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

Alex Adair - No One Like You

Alexis Strum -Swim [Monday 12th May]

Armin van Buuren & BLR — Bach To The Future

Avril Lavigne feat Simple Plan - Young & Dumb

Calum Hood - Call Me When You Know Better

Calvin Harris feat Clementine Douglas – Blessings

David Archuleta - Can I Call You

David Guetta & Hypaton vs Europe - The Final Countdown 2025

Deaf Havana - Lawn Tennis

Duke Dumont - Your Loving [GRAT]

Elbow - Sober

Ella Eyre feat Jay Prince - High On The Internet

Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon

Friction & Basslayerz – Shoot

Garbage - Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty [GRAT]

Halsey & Amy Lee - Hand That Feeds

Hardwell - Lift Off

Hot Since 82 feat Kuuda - Alive

Joe Stone feat Aloma Steele — Donna Summer Nights

Keiino – Unstoppable

Kid Cudi - Neverland

Loren Allred – Clown

Marcus & Martinus - Endless Summer

Mark Ambor - Who Knows

Miley Cyrus - More To Lose [GRAT]

Moon Boots & Lyric Jones - Sunshine

Morgan Wallen – Superman [GRAT]

Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It

Orbital & Confidence Man – Re-lush

Patrick Topping & Camden Cox - Walk On Air

Paul Russell feat Saweetie - That Girl

Picture This - A Thousand Times

Rose – Messy

Royel Otis – Moody

Shouse — Sunrise

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Taste

Take That - Hanging Onto Your Love (Howard Donald 2025 Remix) [GRAT]

Tiësto, Odd Mob & Goodboys - Won’t Be Possible

Tim Minchin - The Song Of The Masochist [GRAT]

Tom Grennan - Full Attention [GRAT]

Tommy Farrow – Breathless

Tujamo x Dizzee Rascal - Fader

Tyla – Bliss

The Vintage Explosion - You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

 

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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Mystical Magical added to Hot Hits at 61... 😶

It was already there i think

They added the new Calvin one though

Lorde is the cover

there not add Mark Ambor - Who Knows to new music Friday

The release schedule has been so thin

Looking forward to seehow the sleep token album does on Spotify

Maybe even beat Ordinary on day 1

NMF

1 Pinkpantheress

2 Calvin

3 Sleep token

4 Miley

6 StormZy, but no clue what this is, a proper single?

41 minutes ago, seltinpixmile said:

Mystical Magical added to Hot Hits at 61... 😶

It's been there since the Monday after release! Always very low down though, baffling.

2 minutes ago, JosephBoone said:

It's been there since the Monday after release! Always very low down though, baffling.

It's strange then... I guess they will make it rise in the next days maybe... cause it's been added at 23 on Todays Top Hits, it would be odd if they maintain him this low in UK.

Blessings is the only thing recently added to HH from what I can see

Quite a few Billie Eilish songs are entering the Apple chart.

She's not touring here until July but maybe clips from other European dates at the moment are doing well?

#14 BIRDS OF A FEATHER

#39 WILDFLOWER

#77 ocean eyes

#97 CHIHIRO

#126 THE GREATEST

#142 Happier Than Ever

#146 Guess

#161 when the party's over

#173 everything i wanted

#191 bad guy

The David Guetta song is so bad Spotify have even refused to put it on NMF!

1 hour ago, Mangø said:

The David Guetta song is so bad Spotify have even refused to put it on NMF!

For once I will give them kudos!

1 hour ago, Mangø said:

The David Guetta song is so bad Spotify have even refused to put it on NMF!

It is very bad from what I dared to listen to this morning

New Entries w/c 2nd May:

May 2nd:

33. Ed Sheeran- Old Phone

64. Jorja Smith- The Way I Love You

170. KATSEYE- Gnarly

185. HUGEL, Topic, Arash ft Daecolm- I Adore You

196. Josh Baker, Omar+- Back It Up

May 3rd: None

May 4th:

81. Ely Oaks, LAVINIA- Borderline

May 5th:

162. Radiohead- Let Down

May 6th:

97. wifiskeleteon, i wanna be a jack-o-lantern- Nope your too late i already died

170. Lady Gaga- Judas

May 7th: None

Spotify has updated.

137. Radiohead - Let Down (+10)

Keep going! 💙

Stargazing could get reset this week I think.

What’s with the gains for Tate, is she touring?

Sleep Token have 4 songs in top 100 on Apple Music.

Very impressive how long Fontaines' Starburster & Favourite have hung around in the Spotify chart now - future indie classics even if they don't have high chart peaks for sure.

5 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Stargazing could get reset this week I think.

What’s with the gains for Tate, is she touring?

Started 2 days ago. Goes very strong on TT

Ordinary is #1 WW. After a billion years of DWAS

6 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Stargazing could get reset this week I think.

Oh for PHUCK'S sake.