1 if the song takes off otherwise I’m not seeing anything

8 minutes ago, Liam sota said:

If the Brits was on Saturday maybe but Monday night is too late to really get a reset in my opinion. By then it’ll need 50%+ increase for the remaining days.

Benson could potentially get 1 if the song takes off otherwise I’m not seeing anything

The Brit Awards are on Saturday night!

26 minutes ago, Rob said:

That Benson song sounds like it'll be the Song of the Summer.

Knowing how the charts are so stale, it'll probably be Summer 25 and 26 😀

Edited February 28Feb 28 by ElectroBoy

45 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Na something tells me something getting reset after brits , so unless she done it this week I don't see it happening

'Messy' returning to #1 post-reset seems a real possibility. It could mean that 10 weeks into 2025, we still wouldn't have had a #1 that even made its Top 10 debut this year.

^as mentioned in last week's thread, Messy going back to #1 is feasible

and wouldn't take much, just around 600K on averge after Sat would be enough

Big rise on Spotify and Apple for “Sleepy Hallow - A N X I E T Y (feat” today. TikTok of course

Spotify:

New Peak:

21. Drake- NOKIA

45. Sleepy Hallow, Doechii- A N X I E T Y

63. Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer- Give Me Everything

67. Olivia Dean- It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be

90. The Fray- How to Save a Life

93. Morgan Seatree, Florence + The Machine- Say My Name [Remix]

112. Usher ft Pitbull- DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

174. Ely Oaks- Running Around

New Entries:

189. WizTheMc, bees & honey- Show Me Love

Re-Entries

162. The Chainsmokers, Coldplay- Something Just Like This

165. Nickelback- How You Remind Me

183. Linkin Park- Numb

187. Taylor Swift- Cruel Summer

191. SZA- Kill Bill

193. Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii- Move

194. George Ezra- Budapest

196. Eminem- Without Me

198. The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony

200. The Cranberries- Zombie

Chart gods have mercy on us all, we don't deserve another long-running hit from Drake 😭

Nothing new released today charting on AM yet. Mega slow week I guess apart from Sleepy Hallow going viral and potential BRITs effect.

3 hours ago, Liam sota said:

If the Brits was on Saturday maybe but Monday night is too late to really get a reset in my opinion. By then it’ll need 50%+ increase for the remaining days.

Benson could potentially get 1 if the song takes off otherwise I’m not seeing anything

As already said the brits are Tommorrow night

Another week of 2025, and no 2025 song is posing as one that could be a No.1 hit. It's March tomorrow.