Jordan Adetunji’s “Kehlani” becomes the first song to remain at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for more than one week since July, reigning for a second straight frame on the Aug. 24-dated tally.
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 from Aug. 12 to 18. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Kehlani” is the first song to reign for more than one week since Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” led between the May 18 and July 20 surveys. Since then, three tunes – Blood Orange’s “Champagne Coast,” Clairo’s “Juna” and Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s “Alibi” – ruled for one week each prior to the rise of “Kehlani.”
Chiefly, major uploads using “Kehlani” on TikTok adhere to its dance trend, with Kehlani herself (who was added to a remix of the song on June 20, followed by a music video on Aug. 2) participating in many of the highest profile videos.
“Kehlani” concurrently hits a new peak of No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Aug. 24, lifting 26-25 thanks to 13.1 million official U.S. streams, 9.7 million radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Luminate.
The aforementioned “Alibi” holds at No. 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 while Hanumankind and Kalmi’s “Big Dawgs,” following its first time in the top 10 on the Aug. 17-dated ranking, zooms to No. 3.
Many of the top uploads using “Big Dawgs” on TikTok feature emulations of Hanumankind’s stepping dance moves in its music video or reactions to the video itself, as well as soundtracking other general viral content uploads.
For the second week in a row, “Big Dawgs” is the greatest gainer in streaming on the Hot 100, jumping 31-23 via 14.2 million streams, up 18%.
One other song hits the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top five for the first time: DJ Drama and Gucci Mane’s “Photo Shoot,” which leaps 16-5 in its third week on the list.
“Photo Shoot” was originally released in 2009. Though it’s had occasional blips of activity on TikTok in recent months, its latest rise largely stems from picture-based uploads, highlighting Gucci Mane’s “Come and take a camera flash” lyric.
The song jumps 45% to 324,000 streams in the week ending Aug. 15.
Project Pat’s “Life We Live” and Surf Curse’s “Disco” follow “Photo Shoot” at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. “Life We Live” debuted at No. 46 on the Aug. 17 tally, while “Disco” is the Aug. 24 list’s top debut.
“Life We Live,” which features Namond Lumpkin and Edgar Fletcher, is the third song from Project Pat to hit the top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 since the chart’s September 2023 inception, following “Choose U” and “Good Googly Moogly,” both in January. Like that pair of songs, “Life We Live” is an older release, having come out in 2001.
The TikTok trend for the song features its “Gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad/ Love what you got and remember what you had” lyric that kicks off its third verse. Creators give a thumbs up or down and smile or frown in conjunction with the corresponding lyrics.
It’s the first time “Life We Live” has ever reached a chart. Its parent album, 2001’s Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 that March.
As for “Disco,” the rockers’ 2019 track is their first to make the TikTok Billboard Top 50, though Surf Curse had a previous TikTok-fueled resurgence in 2021 via “Freaks,” which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking that September.
“Disco” also benefits from a dance trend, generally done between two people while facing each other.
“Disco” sports a 47% bump in streams to 933,000 in the week ending Aug. 15.
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.
