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

5 Seconds Of Summer - Evolve (CLUBSOS VOL. 1)
Above & Beyond & Victoria Horn - When You Believe
Afrojack - Monopoly Man
Andy Grammer – All I Want Is You [GRAT]
Armin van Buuren & Diøn feat Scrufizzer - Burn It Up
Bellah Mae - Gimme Gimme
Daytime TV - Creatures
Deadmau5 - Fabienk (Deadmau5 remake)
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist - Witch Doctor
Freemasons - Mesmerized
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Growing Old Disgracefully
Girlband! - She Said
Goddard & Charlotte Haining - Stamina
Inner City feat Steffanie Christi’an - Turn Me On
James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer
Jordan Rakei – Promise [GRAT]
Jorja Smith - I Lied, You Lied
Kasabian - Nothing Better Than This [GRAT]
Kingfishr - For The Boys
La Roux - Lose Myself [GRAT]
La Voix – Tomorrow
Little Big Town & Kelsea Ballerini - Closing Time
Lucas & Steve x Mike Bond - Be Like Bob
Mark Ambor - The Proof
Mastodon - In The Ruins [GRAT]
Matt Dusk - Mesmerizer (English 60's Version)
Michael Bibi & Kettama – Mystery Of Raw
Natasha Bedingfield - Dot Dot Dot
Orville Peck – Already Gone [GRAT]
Paris Paloma - I Cry In Front Of Paintings
Passenger - It Was Gonna Be You
Remember Monday – Attention
Robin Schulz x Watermat - Take It Slow (Bullit)
Sam Tompkins - Heated Seats [GRAT]
Sienna Spiro - Cry Me A River (Amazon Original)
Silva Bumpa & Kosmo Kint - Fantasy (Baby If U Know Me)
Tinashe - Melatonin [GRAT]
Troye Sivan - She's The Best

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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They should be best for Big Top 40 along with Troye Sivan and Kasabian

rein me in another week nothing big another knock off agin this week could there end September this rate

Oh Yeah should chart too

Daytime TV - Creatures

Obsessed with this band and they are incredible live, they are building with each release so hopefully this pulls in a few streams for them.

a Phoebe Bridgers album bomb(!) is starting to come through on the Apple Music charts - it probably won't be able to hold throughout the week but promising signs for her given Lost Boys didn't initially chart anywhere in the Top 200 over there.

all sixteen songs are charting in the alternative genre chart, with four currently in the all-genre Top 200:

ALBUMS

#3 (NEW) - Lost Weekend

REAL-TIME TOP 200 SONGS

#106 - Lost Boys

#120 - The Outside

#157 - Kill Me

#196 - The Governor's Waltz

ALTERNATIVE GENRE SONGS (cutoff is #40)

#52 - Lost Weekend

#60 - Haunted

#82 - Panorama

#83 - Still Standing

#84 - I Can't Wait

#96 - Liberty Tree

#108 - Never Going Back!

#112 - Other Plans

#121 - As Above

#138 - Lost Parade

#146 - Lost Weekend (Reprise)

Could be quite interesting for The Script vs. Phoebe Bridgers for the #1 album next week.

Spotify (August 13 update):

6. SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation (-1) [previous peak: #4]

9. Tame Impala - Loser (-2) [previous peak: #7]

16. STELLA LEFTY - Boston (+1) [new peak]

17. Steve Lacy - oh yeah? (+1) [new peak]

21. HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun (+3) [previous peak: #20]

28. Silva Bumpa - On 2nite (+2) [previous peak: #18]

38. Temper City - Self Aware (+1) [previous peak: #26]

49. Audrey Hobert - Sue me (=) [previous peak: #49]

56. ADÉLA - Ain't In LA (=) [previous peak: #45]

64. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (+8) [previous peak: #9]

77. Robyn - Dancing On My Own (+2) [previous peak: #70]

84. SIENNA SPIRO - Pure (-1) [previous peak: #69]

88. Olivia Dean - Baby Steps (=) [previous peak: #15]

147. Disclosure & Sam Smith - Latch (+11) [previous peak: #81]

why is Unwritten suddenly back in the top 70?

Phoebe Bridgers up to #1 on Apple Music albums now - doesn't necessarily mean much given many of the top albums are deweighted by age there but worth noting.

Lost Weekend tracks:

#90 - Lost Boys

#96 - The Outside

#116 - Kill Me

#150 - The Governor's Waltz

#172 - Bobby

WILD (KATSEYE) tracks:

#34 - Animal

#117 - Hootie Frutti

no other new releases have impacted Apple's Top 200 yet.

The Weeknd first of five shows at Wembley bump on Apple Music

#96: Blinding Lights (+17)

#152: The Hills (NEW)

#172: Wicked Games (NEW)

#173: Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) (NEW)

#179: Heartless (NEW)

New kateye at 19 Spotify today update up

Spotify (August 14 update):

5. Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai (+2) [previous peak: #2]

7. The Killers - Mr. Brightside (+1) [previous peak: #4]

8. SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation (-2) [previous peak: #4]

11. Tame Impala - Loser (-2) [previous peak: #7]

16. STELLA LEFTY - Boston (=) [previous peak: #16]

17. HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun (+4) [new peak]

25. Steve Lacy - oh yeah? (-8) [previous peak: #17]

58. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (+6) [previous peak: #9]

KATSEYE - Wild

19. KATSEYE - Hootie Frutti (NE) [new peak]

20. KATSEYE - Animal (+21) [previous peak: #15]

90. KATSEYE - Bel Air (NE) [new peak]

118. KATSEYE - That Way (NE) [new peak]

159. KATSEYE - PINKY UP (RE) [previous peak: #29]

Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend

59. Phoebe Bridgers - The Outside (NE) [new peak]

62. Phoebe Bridgers - Kill Me (NE) [new peak]

65. Phoebe Bridgers - The Governor's Waltz (NE) [new peak]

68. Phoebe Bridgers - I Can't Wait (NE) [new peak]

71. Phoebe Bridgers - Bobby (NE) [new peak]

80. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys (RE) [previous peak: #39]

91. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend (NE) [new peak]

112. Phoebe Bridgers - Haunted (NE) [new peak]

152. Phoebe Bridgers - Still Standing (NE) [new peak]

173. Phoebe Bridgers - Panorama (NE) [new peak]

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by Juan Carlos

A shame Troye Sivan couldn't make the Top 200. As divisive as I imagine it probably is, I'm quite enjoying it!

14 minutes ago, haydennn said:

A shame Troye Sivan couldn't make the Top 200. As divisive as I imagine it probably is, I'm quite enjoying it!

Didn’t even know he had a new song out!

Seriously Unwritten piss off people stream her new one instead 😫

Great Spotify debut for Phoebe Bridgers