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

Alessia Cara & Julia Michaels - Nighttime Thing

Alexis Ffrench – Paper Hearts (EP)

Allie X - Reunite

Alok & Illenium - To The Moon

Anish Kumar - Yes, Honey?

Bear's Den & Ciaran Lavery – Promiser (EP)

Brent Morgan - I Never Knew (Lennon's Song)

Bullet Tooth - For My People

Celeste - Time Will Tell [GRAT]

Chloe Qisha - So Sad So Hot [Wednesday 15th]

Claptone & Raphaella - Phantasy

Danger Mouse & Black Thought with Rag'n'Bone Man - Up

David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I - Gone Gone Gone

Demi Lovato - Kiss [GRAT]

DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man - The Right

Dusty Donuts & Emma Noble - Running Away

Eddie Benjamin & Shawn Mendes – Home

Elderbrook & Jan Blomqvist – Teardrop

Finneas – Palomino [GRAT]

Fred again.., Danny Brown, Beam & Parisi – Ogdub

Gorillaz feat Trueno and Proof - The Manifesto [GRAT]

Haim & Bon Iver - Tie You Down

Hot Since 82 feat Leon Jacques - So Real

Ice Nine Kills - The Laugh Track

Imogen Heap & ai.mogen - Aftercare

Jack Savoretti - Do It For Love

Jake Bugg – Oblivious [GRAT]

James TW - Wear Your Flaws

Jengi & Aluna - Love The Right Way

Jisoo & Zayn - Eyes Closed

Kelly Lee Owens - Ascend

Kraak & Smaak & The Undercover Dream Lovers - Isn't It Strange [GRAT]

Labrinth - Orchestra

Lewis Fitzgerald - Goodbye

Madison Beer – Bittersweet

Madonna - Right On Time (Original Demo Edit) [GRAT]

Maisie Peters - You You You / Audrey Hepburn

Of Monsters & Men - Fruit Bat [GRAT]

Paige Tomlinson - Listen 2 Me

Remember Monday - More Than Ever

Robbie Williams - Pretty Face [GRAT]

Rose Gray - Lotus [GRAT]

Ruti - See Through

Salute - Love Has Come Again

Say Now – Supermarket

Scorcher feat JME - No More Parties

Shakira – Zoo

Shermanology & Grown George - Don't Forget To Breathe

Skepta & Finessekid - Sirens (From Ireland)

Tourist - Embrace [GRAT]

Twinnie - Don't Need A Cowboy

Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure (Blank & Jones so80s Reconstruction)

Yung Gravy - Debbie

 

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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Guetta being 2 on New Music Friday global and only at 12 on UK is strange, no?

Guetta/Pineapple/Tones & I, all Buzzack faves!

5 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

Guetta/Pineapple/Tones & I, all Buzzack faves!

It might sound like Buzzjack's worst nightmare on paper but the track's not too bad - sounds totally like a Pineapple song though, I would never have guessed Guetta had anything to do with it if you hadn't told me!

David Guetta probably doesn't know he has anything to do with it, if we're honest.

Taylor has fallen short of a seventh day over 1 million streams but 'The Fate of Ophelia' still registers a strong 978,999.

Elsewhere... a new Spotify peak for 'Golden Brown', sure why not

140. The Stranglers - Golden Brown (+30)

2 minutes ago, Jade said:

Taylor has fallen short of a seventh day over 1 million streams but 'The Fate of Ophelia' still registers a strong 978,999.

Elsewhere... a new Spotify peak for 'Golden Brown', sure why not

140. The Stranglers - Golden Brown (+30)

Shame, but she fell around 10% when WW she did 5.8%.

didn’t even beat Shape of You’s 1st week in the end

Not even a week of 1 million streams what a flop 😮

Interesting to see the second week of 'Ophelia'. It can either stabilise around 800k or keep declining, in the latter case Man I Need might return to #1 in two weeks.

As predicted, Taylor Swift claims the biggest week of the year (and third biggest non-Christmas week of all time) on Spotify with 'The Fate of Ophelia'. She also claimed the 2nd, 3rd and 4th biggest weeks of the year so far with 'Opalite', 'Elizabeth Taylor' and 'Father Figure'. In fact seven of the 10 biggest weeks of the year are from this week:

Additionally, 'The Life of a Showgirl', 'CANCELLED!' and 'Eldest Daughter' were the 11th, 12th and 13th biggest weeks of the year respectively, meaning this week's top 10 are all within the 13 biggest weeks of the year.

Even including Christmas songs, 'The Fate of Ophelia' claims the 6th highest weekly Spotify total of all time (excluding remixes). It becomes the 12th different song to record a week over 7 million streams and seventh to record a week over 8 million streams:

*Combining multiple versions did not affect position compared to highest individual version

In non-Taylor Swift news, 'Messy' dropped below 1 million weekly streams this week, leaving just 'Beautiful Things' above that threshold on every week this year.

Theres a SOY remix featuring Stormzy why dont i remember that 😮

New peak (#94) for 'The Less I Know The Better'!

20 hours ago, Maestro said:

didn’t even beat Shape of You’s 1st week in the end

What a flop!!