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

AJ Tracey - Quaresma

Alex Warren - Fine Place To Die

Armin van Buuren & Skytech - She's A Freak

Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Jealousy Jealousy

Bella Kay – Promise?

Belters Only feat Reggie - To The Max

Billy Lockett - Cornerstone

Bishop Briggs - Blood From A Stone

Bleachers - I'm Not Joking

Cammy Barnes - Let Me Down

Chris Brown feat Leon Thomas – Fallin' [GRAT]

Chris Lorenzo & aMo (um) - Hots 4 U

D-Block Europe & Young Adz - Yeah Baby

D.O.D & Hayley May – Closure

Dom Dolla & Tiga - Don't Worry Baby

Elmiene feat Baby Rose – Honour

Fitz & The Tantrums - Good Morning California

Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me

Jax Jones & D Double E - Sidewinder

John Newman - Merry Go

Lizzo – Bitch [GRAT]

Madonna + Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love

Madeon feat Slayyyter - Fire Away [GRAT]

Maroon 5 – Heroine

Milky x David Guetta - Just The Way You Are

Peter Gabriel – Won't Stand Down (Bright-Side Mix)

Self Esteem - Maggie's Song

Stella Lefty - I Know I Know

The Vintage Explosion - If I Wanna Wake Up

 

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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Hope Kacey Musgraves can do something/anything this week with streams - she’s done so much promo in the UK and it’s her best album for years IMO.

The Gay Gods really raining down on the chart this week..

Madonna & Sabrina, Sharika & Zara, Melanie C and Gaga all releasing

Plus new Becky Hill too (although been out since Wednesday)

Will Milky x David Guetta be counted as a remix like Mall Grab?

2 hours ago, Paramore said:

Will Milky x David Guetta be counted as a remix like Mall Grab?

Ministry of Sound are really going for it with this song!

I see constant adverts across social media especially the one with Gymskin, and they’ve released mixes with PNAU, Paige Tomlinson and now David Guetta plus extended versions.

David Guetta shows up to remix nearly every moderately popular dance song these days tbf x

Not sure if Apple is behind or not atm. Highest new release is FINE PLACE TO DIE at #200!… on the Pop chart. Becky’s new one is up 77 places to #112 on the dance one but that’s not saying much since that chart is extremely dead

Midnight Sun & RUNWAY have also barely moved on the all genres chart which is odd

MadSab Spotify predictions?

Spotify

April 28th:

New Peak:

21. Ella Langley- Choosin' Texas

34. Michael Jackson- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

43. Michael Jackson- Human Nature

44. Michael Jackson- Dirty Diana

59. Michael Jackson- Smooth Criminal

63. Temper City- Self Aware

66. Michael Jackson- The Way You Make Me Feel

70. Michael Jackson- Rock with You

83. Michael Jackson- They Don't Care About Us

89. Michael Jackson- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

99. Michael Jackson- Man in the Mirror

117. Michael Jackson- Chicago

118. Michael Jackson- Bad

134. Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

145. F3miii- NOBLE

159. Michael Jackson- Remember the Time

New Entries:

196. Michael Jackson- You Rock My World

Re-Entries:

182. Jeff Buckley- Lover, You Should've Come Over

188. Tate McRae- Sports car

190. Train- Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

193. Snow Patrol- Chasing Cars

197. Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know?

198. Radiohead- Let Down

Spotify:

April 29th:

New Peak:

20. Ella Langley- Choosin' Texas

25. Michael Jackson- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

36. Michael Jackson- Human Nature

53. Michael Jackson- Smooth Criminal

60. Temper City- Self Aware

63. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away

64. Michael Jackson- The Way You Make Me Feel

66. Michael Jackson- Rock with You

82. Michael Jackson- Man in the Mirror

99. Michael Jackson- Bad

130. Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

192. Michael Jackson- You Rock My World

Re-Entries:

116. Disclosure ft Sam Smith- Latch

148. Mac Miller, Empire Of The Sun- The Spins

176. French Montana ft Swae Lee- Unforgettable

177. Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way

178. Rihanna ft Calvin Harris- We Found Love

183. Katy Perry- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

195. Bad Bunny- DtMF

197. The Kooks- She Moves In Her Own Way

198. Toto- Africa

200. Nelly Furtado- Maneater

Definitely underestimated the interest that would come from the Michael Jackson film. Given it only goes up to the Bad era, the wider impact on his whole catalogue is very impressive.

35 minutes ago, Jαsє said:

MadSab Spotify predictions?

Absolutely love that portmanteau 🤩

#1 with 800k 🙏🙏

Spotify has updated - 'Billie Jean' is now up to #11 on both there and Apple

Spotify:

New Peak:

11. Michael Jackson- Billie Jean

21. Michael Jackson- Beat It

23. Michael Jackson- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

31. Michael Jackson- Human Nature

38. Michael Jackson- Dirty Diana

53. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away

61. Michael Jackson- The Way You Make Me Feel

62. Prospa, Cloonee- Free Your Mind

75. Michael Jackson- Man in the Mirror

94. Michael Jackson- Bad

125. Michael Jackson- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

181. Michael Jackson- You Rock My World

Re-Entries:

180. Miley Cyrus- Party In The U.S.A.

188. OneRepublic- Counting Stars

189. Bruno Mars- Locked out of Heaven

192. Kanye West ft Syleena Johnson- All Falls Down

194. Marvin Gaye ft Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough

196. Gwen Stefani ft Akon- The Sweet Escape

198. Blood Orange- Champagne Coast

'The Great Divide' increased its streams by more than 100% this week, would expect it and those top 3 MJ songs to be back in the Top 40.

Madonna/Sabrina are showing up at #66 on Apple!

Zara/PinkPantheress 'Midnight Sun' remix #119 - a big week for female collabs

there also appears to be an Asake album bomb

The Chemical Brothers 'Go' also up to #138!

Asake won’t do anywhere near as well on Spotify

Didn’t realise Katy was nearly top 50 with The One That Got Away now!

3 hours ago, Mack said:

New Entries:

196. Michael Jackson- You Rock My World

Thought this was forgotten in the grand scheme of things vis-à-vis MJ songs, colour me shocked to see it here.