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 Warren - Fever Dream
Arielle Free - Piratas
Beartooth - Free
David Guetta & Hypaton - Walked Away
Digga D - Point To Prove
Elmiene - Honour / I Want In
Ezra Collective feat Greentea Peng - Helicopters
Grace Davies feat Sonny Tennet - Butterflies
The Guy Hamper Trio feat James Taylor - Come My Way / 5 Miles To Jerome
Hannah Laing, Marlon Hoffstadt & Caroline Roxy - Stamp Your Feet
The Hoosiers - Automatic Glow [Tuesday 3rd March]
Hot Since 82 & Avision - In The Air
Jason Aldean - Don't Tell On Me [GRAT]
Loreen – Wildfire
Max McNown - Done For
Moliy x Bees & Honey – Partygyal
Noizu - Slay To The Rhythm
Oliver Heldens - Run
Peter Gabriel – TBA [Tuesday 3rd March]
PinkPantheress + Four Tet - Illegal (Remix)
The Puppini Sisters – Hey Sister [GRAT]
Raye - Nightingale Lane [GRAT]
Rogue Traders – LoveDrunk
Sean Paul & Stalk Ashley - Ready For The Ride
Shaggy feat Beres Hammond & Dexta Daps - Dancehall Nice
Skye Newman - Walk
Sonny Fodera & Chrystal - My Loving
The Temper Trap - Into The Wild
Tensnake - Positive Energy
Thirty Seconds To Mars - Over My Head [GRAT]
Tom Misch - Slow Tonight [GRAT]

 

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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So 'Nightingale Lane' is being considered a grat rather than a single?

Ava Max not even making it into New Music Friday is quite the fall from relevance.

19 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

So 'Nightingale Lane' is being considered a grat rather than a single?

I think manic kangaroo label it grat here if it is released as part of the album (like it’s not got its own single on streaming?) but it is a single as it’s been pushed to radio!

Yeah it's 100% a single. I think grat means something slightly different to what it used to mean back in the day!

Yes, there's no standalone "single", it's only available to download as part of the album meaning if you pre-order it on iTunes you get Nightingale Lane. (and WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!) instantly. You can also download the track on its own, but only from the album. Conor is right from a streaming perspective, with the cover art on those platforms being for the album.

47 minutes ago, RobBot said:

Ava Max not even making it into New Music Friday is quite the fall from relevance.

Well most of ots streams sales are probably been and gone now with its Wednesday release 😅

3 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Well most of ots streams sales are probably been and gone now with its Wednesday release 😅

Wednesday releases can still be added, the fact she hasn't been at all is pretty bad. Mind you, she is going it alone now without a big record label.

Just now, Jessie Where said:

Wednesday releases can still be added, the fact she hasn't been at all is pretty bad. Mind you, she is going it alone now without a big record label.

Ah independent not payed the payola makes sense

Only one new peak today:

[43] Dominic Fike - White Keys

"Kiss It Better" isn't a new peak. The Spotify Charts website didn't exist before 2017. It peaked at #51 on Spotify in 2016.

Spotify (26.02.26)

 

01 [01] Olivia Dean - Man I Need (568,0337)

02 [02] Bella Kay – iloveitiloveitiloveit (459,247)

03 [03] Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (418,032)

04 [05] Dave & Tems - Raindance (387,736)

05 [04] PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson – Stateside (386,992)

06 [06] Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) (367,528)

08 [08] sombr – Homewrecker (323,917)

14 [14] Bruno Mars - I Just Might

16 [16] Dominic Fike – Babydoll

17 [17] Zara Larsson - Lush Life

19 [21] Charli xcx - Chains of Love

34 [36] Charli xcx - Dying For You

39 [37] Noah Kahan - The Great Divide

43 [47] Dominic Fike - White Keys

44 [41] Harry Styles – Aperture

48 [42] Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

50 [49] Twenty One Pilots – Drag Path

52 [52] Sean Paul & Keyshia Cole - Give It Up to Me

57 [59] Milky & Mall Grab - Just the Way Your Are (125,700)

77 [88] Bella Kay – The Sick

108 [109] Milky - Just the Way You Are (100,332)

109 [115] Ella Langley – Choosin’ Texas

117 [134] Charli xcx - Always Everywhere

123 [119] Ewan McVicar – Share The House

137 [140] Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

 

...also Annalisa is out

15 minutes ago, ElectroBoy said:

...also Annalisa is out

What a shame her sudden totally legit burst of popularity ended just as suddenly. x

'Man I Need' sets a new record for most weeks at Spotify #1 for a non-Christmas song - but will Alex be able to defend his record for most days?

Most Days at #1 on UK Spotify

1| Wham! - Last Christmas (136 days)

2| Alex Warren - Ordinary (128)

3| Olivia Dean - Man I Need (127)

Most Weeks at #1 on UK Spotify

1| Wham! - Last Christmas (23 weeks)

2| Olivia Dean - Man I Need (19)

3| Alex Warren - Ordinary (18)

Pretty much confirmed then , unless something big happens at the brits tomorrow its Bellas to lose

Perhaps a daft question to ask, but is the 'Kiss It Better' revival anything to do with TikTok?

Spotify:

New Peak:

43. Dominic Fike- White Keys

153. Rihanna- Kiss It Better

Re-Entries:

158. The Weeknd, Daft Punk- Starboy

161. Ariana Grande- Into You

169. Linkin Park- In the End

171. The Weeknd- Blinding Lights

172. Rihanna, Calvin Harris- We Found Love

184. Oasis- Wonderwall

188. The Cranberries- Zombie

189. AC/DC- Thunderstruck

192. Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag

193. Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves- I Remember Everything

194. Amy Winehouse- Back To Black

195. Guns N'Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine

196. Metallica- Enter Sandman

200. Bruno Mars- When I Was Your Man

New releases on Apple Music:

15 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

33 Bruno Mars - Risk It All

99 Bruno Mars - Cha Cha Cha

119 Bruno Mars - God Was Showing Off

140 RAYE - Nightingale Lane.

155 Bruno Mars - Why You Wanna Fight?

I could really do without that beige Alex Warren song being huge tbh and taking over from a fairly exciting turnover on the charts. I know people said it's better than Ordinary but well.....isn't most songs?

What a great start for Alex. They must be talking about him in every pub to debut that high!