Official Audio Streaming Chart
Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen achieved the first number one on the Official Audio Streaming Chart with "Call Me Maybe".
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, Napster, Google Play, Rdio and Apple Music) in the United Kingdom.[1] It features data from both premium and ad-supported services.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Its first number one was "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.[5] At the time of the chart's launch, the most streamed artist of the year was Ed Sheeran.[6] Sheeran remarked that streaming services had "always been an important way for [him] to get music out to [his] fans".[7] Martin Talbot, managing director of the OCC, stated that the chart represented "a true coming-of-age moment for music streaming in the UK".[8]
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.[9]
Number ones
| No. | nth song to top the Official Audio Streaming Chart |
|---|---|
| re | Return of a song to number one |
 |
Most-streamed song of the year[lower-alpha 1] |
| Contents |
|---|
| 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 |
| No. | Artist[lower-alpha 2] | Song[lower-alpha 2] | Record label[lower-alpha 3] | Reached number one (for the week ending)[lower-alpha 2] |
Weeks at number one[lower-alpha 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jepsen, Carly RaeCarly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" | Interscope | 19 May 2012 | 2 |
| 2 | fun. featuring Janelle Monáe | "We Are Young" | Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen | 2 June 2012 | 4 |
| 3 | Flo Rida | "Whistle" | Atlantic | 30 June 2012 | 2 |
| 4 | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | "Payphone" | A&M/Octone | 14 July 2012 | 5 |
| 5 | Florence and the Machine | "Spectrum (Say My Name)" | Island | 18 August 2012 | 1 |
| 6 | Wiley featuring Ms D | "Heatwave" | One More Tune/Warner Bros. | 24 August 2012 | 3 |
| re | Florence and the Machine | "Spectrum (Say My Name)" | Island | 15 September 2012 | 1 |
| 7 | Swift, TaylorTaylor Swift | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | Mercury | 22 September 2012 | 1 |
| 8 | Script, TheThe Script featuring will.i.am | "Hall of Fame" | Epic/Phonogenic | 29 September 2012 | 2 |
| 9 | Psy | "Gangnam Style" | Island | 13 October 2012 | 3 |
| 10 | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | Def Jam | 3 November 2012 | 1 |
| 11 | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | "Don't You Worry Child" | Virgin | 17 November 2012 | 1 |
| 12 | Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Syco | 24 November 2012 | 4 |
| 13 | Mars, BrunoBruno Mars | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Atlantic | 22 December 2012 | 1 |
| 14 | Murs, OllyOlly Murs | "Troublemaker" | Epic | 29 December 2012 | 1 |
| 15 | Arthur, JamesJames Arthur | "Impossible" | Syco | 5 January 2013 | 3 |
| 16 | will.i.am featuring Britney Spears | "Scream & Shout" | Interscope | 26 January 2013 | 3 |
| 17 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | Macklemore | 16 February 2013 | 4 |
| 18 | Bastille | "Pompeii" | Virgin | 16 March 2013 | 7 |
| 19 | Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams | "Get Lucky" |
Columbia | 4 May 2013 | 7 |
| 20 | Thicke, RobinRobin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams | "Blurred Lines" | Interscope | 22 June 2013 | 6 |
| 21 | Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc | "Wake Me Up" | Positiva/PRMD | 3 August 2013 | 7 |
| 22 | Perry, KatyKaty Perry | "Roar" | Virgin | 21 September 2013 | 3 |
| 23 | OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" | Interscope | 12 October 2013 | 5 |
| 24 | Lorde | "Royals" | Virgin | 16 November 2013 | 1 |
| 25 | Eminem featuring Rihanna | "Monster, TheThe Monster" | Interscope | 23 November 2013 | 6 |
| 26 | Carey, MariahMariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Columbia | 4 January 2014 | 1 |
| 27 | Williams, PharrellPharrell Williams | "Happy" | Columbia | 11 January 2014 | 1 |
| 28 | Pitbull featuring Kesha | "Timber" | J/Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | 18 January 2014 | 3 |
| 29 | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | "Rather Be" |
Atlantic | 8 February 2014 | 10 |
| 30 | Legend, JohnJohn Legend | "All of Me" | Columbia | 19 April 2014 | 1 |
| re | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | "Rather Be" |
Atlantic | 26 April 2014 | 1 |
| re | Legend, JohnJohn Legend | "All of Me" | Columbia | 3 May 2014 | 1 |
| 31 | Mr Probz | "Waves" | Left Lane | 10 May 2014 | 8 |
| 32 | Sheeran, EdEd Sheeran | "Sing" | Asylum | 5 July 2014 | 3[lower-alpha 4] |
| 33 | Grande, ArianaAriana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea | "Problem" | Republic | 26 July 2014 | 2 |
| 34 | Magic! | "Rude" | RCA | 9 August 2014 | 5 |
| 35 | Wood, LillyLilly Wood & Robin Schulz | "Prayer in C" | Atlantic | 13 September 2014 | 3 |
| 36 | Harris, CalvinCalvin Harris featuring John Newman | "Blame" | Columbia | 4 October 2014 | 1 |
| 37 | Trainor, MeghanMeghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | Epic | 11 October 2014 | 1 |
| 38 | Swift, TaylorTaylor Swift | "Shake It Off" | EMI | 18 October 2014 | 1 |
| re | Trainor, MeghanMeghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" | Epic | 25 October 2014 | 2 |
| 39 | Sheeran, EdEd Sheeran | "Thinking Out Loud" | Atlantic | 8 November 2014 | 7 |
| 40 | Ronson, MarkMark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | Columbia | 27 December 2014 | 8 |
| 41 | Goulding, EllieEllie Goulding | "Love Me Like You Do" | Polydor | 21 February 2015 | 4 |
| 42 | Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney | "FourFiveSeconds" | Roc Nation | 21 March 2015 | 3 |
| 43 | Years & Years | "King" | Polydor | 11 April 2015 | 2 |
| 44 | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | "See You Again" | Atlantic | 25 April 2015 | 2 |
| 45 | OMI | "Cheerleader" |
Ultra | 9 May 2015 | 8 |
| 46 | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | "Lean On" | Because | 4 July 2015 | 2 |
| 47 | Lost Frequencies | "Are You with Me" | AATW | 16 July 2015 | 4 |
| re | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | "Lean On" | Because | 13 August 2015 | 1 |
| 48 | Calvin Harris and Disciples | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Columbia | 20 August 2015 | 3 |
| 49 | Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" | Def Jam | 10 September 2015 | 8 |
| 50 | Adele | "Hello" | XL | 5 November 2015 | 3 |
| 51 | Justin Bieber | "Sorry" | Def Jam | 26 November 2015 | 2 |
| 52 | "Love Yourself" | 10 December 2015 | 8 | ||
| 53 | Shawn Mendes | "Stitches" | EMI | 4 February 2016 | 1 |
| 54 | Zayn | "Pillowtalk" | RCA | 11 February 2016 | 2 |
| 55 | Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | Warner Bros. | 25 February 2016 | 2 |
| 56 | Rihanna feat. Drake | "Work" | Roc Nation | 10 March 2016 | 1 |
| re | Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | Warner Bros. | 17 March 2016 | 2 |
| 57 | Mike Posner | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB remix) | Island | 31 March 2016 | 4 |
| 58 | Drake feat Wizkid & Kyla | "One Dance" | Cash Money / Republic | 28 April 2016 | 2 |
- ↑ In 2012, the most-streamed song of the year was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, which was released before the Official Streaming Chart was introduced in May.[10]
- 1 2 3 4 The artist, song, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the OCC.[11][12][13][14]
- ↑ The record labels are those given by the OCC.[15]
- ↑ "Sing"'s second week at number one was the first publication of the Official Audio Streaming Chart.
See also
References
- ↑ Plunkett, John (10 May 2012). "Spotify and other streaming services get own chart". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media). ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Langshaw, Mark (10 May 2012). "Official music streaming chart launching in UK". London: Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Official Audio Streaming Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "Media Centre". bpi.co.uk.
- ↑ "The UK’s first Official Streaming Chart is unveiled!". officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "Ed Sheeran is most-streamed artist of 2012". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media). 10 May 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 613316876. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ Attewill, Fred (9 May 2012). "Ed Sheeran tops first ever UK official streaming chart". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ↑ "Former Next Big Thing winner Ed Sheeran the most streamed act of 2012". Norwich Evening News.
- ↑ "Album charts to count streamed songs". BBC News (BBC). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "The Top 40 most streamed tracks of 2012 revealed". officialcharts.com.
- ↑ "2012 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "2013 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "2014 Top 40 Official Streaming Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "2015 Top 40 Official Audio Streaming Chart Archive". London: Official Charts Company. 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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