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Official Audio Streaming Chart

Music chart


Music chart

The Official Audio Streaming Chart (previously the Official Streaming Chart) is a music chart based on plays of songs through audio streaming services (including Spotify, Deezer, Google Play Music, Apple Music and Tidal) in the United Kingdom. It features data from both premium and ad-supported services. It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), and was initially published both on their official website OfficialCharts.com (Top 100), and in the magazine Music Week (Top 75).

As of the chart dated 12 July 2014 —the date of inclusion of streaming data into the UK Singles Chart— the Official Streaming Chart was relaunched as the Official Audio Streaming Chart. The Top 100 is published on the OCC website. The first song to top the rebranded chart was "Sing" by Ed Sheeran.

The chart was first launched on 14 May 2012. Its first number one was "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. At the time of the chart's launch, the most streamed artist of the year was Ed Sheeran. Sheeran remarked that streaming services had "always been an important way for [him] to get music out to [his] fans". Martin Talbot, managing director of the OCC, stated that the chart represented "a true coming-of-age moment for music streaming in the UK".

In 2015, an Official Albums Streaming Chart was launched. This uses the same streaming sources as the Official Audio Streaming Chart to measure how many times albums have been streamed each week.

Number ones

No.re
nth song to top the Official Audio Streaming Chart
Return of a song to number one
Most-streamed song of the year
No.ArtistSongRecord labelReached number one
(for the week ending)Weeks at
number one20121234567891011121314201315161718192021222324252014262728293031323334353637383940201541424344454647re4849505152201653545556re575859606162re632017rere6465666768re697071201872re737475767778798081re201982838485868788re8990re9192re
"Call Me Maybe"Interscope2
fun. featuring"We Are Young"Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen4
"Whistle"Atlantic2
Maroon 5 featuring"Payphone"A&M/Octone5
Florence and the Machine"Spectrum (Say My Name)"Island1
Wiley featuring Ms D"Heatwave"One More Tune/Warner Bros.3
Florence and the Machine"Spectrum (Say My Name)"Island1
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"Mercury1
featuring will.i.am"Hall of Fame"Epic/Phonogenic2
Psy"Gangnam Style"Island3
Rihanna"Diamonds"Def Jam1
Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin"Don't You Worry Child"Virgin1
Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé"Beneath Your Beautiful"Syco4
"Locked Out of Heaven"Atlantic1
"Troublemaker"Epic1
"Impossible"Syco3
will.i.am featuring Britney Spears"Scream & Shout"Interscope3
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz"Thrift Shop"Macklemore4
Bastille"Pompeii"Virgin7
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams"Get Lucky"Columbia7
featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams"Blurred Lines"Interscope6
Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc"Wake Me Up"Positiva/PRMD7
"Roar"Virgin3
OneRepublic"Counting Stars"Interscope5
Lorde"Royals"Virgin1
Eminem featuring Rihanna""Interscope6
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Columbia1
"Happy"Columbia1
Pitbull featuring Kesha"Timber"J/Mr. 305/Polo Grounds3
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne"Rather Be"Atlantic10
"All of Me"Columbia1
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne"Rather Be"Atlantic1
"All of Me"Columbia1
Mr Probz"Waves"Left Lane8
"Sing"Asylum3
featuring Iggy Azalea"Problem"Republic2
Magic!"Rude"RCA5
& Robin Schulz"Prayer in C"Atlantic3
featuring John Newman"Blame"Columbia1
"All About That Bass"Epic1
"Shake It Off"EMI1
"All About That Bass"Epic2
"Thinking Out Loud"Atlantic7
featuring Bruno Mars"Uptown Funk"Columbia8
"Love Me Like You Do"Polydor4
Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney"FourFiveSeconds"Roc Nation3
Years & Years"King"Polydor2
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth"See You Again"Atlantic2
OMI"Cheerleader"Ultra8
Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ"Lean On"Because2
Lost Frequencies"Are You with Me"AATW4
Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ"Lean On"Because1
and Disciples"How Deep Is Your Love"Columbia3
"What Do You Mean?"Def Jam8
Adele"Hello"XL3
"Sorry"Def Jam2
"Love Yourself"8
"Stitches"EMI1
Zayn"Pillowtalk"RCA2
"7 Years"Warner Bros.2
Rihanna featuring Drake"Work"Roc Nation1
"7 Years"Warner Bros.2
"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB remix)Island4
Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla"One Dance"Cash Money / Republic14
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ"Cold Water"Because Music6
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey"Closer"Disruptor4
"Say You Won't Let Go"Columbia3
Little Mix"Shout Out to My Ex"Syco Music1
"Say You Won't Let Go"Columbia2
Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul"Rockabye"Atlantic6
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Columbia1
Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul"Rockabye"Atlantic1
"Shape of You"Atlantic17
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Lil Wayne & Chance The Rapper"I'm the One"Black Butter/Def Jam1
featuring Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber"Despacito" (Remix)Def Jam/RBMG/Republic/UMLE14
"New Rules"Warner1
"Look What You Made Me Do"Universal1
"New Rules"Warner3
featuring 21 Savage"Rockstar"Republic10
"Perfect"Asylum2
Eminem and Ed Sheeran"River"Interscope1
Wham!"Last Christmas"RCA1
"Perfect"Asylum3
Drake"God's Plan"Republic/Cash Money11
"Nice for What"2
and Dua Lipa"One Kiss"Columbia/Warner10
Drake featuring Michael Jackson"Don't Matter to Me"Cash Money/Republic1
Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds"Three Lions"Epic1
Drake"In My Feelings"Cash Money/Republic6
, Halsey and Khalid"Eastside"Interscope6
Dave and Fredo"Funky Friday"Dave/Neighbourhood4
"Thank U, Next"Republic5
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Columbia3
"Sweet But Psycho"Atlantic3
"7 Rings"Republic5
"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"1
"Someone You Loved"EMI5
Lil Nas X"Old Town Road"Lil Nas X3
Stormzy"Vossi Bop"Merky2
and Justin Bieber"I Don't Care"Asylum1
Lil Nas X"Old Town Road"Lil Nas X7
and Camila Cabello"Señorita"EMI/Syco1
and Khalid"Beautiful People"Asylum1
and Camila Cabello"Señorita"EMI/Syco5
and Stormzy"Take Me Back to London"Asylum6
Tones and I"Dance Monkey"Bad Batch9
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Columbia3

Notes

References

References

  1. Plunkett, John. (10 May 2012). "Spotify and other streaming services get own chart". [[Guardian News and Media]].
  2. Langshaw, Mark. (10 May 2012). "Official music streaming chart launching in UK". [[Digital Spy]].
  3. "Official Audio Streaming Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  4. "Media Centre". bpi.co.uk.
  5. "The UK's first Official Streaming Chart is unveiled!". Official Charts Company.
  6. (10 May 2012). "Ed Sheeran is most-streamed artist of 2012". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
  7. Attewill, Fred. (9 May 2012). "Ed Sheeran tops first ever UK official streaming chart". [[Metro (British newspaper).
  8. "Former Next Big Thing winner Ed Sheeran the most streamed act of 2012". Norwich Evening News.
  9. (12 February 2015). "Album charts to count streamed songs". [[BBC]].
  10. "The Top 40 most streamed tracks of 2012 revealed". Official Charts Company.
  11. (2012). "2012 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". [[Official Charts Company]].
  12. (2013). "2013 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". [[Official Charts Company]].
  13. (2014). "2014 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". [[Official Charts Company]].
  14. (2015). "2015 Top 40 Official Audio Streaming Chart Archive". [[Official Charts Company]].
  15. (2012). "Artist Chart History". [[Official Charts Company]].
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