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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

Ashe – Funeral [GRAT]

The Bamboos - Sugar On Top

Beth McCarthy - Pretty Villain

Brigitte Calls Me Baby – Geordie

Charlie Jeer & Cat Burns – Small Talk [GRAT]

DJ Heartstring & Sam Gellaitry - So Many Things To Say

Eats Everything feat Kosmo Kint – Rolling Dice

Fatboy Slim - Song For Lindy (Sem Jacobs Remix)

Gabriella Cilmi - Pieces

James Blunt - Weight Of It All [GRAT]

James Hype & Volkoder- 1, 2, 3

Kane Brown feat Shania Twain - Boots

Kodaline – Vultures [GRAT]

Lee Taub - Archive Cabinet 1 (EP)

Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades

MK feat Tristan Henry – Leaving

Polaris - Without You

Revival House Project & Kathy Brown – Music Is The Way I Live

Rumer - Before The Planes

Seth MacFarlane – Happiness Hotel [GRAT]

Sigma & America Foster – Watchin' U

Simple Minds - Beginner Boys

Sports Team - Billy [Monday 7th]

Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly - Feel My Love

Tinie Tempah - 12AM (EP)

TSHA – All Night Long

XO - Stacey (Take You Higher) [GRAT]

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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  • There is no way anyone actually enjoys that Stella Lefty song. I refuse to believe it.

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  • It's pretty much on par with where her last lead single debuted. She's not exactly a consistent big hitmaker (at least straight out of the gate) in the streaming era, 'Flowers' is the exception not th

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Surprised there’s been no talk on LISA’s ‘Sawadika’ anywhere, considering it’s absolutely blowing up everywhere on social media (I mean 33 million views in 11 hours on YouTube so far is insane).

Rooting for the above and Miley this week!

I don't have incredibly high expectations for PRIMA this week but hopefully it at least allows Adela a new peak with Ain't In LA! Would be great if anything else from the album could chart on Spotify but I'm aware that's probably unlikely.

Spotify (03.09.26)

 

01 [01] Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (326,597)

02 [02] SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation (277,800)

03 [03] Olivia Dean - Man I Need (276,380)

04 [04] Ella Langley - Choosin Texas (245,709)

07 [07] Tame Impala – Loser (189,967)

10 [11] Stella Lefty – Boston (177,752)

11 [09] sombr – Homewrecker

16 [16] sombr – My Body Isn’t Ready

17 [15] Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

26 [33] Ashe - Stop the Wedding!

27 [36] ADELA - Ain't in LA

30 [25] Alyssa Grace – bloodstream

32 [40] Fontaines D.C – Marianne

34 [30] Steve Lacy - oh yeah?

35 [31] SIENNA SPIRO – Die on this Hill

36 [45] HUGEL - Movin' to the Sun (137,359).

39 [28] Dolly Parton – Jolene

47 [48] Aubrey Hobart - Sue Me

54 [55] SIENNA SPIRO – Pure

60 [60] P!nk & Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason.

66 [64] Dua Lipa - Training Season

67 [68] Fontaines D.C – I Love You

73 [80] Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive

97 [103] Tove Lo -Talking Body

108 [124] Cloonee, Prospa & Tristan Henry – Good Girl

117 [128] HUGEL - Jamaican (Bam Bam)

145 [158] Kolter – Trapped

171 [187] Jamie Miller – Babydoll

198 [NE] Kings of Leon – Wait For Me

Despite falling two spots, "Training Season" increases 42 (!) streams in comparison to Spotify's September 2 update.

Either way, it's charting at Amazon Music at #76 and Apple Music at #98.

50 minutes ago, maggotsforbrains said:

Miley's up to #57 on Apple Music now - SHE IS COMING

This seems great compared to her last lead?

1 minute ago, Mr. C. Joel said:

This seems great compared to her last lead?

End Of The World debuted at #52 on the Apple Music daily chart so Bass Persuades being #57 already looks quite a bit better, it just depends how well it holds

1 hour ago, maggotsforbrains said:

Miley's up to #57 on Apple Music now - SHE IS COMING

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Happy to see how well Miley is doing currently. Added to TTH at #9 on spotify. Should see a nice debut on Spotify I would think between that and being #2 on NMF.

Hoping for a top 10 debut in the main chart!

The music video is doing decent views, 1.7 million so far which is good. Music video views tend to peak Saturday so hope it keeps climbing well for a bit *_*

Bass Persuades up to #50 now on Apple Music - officially higher than End Of The World's debut on there!

Ain't In LA's also up to #42 off the back of PRIMA's release

New peaks on Spotify today:

#10 STELLA LEFTY - Boston

#26 Ashe - Stop The Wedding!

#27 ADÉLA - Ain't In LA

#67 Fontaines D.C. - I Love You

#73 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

#171 Jamie Miller - Babydoll

#198 Kings Of Leon - Wait For Me (also a new entry)

Didn't realise Stayin' Alive was doing so well, anyone know why?

1 minute ago, gasman449 said:

Didn't realise Stayin' Alive was doing so well, anyone know why?

Apparently due to Ella Langley dancing to it on a TikTok video

Adela and Ashe getting new peaks I know that’s right!! Hoping the former can crack the top 20 with more people listening to the album through the week.

I don't think I've seen such a backlash against an artist as I have for the past week with Stella Lefty in a long while, but I guess all promo is promo at this point and is probably encouraging people to see what the talk is about, kinda like it did for ABCDEFU.

Please don't let that song go #1 though, I beg. Even bring Rein Me In back if you have to x

There is no way anyone actually enjoys that Stella Lefty song. I refuse to believe it.

If it pipes up interest and sales as so close yeah i would very much like it to get to number 1 as well, as I dont care if im in the minority I do enjoy it

47 minutes ago, Jack said:

There is no way anyone actually enjoys that Stella Lefty song. I refuse to believe it.

Her album didn't even go top 75 so at least there is very limited interest towards her as an artist.

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