Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Spends Second Week Atop TikTok Billboard Top 50
Written by djfrosty on February 27, 2025
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” rules the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for a second week in a row, following his top-four sweep on the Feb. 22 tally with four of the top 10 on the March 1-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 accumulated Feb. 17-23. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Not Like Us,” which concurrently ranks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (39.2 million official U.S. streams, 20.7 million radio audience impressions, 16,000 downloads in the week ending Feb. 20, according to Luminate), maintains its reign as users continue to post footage of the song post-Super Bowl Halftime Show performance (Feb. 9). Uploads range from reactions to the song’s portion of the set to recreations of Lamar’s walk that kicks off the performance.
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In addition to usages of the original sound, many of the videos even utilize audio from the halftime show performance itself, with nearly 190,000 uploads using the NFL’s sound as of Feb. 27.
Though the other three songs featuring Lamar from Feb. 22’s top-four dominance on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 drop anywhere between one and four spots, they all remain in the chart’s top 10. Lamar’s “Luther,” with SZA, falls 2-3, while the AzChike-featuring “Peekaboo” drops 3-7 and SZA’s “30 for 30,” with Lamar, moves 8-4.
But a new challenger approaches Lamar on the March 1 survey in Imogen Heap’s “Headlock,” which leaps 24-2. Originally released as part of Heap’s 2005 album Speak for Yourself, the song has seen a major resurgence since the end of 2024 thanks initially to edits of clips from the video game Mouthwashing soundtracked by the song. A recent bass-shaking remix from ZAPIE has further boosted the tune, often with an accompanying dance trend.
“Headlock” concurrently ranks at No. 8 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart, its eighth-straight week at that position. It earned 6.87 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week ending Feb. 20.
BossMan Dlow’s “Shake Dat Ass (Twerk Song)” also reaches a new peak on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, jumping 8-5 in its 21st week on the tally. The song originally debuted last June and has reached new heights thanks to a remix featuring GloRilla that was released in December. Its trend highlights GloRilla’s “I see you lookin’, you must like me or somethin’/ I see you starin’ at that ass, must wanna bite it or somethin’” verse, generally done as a lip synch.
One other song besides “Headlock” hits the top 10 for the first time: Kimya Dawson’s “You Love Me,” which reaches No. 10 in its 26th week on the survey. That marks the longest trip to the top 10 in the chart’s history, surpassing the 19 weeks it took for Aphex Twin’s QKThr.”
Originally debuting on the chart in August (and having been released on Dawson’s 2004 album Hidden Vagenda), the whistle-addled tune is often used in uploads that represent relationships, friendship or pet content.
The chart’s top debut of the week belongs to Drake, whose “Nokia” bows at No. 15, the lone premiere from $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, the rapper’s collaborative album with PARTYNEXTDOOR that concurrently starts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as previously reported.
“Nokia” (a No. 10 debut on the Hot 100 dated March 1) is largely boosted on TikTok by uploads referencing the “Who’s callin’ my phone (Who’s callin’ that s–t?)” intro, with many users opting to make the song their phone’s ringtone, while others opt for a dance trend.
The March 1-dated TikTok Billboard Top 50 will mark the final chart to be presented on Billboard.com, as TikTok and Billboard’s partnership is coming to a close.