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

Armin van Buuren & Punctual feat Evalina - Angels

Blake Shelton - Let Him In Anyway [GRAT]

Bon Iver feat Danielle Haim - If Only I Could Wait / Walk Home [GRATS]

Calvin Harris - Smoke The Pain Away

Chappell Roan - The Giver

Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming

Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay

Frankie Grande – Rhythm Of Love

Jade - FUFN (F*** You For Now)

Jalen Ngonda - Just As Long As We're Together

Jordan Rakei - The Seize

Joshwa - Say My Name

JP Saxe - Smartphone Make Me Dumb

The Kooks - Sunny Baby

Lauren Mayberry & Joe Talbot - Sorry, Etc, Etc

Lil Nas X – Hotbox

Lizzo - Still Bad

Maya Jane Coles x Moxie Knox - Questions

Nero & Taiki Nulight — Innocence 2025

OK Go - Take Me With You

Picture This - Let's Try Love

Rascal Flatts & Kelly Clarkson - I'm Movin' On

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco - Sunset Blvd [GRAT]

Sheppard & Martin Jensen - Geronimo 2025

Sleep Token - Emergence

Somebody's Child - Porcelain (Losing All My Patience) [GRAT]

Sub Focus feat. bbyclose - On & On

Sugababes – Jungle

Switch Disco - The Lesson (La Leçon)

TCTS & Jem Cooke - Masquerade

Tiësto & Dyzen — All Right

Tom Grennan - Boys Don't Cry [GRAT]

Willie Nelson feat Rodney Crowell - Oh What A Beautiful World

 

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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From what I can see none of the newbies have been added to HHUK yet, surprised Chappell hasn’t been

An iconic week ahead! 🙏 JADE, Chappell and Sugababes all releasing.

Sleep Token at #198 on Apple as of a few hours ago.

Sleep Token up to #91 now!!

Whats a Sleep Token? ;)

NMF

1 Chappell - The Giver

2 Calvin Harris

3 Haim - Relationships

4 Sleep Token

5 Jade - FUFN

6 Bon Iver ft Danielle Haim

9 Selena, Benny Bianco

11 Tom Grennan

12 Subfocus

13 Dermot Kennedy

16 Lizzo

19 Sugababes

27 Lil Nas X

none of the above added to HH

but think they added something called Ely Oaks-Running around

and Gaga's Garden of Eden

Anxiety is now track #2 on HH with Ordinary at #3 and new Benson high up to #9

Sleep Token are a metal band, become quite popular in recent years.

Lol at Selena & Benny still releasing those "we love each other so much that we cannot make good music anymore" outtakes.

they're a metal band

haven't had any chart hits before but they blew up in popularity with their last album which this new song is their first release since

Just now, Sour Candy said:

Lol at Selena & Benny still releasing those "we love each other so much that we cannot make good music anymore" outtakes.

You say this like they don't have a full album to promote which is out next week

If there was, I would definitely skip it.

Seriously though, it'll probably battle against 143 for the title of worst high profile pop album of recent times.

Edited March 14Mar 14 by Sour Candy

oh just heard Sleep Woken, very Linkin Park-esque, very good, can totally see the appeal.

Ordinary #3 now both on Apple and Amazon :/

8 hours ago, Scene said:

An iconic week ahead! 🙏 JADE, Chappell and Sugababes all releasing.

2/3 of them being great!

Watch JADE and Sugababes now do nothing officially.

Ooh hopefully Sleep Token do well with the single. Think their album will be on for a decent opening! Last one entered at 3 on 11.5k behind Lewis Capaldi 2 and Ed Sheeran -.

Surprised how strong the Tom Grennan song sounds! Some solid pop music. Here’s hoping it does something, but it feels like the general public have moved on from him.

Pray this week deedwood in chart get push out lot new fresh music. I went special teddy pineapple lose control and door hope get kick out top 40 next Friday

9 minutes ago, GTH said:

Surprised how strong the Tom Grennan song sounds! Some solid pop music. Here’s hoping it does something, but it feels like the general public have moved on from him.

Yeah I thought it was fairly strong too; his best from this era.

You're right though, a bit like Becky Hill, it feels like things have moved on with regards Tom Grennan.

4 minutes ago, ElectroBoy said:

Yeah I thought it was fairly strong too; his best from this era.

You're right though, a bit like Becky Hill, it feels like things have moved on with regards Tom Grennan.

I think Becky Hill still has the potential to get hits, but Tom Grennan's 15 minutes are truly up.

My best friend is a massive Sleep Token stan and they seem to have gone stratospheric lately, I think their music is quite commercial really now, kind of Bring Me The Horizon vibes so I wouldn’t be surprised if they got a hit at some point

11 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

I think Becky Hill still has the potential to get hits, but Tom Grennan's 15 minutes are truly up.

Yeah probably - she just needs the right feature again. Interest just seemed to die in her after Disconnect.

I'm guessing TG will be more an albums artist and trouble the top 40 whenever he does a feature

Can't remember the last time we had so many big new releases in a single week! And so many bangers too! Love the Chappell, Jade, Tom Grennan and Sugababes songs Lizzo, Selena/Benny and Sub Focus are pretty good too. Not really sure what to make of Calvin on first listen 😕