Tommy Richman’s ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Holds TikTok Billboard Top 50 Lead, Billie Eilish Jumps to Top 5
After succeeding Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend,” a three-week No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” also strings together its third frame atop the tally, ranking at No. 1 on the June 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 May 20-26. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Million Dollar Baby” is the fifth song with at least three weeks at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 since its September 2023 inception. Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine” is the all-time leader with a six-week reign.
“Million Dollar Baby” concurrently ranks at No. 3 on the multimetric Billboard Hot 100 via 55.9 million official U.S. streams, 15.2 million radio audience impressions and 7,000 downloads in the week ending May 23, according to Luminate.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which spent its first week in the top five of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 dated May 25, jumps to a new peak of No. 2 on the latest list, followed by Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” which debuts at No. 3.
As for “Birds of a Feather,” the song marks the second week of debuts from Eilish’s newly released album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. “Blue” led the pack on the May 25 tally with a No. 13 bow, with “Chihiro” also appearing at No. 49.
More songs from Hit Me Hard and Soft populate the June 1 list, but “Birds of a Feather” is far and away the top performer so far with its No. 3 debut. The song’s main trend features friends posting videos together, either past or present, highlighting their friendship. Eilish’s “birds of a feather/ we should stick together” chorus soundtracks the footage.
“Birds of a Feather” concurrently bows at No. 13 on the Hot 100 thanks to 25.3 million streams and 3,000 downloads. The album’s top-performing tune on the Hot 100, “Lunch” (No. 5), is one of the other Eilish tunes to reach the TikTok Billboard Top 50, starting at No. 13, led mostly by lip-synch content.
Below “Birds of a Feather,” Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend” and Future, Metro Boomin, Playboi Carti and Travis Scott’s “Type Shit” rounds out the top five.
“Birds of a Feather” isn’t the only song to hit the top 10 for the first time. Tinashe’s “Nasty” leaps from No. 12 to No. 7, and Cayo’s “Close” shoots 28-9 while Luis R Conriquez and Neton Vega’s “Si No Quieres No” jumps 18-10.
“Nasty,” originally released April 12, has accelerated in recent weeks thanks to a dance trend on TikTok, as has “Close,” premiered in March. While “Nasty” has a few additional appearance on the Billboard charts under its belt, paced by a No. 10 debut on the Hot R&B Songs ranking dated June 1 (2.9 million streams), the TikTok Billboard Top 50 is the only chart appearance so far for “Close,” though it enjoys a 104% jump in streams to 385,000 in the week ending May 23.
As for “Si No Quieres No,” the duet’s TikTok rise (soundtracking a variety of content with no major throughline trend) coincides with a continued spike on other streaming services, rising 10% to 9.6 million streams.
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.
Kevin Rutherford
Billboard
