On Thursday (Sept. 14), TikTok and Billboard announced the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart — a new weekly chart that will track the most popular songs on the platform in the U.S. The chart is available to all TikTok users in the U.S. and on Billboard.com. Sexyy Red claims the first No. 1 spot on the chart with the song "SkeeYee."
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00:00 ♪ I give a sick and chessy cutie ♪
00:02 - You've heard them on TikTok.
00:04 ♪ I'ma get, I'ma get me like ♪
00:06 ♪ I got a ♪
00:07 - Thanks to the hottest trend.
00:09 ♪ If you be the match, I will be a few, boom ♪
00:12 - They've even climbed to the top of Billboard's charts.
00:15 And now they've got a chart of their own.
00:17 Today we're launching the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
00:20 It's the first official Billboard chart
00:24 for songs on TikTok.
00:26 The chart is based on a combination of creations,
00:29 video views, and user engagement
00:31 by the US TikTok community.
00:33 And the first artist to claim the number one spot
00:35 is Sexy Red with "Ski."
00:37 ♪ I'ma ski, let me pull up ♪
00:39 ♪ Ski ♪
00:40 - I mean, who can resist a good ski?
00:42 - What? - Ski!
00:43 - Every Thursday, Billboard will bring you
00:45 the verified list of the hottest songs on TikTok
00:47 by monitoring music discovery and engagement
00:50 on the platform in the United States.
00:52 To find the TikTok Billboard Top 50 each week,
00:55 users can simply go to any sound detail page
00:57 and tap the top right button to access the charts page.
01:01 This week, Doja lands at number two with "Paint the Town Red."
01:05 ♪ I said what I said ♪
01:07 ♪ I'd rather be famous instead ♪
01:09 - Thanks to some quick feet and double horns.
01:11 And Taylor Swift's folklore track "August"
01:13 has everyone running on the beach.
01:16 ♪ Back when we were still changing for the better ♪
01:20 - Landing her at number three.
01:22 For a full look at the TikTok Billboard Top 50,
01:24 check in the app or on billboard.com.
01:27 Happy liking and posting and we'll see you on the charts.
01:29 (upbeat music)