Tommy Richman’s ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Sets Record Atop TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart
Written by djfrosty on June 13, 2024
Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” becomes the first song to lead the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for at least five straight weeks, linking together its fifth frame in a row on the June 15 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 June 3-9. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
With five weeks at No. 1, “Million Dollar Baby” now sits one week from the reign of Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” which tallied six weeks atop the tally in late 2023. Mitski’s rule was split into two three-week segments at No. 1.
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“Million Dollar Baby” initially broke out on TikTok after Richman’s uploaded what eventually became a viral clip on the platform containing the then-unreleased song on April 13 (the video now has nearly 13 million views as of June 13).
Since its official release April 26, the song has been featured in a dance trend that has dominated its uploads since the end of April.
“Million Dollar Baby” has reached No. 2 on the multimetric Billboard Hot 100 so far; it ranks at No. 3 on the latest list via 45.2 million official U.S. streams, 35.2 million radio audience impressions and 7,000 downloads in the week ending June 6, according to Luminate.
Sexyy Red and Drake’s “U My Everything” lifts to No. 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 in its second week. It continues to benefit from a trend where the user asks their significant other how many likes on TikTok they need for something to happen (to buy them something, to get back together, etc.)
The song falls to No. 49 after debuting at No. 44 on the Hot 100, accruing 9.5 million streams, 1.8 million audience impressions and 1,000 downloads.
Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend” falls to No. 4, while Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” rises to No. 3. The latter remains a runaway hit from Eilish’s new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, sporting a continued rise on charts weeks after the LP’s May 17 release. Its “Birds of a feather/ we should stick together” refrain is used to soundtrack creators’ uploads featuring friends, family and pets.
“Birds of a Feather” earned 28.4 million streams, 985,000 audience impressions and 3,000 downloads. The former metric is enough for the song to rise to No. 1 on the Alternative Streaming Songs chart, Eilish’s ninth ruler.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” ranks at No. 5 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, while 310babii, OhGeesy and BlueBucksClan’s “Rock Your Hips” debuts at No. 6. Originally released May 3, “Rock Your Hips” has vaulted in TikTok activity thanks to a dance trend.
“Rock Your Hips” is 310babii’s second song to chart, following “Soak City,” which peaked at No. 17 last November. The tune accrued 883,000 streams in the week ending June 6.
One other song debuts in the top 10: Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” which saw its official release on June 7. The track was initially teased on TikTok on June 5, garnering 2.8 million views to date, while a post-performance video after Carpenter played Governors Ball in New York has more than 12 million watches so far.
As for uploads not from Carpenter herself, many of the top-performing uploads featuring “Please Please Please” include makeup tutorials, lip synchs and more.
The full impact of “Please Please Please” will be represented on the Billboard charts dated June 22.
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.