Posted Thursday at 23:063 days 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 releasescourtesy of ManicKangarooTBA 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 UKUK Top 50New Music FridayToday'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 HitsUK 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 archiveSee here
Thursday at 23:183 days New Music Friday:01 Central Cee feat. Sexyy Red - GUILT TRIPPIN02 Fred again... feat. Skepta & PlaqueboyMax - Victory Lap03 HAIM - All Over Me04 Benson Boone - Mr Electric Blue05 Loyle Carner - time to go06 Ed Sheeran - Drive (From F1 The Movie)07 JADE - Plastic Box08 sombr - we never dated09 CMAT - The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station10 Keo - Hands--11 Lorde - Hammer12 Lola Young - Not Like That Anymore13 Pink Panthress - Close to you14 YUNGBLLUD - Ghosts15 Rossi & Jazzy - High On Me
Thursday at 23:333 days Hope we get a couple of newbies in the top 40 officially! New Lola, Jade & Ed are all brilliant tracks, I’m expecting the benson one to go too 40 too, is sombr at the level where he debuts top 40 now? Hopefully an interesting week!
Friday at 01:083 days Surprised that Mystical Magical is still at 10 on Hot Hits UK with the album release
Friday at 04:573 days Spotify has now updated for Wednesday!Fred again.. in at #9'Ordinary' is down 33k on the previous Wednesday, therefore after being just ahead all week, it's now very slightly down across Fri-Wed by 5k (less than -0.2%)
Friday at 05:413 days 41 minutes ago, jimwatts said:Spotify has now updated for Wednesday!Fred again.. in at #9'Ordinary' is down 33k on the previous Wednesday, therefore after being just ahead all week, it's now very slightly down across Fri-Wed by 5k (less than -0.2%)Spotify teasing us whether or not he escaped 🫣🫣
Friday at 05:423 days Subrina and Alex had the biggest week-on-week losses on Wednesday on Spotify. Whichever ends up a #1, the reign will not probably last for long.
Friday at 07:263 days Pretty crazy drop yesterday. In the baking sun too! Looks very likely to hit ACR now. A lot of good new songs released today so maybe it’s good timing
Friday at 07:353 days Author Fred breaking Spotify yesterday Disco Lines on the edge of breaking into the top 40 now as is... Morgan Seatree (could do without this having a second wind really but makes sense that the weather is boosting him)
Friday at 07:463 days Apple03 MK - Dior (feat. Chrystal)09 Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky - Can't Decide22 Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap35 Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other42 Alex Warren & Jelly Roll - Bloodline53 Levi Heron - The Glen (Levi Heron Edit)59 Mark Ronson & RAYE - Suzanne89 David Guetta & Cedric Gervais - A Better World101 Glass Animals - Heat Waves122 Olamide, Seyi Vibez, Asake & Young Jonn - 99 (feat. Daecolm)158 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys166 PinkPantheress - Illegal
Friday at 08:123 days 1 hour ago, Maestro said:New Ed sounds a little bit like “BLOW” from No.6 Collaborations in the versesTook me a few listens to click why I recognised the sound 😂
Friday at 09:123 days If it finally happens and Alex goes to ACR and loses #1 next week because of it, I will be pleased to see a new #1 and all that.But it will still be odd that the (likely) most consumed song of the week isn't #1 on the charts.
Friday at 09:183 days Just now, ChrisJK said:If it finally happens and Alex goes to ACR and loses #1 next week because of it, I will be pleased to see a new #1 and all that.But it will still be odd that the (likely) most consumed song of the week isn't #1 on the charts.That's why we all need to stream Jade as much as we can!!
Friday at 09:293 days 9 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:That's why we all need to stream Jade as much as we can!!Im trying im trying get already done the daily counted limit on Spotify 😂😂😂
Friday at 09:313 days 11 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:That's why we all need to stream Jade as much as we can!!Would be amazing and well deserved... But...........
Friday at 09:523 days 36 minutes ago, ChrisJK said:If it finally happens and Alex goes to ACR and loses #1 next week because of it, I will be pleased to see a new #1 and all that.Would be great if “Love Me Not” could have a turn, but it will surely be “Manchild” going back by default instead as it’s still way ahead.Of course “Ordinary” going to ACR still hangs in the balance.
Friday at 10:163 days 20 minutes ago, Julian_ said:Would be great if “Love Me Not” could have a turn, but it will surely be “Manchild” going back by default instead as it’s still way ahead.There are a few songs that I thought were going to take a good stab at #1 that fell short - Love Me Not, Blessings, and especially Undressed.It woulda been good if it wasn't "just another Sabrina Carpenter song" that was going to replace Ordinary.
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