Surf Curse’s ‘Disco’ Rises to No. 1 on TikTok Billboard Top 50
Written by Kevin Rutherford on September 19, 2024
After three weeks at No. 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, Surf Curse’s “Disco” rises to No. 1 for the first time, reigning on the tally dated Sept. 21.
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 Sept. 9-15. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Disco” takes over the top spot from Clean Bandit’s Zara Larsson-featuring “Symphony,” which drops to No. 3 after reigning for three weeks.
The dominant trend sparking the rise of “Disco,” which was initially released in 2019, continues to be a dance challenge. Though it usually features two people, with one leaning in toward the other for a few beats with the other leaning back, and vice versa, the trend has also seen three or more dancers in the same video – and sometimes even just one.
“Disco” concurrently debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 91, Surf Curse’s first appearance on the ranking. It also lifts 18-17 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. In the week ending Sept. 12, it earned 5.4 million official U.S. streams, up 20%, according to Luminate.
Behind “Disco” comes a slew of songs new to the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top 10, including three debuts. Topping that group: BabyChiefDoit’s “Rollin’,” which bows at No. 2. “Rollin’” marks the Chicago rapper’s first chart appearance, buoyed mostly by lip-synchs set to the song’s “Don’t slip, don’t trip, don’t fall/ Come to the crib and take off your drawers” lyric.
Released in 2023, “Rollin’” has scored strong subsequent streaming gains, leaping 211% to 481,000 listens in the week ending Sept. 12.
STAR BANDZ’s “Bigger Better Badder” starts at No. 4, another rapper making one of her first chart appearances. The similarities to BabyChiefDoit don’t stop there; “Bigger Better Badder” has also risen thanks to lip-synch clips highlighting the song’s “bigger, better, badder” refrain.
In the week ending Sept. 12, “Bigger Better Badder” accumulated 193,000 official U.S. streams, a leap of 353%.
The final top 10 debut of the week is from a veteran artist: Ashanti’s “Rain on Me,” which breaks onto the ranking at No. 5. Where did the 21-year-old song, which peaked at No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2003, come from? Mostly from users posting photos, clips and memes from the long-running Nickelodeon series Henry Danger, which aired for five seasons between 2014 and 2020.
Though the streaming gains of “Rain on Me” are not as substantial as the preceding two songs, it’s nothing to sniff at: 676,000 streams in the week ending Sept. 12, up 15%.
Level’s “Dumb D*#k,” which features Ms. Trill, isn’t a debut, but it’s already in the top 10 in its second week on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, leaping 32-6. Released in 2016, “Dumb D*#k” did not appear on a Billboard chart until its TikTok Billboard Top 50 appearance, thanks to a dance trend.
And then there’s Chappell Roan’s “Casual.” So far, the The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess cut had been a meager presence on the chart; after debuting at No. 44 on the Aug. 17 survey, it returned at No. 48 on Sept. 7 and remained there Sept. 14.
But “Casual” zooms 48-9 on the latest tally, becoming Roan’s first TikTok Billboard Top 50 top 10 (let alone top 40, for that matter). That’s because of a new trend featuring creators uploading photos and video following the prompt of “casual things we did before we started dating”
“Casual” has peaked so far at No. 59 on the Hot 100, coming on the Aug. 24 rankign. It appears at No. 72 on the most recent survey.
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.
