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

AJ Tracey feat Big Zuu, Wax, Ets & D7 - Paid In Full

Amy MacDonald – Forward [GRAT]

Barbra Streisand feat Paul McCartney - My Valentine [GRAT]

Billy Gillies x Flip & Fill feat Karen Parry – Discoland

Black Honey – Insulin [GRAT]

The Black Keys - No Rain No Flowers [GRAT]

Bono & U2 - The Showman (Stories Of Surrender Version)

Chris Lorenzo - Appetite

Corbyn Besson - Tied Up

Cyril x Moonlight x The La's - There She Goes

Danny Byrd x General Levy - Sexy Money

Darkoo - Like Dat

DJ Snake with Bipolar Sunshine - Paradise

Ella Henderson - Me & You

Ewan McVicar - Careless Drifter / Basic Instruction

Frankie Grande – Boys [GRAT]

Gabry Ponte & Train - Brokenhearted

Gareth Emery feat Coheed & Cambria - Counting On You

Issey Cross - Body Talk

Jack Garratt - Ready! Steady! Go!

James Marriott - It's Only Love [GRAT]

Jax Jones & Ado - Stay Gold

Jehnny Beth - Broken Rib [GRAT]

Jessie J - Living My Best Life

JoJo Siwa – Bulletproof

Joy Crookes - Carmen

JP Saxe feat Tini – Strangers [GRAT]

Jvck James & Stormzy - Easier Done Than Said

Käärijä & Baby Lasagna - #Eurodab

Kesha - Boy Crazy. [GRAT]

Laufey - Tough Luck [GRAT]

Lola Young - One Thing

LP Giobbi & Mascolo - Loud Enough

Lucy Spraggan – The Lesson [GRAT]

Mason Talbot - In The Morning

Mya - Face To Face

Nemo - Unexplainable

Noah Cyrus - I Saw The Mountains

Rihanna - Friend Of Mine

Sam Feldt, Justin Jesso & Parson James - Lonely Tonight

Sam Fischer – Moonshine

SG Lewis - Back Of My Mind

Skye Newman - Family Matters

Steve Aoki x Tyler Hubbard - Forget Tonight

Wh0 & David Penn - La Fiesta

Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

 

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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Oh my I opened NMF AU yesterday and saw Rihanna's pic on the cover she's back... sorta... even if it's not the new album

NMF

1 Wolf Alice

2 Lol Young

3 Riri

4 Avicii, Ellie King

5 Little Simz

8 Morgan Wallen ft Tate McRae

normally I'd expect a Rihanna comeback to go straight to the top of the chart but this is only a soundtrack song (again) and it doesn't sound like a big hit so Alex Warren's chart crown is still very much safe

hopefully the 'new' Avicii song can do a little something ❤️

Several new songs added to Apple's Today's Hits playlist:

9: Lola Young - One Thing

12: Rihanna - Friend Of Mine

21: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

23: Morgan Wallen (feat. Tate McRae) - What I Want

on the other hand, HH on Spotify added... nothing :o

Has Rihanna essentially retired and just releasing the odd soundtrack song every now and again t this point , like I know she had a "comeback single" that did well but then she just vanished again (yes i know she got pregnant)

Can't say I'm fussed on the new Rihanna track. It may do well on first day curiosity streams, but I can't see it hanging around.

Think it's between Sombr and Calvin Harris for the next Number 1.

How Eurovision do this year

we won't know until the Monday afternoon Spotify update but I suspect only KAJ will do enough for top 40

well, actually Rihanna is pregnant with baby #3, she was super pregnant at the MET Gala thing

dont think a new album is coming anytime soon

29 minutes ago, danG said:

we won't know until the Monday afternoon Spotify update but I suspect only KAJ will do enough for top 40

Sissal for Shock Number 1?

Not sure how one thing will do there is a lot of forced negativity towards Lola. If it can get in the top 20 range it’ll grow into a decent hit for sure

15 minutes ago, ElectroBoy said:

Sissal for Shock Number 1?

This tbh 🇩🇰

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At least Undressed is getting close to 400K now... Calvin is still soooo far away (250K), needs to double streams

Mystical Magical 33rd on HHUK now, nice to see it at a more respectable position.

3 minutes ago, Bjork said:

At least Undressed is getting close to 400K now... Calvin is still soooo far away (250K), needs to double streams

Calvin looks stronger on other platforms though so just a matter of time before he overtakes undressed

someone's gonna be very happy with the #3 on Amazon...

Amazon:

3 Mystical Magical

6 Old phone

7 Undressed

21 Back to frinds

26 Calvin

28 Lorde

Really weird how poorly is doing on Apple,

is he not being supported on the main playlists?

bizarre he's only 25 with Undressed and much lower at #42 with Back to friends on Apple,

whereas he's #2 & 4 on Spotify on both UK & US

Thing is too undressed has been around awhile whereas Calvin song is just catching on. I won’t be surprised if it’s doing 350k+ by the end of this week on Spotify

1 hour ago, Bjork said:

At least Undressed is getting close to 400K now... Calvin is still soooo far away (250K), needs to double streams

He doing alright 🤣🤣 it's not been out a week and he seems to be heading up