Charts Archives

Paid for views will no longer count in YouTube Music Charts

27/09/2019

Paid for views will no longer count in YouTube Music Charts and their 24-hour record debut policy to improve the credibility of their charts. In a YouTube blog posting, the company asserts that. ‘YouTube Music Charts have become an indispensable source for the industry and the most accurate place for measuring the popularity of music listening behaviour happening on the world’s largest music platform. In an effort to provide more transparency to the industry and […]

Rolling Stone rolls out daily charts

10/07/2019

Rolling Stone rolls out daily charts with five new charts available auto-populating in almost real-time on a daily basis, with finalized overviews available at the end of each week. The Rolling Stone Charts announced by the music magazine are powered by its independent analytics company Alpha Data, formerly known as BuzzAngle Music, which collects and processes data from dozens of major suppliers. The company aims ‘to reflect the true impact of music, celebrate the artists […]

UK Official Charts available on major streamers

22/05/2019

UK Official Charts available on major streamers including Spotify, Deezer, Napster and Apple Music. In a recent blog posting The Official Charts Company has published links to the following UK charts, playlists and biggest artist hits. UK Official Charts streaming links Official Singles Chart Get it on Apple Music, Deezer and Napster. Official Trending Chart Updated every Tuesday, the Official Trending Chart is a compilation of the freshest tunes that are starting to make a big impact in the UK […]

Japanese charts to include streams and downloads

27/12/2018

Japanese charts to include streams and downloads from 19th December 2018. Chart rankings from Oricon, Japan’s official chart organisation, will add the number of CD sales, digital downloads and streams to produce three new weekly charts: a combined single chart a combined album chart a streaming chart The combined singles chart will be calculated using a points system where a CD single will count for 1 point, 2.5 song downloads will equal 1 point and […]

YouTube Music now offers YouTube Charts

20/12/2018

YouTube Music now offers YouTube Charts as playlists with local and global versions in all YouTube’s 29 launched markets. In addition to the recently announced YouTube Charts, users can now access the top most-played songs this week on YouTube, the most-viewed music videos, or see what’s trending. You can now easily access YouTube Charts as playlists that will appear on users’ home screens or by search. Every country will get five charts playlists: three specific to […]

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ARIA revamps Australian Charts

02/11/2018

ARIA, the Australian Recorded Industry Association, has revamped the way it compiles the Australian record charts giving greater emphasis to paid subscription stream over free ad-supported streams. These changes will be reflected for the first time in the ARIA Charts for the week ending 27th October 2018. The shift to a multi-level streaming approach to the ARIA Chart methodology is consistent with the global push to measure streams in a revenue-reflective and access-based manner. This […]

Apple Music - UK Top 100 Chart (9th September 2018)

Apple Music rolls out Top 100 Charts

09/09/2018

Apple Music has rolled out 116 ‘Top 100’ Charts, one for every country where it is available plus a Global Top 100. Every chart will be updated on a daily basis at 12am PST (US time). The format is similar to that of playlists or albums and can be found on the Browse page with top Songs and Playlists. With instant and free access not only to the Chart listings but also the tracks themselves, […]