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

Alan Walker feat Farruko and Sofía Reyes - Old Habits
Alanis Morissette & Carly Simon ,- Coming Around Again
Alok, Alta & Robert Falcon feat Jess Glynne - Love Has Gone
American Authors - Race Car
Armin van Buuren & Martin Garrix feat Libby Whitehouse - Sleepless Nights
David Guetta, Audio Bullys & Djs From Mars - Things I Haven’t Told You
Deftones - Milk Of The Madonna [GRAT]
Disco Lines & Ship Wrek - I Don't Trust A Soul
Ed Sheeran - A Little More [GRAT]
Faithless - Book Of Hours (Small Extract)
Glass Animals - Vampire Bat
Goddard. & Megan Linnell - Get It Right
Hannah Grace & Gabrielle Aplin - Why Can't I Cry About It?
Inner City x Joe Hunt - Good Life
James Hype feat Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey - Waterfalls
Kid Rain - White Flag
Laufey - Snow White [GRAT]
Marshmello & Jelly Roll - Holy Water
Metronomy - The Bay (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
MF Robots – Hello Sunshine
Night Creeper - Voidborn: The Ghost Fleet (EP)
Of Monsters and Men - Ordinary Creature [GRAT]
Red Rum Club – Buck
Redlight & Obi Franky - Big Piano House Vocal Banger
Rhys Lewis - Stranger
Rita Ora - Joy
Sarah McLachlan - Gravity [GRAT]
Scooter x Paul Elstak x Joost - Love U More
Sound Rush x Harris & Ford x Timmy Trumpet - Brazil
Tom Odell - Ugly [GRAT]
Twinnie - Giddy Up
Venbee - New Body Parts
Zach Bryan feat Kings of Leon - Bowery

 

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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New Ed @1 on NMF and added as song #10’on HH

Chappel is now track @1 on HH after being quite low last week, HH always late to the party

Id be suprised if new ed goes top 20 this time, definitely feels like a reject olly murs song from 10 years ago, would of even said it was olly if it didnt say ed on the tin

Don't really see any other names denting top 40 other than a potential big climb for JB-Yukon

Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by 777666jason

Another new peak for sombr on Spotify today yay:

19. sombr - 12 to 12

Not lightning progress for the best song in the current Top 40, but progress nonetheless!

Spotify:

New Peak:

13. Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast- Soda Pop

17. Justin Bieber- YUKON

19. sombr- 12 to 12

Re-Entries:

184. Imogen Heap- Headlock

188. Nirvana- Come As You Are

190. Oasis- Stand By Me

191. Olivia Dean- Ok Love You Bye

192. Tate McRae- It's ok I'm ok

198. Linkin Park- Numb

199. AC/DC- Thunderstruck

9 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

Not lightning progress for the best song in the current Top 40, but progress nonetheless!

Chappell has been number 1 since debut though....

3 minutes ago, Tafty said:

Chappell has been number 1 since debut though....

Ha well technically “The Subway” isn’t in the current Top 40 for another few hours…

(And I do like it a lot but prefer “12 To 12”.)

I assume theres a new Gunna album, bunch of tracks on Apple, highest at #25

6 hours ago, Julian_ said:

Not lightning progress for the best song in the current Top 40, but progress nonetheless!

Slow and steady wins the race!

Surprised Gunna still does so well despite the lack of big features on his albums now- not complaining, I've liked his past couple of albums! Will be an interesting albums chart this week but think MGK will walk it

13 hours ago, 777666jason said:

Id be suprised if new ed goes top 20 this time, definitely feels like a reject olly murs song from 10 years ago, would of even said it was olly if it didnt say ed on the tin

Don't really see any other names denting top 40 other than a potential big climb for JB-Yukon

The fact it ain't charting on Apple-

1 hour ago, gasman449 said:

Surprised Gunna still does so well despite the lack of big features on his albums now- not complaining, I've liked his past couple of albums! Will be an interesting albums chart this week but think MGK will walk it

Really? I never thought MGK had a fanbase here

35 minutes ago, C.O. said:

The fact it ain't charting on Apple-

It’s at 100 on Apple and 18 on Amazon. Been 1 on iTunes all day too.

37 minutes ago, Liam Sota said:

Really? I never thought MGK had a fanbase here

He had enough of a fanbase to chart a #31 single, which actually surprised me