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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

Alex Sampson - There She Goes

Allie X - Is Anybody Out There

Anna Of The North - Waiting For Love

Ben Ellis - When It Ends

Billy Reekie – Easier

Bl3ss x Lavinia _ Last 2 Leave

Callum Beattie - Two Pretenders [GRAT]

Calum Scott & Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody [GRAT]

Camden Cox, Punctual & Shift K3y - Surround Me

CamelPhat & Zafrir - Destino

Carter Vail - Madeline

Cat Burns – Lavender [GRAT]

Chase Atlantic – Remind Me

Damiano David feat Tyla & Nile Rodgers - Talk To Me

Daya - Bandit

Demi Lovato - Here All Night

Goddard - Yesterday

Gorillaz feat Sparks - The Happy Dictator [GRAT]

Gryffin & Griz - Deep Clear Water

Hifi Sean, Ralphi Rosario & Dajae - No More

Jack & Jack - Our Song

Jacob Collier - I Know (A Little) [GRAT]

Jazzy - Hypnotic

Joel Corry feat Abi Flynn – Phases

John Summit feat Inéz – Crystallized

Kali Uchis & Ravyn Lenae - Cry About It!

Kesha & Orville Peck feat Hudson Mohawke & Tayla Parx - Tennessee

Kungs & Pnau - Light Me Up

Ledisi feat Gregory Porter - You've Got What It Takes [GRAT]

Limp Bizkit - Making Love To Morgan Wallen

Little Simz - Don't Leave Too Soon

Piri & Tommy - Someone

Rose Gray – April [GRAT]

Sigma & Sacha - Only You

Slayyyter – Cannibalism!

The Smashing Pumpkins - Chrome Jets

TCTS – Waiting For Llve (EP)

Tom MacDonald - Charlie

The Wombats - Holy Sugar [Tuesday 16th]

 

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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14 minutes ago, seltinpixmile said:

Was Perrie before on Hot Hits or is that new?

I believe she was added last week!

Hot Hits was updated 4 hours ago but I can't see any newbies at all? Not even Ed - Camera?

Dont think they will add him til Monday

At least thats why they normaly do

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Edited by Bjork

Didnt realise Sombr was @5 on Spotify with 12 to 12!!

Also Lord Huron doing incredible once more why cant they get reset!! That song truly deserves unlike Wonderwal or Viva la Vida. And they are even touring! But tour resets only count for big names like Oasis I bet

Edited by Bjork

Tour resets only count for UK acts. Others need to increase 25%

Interesting to see how the new Gorillaz single does, their older hits have become very popular lately.

Edited by Sour Candy

Haven't herd the new Gorillaz, hope it's good!

Gaga-The Dead Dance #14 on Amazon, #18 on Apple and #24 on Spotify

I thought the Gorillaz track sounds great on 1st listen

Oh Olivia #1 on Apple now

Golden defeated end of an era etc 😝😜

10 minutes ago, Bjork said:

Oh Olivia #1 on Apple now

Golden defeated end of an era etc 😝😜

She's slipped in front a couple of times during the week, only for Golden to retake it again.

8 minutes ago, Rafael x said:

Apple Music

#6 Jade

#7 Ed

#10 21 Pilots

I’lll take the small victories this week considering she has no chance of beating either of them this week, officially!

2 hours ago, Bjork said:

Oh Olivia #1 on Apple now

Golden defeated end of an era etc 😝😜

Old news this the third time she been on top just doesnt have 20 versions 🤭

All versions on Apple are combined

Its only Amazon that doesnt

17 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

Not looking good for Ed Sheeran on AM... his new songs are hardly even climbing let alone new ones debuting yet.

Maybe he skips directly to Stop and retires 😝 we can only hope

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