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

The Amity Affliction – Bleed [GRAT]

Axel Rudi Pell - Guillotine Walk [GRAT]

Ayra Starr - Where Do We Go

Bebe Rexha - New Religion

Cyril feat Wiz Khalifa - That's Her

Dean Lewis - Enjoy It While It Lasts

December 10 – Angel

Digga D - Let Them Know

Disciples & Kyozo - All I Need

East End Dubs feat Jazzy – On A Wave

Felix Jaehn & Cascada - Boy You Turn Me

Goo Goo Dolls x Steve Aoki – Iris

Hannah Grace - Rest Of My Life

Headie One - You've Changed

J Balvin & Amber Mark feat Steve Vai & Travis Barker - Jump (Coca-Cola Anthem for the FIFA World Cup 26)

James Hype - Be Mine

Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight

Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (Havoc Remix)

Juice Wrld & Marshmello - We Don’t Get Along

The Karma Effect - Ride Or Die

Look Mum No Computer - Eins Zwei Drei

Michael Aldag - Favourite

Mike Posner - I Went Back To Ibiza

Mø - Hunnybån / Fine Curls

Night Trains - World War Ways

Noah Cyrus - Light Over The Hill

Omarion – Fantasy

Parisi & Fred again.. feat Eyelar - This is Real (Disappear)

Puretone - Addicted To Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse)

Rita Wilson - Michaelangelo

Say Now – Millions

Seafret feat James Morrison – Driftwood [GRAT]

Sevendust - Unbreakable [GRAT]

Shee, A-Trak & Mighty Dub Katz - The Groove

Shy FX feat Kingh - 100

Stephen Sanchez - Love Love Love [GRAT]

Train - The Weekend

Zero feat Klubbheads – Big Mad Banger

 

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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Took me a second to realise that 'Discossion' wasn't a typo

Harry off to a really good start on Apple:

#2. "American Girls"

#3. "Aperture"

#5. "Ready, Steady, Go!"

#6. "Are You Listening Yet?"

#8. "Taste Back"

#10. "The Waiting Game"

#11. "Season 2 Weight Loss"

#12. "Coming Up Roses"

#13. "Pop"

#19. "Dance No More"

#20. "Paint By Numbers"

#23. "Carla's Song"

Discossion may be my best title pun yet tbh. That or Sabreaming.

(Charti xcx too but cant take credit for that one)

So in the order of the album so far, bar American Girls and Aperture - hope things mix up as the week goes on.

That probably goes to show that people don't have any immediate favourites from the album!

At this stage I'd say it only shows people are listening to the album from start to finish? It's too early for it to really mean anything.

5 hours ago, Envoirment said:

Harry off to a really good start on Apple:

#2. "American Girls"

#3. "Aperture"

#5. "Ready, Steady, Go!"

#6. "Are You Listening Yet?"

#8. "Taste Back"

#10. "The Waiting Game"

#11. "Season 2 Weight Loss"

#12. "Coming Up Roses"

#13. "Pop"

#19. "Dance No More"

#20. "Paint By Numbers"

#23. "Carla's Song"

As of 4:21pm

#1 (+1) American Girls

#2 (+1) Aperture

#4 (+1) Ready, Steady, Go!

#5 (+1) Are You Listening Yet?

#6 (+2) Taste Back

#8 (+2) The Waiting Game

#9 (+2) Season 2 Weight Loss

#10 (+2) Coming Up Roses

#12 (+1) Pop

#14 (+5) Dance No More

#15 (+5) Paint By Numbers

#16 (+7) Carla’s Song

Bebe Rexha’s New Religion also up 105 places to #11 on the dance genre chart, cutoff was #10!!

Just now, blackmascara said:

As of 4:21pm

#1 (+1) American Girls

#2 (+1) Aperture

#4 (+1) Ready, Steady, Go!

#5 (+1) Are You Listening Yet?

#6 (+2) Taste Back

#8 (+2) The Waiting Game

#9 (+2) Season 2 Weight Loss

#10 (+2) Coming Up Roses

#12 (+1) Pop

#14 (+5) Dance No More

#15 (+5) Paint By Numbers

#16 (+7) Carla’s Song

Bit of a flop

1 minute ago, blackmascara said:

Bebe Rexha’s New Religion also up 105 places to #11 on the dance genre chart, cutoff was #10!!

A good sign??

16 minutes ago, blackmascara said:

Bebe Rexha’s New Religion also up 105 places to #11 on the dance genre chart, cutoff was #10!!

That’s good to hear. So I guess it could be in the top 200 soon.

Apple just updated again in America, so we’ll have the new charts here in around 10 minutes or so!

is Bebe about to break outta the Khia asylum?

26 minutes ago, blackmascara said:

As of 4:21pm

#1 (+1) American Girls

#2 (+1) Aperture

#4 (+1) Ready, Steady, Go!

#5 (+1) Are You Listening Yet?

#6 (+2) Taste Back

#8 (+2) The Waiting Game

#9 (+2) Season 2 Weight Loss

#10 (+2) Coming Up Roses

#12 (+1) Pop

#14 (+5) Dance No More

#15 (+5) Paint By Numbers

#16 (+7) Carla’s Song

#1 (=) American Girls

#2 (=) Aperture

#3 (+1) Ready, Steady, Go!

#5 (=) Are You Listening Yet?

#6 (=) Taste Back

#8 (=) The Waiting Game

#9 (+1) Coming Up Roses

#10 (-1) Season 2 Weight Loss

#11 (+1) Pop

#13 (+1) Dance No More

#15 (=) Paint By Numbers

#16 (=) Carla’s Song

Here she is!!

Yassssss come on Bebe!!

Spotify STILL hasn't updated their charts. What's going on?

WOIII COME ON BEBE

After The Loneliest Time, I’ll never trust my timeline to be giving me a true illustration of whether something’s going viral or whether I’m just stuck in a gay algorithm.

1 minute ago, DanielCarey said:

Spotify STILL hasn't updated their charts. What's going on?

God knows, they didn’t come out until half 10 last night!!