RedNote and Lemon8 are now the most popular free downloads in the App Store. Both are also owned by Chinese companies.
The festival business has increasingly relied on TikTok for marketing. Now, as the Supreme Court deliberates a law that could wipe it out in the U.S., many are looking at alternatives.
The nation's highest court will hear arguments Friday (Jan. 10) over a law aimed at forcing the platform's sale by its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
TikTok has "primed users to make transactions quickly" and some labels have taken advantage, selling thousands of dollars worth of LPs.
In an amicus brief, the president-elect asked the court to push back the Jan. 19 deadline for ByteDance to divest from the app while his administration "considers the merits of this case."
The popular app's future is uncertain. "Where is new artist discovery happening in 2025 if this app completely disappears?" one marketer asks.
The justices will weigh whether the law violates the First Amendment in a Jan. 10 hearing.
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Lawyers for the company are asking the justices to step in before the law's Jan. 19 deadline.
More than 600 songs appeared on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 this year. Just 24 subsequently jumped to the Hot 100.
