Spotify and Apple Music count streams towards a song when the song has been played for a minimum of 30 seconds–so try and listen for that amount of time before skipping to a different track. Make sure you listen to a song for at LEAST 30 seconds.

Listen to a Track for a Minimum of 30 Seconds But platforms have gotten savvy to fans from other locations using VPNs to boost streams, and now they won’t count those streams. To increase streams, try streaming from as many accounts and devices as possible, like your phone and your computer.īig charts such as the Billboard 200 are based on streams from specific regions. If it does bother you, try using headphones - you don’t have to put them in your ears - or putting the volume on low. Otherwise, they won’t count towards streaming. While streaming, do not put the song(s) on mute. If the artist has made a playlist, use that, too. Use playlists that the streaming services have made such as the ‘A-List Pop’ on Apple Music or ‘Today’s Top Hits’ on Spotify to stream the songs as well. Make a playlist and add the songs multiple times, and make sure you add a few other songs from the same/different artist.

Try streaming the songs/albums using a playlist.

Remixes not more than 90 seconds longer than the original version.

Tracks defined as ‘radio mix’ or ‘album version’.

Multiple versions of digital tracks can be combined:

DIAMOND certification: 10,000,000 unitsġ50 on-demand audio and/or video streams will count as 1 Unit for certification purposes.

MULTI-PLATINUM certification: 2,000,000 units (in increments of one million thereafter).

PLATINUM certification: 1,000,000 units.

Paid subscriptions have more weight (1,250 streams = 1 album unit) than ad-supported subscriptions (3,750 streams = 1 album unit).

Programmed: Pandora, LiveXLive Powered by Slacker, iHeartRadio, etc.

On-Demand: Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, YouTube, Facebook, etc.

Generally, charts reflect sales and airplay between Friday and Thursday of any given week.

Spotify charts albums