![]() For Apple Music, every unique song was hip-hop, with a majority coming from the afore mentioned Drake and Lil Baby projects. The biggest distinction would be songs that appeared on one chart, but weren’t on the other, especially those higher up on each chart. This must mean any difference in the charts comes down to the user base.įinding which songs did better on each platform relative to one another is the best way I could think of to find out what songs each user base favored. I originally thought that Apple favored newer tracks and possibly had some sort of algorithm that sorted tracks (similar to how it decides listing of artist’s top songs), but since Apple’s website claims the chart is “ the most-played songs in the USA” I’m inclined to believe them and assume that it’s a rundown similar to Spotify’s. Apple doesn’t directly make known any streaming numbers unless your the artist, and since I’m not Drake, I don’t have access to them. There’s no debating that the exact numbers are right on the site. Spotify’s are based on raw streaming numbers for the last day. At first, my main explanation for this stark contrast was a difference in how the charts are compiled. ![]() No project has more than three songs on Spotify’s Top 50. Lets take a look at the other side of streaming now, with Spotify’s own version of top charts. And neither were traditional album drops which would almost certainly garner more streams. And this is after almost a week of settling. 24 of the top 33 spots on the chart belong to just these two projects. ![]() Following close behind, is the deluxe version of Lil Baby’s “My Turn” (purple and gold). On the chart above, Drake’s latest project “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” already six days removed from its release, as well as not even being a studio album, had all 14 of its songs within the top 22 spots (note the prevalence of dark green and yellow). Hip-hop tends to dominate Apple Music’s charts and as the most popular artist in the genre, Drake is the king of streaming. Whenever a new album drops from a relatively prominent artist, their album tends to dominate the chart, at least for a couple days, before slowly slipping with maybe a few hit tracks sticking around for longer. As a user of Apple Music, and someone who checks this chart regularly, I was pretty familiar with this trend. The first thing that stuck out at me when collecting the data for Apple Music was the abundance of songs from certain new albums. Lets dive into what it actually tells us. I hope that cleared my jumbled mess of a graph up well enough for you to stay with me. Songs that did better on Apple Music are closer to bright pink, while songs that did better on Spotify are closer to bright green. I then tried to see which songs were favored on which platform using their relative standing. ![]() The songs with asterisks by them are songs that only appeared on either the Apple Music chart or the Spotify chart, depending on if they’re on the left or right respectively. This means that this song was 5 positions higher on the Spotify chart than on Apple Music. For example, to the right of “THE SCOTTS” I wrote “UP 5”. Also, the more colors, the better, right? To the right of the Spotify column, I put each song’s position compare to where it was on the Apple Music Chart. However, I think it still helps visualize an interesting point I’ll make later comparing the two charts, so I kept it. I color coded each song using album art, which I was hoping would make trends more visible, making it easier to compare where songs were on each chart, but since there are so many distinct colors it didn’t work as intended. In the center rows, you have Apple Music and Spotify’s charts. Since Spotify only went up to #50, thats where I stopped. The left most column tells what the chart position number was for each row. I’ll try and walk you through what everything means. “Levitating (feat.I don’t blame you if you’re intimidated or you’re not sure what to think or make out from the table above.“STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI.“MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X. ![]() Spotify 2021 Wrapped Global Top Lists Most Streamed Artists Globally Spotify has also rolled out a bevy of new sharing options and other experiences for its users’ Wrapped playlists, along with videos from artists and more - check them out here. ![]()
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