Lay Bankz's ‘Tell Ur Girlfriend' Is No. 1 for a Third Week on TikTok Billboard Top 50
Lay Bankz’s ‘Tell Ur Girlfriend’ Is No. 1 for a Third Week on TikTok Billboard Top 50
Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend” is No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for a third week, followed by Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby,” which vaults to No. 2 on the May 11-dated tally.
The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity April 29-May 5. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Tell Ur Girlfriend” tops the chart for the third week in a row amid its continued dance trend. It concurrently accumulates 10.9 million official U.S. streams toward the Billboard charts April 26-May 2, according to Luminate, good enough for a return to its peak so far of No. 58 on the multimetric Billboard Hot 100; the vast majority of its Hot 100 points come from streaming.
It’s followed by a new challenger for No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 in “Million Dollar Baby,” which debuts at No. 2. That’s the same spot as its Hot 100 premiere, thanks to 38 million streams.
The story of “Million Dollar Baby” begins on TikTok; Richman debuted the sound on April 13, and the original clip has since racked up more than 9 million views. A subsequent clip on April 23 cleared that number by accumulating over 13 million so far, with the official full-song release coming on April 26.
A dance trend featuring the song has followed, alongside lip-synch clips, plus a photo trend where users post pictures of them meeting celebrities.
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” jumps to No. 3 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 after debuting at No. 9 on the May 4 ranking. The tune is buoyed by a dance trend as well as multiple lip-synching videos, some highlighting the “Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey” verse for comedic effect to imply that they need a stiff drink.
“A Bar Song” reigns on the Hot Country Songs chart for a second week and also leaps 27-3 on the Hot 100, garnering a 67% increase in streams to 35 million.
After Shaboozey, two more songs hit the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top five for the first time: Laila!’s “Like That!” at No. 4, and Phoebe Bridgers’ slowed-down version of “Scott Street,” which rounds out the top five. “Like That!” has been a steady gainer since April, debuting at No. 19 on the April 20-dated survey; most uploads incorporate its “Do you want me?/ Do you wanna love me like that?” chorus, sometimes accompanied by a caption in which the user is trying to distract their significant other from something by dancing and lip-synching the lyrics. “Scott Street,” meanwhile, remains tied to its aforementioned assortment of clips soundtracking reunions, emotional moments and more.
Then there’s Johnny Cash’s “The Chicken In Black,” the second-highest debut after “Million Dollar Baby,” premiering at No. 6. Released in 1984, the song spent 11 weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart that year, peaking at No. 45 amid a general downturn in chart success for the country legend.
“The Chicken In Black” has new life four decades later due to a TikTok trend generally using creators’ pets, with users holding their (usually) small pets or even children like guns while mouthing the “Stick ‘em up, everybody, I’m robbin’ this place” lyric.
It’s turned into chart-eligible streams for Cash, with 1.3 million April 26-May 2, a 266% leap.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
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