Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Maps’ Back at No. 1 on TikTok Billboard Top 50
After two weeks away from No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” is atop the survey yet again, zooming 5-1 on the Dec. 14-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 Dec. 2-8. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
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“Maps,” released in 2003 as part of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ debut album Fever to Tell, initially reigned on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for seven weeks between the surveys dated Oct. 12 and Nov. 23. It fell to No. 10 on the Nov. 30 chart, but just when it seemed like its rule was over, it rebounded to No. 5 last week, followed by its latest coronation.
In all, “Maps” now boasts eight weeks at No. 1, second most since the chart began in September 2023 behind the 10-week run of Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” this year.
Despite the rebound, the trends driving “Maps” remain the same as they did upon its initial ascent. The song’s chief driver is a dance, often set to a sped-up version of the tune. A variety of different mixes of the song, including a Jersey club one, also exist, generally using the sped-up vocals. While the dance represents most of the high-performing uploads these days, creators have also used “Maps” to soundtrack a trend where they use a filter to remove their facial features and then have them cascade back down onto their face.
“Maps” reigns over a brand-new entry on the chart in the I’ll Take You There Choir’s version of “Like a Prayer,” recorded for the movie Deadpool & Wolverine. A choir version of Madonna’s three-week No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1989, the sound has been used in a variety of edits (often to make a scene more dramatic), while a more recent trend tells a story while slowing zooming in on the face of Pepe from The Muppets.
Tyler, the Creator’s “Like Him,” featuring Lola Young, jumps to a new peak of No. 3 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, while Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” breaks into the top five for the first time this holiday season, rising 7-4. “Like Him” initially bowed at No. 6 on the Nov. 9 ranking and experienced a previous best of No. 4 the following week. More recently, creators have also used the sound to recap their 2024s, while another cuts in dialogue from the Spider-Verse franchise.
Besides “Like a Prayer,” one other song debuts in the top 10: Malcolm Todd’s “Chest Pain,” which starts at No. 6. The newly released song (Dec. 4) was teased on TikTok for weeks prior to its official premiere, and many of the top-performing uploads feature creators showing off their loved ones. The song racked up 557,000 official U.S. streams in just two days (Dec. 4-5) of its first Billboard tracking week.
Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” also hits the top 10 for the first time, leaping 15-10 in its second week on the tally. The title track from Grande’s 2018 album (No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a week that September) has a dance-related trend attached, with two people trading off different moves. It helps drive “Sweetener” to a 74% gain in listens to 1.1 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.
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