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

A Little Sound - Override

Above & Beyond feat Zoë Johnston — Carry Me Home

Aitch & Anne-Marie – Luv?

Alan Walker & Sorana - Mind Of A Warrior

The All-American Rejects - Sandbox

Allan Jay - Club Tropicana

American Authors - Tumble Down (The Whistle Song)

Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant [GRAT]

Armin van Buuren & Sam Gray - Dream A Little Dream

Ayra Starr & WizKid – Gimme Dat

Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [GRAT]

Bradley Simpson feat Nieve Ella - Favourite Band

Bronnie - Own Girl Own World

CamelPhat & Vomee - Needed You

Claptone & Sea Girls feat Henry Camamile - Put Your Love On Me

Clean Bandit & Tiesto feat Leony - Tell Me Where U Go

Club des Belugas & Antoine Villoutreix – Feel Alright

Cyril & James Blunt - Tears Dry Tonight

Daughtry - The Day I Die

DJ S.K.T – Deeper

Don Diablo - Freek Like Me

Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Last Night

Eric Benet & Keri Hilson – Can't Wait

Faithless feat Bebe Rexha - Dollars And Dimes

Gawr Gura & Casey Edwards - Ash Again

Gryffin & Excision feat Julia Michaels - Air

Haim - Down To Be Wrong

Hybrid Minds & Songer - Under The Water

James TW - Where Did Our Love Go?

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra feat Ariana Grande - I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

Jess Bays, Jem Cooke & Kelli-Leigh - Ascension

Jessie J - No Secrets

Joe Jonas - Heart By Heart [GRAT]

Lauren Spencer Smith - If Karma Doesn't Get You (I Will) [GRAT]

LeoStayTrill & K-Trap - Hands On Knees

Linkin Park – Unshatter [GRAT]

Lorde - What Was That

Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso - Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl

Megan Thee Stallion - Whenever

Myles Smith - My First Heartbreak

Nafe Smallz - You, Me Or The Drugs

Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart [Monday 28th]

PinkPantheress – Stateside [GRAT]

R3hab - Right Here Right Now

Redlight – Busy

Saint Phnx – Best Of Me

Sam Fender - Tyrants

Sammy Virji feat Issey Cross – Nostalgia

Seafret - Wait

SL - Paranoia

Slaughter To Prevail - Russian Grizzly In America

Sleep Token – Damocles [GRAT]

Sophie and The Giants – Bad Friends

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Vertigo

Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso feat Namasenda - No Enemies

Sunflower Bean - There's A Part I Can't Get Back

The Ting Tings - Dreaming

Tom Odell - Don't Let Me Go

Tom Speight feat PP Arnold - Whole Wide World

Yungblud - Lovesick Lullaby

Zak Abel - My Way

Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly

 

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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It feels strange seeing Benson only at 5 in New Music Friday... Seeing it has a music video shot not like Sorry I expected a bigger push.

Zara Larsson only at 15... tragic...

Benson won't end up getting the level of blanket coverage he got with Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else (not yet anyway) as this isn't the "comeback" single as such, but I'm hoping the fact it already has double the amount of TikTok videos than Sorry's had in 2 months bodes well for it to make its own way into the chart, it's too good not to smash!

Lorde #52 on Apple now.

Oh wow The Lorde @1 on NMF, lots of newbies but nothing added to HH

Benson is #2 on Apple's New Music Daily and #1 on Today's Hits!

Spotify NMF

1 Lorde - What was that

2 Pinkpantheress - Stateside

3 Myles Smith - My first hearybreak

4 Ayra Starr, Wizkid

5 Gigi Perez

6 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical

7 Sam Fender - Tyrants

9 Haim

11 Sleep Token

12 AItch, Anne Marie

16 Zara Larsson

17 Clean Bandit, Tiesto

19 Arcade fire

26 Tom Odell

29 Faithless, Bebe Rexha

30 Jessie J!!!!!

Happy to see PinkPantheress as high as #2 on NMF - another really good single from her!

That Sam Fender track is honestly better than anything I've heard from him this whole era!

Quite like Aitch x Anne-Marie too.

Hope this week new releases get 2024 deadwood song down chart if end 3 new entry top 40 then official chart broken must get boring the one listen radio 1 hearing those deedwood songs specially pineapple week in week out

But why are they pushingTyrants now? Isnt a track from the EP?

13 minutes ago, Bjork said:

But why are they pushingTyrants now? Isnt a track from the EP?

I think it was previously released on vinyl for RSD but they've now made it available digitally.

I just checked discogs and it was originally the bside of the People watching 7” he released in 2024

And now its out on streaming for the 1st time

I guess a deluxe of the album Is coming with all the bsides?

But weird it didn’t make it to the album

Much better than anything there

Some good new songs hopefully they don’t get blocked by the 2024 gang. Big week for ordinary. Needs to avoid ACR. Make sure you stream it or the wedding version

7 minutes ago, Liam S said:

Some good new songs hopefully they don’t get blocked by the 2024 gang. Big week for ordinary. Needs to avoid ACR. Make sure you stream it or the wedding version

Make sure the local knows about this!

2 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Make sure the local knows about this!

If it comes up or I hear a convo mentioning it I’ll definitely explain the ACR situation

I went to the pub last night, imagine my disappointment to find that no one there was talking about 'Ordinary' or the ACR situation 🙁

Poor “Ordinary” could hit ACR and plummet all the way to #2.

Apple:

48 NEW Lorde - What was that

surprised how well this is doing

Lorde new at #6 on Spotify!

Show Me Love Tyla remix also new at 126!