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 & Arcando – Stars [GRAT]
Agnes - Balenciaga Covered Eyes
Aitch & Pozer - Till L4te [GRAT]
Alex Warren feat Jelly Roll – Bloodline
Armin van Buuren & Seth Hills feat Alessia Labate - Gimme The Love
Benson Boone - Momma Song [GRAT]
Black Tie Affair & Dennis van Aarssen - Trippin'
Burna Boy feat Travis Scott – TaTaTa [GRAT]
Calum Bowie - The World Outside
Calum Scott - Die For You [GRAT]
Cerrone & Christine and The Queens – Catching Feelings
Chris Stapleton - Bad As I Used To Be
DearAlice - Sweet
DJ Heartstring - Staring Into The Sun
Elbow - Dis-Graceland 463-465 Bury New Road
FOFB feat Ben Walker - 60 Clicks
Grace Davies - Super Love Me
Hannah Boleyn - Don't Wanna Dance
Hurts & Purple Disco Machine - Wonderful Life '25
Jonasu & Emily Roberts – Hold On
La Voix - Hitchcock Blonde
Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo [GRAT]
Lauren Spencer Smith – Bridesmaid [GRAT]
Mgk - Cliche
Michael Clifford feat Waterparks - Give Me A Break [GRAT]
Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover
Nathan Dawe x Shayan - Over You
Professor Green feat Zdot & Kara Marni - On My Way
Pulp - Got To Have Love
Richard Ashcroft - Lover
Saint Etienne – Glad
Sam Ryder - Oh OK / Armour
Talia Mar – Enemy
Tensnake & Bobby Harvey feat Sarah Bird - Good Vibrations
Thomas Day - Beg
Tom Odell - Don't Cry, Put Your Head On My Shoulder

 

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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NMF

1 Myles Smith - Gold

2 Burna Boy & Travis Scott

3 Alex Warren

4 Renee Rapp

5 Aitch, Pozer

6 Benson Boone - Momma Song

…

30 Robbie Williams

HH finally added Skye Newman… as track #34

Calvin & Clementine are the HH cover

I would have thought Alex would have been #1 on NMF. Not that #3 is anything to be sniffed at.

'Bloodline' has an insanely catchy chorus. I can see it smashing - although it it harder to predict these days just how well as song's going to do!

Miley out next Friday

Really hoping Renee gets a hit!

She will I think, the most obvious one from the newbies to me

New Pulp is fantastic! 2 from 2 so far. Great to have them back.

Spotify has thankfully updated a lot earlier today!

Big climb for Reneé:

81. Reneé Rapp - Leave Me Alone (+56)

Good to see Renee climbing.

One new entry on Spotify today:

180: Levi Heron - The Glen - Levi Heron Edit

It's a remix of a song by folk band Beluga Lagoon which recently went viral on TikTok, they're not credited on this version though.

Bloodline now on AM in the 60’s

New Entries w/c 16th May to 22nd May on Spotify:

May 16th:

12. Skye Newman- Family Matters

46. Morgan Wallen ft Tate McRae- What I Want

56. Lola Young- One Thing

63. Wolf Alice- Bloom Baby Bloom

174. Morgan Wallen- Just In Case

192. Morgan Wallen- Superman

196. PRESIDENT- In the Name of the Father

May 17th:

168. KAJ- Bara Bada Bastu

May 18th:

41. JJ- Wasted Love

46. Abor & Tynna- Baller

142. Lucio Corsi- Volevo essere un duro

161. Erika Vikman- ICH KOMME

172. Kyle Alessandro- Lighter

179. VAEB- ROA

May 19th: None

May 20th:

189. Fleetwood Mac- Silver Springs

May 21st:

137. Renee Rapp- Leave Me Alone

May 22nd:

180. Levi Heron- The Glen- Levi Heron Edit

Lola up to #37 with one thing which is a new peak on Apple Music

4 hours ago, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

Miley out next Friday

Yes sadly :( Was hoping it was today! But hopefully it'll get a massive push with the album release as from the snippets "Easy Lover" sounds great!

This Levi Heron song has been charting for a while on Apple, #92 at the moment

crazy to see a new peak for Ribs <3

143. Metallica - Enter Sandman (+48)

we're off to never-never land

Levi Horen being the lead artist on the song which is titled “Levi Horen Edit” upsets me greatly

Still only #52 for bloodline doesn’t feel big enough but ordinary did much better on Spotify originally than Apple

But it's a super duper smash guaranteed to get huge streams and probably knock himself off the top 🤭

2 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

But it's a super duper smash guaranteed to get huge streams and probably knock himself off the top 🤭

You may well be right