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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 Great Big World - Away We Go

Adam Lambert & Andrew Lloyd Webber - Heaven On Their Minds

Albi & Sinéad Harnett - If You Let Me

Bailey Zimmerman - Chevy Silverado [GRAT]

Bastille - Bathsheba & Him

Belinda Carlisle – One

Ben Ellis - Where She Goes

Bonnie McKee feat Kiesza - Electric Heaven

Burial - Comafields / Imaginary Festival

Chappell Roan - The Subway

Clinton Kane - Fallen Leaves

Colbie Caillat feat Maddie & Tae - Live Without

Corbyn Besson feat Jeremih – Summer

d4vd & Hannah Bahng - L.O.V.E.U

David Kushner- Heavens Sirens

Demi Lovato – Fast

Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg - Bus Stop Please (David Guetta & Morten Future Rave Remix)

Felix Jaehn feat Nasri - Wake Up (With You Mine)

Gary Barlow feat Becky Hill - Don't Look Down

Goddard. & Billy Lockett - Live For Nothing

Goo Goo Dolls - Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)

Hayley Williams – 17 tracks from “EGO”

Headie One & 36 - Different Sorts

Henry Moodie - Sunday Morning

Illyus & Barrientos & Gene Farris - Problems

Jake Bugg - Never Said Goodbye

Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - Don’t Fence Me In / Strollin’ (EP)

Jesse McCartney - Weightless

Jessica Mauboy - While I Got Time

Jim Brickman & Ruben Studdard - It's You

Jon Batiste feat Randy Newman – Lonely Avenue

Kate Rusby - Light Beyond The Lines

Kula Shaker - Broke As Folk

LANY - Know You Naked

Lauren Daigle - Let It Be A Hallelujah

Lewis Fitzgerald - Guinness

Louise - Only Dancer

Miles Kane - Electric Flower [GRAT]

R3hab - Running On Empty

Rema - Kelebu

Rose Gray feat Shygirl & Casey MQ - Everything Changes (But I Won't)

Ryan Mack & Zak Abel - What You're Looking For

Saint Etienne - Take Me To The Pilot [Tuesday 5th]

Sam Ryder - The Feeling Never Went Away [GRAT]

Sigma & Julia Church - . Magnetic

Spinal Tap & Elton John – Stonehenge [GRAT]

The Streets - Brave St Andrew

Tom Grennan - Somewhere Only We Go

TSHA – Let's Dance

Vybz Kartel & Slingerz - Live Your Life

The Wombats - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come (Roosevelt Remix)

YouNotUs & Cascada - Beautiful Odyssey

 

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]

 

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Intrigued to see what boost Taylor’s August will have, as the last two years it probably did better while she was on tour, intrigued to see how high it can get

New Chappell is STUNNING! SO SO SOOOOO GOOD!

New Demi is a BANGER! SO SO SOOOOO GOOD!

Hope both can be big!

Chappel #1 on NMF and #15’on HH

Golden now went down to #39 on HHUK.

Make perfect sense.

Chappell’s ’The Subway’ is sounding really good on first listen. Here’s hoping it pulls off the numbers to be next week's #1.

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#148 Chappell Roan - The Subway

Golden #1 today, The Subway #1 for the next 10 weeks please, it's everything The Giver should have been but wasn't

The Subway is just perfection, they managed to make a perfect recording from the live version

2 hours ago, Bjork said:

Golden #1 today, The Subway #1 for the next 10 weeks please, it's everything The Giver should have been but wasn't

The Subway is just perfection, they managed to make a perfect recording from the live version

It will be big, yes. A great song! Unlike TG

Hopefully Chappel has a shot. Quite enjoying a quick turnaround after such an ordinary song being at number 1 for an eternity

The subway has a lot of hype behind it, lots of us been waiting for it since she debuted it over a year ago! Also helps that it is an absolutely incredible song! Really hope it can get to number 1

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the big question will be if she can get the legitimate number one or another number one by default with ordinary continuing as the genuine most popular song of the day

It’s nice enough and with Chappell it’s guaranteed to do well first week no matter what but 10 weeks at 1 for this song is not happening

Wow, The Subway is fantastic! Gorgeous song especially the fade out coda! I’m not going to predict any more future number ones though, because I’m always wrong.

Subway up to 14 on Apple which is pretty high this early

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'd£aler' came on autoplay on my Spotify a couple of times yesterday (k£rching)

128 days at Spotify #1 for 'Ordinary', will this be the last...

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