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

Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (MK Remix)

Blue - Candlelight Fades [GRAT]

DaBaby - Paper Low

Florence Black – The Pouring Rain

Gold Leader – Bedhead

Katherine Jenkins – Golden

Majestic & Jungle 70 - Creeping In The Dark (Preditah Remix)

Marmozets - You Want The Truth

Megadeth - Let There Be Shred [GRAT]

Revival House Project, Mousse T. & Kathy Brown - I'm Gonna Make It

Skye Newman - Lonely Girl

Timbaland feat Keri Hilson & D.O.E. - The Way I Are (Max Dean Remix)

Tom Speight - Getting to Know You

 

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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Everybody, start streaming One More Sleep now and do it again on day 24 to get Leona top 40 next weke!!!

Only 1 more week until the Spotify chart goes back to normal again.

1 minute ago, DanielCarey said:

Only 1 more week until the Spotify chart goes back to normal again.

Always my favourite part of the year. Love seeing all the non-Christmas songs rising rapidly once Xmas/boxing day is over!

Hoping Kylie can manage to get to #1 this week if she doesn't get there today or a 2nd week at #1 if she does get it today! Would be nice to have a break from Wham! at #1.

Edited Friday at 13:265 days by Envoirment

30 minutes ago, Envoirment said:

Always my favourite part of the year. Love seeing all the non-Christmas songs rising rapidly once Xmas/boxing day is over!

Can’t wait for Iris and Mr. Brightside in the top 10!

'Man I Need' holds at #4 in the weekly Spotify chart, no mean feat for a non-Christmas song.

Next week should in theory be the best chance Wham! have of taking the weekly Spotify record - the top two are:

10,754,276 Easy On Me (week ending 21 Oct 2021)

10,553,094 Last Christmas (week ending 26 Dec 2024)

and last year 'Last Christmas' did 895k on 19 Dec compared to 497k on 26 Dec, so if you shifted that week by a day to the way the dates fall this year, it would have been around 200k ahead of 'Easy On Me'. However as its streams have been generally down this year, they'd need quite a lift this week to get back to the same level.

Wham! 25k away from #1 on the global chart. Moved down to #3 on Christmas Hits but still ahead of Mariah, surely #1 for the first ever time in tomorrow’s update.

Also this is the Pogues best performance in Spotify for a while. Close to being the 4th highest Christmas song is fantastic for them.

Edited Friday at 15:075 days by Maestro

3 hours ago, DanielCarey said:

Only 1 more week until the Spotify chart goes back to normal again.

One more weeeeeek

7 hours ago, December Dong said:

Everybody, start streaming One More Sleep now and do it again on day 24 to get Leona top 40 next weke!!!

23 hours ago, Maestro said:

Wham! 25k away from #1 on the global chart. Moved down to #3 on Christmas Hits but still ahead of Mariah, surely #1 for the first ever time in tomorrow’s update.

As predicted Wham! are #1 on Friday’s global Spotify chart for the first time ever! 300k ahead of Mariah

Still yet to do 1m daily in the UK this year though, 987k.

Brenda just twenty nine streams behind Mariah today!

 

Also a new peak for Kelly at #4 👏

7 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Still yet to do 1m daily in the UK this year though, 987k.

Brenda just twenty nine streams behind Mariah today!

Down over 10% compared to the equivalent Friday last year.

Brenda actually overtook Mariah on this Friday last year

Anyone saw that Last Christmas is #1 on Spotify globally for the first time ever?

1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:

Anyone saw that Last Christmas is #1 on Spotify globally for the first time ever?

Yeah over 300k ahead of Mariah globally 🙌🙌

'Last Christmas' spends its 129th day at Spotify #1, taking back the record from 'Ordinary'!

Wham! still #1 globally and finally crack 1m in the UK. Brenda does indeed overtake Mariah.

Wham! down 14% Year-on-Year

Brenda -17%

Mariah -17%

Bobby Helms -14%

Kelly +5%

Ariana -8%

Pogues +0%

Rise Kelly. RIIIIISE! <3

Pogues proving you don't need good playlisting people will still find it if they really want too 🙌

Michael Bublé's version of "Holly Jolly Christmas" in the top 10 on UK Spotify for the very first time at #10, with "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" not even in the top 20 at #23.

1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:

Michael Bublé's version of "Holly Jolly Christmas" in the top 10 on UK Spotify for the very first time at #10, with "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" not even in the top 20 at #23.

Assume that’s just change of playlisting?

 

2 hours ago, Maestro said:

Wham! down 14% Year-on-Year

Brenda -17%

Mariah -17%

Bobby Helms -14%

Kelly +5%

Ariana -8%

Pogues +0%

Do we know the actually reasons for the decreases yet or is it just changing demographics and maybe less people on Spotify compared to other services?