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

Baby Queen - Feel Something

Bangs & Talbot - Soul Sauce

Beabadoobee with María Zardoy - All I Did Was Dream Of You

Broken Social Scene – Hey Amanda [GRAT]

Bruce Springsteen - A Rainy Night In Soho

Conor Maynard - Dance Alone

DJ Heartstring & Baugruppe90 - What Music Felt Like In 2007

Eats Everything - Make Some Noise

Groove Armada - Love’s Theme

Freya Ridings - I Have Always Loved You

Holly Humberstone - Cruel World [GRAT]

Jonas Blue & Salif Keïta - Madan

Jordan Adetunji - Who Is It

Kane Brown – Woman

Kungs & Boys Noize - Get Away

Lainey Wilson- Can't Sit Still

Luke Combs - I Ain't No Cowboy [GRAT]

Lykke Li - Knife In The Heart

Martin Garrix – Catharina

Matt Dusk - Can You Feel The Sunshine? (60's Version)

Matt Terry – Skittles

Maverick Sabre - 8 Stages

Melanie C - Undefeated Champion [GRAT]

Michael Ball - Glow [GRAT]

Natasha Hamilton – Fantasy

Nathaniel Rateliff – Lovers (EP)

Noah Kahan - Porch Light [GRAT]

The Pretty Reckless -When I Wake Up [GRAT]

The Puppini Sisters - Parole Parole [GRAT]

The Pussycat Dolls - Club Song

Robyn - Blow My Mind [GRAT]

Shaggy feat Robin Thicke - Looking Lovely

The Shires - Getaway Car

Sienna Spiro - The Visitor

Tinie Tempah x Daecolm - Living Life

Topic x Shimza x A7S - Missing 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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7 minutes ago, ElectroBoy said:

Spotify (13.03.26)

01 [01] Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (746,034)

02 [03] Olivia Dean - Man I Need (592,823)

03 [04] Sam Fender & Oliva Dean - Rein Me In (588,581)

04 [02] Harry Styles - American Girls (581,001)

05 [05] Dave & Tems - Raindance (449,106)

06 [NE] SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor (418,675)

07 [06] PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson - Stateside (409,830)

08 [08] Olivia Dean - So Easy (to fall in love) (376,395)

09 [07] Harry Styles - Aperture (348764)

10 [12] Dominic Fike - Babydoll (339,875)

11 [11] sombr - Homewreker

12 [09] Harry Styles - Taste Back

14 [25] SIENNA SPIRO - Die on this Hill

15 [10] Harry Styles - Ready, Steady, Go!

16 [15] Alex Warren - Fever Dream

17 [NE] Noah Kahan - Porch Light

19 [14] Harry Styles - Coming Up Roses

22 [16] Harry Styles - Are You Listening Yet?

23 [23] Dominic Fike - White Keys

24 [18] Harry Styles - Pop

27 [30] Zara Larsson - Lush Life

29 [19] Harry Styles - Dance No More

30 [29] Harry Styles - Carla's Song

31 [26] Harry Styles - Season 2 Weight Loss

32 [22] Harry Styles - The Waiting Game

37 [40] Madonna - Into the Groove

44 [34] Harry Styles - Paint By Numbers

47 [69] SIENNA SPIRO - You Stole the Show

54 [50] Bella Kay - The Sick

69 [74] Milky - Just the Way You Are

70 [64] Tame Impala & JENNIE - Dracula

79 [NE] beabadoobee & The Marias - All I Did Was Dream About You

87 [88] Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

100 [111] Milky & Mali Grab - Just the Way You Are

113 [149] ANOTR & 54 Ultra - Talk To You

114 [146] Ewan McVicar - Share The House

121 [96] Frank Ocean - Nights

128 [120] RAYE - Nightingale Lane.

163 [129] Bella Kay - Steady

175 [RE] Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (edit) (88,407)

192 [NE] James Blake & Dave - Doesn't Just Happen

5 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

Bella storming ahead on Spotify. 746 damn. And now number 1 on apple. Surely thats a num 1 incoming

3 minutes ago, John-James said:

Loving this quick turnover of #1’s

Just now, Bror said:

Fingers crossed Bella has enough of a lead to neutralise Sam's multiple versions this week.

Nice to see the Dave name power being just enough to give James Blake another top 200 entry - his first as lead artist since 2021!

Steaming services

Team Bella this week keep up the fast turnaround 🤞

I hope Bella gets number 1 on Friday rather than Sam & Olivia reclaiming it

I bet Bella's going to do it this coming Friday. That's if she keeps the momentum up. If she continues to increase on all streaming services, she'll get it.

Edited March 14Mar 14 by DanielCarey

10 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:

I bet Bella's going to do it this coming Friday. That's if she keeps the momentum up. If she continues to increase on all streaming services, she'll get it.

Unless Sam has another trick up his sleeve

27 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Team Bella this week keep up the fast turnaround 🤞

Same hope she's number 1 🤞

Sienna spiro debuting top 10! And Noah’s new one at 17, hope they both chart highly this week!

8 minutes ago, conorw said:

Sienna spiro debuting top 10! And Noah’s new one at 17, hope they both chart highly this week!

That reminds me to check out the new Noah one, yesterday's shenanigans with the website i didnt do my usual skimming of the NMF list to check out new releases 🤣 (I dont do Spotify playlists 🤣)

But thats 2 impressive debuts

Bella with 746K, and Sienna with over 400K debut at number 6. Impressive for both.

Well I know its not going to do anything but I did not expect Matt Terry to be best of the newbies that song is such a bop if only he released this sort of sound near the start of his career he might of had a few hits

The new shaggy and noah ones are decent too

I didn't even realise Sienna had a new song out.

Strange that Bebe is doing so well on Apple, but nothing on Spotify. Possibly the Faithless sample makes it more popular for a UK audience on Apple, rather than a global audience on Spotify.

2 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

Strange that Bebe is doing so well on Apple, but nothing on Spotify. Possibly the Faithless sample makes it more popular for a UK audience on Apple, rather than a global audience on Spotify.

It's a shame, I get the feeling it's not getting a great deal of support from Spotify which isn't helpful. Hopefully it'll come.

48 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

Strange that Bebe is doing so well on Apple, but nothing on Spotify. Possibly the Faithless sample makes it more popular for a UK audience on Apple, rather than a global audience on Spotify.

A lot of dance hits do much better on Apple than Spotify.

I wonder if we’ll see any benefit for Shakira - Zoo now that we’ve hit the first weekend of Zootropolis 2 being on Disney+?

Hope we see yet another new number one this week. Good to see another decent debut for Noah, hope it can debut highly officially!

American girls is leagues above Aperture for me so I’m glad that’s got a shot at #1, I can see it stabilizing in the top 5 for a while now but I do think Bella will hold onto #1 for the foreseeable future

1 hour ago, Tafty said:

I wonder if we’ll see any benefit for Shakira - Zoo now that we’ve hit the first weekend of Zootropolis 2 being on Disney+?

Typical, on the week it's gone to ACR!

Still, the fact she's had a decent minor hit in 2026 is something to be applauded.