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

1991 - Get A Good Feeling

5 Seconds Of Summer - Not OK [GRAT]

Alexis Ffrench - Closer To Forever

Alle Farben x Cheat Codes feat Joseph - Loving You Is Life

Anne-Marie - Less Depressed

Ari Lennox - Vacancy

Banks – Teardrop

Bob Sinclar feat NYV - Drama On The Dancefloor

Bruce Springsteen - Open All Night (Live at Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ) [GRAT]

Cat Burns - There's Just Something About Her [GRAT]

Corbyn Bessonfeat Tzuyu - Blink

Disclosure, Chris Lake & Leven Kali – One2Three

FKA Twigs - Cheap Hotel

Hedex x Maverick Sabre – I Knew That This Was Love

Indi & Badger - Card Declined (Brimful Of Asha)

The Fray – Emerald

Josh Baker feat The Egyptian Lover & Rome Fortune - Dr Feel Right

Joy Crookes - Fade Your Heart

Judas Priest & Ozzy Osbourne - War Pigs (Charity Version)

Jvke - Defenseless

Khalid - Out Of Body[ GRAT]

Louis Tomlinson - Lemonade [Tuesday 30th]

Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep / Star Eyes

Maggie Lindemann & Julia Wolf – 2022 [GRAT]

Marcus & Martinus - The Room

Marshmello & Hudson Westbrook - Better Man Than Me

MK & Clementine Douglas - Come Find Me

Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance)

Olly Murs – Bonkers [GRAT]

Paul Russell - Keeper

Ruel - Wild Guess

Sam Ryder - Better Man [GRAT]

Seeb feat JP Cooper - Be Like That

Sigma, Sweetie Irie & Jamakabi - Soundboy

Sigrid - Two Years [GRAT]

Sophie and The Giants - Pink Champagne

Tame Impala – Dracula [GRAT]

Tate McRae - Tit For Tat

Tinie Tempah & Abi Flynn – Closer

Wet Wet Wet - The Chain

 

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

See here

Raye is now #1 on HHUK, Lewis moved up a lot and is now the cover. Tate looking like the only new release added

Has anyone notice been lot song about butterflies or butterfly keep have new one on Friday

New Tate at 147 on Apple

Surprised to see Tate higher than any new Olivia Dean track at this (very early) stage.

1 minute ago, Sour Candy said:

Surprised to see Tate higher than any new Olivia Dean track at this (very early) stage.

Lady Lady has taken an 82 place climb on Apple, NTEO has also climbed a couple of places. I guess MIN is probably going to get the biggest boost.

Be interesting to see if any make an impact/ show up today

Apple Music:

3 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving =
4 Doja Cat - Vie =
13 Perrie - Perrie +5
14 Mariah Carey - Here For It All +8
19 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun +2
64 Kylie Minogue - Tension Tour//Live 2025 +30

I think Tate is in with a huge bit, her profile is climbing and everyone loves a breakup song

Apple

01 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

03 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

09 Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other

10 sombr - 12 to 12

12 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens

40 Doja Cat - Jealous Type

47 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would

60 Olivia Dean - Lady Lady

90 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT

119 James Hype - Waterfalls (feat. Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey)

Couple of Olivia Dean tracks now showing up:

106 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

194 Olivia Dean - Close Up

Spotify has updated.

'Feel Good Inc.' is up to a new peak of #21!

Spotify

 

01 [01] Olivia Dean - Man I Need (707,382)

02 [02] RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND (517,548)

03 [03] Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (420,596)

05 [05] sombr - 12 to 12 (361,185)

08 [08] Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other

09 [09] Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

10 [10] Sabrina Carpenter – Tears

15 [16] Demon Hunters Cast – Soda Pop

18 [18] Demon Hunters Cast – Your Idol

19 [19] Goo Goo Doll – Iris

21 [24] Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc

23 [24] Demon Hunters Cast – What it Sounds Like

24 [23] Demon Hunters Cast – How Its Done

32 [31] Rihanna – Breakin’ Dishes

33 [38] Tyler, The Creator – Sugar on my Tongue

34 [32] Lewis Capaldi – Something in the Heavens

42 [43] Demon Hunters Cast – Takedown

44 [47] Olivia Dean – Ok Love You Bye

45 [46] Olivia Dean – The Hardest Part

53 [60] Lady Gaga – The Dead Dance

55 [56] Demon Hunters Cast – Free

68 [73] Kehlani – Folded

70 [192] Tkansz & CXSPER – NOW OR NEVER

78 [88] Olivia Dean – Lady Lady

93 [100] EsDeeKid - Phantom

Surely it’s Olivia’s to lose this week??

Apple

01 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

03 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

06 Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other

10 sombr - 12 to 12

11 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens

28 Olivia Dean - Lady Lady

32 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

38 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT

35 Doja Cat - Jealous Type

43 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would

65 Olivia Dean - Close Up

74 Olivia Dean - Let Alone The One You Love

81 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (Intro)

85 Olivia Dean - Something Inbetween

93 Olivia Dean - Loud

Edited September 26Sep 26 by ElectroBoy

Good start for Olivia!

Hope her third song will be a new one and not Lady Lady or Dive.

Pleased to see Doja Cat's 'Gorgeous' showing up on Apple now

35. Doja Cat - Jealous Type (+39)

136. Doja Cat - Gorgeous

Is that the most rayes done since day 1? Hope she can get top 2 officially next week!

Look like Myles smith flopping on Apple Music

Edited September 26Sep 26 by Dj Cheeky magpie

6 hours ago, Chapman said:

Surely it’s Olivia’s to lose this week??

Well we say this every week and somehow golden manages it (at least with diminishing returns 😅)