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

Amy Shark - Our Last Fight [GRAT]

Au/Ra - Killswitch

Cassyette - Oops (It's A Bad Idea)

Celine Dion - Dansons

Demi Lovato - Low Rise Jeans

Denise Van Outen - In The Evening (BB Disco Remix)

Eliza Rose – Pingers

Ely Oaks - Impossible

Emily Steel & Alex Gray - You Found Me

Freya Ridings - Dancing In The Kitchen

Hard-Fi - Looking For Fun [GRAT]

Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra & Cynthia Erivo - If I Only Had A Brain [GRAT]

Joel Corry & RAHH - Devotion (Sweetest Emotion)

Kacey Musgraves - Middle Of Nowhere [GRAT]

Karen Harding & Mr. Belt & Wezol - Night Moves

King Booo! x Moby – Everytime You Touch Me (Love So High)

Kyle Alessandro - Halo

Lana Del Rey - First Light

Lewis Capaldi - Stay Love

M Huncho – Wizard Of Oz

Maisie Peters & Julia Michaels - Kingmaker [Tuesday 21st]

Massive Attack x Tom Waits - Boots On The Ground

Matt Terry – Karma

Neil Diamond - You're My Favorite Song [GRAT]

Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead

The Ordinary Boys - Peer Pressure

Pixie Lott - Good Wife

Slayyyter – Broke Bitch Free$tyle

Snakehips & Bipolar Sunshine - For The Ride

Sombr – Potential

Stephen Sanchez - Chuck The Money [GRAT]

Taeyong feat Anderson Paak - Rock Solid

Tensnake - Free

The Kid Laroi - I Condemn

Tony Romera - Waste My Time

Tyla feat Zara Larsson - She Did It Again

Vybz Kartel - Good Good

Waterparks - Prowler

Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me [GRAT]

Zerb & Rita Ora - If It’s Not Love

 

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

See here

What a let down (for me at least) with Olivia's lead. It's just... there. Nothing special and I think her worst lead up till now.

Very good week for new releases, I think new Olivia, Sombr and Tyla & Zara are both very good and have potential to do well!

After listening to all the songs, my guess is RMI will retain the number spot for another week...

That's not to say I'm not a fan of Potential or SHE DID IT AGAIN, but I can't see them being big enough in the first week to dethrone.

Not really a fan of the Olivia Rodrigo song, the Lewis Capaldi song is very much in keeping with all his other output. Saying all that, we should get a number of new entries, and hopefully a bit of a shakeup

Edited April 17Apr 17 by ElectroBoy

The only way im feeling RMI wont be number 1 is if ORs physicals are huge at this point

5 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

The only way im feeling RMI wont be number 1 is if ORs physicals are huge at this point

Or P.Caps... he is king of the physical release dump

Just now, ElectroBoy said:

Or P.Caps... he is king of the physical release dump

Considering he has just tacked it on the survive EP id be suprised if hes even expecting big things this week 🤣

Olivia #1 on Hit Hits UK and New Music Friday - not often we see the double on those playlists.

So is Apple just not updating today?

3 minutes ago, C.O. said:

So is Apple just not updating today?

Yeah seems like it - even the kworb link for the downloads hasn't updated - neither have the apps.

Hopefully it fixes itself soon - maybe the combined might of Olivia, sombr, Tyla/ Zara and Lew Cap has broken Apple

Edited April 17Apr 17 by ElectroBoy

4 minutes ago, C.O. said:

So is Apple just not updating today?

Songs have moved in the past 24 hours - so I assume it is updating. Just nothing new seems to be happening. I’m more concerned at how there seems to be nothing new on iTunes - no sign of Olivia Rodrigo - and Jessie Ware only currently 18 in the albums…

Edit: unless it froze after Jessie entered.

Edited April 17Apr 17 by GreyAsh

15 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

Edit: unless it froze after Jessie entered.

Uh oh, what have I done now?

Spotify (16.04.26)

 

01 [01] Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (604,772)

02 [02] Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (529,703)

03 [03] Justin Bieber & Nicki Minaj – Beauty and a Beat (506,616)

04 [04] Oliva Dean - Man I Need (466,835)

05 [05] Dominic Fike - Babydoll (382,732)

06 [06] Justin Bieber - Daisies (356,507)

07 [07] Dave & Tems - Raindance (346,830)

08 [08] sombr - Homewrecker (343,344)

09 [09] Dominic Fike - White Keys (324,286)

10 [10] PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson - Stateside (305,593)

13 [13] Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

15 [16] Tame Impala & JENNIE - Dracula (248,928)

16 [17] Justin Bieber & Chance the Rapper – Confident

19 [52] Fleetwood Max - Dreams

20 [19] Harry Styles - American Girls

24 [25] Justin Bieber & Ludacris – Baby

26 [15] Justin Bieber – Sorry

27 [23] Justin Bieber – Love Yourself

28 [27] Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

33 [34] Sabrina Carpenter – House Tour

35 [31] Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie

36 [32] Justin Bieber - Yukon

37 [30] Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean?

39 [38] RAYE & Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony.

41 [45] Malcolm Todd – Earrings

42 [41] Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

47 [37] KATSEYE – PINKY UP

54 [54] Tame Impala - Dracula (143,277)

55 [88] Fleetwood Max - The Chain

56 [53] The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay

58 [55] DJ Snake & Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

59 [70] Jack U, Skrillex, Diplo & Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now

69 [59] Justin Bieber – Ghost

74 [65] Justin Bieber & Jaden – Never Say Never

82 [92] Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind

85 [89] ANOTR & 54 Ultra - Talk To You

91 [86] Temper City – Self Aware

101 [111] Stella Lefty - Boston

105 [99] Justin Bieber - That Should Be Me

108 [107] Central Cee - WAGWAN

116 [96] Justin Bieber – Company

143 [129] The Long Faces - Jane!

145 [126] BTS - Swim

149 [139] Justin Bieber - Favorite Girl

157 [83] Justin Bieber - Boyfriend

186 [178] F3miii - NOBLE

Spotify:

New Peak:

16. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper- Confident

24. Justin Bieber, Ludacris- Baby

41. Malcolm Todd- Earrings

59. Skrillex, Diplo, Jack U, Justin Bieber- Where Are U Now

82. Prospa, Cloonee- Free Your Mind

101. STELLA LEFTY- Boston

Re-Peak:

15. Tame Impala, JENNIE- Dracula- JENNIE Remix

Re-Entries:

124. Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way

159. Bruno Mars- That's What I Like

167. Drake- Passionfruit

172. Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer- Give Me Everything

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

180. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Ray Dalton- Can't Hold Us

183. Eminem- Without Me

189. Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas- Blessings

191. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Have You Ever Seen The Rain

194. Tame Impala- Borderline

196. Dire Straits- Sultans Of Swing

Fleetwood Mac yo-yo-ing again! So weird. It’s almost as if the songs on Rumours didn’t have all of their streams counted on Tuesday but had them counted extra on Wednesday instead! Notice it’s just the 3 songs experiencing this pattern - not Landslide or Everywhere.

28 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

Uh oh, what have I done now?

I always freeze after you enter.

Looks like 'House Tour' will get a reset as well as some Bieber songs.

Manchild increased by 27.9% on Spotify too so it could be a potential reset as well

Pain

11 minutes ago, Bror said:

Pain

Bread in French 🍞