Charts Archives

BTS’ MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 is winner of IFPI’s Global Album All Format Chart

12/03/2021

BTS’ MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 is first ever winner of IFPI’s newly-launched Global Album All Format Chart. The chart, an addition to IFPI’s existing global awards, contains the best-selling albums of the year across all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming platforms. The fourth studio album from global superstars BTS, MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 broke records and topped charts all over the world after its release in February 2020. As well as […]

The Weeknd wins 2020’s IFPI Global Digital Single Award for Blinding Lights

11/03/2021

The Weeknd wins 2020’s IFPI Global Digital Single Award for Blinding Lights according to IFPI’s recently published Top 10 Global Digital Singles of 2020 chart. The IFPI Global Digital Single Award is presented to the world’s best-selling single of the year across all digital formats including single track downloads, and streams on both paid subscription services and ad-supported platforms. Blinding Lights was the second single from The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours, which was released in March […]

Streaming during 2020 was up 31.8% in Italy

17/01/2021

Streaming during 2020 was up 31.8% in Italy reaching a record 1Bn streams per week during the last weeks of 2020 according to FIMI, the Italian music industry association. According to data compiled by GfK data for the association, premium streaming dominated the market this year with a growth of 31.8%, while free streaming was up 9%. The lockdown and the related closure of many stores has slowed down the sales of physical media which after months […]

Two thirds of German holiday charts are Christmas songs

02/01/2021

Two thirds of German holiday charts are Christmas songs with “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Mariah Carey) and “Last Christmas” (Wham!) occupying the joint top spot for the fifth time. This year two thirds of the Top 100 currently consists of Christmas songs compared to 51 holiday songs in the official German singles charts in 2019 as determined by GfK Entertainment.The only German-language Christmas titles are “In der Weihnachtenäckerei” (Rolf Zuckowski and his friends, […]

Radio and Prime Music plays added to German charts

13/12/2020

From the 7th December radio and Amazon Prime Music plays have been added to the official German singles charts according to BVMI, the German recorded music industry association. These have been added to the weekly charts compiled with GfK Entertainment which already record physical sales, downloads and premium music streams. The airplay charts are recorded for the top 300 titles with a week as determined by MusicTrace. According to the BVMI, “The aim of the […]

Spotify launches Weekly Music Charts

25/10/2020

Spotify launches Weekly Music Charts to include Weekly Top 50 and US and Global album and song charts. Listeners have long been able to view the top daily songs on Spotify, but this new weekly offering expands its charts to allow fans and artists alike to better share and enjoy pivotal music moments, as well as get a definitive snapshot of what music is having the most global impact—from new album releases to new hit singles. […]

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts

16/07/2020

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts which are available in 26 countries on Spotify mobile (iOS and Android). The charts will not only share the fastest-climbing of-the-moment trends for podcasts with users, but will also list the overall most popular shows in your region based on recent listener numbers. Certain markets, including Brazil, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, UK and the US will dig further into the podcast data and will separate out […]