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

Absolute & Bimini - Keep On Dancing

AJ Tracey feat Headie One & Aitch - Friday Prayer

Anne-Marie - Act II: If You're Looking For A Reason To Key Your Ex's Car (EP) (That's What You Get / Knock Knock)

Billy Lockett - Pure Imagination

Blake Shelton - Stay Country Or Die Tryin' [GRAT]

Calum Hood - Don't Forget You Love Me

Chloé Caillet & Luke Alessi feat Jocelyn Brown - The One

Chris Lake & Amber Mark - In My Head

Clavish – RedRiding Hood

Craig David - Wake Up [Wednesday 16th]

Cynthia Erivo – Worst Of Me

Dean Lewis - I Hate That It's True

Disrupta, Goddard & Charlotte Haining - Heartstrings

Doves - Lean Into The Wind

Drvmmer - No Man's Land (EP)

Fickle Friends - Happiness

James Bay & Sheryl Crow - You & Me Time [Wednesday 16th]

Jaykae feat The Streets - Hooligan

Jelly Roll - Dreams Don't Die

Kula Shaker - Charge Of The Light Brigade

Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On

Louise – Borderline [GRAT]

Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us (Kaytranada Remix)

Marina – Cuntissimo

Max McNown – St Helens Alpenglow

MJ Cole feat Clementine Douglas - Knock Knock

Notion feat. Unknown T & D38 – Tenten

Pete Tong, Moblack & Max Zotti feat Monolink – Apocalypse

Philip George x Mood II Swing feat Carole Sylvan - Closer

Prospa - Don't Stop

Pulp - Spike Island

Quavo & Lil Baby – Legends

Rema - Bout U

Robin Schulz x Oswald - Eternal Life

Sam Feldt feat Caden - Follow The Waves

Shaboozey & Myles Smith – Blink Twice

Solardo - Psycho

Sports Team – Sensible [GRAT]

 

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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On my best (alt) NMF top 2 😍😍😍

Bon Iver and Lana 😍

HH has now Azizam as track #1

I see a few newbies but not sure if added today, Sleep token-Caramel, Pinkpantheress, Sombr-Undressed

And someone called Josh Baker

Azizam stable at #7 with 279,192 streams (omg it’s flopping!!!!!!!!)

Miley up 10 places to #81 today - keep going!

7 hours ago, Bjork said:

And someone called Josh Baker

His song "Back It Up" reached number 92 a couple weeks ago, guessing it's that song

'Pink Pony Club' reaches a new peak of #2 on the weekly Spotify chart

1 hour ago, Oricon said:

Azizam stable at #7 with 279,192 streams (omg it’s flopping!!!!!!!!)

Yap. It is

Thanks

All the lies in here, all of you said last week it’s gonna do insane numbers, but suddenly 280k a week after its smashing 🤣

Is the Kaytranda remix of "Don't Forget About Us" for the 20th anniversary of "The Emancipation of Mimi"?

29 minutes ago, omrimayo said:

Yap. It is

Thanks

All the lies in here, all of you said last week it’s gonna do insane numbers, but suddenly 280k a week after its smashing 🤣

Give it up

In better news

Apple:

167 NEW Lana del Rey - Henry come on

Wow Lana up to @76 on apple, not bad for a 5 minute song!

Yessss Lana! Loving her new song.

2025 is shaping up to be a big year for her in the U.K. as she's playing stadiums in the summer

The warm/sunny weather and possibly autoplay causing some shenanigans it seems! Some highlights on spotify:

#4. Billie Eilish - "BIRDS OF A FEATHER"

#91. Calvin Harris - "Feels So Close" (I think this has been going viral a bit? Has a peak of #70 on spotify so not far off its peak currently!)

#125. Sean Paul - "Temperature"

#129. Taylor Swift - "Cruel Summer"

#153. Calvin Harris - "Summer"

#167. Mr. Probz - "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix Radio Edit)"

I'm thinking Billie is benefitting a little from the sunny weather as well. "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" is up ~25-30k streams week/on week. I wonder how big of an effect her tour will have - maybe challenge for the #1 on spotify again if there isn't a big hit at the time?

Great to see Miley recovering as well!

A small Amazon Update of newer songs for those interested:

#2. Chappell Roan - "The Giver"

#6. Ed Sheeran - "Azizam"

#7. Sabrina Carpenter - "Busy Woman"

#15. WizTheMc & bees & honey - "Show Me Love"

#27. Calvin Harris - "SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY"

#33. Benson Boone - "Sorry I'm Here For Somene Else"

#41. Ariana Grande - "Twilight Zone"

#47. Ely Oaks - "Running Around"

#62. Miley Cyrus - "End Of the World"

#95. Lola Young - "Conceited" (performed it on Jimmy Kimmel recently & B-listed on Radio 1, think it's the next single from her album - would like to see this do something!)

#96. sombr - "back to friends"

Conceited was actually the first single from the album back in autumn 2023, but it seems to be trending and getting another push now post messy!

6 minutes ago, Envoirment said:

#95. Lola Young - "Conceited" (performed it on Jimmy Kimmel recently & B-listed on Radio 1, think it's the next single from her album - would like to see this do something!)

Yeah does look like this is getting a fresh push, I got an email about a 7" 'Conceited' vinyl that was being released and I see that is out today

Can’t see conceited going anywhere its a great song though and deserves more mainstream awareness

Apple:

51

NEW

Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on

Just hope Shaboozey & Myles Smith – Blink Twice get high on Spotify later not doing anything on Apple

Lana now #49 on Apple, only newbie so far

Azizam down to #4

not much happening on Amazon either

except Dua ft Troye Siva-Physical at #74!!!!! that's surprising