Stepz’s ‘Rock’ Scores No. 1 on TikTok Billboard Top 50
The rapper rules his first Billboard chart.
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Stepz’s “Rock” lifts a spot to No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart dated Dec. 7, becoming the rapper’s first leader on a Billboard ranking.
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 Nov. 25-Dec. 1. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Rock” bowed on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 dated Nov. 9 at No. 29 before spiking to No. 2 on the Nov. 30 survey. It lifts to No. 1 on the continued strength of a dance challenge.
Stepz himself has contributed to usages of “Rock,” though his participation extends to other songs within the chart’s top 10; earlier in the week, he also contributed a dance to the trend for Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover),” which concurrently blasts 22-8 for its first week in the ranking’s top 10. Adele returns to the top 10 of the chart for the first time since January, when “When We Were Young” reached No. 8.
“Rock” concurrently jumps to 1.3 million official Billboard U.S. chart-eligible streams in the week ending Nov. 28, up 18%, according to Luminate. “Send My Love,” which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016, rises 17% to 1.8 million streams.
Gia Margaret’s “Hinoki Wood” lifts 3-2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, while GloRilla and Sexyy Red’s “Whatchu Kno About Me,” the previous No. 1, drops to No. 3. “Hinoki Wood” is tied to the chill guy meme/trend, with creators using the song to upload content showcasing how much of a chill person they are, either using their own likenesses or the cartoon dog itself.
“Hinoki Wood” sports a 132% leap in streams to 720,000. It’s her second appearance on a Billboard chart, after the album Romantic Piano spent six weeks on the Classical Crossover Albums list in 2023.
“Bound 2” by Ye (formerly Kanye West) re-enters the TikTok Billboard Top 50 at No. 4 – its highest rank yet, following an appearance at No. 10 last December. Its return at the same time as last year (Dec. 2) is no coincidence; yet again, creators highlight the 2013 song’s “We made it to Thanksgiving/ So maybe we can make it to Christmas” lyric” (the chart’s latest tracking week includes the Nov. 28 Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.).
Ole 60’s “Thoughts of You” soars into the chart’s top 10 for the first time, vaulting 41-6 in its second week. The country band’s recently released tune (it came out in September) surges via a timely lyric “Oh, eyes in line and hands together/ We almost made it through the weather/ Looked up, laughed and said, ‘Where’d November go?’” The trend then features users comparing their November 2023 to their November 2024. Some have begun applying the trend to December as well.
“Thoughts of You” rises to 2 million streams in the week ending Nov. 28, up 40%. The song represents the first country entry in the top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 since Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” in October.
One other song reaches the top 10 for the first time, and it’s also the week’s top debut: Silento’s “Watch Me,” which bows at No. 9. Released in 2015, the song fits TikTok perfectly, as the track had a corresponding series of dances instructed by the rapper in its lyrics. The latest trend includes the original dance, albeit with some additional flourishes when it features more than one person.
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.
