Clean Bandit's “Symphony” and Surf Curse's “Disco” occupy the top two spots on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the third week in a row, while Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' “Die With a Smile” comes closest to the top at No. 3 in the ranking dated September 14.
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 most recent chart reflects activity from September 2nd to September 8th. TikTok activity is not included Bulletin board charts other than the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Symphony,” featuring Zara Larsson, takes a third week at the top of the chart, notching another gain in official US streams alongside it. is up 23% to 1.8 million listens in the tracking week ending Sept. 5, according to Luminate.
The 2017 tune remains driven by a meme and a trend on TikTok that features users posting videos of technicolor dolphins alongside humorous or dark captions.
It dominates ahead of “Curse,” which spends a third week at No. 2, driven by a multi-person dance trend that simultaneously brings the non-TikTok song of 2019 Bulletin board chart for the first time. Its 59% jump in streams to 4.5 million sees it debut at No. 18 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, as well as debut at No. 24 on Alternative Streaming Songs.
“Die With a Smile” is the group's driving force, though it climbed one spot from No. 4 to No. 3 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 (a new peak). Since its release on August 16, the song has been used in a variety of TikTok uploads, usually related in some way to romance, depending on the theme of the song. Some of the top performing videos so far include homecoming quotes, footage from movies and TV shows like Tangled and Elementary, and people talking about how they would react if their significant other outed them in song.
“Die With a Smile” is currently No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the chart's latest Greatest Gainer/Airplay. debuted at No. 3 in August.
Alphaville's “Forever Young” follows “Die With a Smile” to a new peak on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, rising 5-4. Productions featuring the song, which peaked at No. 65 on the Hot 100 in 1988, continue to include posts showing spending time with loved ones, edits featuring fictional characters and a trend in which one person in a couple lifts the other in the air as they spray water on both of them from a water bottle.
While the songs listed so far were on the former TikTok Billboard Top 50's Top 50, there's some more substantial movement throughout the rest of the chart, led by Kodak Black's “No Flockin,” which scores 20-6. It's the first time on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the rapper and comes with a song that was originally released in 2015 and then reached the Hot 100 at No. 95 in 2017.
“No Flockin” has received some of the top-performing uploads in recent weeks from sports-related videos, as well as other general content. The song grew 20% in streams to 3.6 million in the tracking week ending September 5.
Adrianne Lenker's “Anything” returns to the top 10 on the TikTok Billboard Top 5, gaining 31-8 after previously peaking at No. 8 in April. One of the song's trends involves one user asking another “Why are you always at my house?” or some variation, with the other combining Lenker's verse “I just wantna be a part of your family”.
And while Sabrina Carpenter's “Taste” falls from No. 3 to No. 7 on the latest ranking, another song from Short n' Sweet It enters the chart's top 10 as “Bed Chem” vaults 18-9, mostly driven by a lip-synch clip.
“Bed Chem” is the third song from Short n' Sweet to reach the Top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50, following the aforementioned 'Taste' and 'Please Please Please', the latter peaking at No. 2 in June.
Check out the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in every Friday to SiriusXM's TikTok Radio (Channel 4) to hear the Top 10 Chart Countdown premiere at 3 p.m. ET, with repeats throughout the week.
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