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 - Headphones On

Aly & AJ - If You Get Lonely

Artemas - I Guess U Never Really Cared About Me

Black Lace - Left & Right

BL3SS x Tchami - R 2 Me

Bruce Springsteen - Blind Spot [GRAT]

Dom Dolla & Kid Cudi – Forever

The Ferguson Rogers Process - I Got Burned (Remix)

Gabry Ponte & Village People - Frequency (Go West)

Gorgon City feat Caroline Byrne - Run It Back

Jack & Jack - Baby Blue

Jade Bird – Dreams [GRAT]

Jazzy & Ankhoi - Closer To The Floor

Jvke & Tori Kelly - This Is What Floating Feels Like

Kelly Lee Owens - Sunshine (Miso Extra Remix)

The Kooks - Compass Will Fracture [GRAT]

Lana Del Rey - Bluebird

Lukas Graham - You You You

Maren Morris - Bed No Breakfast [GRAT]

Morgan Wallen feat Post Malone - I Ain’t Comin’ Back [GRAT]

Nelly Furtado – God / Marriage

Noir & Haze vs Meduza - Around

OneRepublic - Invincible

Pawsa - Bang Bang

Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp - Dream Machine

Say Now - Can't Keep A Beat

Sigma, CoCo & Dizzee Rascal - R U Sleeping

TCTS & Hayley May – Daylight

Tom McGuire & The Brassholes - The Tooth

Weiss & Louise Marshall - Promises

 

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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Not much our today

NMF

1 Fontaines, new track from deluxe already out earlier this week

2 Adison

4 Lana - Bluebird

11 Morgan Wallen & Post Malone

None added to HH, they have Show me love at @1 and Azizam at @2

‘Drinking Wine, Feeling Fine’ for #1

Nothing really to report from today’s update. Azizam seems stuck around the 190-230k area and may start to get swallowed up out of the top 20 if it drops any more streams

People still seem to care more about the tiktok Hits from 2024

Doechii released the music video for "Anxiety" - it's really good

Might help boost it to a new peak of #2 in the charts?

She has CDs out this week too

Mad how Azizam has went top 10 in 2 other countries other than the UK so far. Only 119 in France. I thought this would have done a lot better as it sounds like a hit. I know his star power has diminished but I didn’t think things were this bad.

Apple Music:

94 NEW Morgan Wallen & Post Malone - I Ain't Comin' Back

99 NEW Davido - Offa Me (feat. Victoria Monét)

168 NEW Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody

175 NEW Morgan Wallen - Just In Case

198 NEW Lana Del Rey - Bluebird

Where was I Had Some Help on Apple by this point? Looks like this new one might be a big hit

27 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Where was I Had Some Help on Apple by this point? Looks like this new one might be a big hit

#3, forgot how bonkers that first day was - did 1 million+ on Spotify as well

Distant memories reading about how streams were through the roof in that thread from May last year

Any update from Addison Rae?

7 minutes ago, Highway Unicorn said:

Any update from Addison Rae?

She’s showing up at #35 on Amazon for me 😮 but nothing on Apple yet.

‘Headphones On’ is my favourite Addison song to date so would love it to do something.

I neeeeed headphones on fo smash, it’s quickly becoming my fave Addison song and I think it’s on par with Diet Pepsi! So good

Tracks where Morgan Wallen is the lead artist have never reached higher than #28 on UK charts, and thankfully so. I doubt that the new one will go top 20 either.

Lana's Bluebird up to #147 on Apple, but looks like this one is gonna miss the top 40.

Couldn't understand how Azizam was #3 in the charts yesterday considering how low it's on Spotify an how poorly is doing on streaming figures, but just seen it's #2 on Amazon, ka-ching!

Amazon:

6 Jack Black

34 Addison Rae

49 Blink Twice

69 James Hype

70 Rachel

92 Physical - Dua ft Troye SIvan :D :D :D

2 hours ago, Bjork said:

Lana's Bluebird up to #147 on Apple, but looks like this one is gonna miss the top 40.

Couldn't understand how Azizam was #3 in the charts yesterday considering how low it's on Spotify an how poorly is doing on streaming figures, but just seen it's #2 on Amazon, ka-ching!

Amazon:

6 Jack Black

34 Addison Rae

49 Blink Twice

69 James Hype

70 Rachel

92 Physical - Dua ft Troye SIvan :D :D :D

It’s also been top 5 on Apple all week, what’s the Ka-Ching about?? It’s also at 15 on Spotify and streams are pretty close outside the top 3 so not that far behind!

Long rubbish Steve lava chicken does not get top 20 be happy Minecraft not my cup of tea look load rubbish to. Gone down worst record 2025 me so far

3 minutes ago, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

Long rubbish Steve lava chicken does not get top 20 be happy Minecraft not my cup of tea look load rubbish to. Gone down worst record 2025 me so far

At least it's only 34 seconds long, the amount of times I've had to sit through 'Not Like Us' for example is a whole 4:34 of pure torture.

4 hours ago, Bjork said:

Lana's Bluebird up to #147 on Apple, but looks like this one is gonna miss the top 40.

Couldn't understand how Azizam was #3 in the charts yesterday considering how low it's on Spotify an how poorly is doing on streaming figures, but just seen it's #2 on Amazon, ka-ching!

Amazon:

6 Jack Black

34 Addison Rae

49 Blink Twice

69 James Hype

70 Rachel

92 Physical - Dua ft Troye SIvan :D :D :D

Tbf if you put as much energy into reading the thread as you did into hating him you'd of noticed that 🤭