Alek Olsen Rules TikTok Billboard Top 50, YG Marley Nears No. 1
Written by djfrosty on April 18, 2024
Alek Olsen’s “Someday I’ll Get It” ties Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, reigning for a fourth straight frame on the April 20-dated survey.
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 8-14. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50. As previously noted, titles that are part of Universal Music Group’s catalog are currently unavailable on TikTok.
The reign of “Someday I’ll Get It” continues to mostly revolve around its previously discussed loss-based trend featuring deceased pets or family members, though more recent clips – still featuring animals – might also end on a decidedly happier note, too.
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The song concurrently accrued 3.2 million official chart-eligible U.S. streams toward the April 20 Billboard rankings (April 5-11); it falls to No. 25, after hitting a new peak of No. 18 the previous week, on the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs list.
Each of the weeks the song has ruled the TikTok Billboard Top 50, it’s had a different song at No. 2. That trend continues on the latest tally, with YG Marley’s “Praise Jah in the Moonlight” leaping 14-2. That’s a new peak for the reggae song, after a previous best of No. 7 on the April 6 chart.
The dog that’s the subject behind the TikTok account vikingo606 helps spur some renewed interest in “Praise Jah in the Moonlight” on the latest chart thanks to an April 11 upload asking, “y cuantos likes se gana mi carita? (and how many likes does my face earn?),” referencing other POV-style videos uploaded to the sound that have racked up big numbers on the platform (vikingo606’s boasts 9 million favorites so far).
G-Eazy’s “Lady Killers II,” No. 2 on the April 13-dated survey, falls to No. 3, followed by Artemas’ “I Like the Way You Kiss Me” at No. 4, a new peak after reaching No. 7 a week prior. That’s concurrent with a continued increase in chart-eligible U.S. streams, jumping 12% to 18.8 million listens (enough to boost it into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, leaping 23-16).
The biggest debut of the week on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 belongs to Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend,” which debuts at No. 11. The song was released in February but lands on the ranking via a dance trend incorporating its chorus. The viral dance helps the song balloon in chart-eligible U.S. streams, skyrocketing 94% to 5.7 million April 5-11. As a result, it debuts at No. 45 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list, her first appearance there.
The April 8 solar eclipse seen across North America boosts Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” onto the chart, bowing at No. 13. A four-week No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1983, Tyler’s classic was oft-used during the eclipse on social media, with TikTok videos using it to soundtrack footage of the phenomenon, memes and more.
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.