TikTok’s seeking to additional solidify its reference to the music business, by way of a brand new partnership with Billboard on an official “TikTok Billboard High 50 Chart”.

The brand new, weekly chart will spotlight the highest trending songs on the platform within the U.S., and can additional underline TikTok’s significance as a driver of music curiosity, and a key platform for music promotion and distribution.

As per TikTok:

“The TikTok Billboard High 50 Chart is the primary official chart within the U.S. to watch music discovery and engagement on the platform. It’s the verified checklist of the most popular songs on TikTok every week, giving essentially the most correct document of the present music traits taking place within the U.S. market. The chart relies on a mix of creations, video views, and consumer engagement by the U.S. TikTok group, and will probably be launched weekly on Thursdays.”

TikTok has quick change into an important consideration for document labels and artists, because of its capability to spark high-volume music traits, that may rapidly make a monitor the important hit of the second.

Certainly, TikTok is now so influential that numerous artists and publishers are creating tracks with TikTok in thoughts, with some even altering the names of their songs on reflection to higher align with in-app utilization. 

In response to a research printed in 2021 by MRC Knowledge, 75% of TikTok customers, at the moment, have been utilizing the app to find new artists, whereas 63% indicated that they hear music they’ve by no means heard earlier than for the primary time by way of TikTok clips. Given TikTok’s progress since then, you’ll be able to solely think about that these percentages are actually even greater, making it a extra influential driver of music traits.

It is smart, then, for TikTok to additional solidify its music business connection, whereas additionally serving to to additional promote artists that make TikTok hits.

I imply, the one concern right here is that this can additional incentivize music primarily based on TikTok traits. Which might not be a foul factor, nevertheless it may result in extra artists seeking to create key snippets for sampling, which may influence the creation course of.

Possibly, I don’t know, perhaps artists don’t think about it to that diploma. However with TikTok driving billions of views primarily based on music, my guess is that at the least some within the document business try to map out what varieties of clips and lyrics inside a monitor will work greatest for TikTok clips.  

Both manner, it makes excellent sense for TikTok to associate with Billboard on this new monitor itemizing, as a promotional automobile for TikTok itself, and a method for Billboard to remain related to key tradition drivers.

It’ll be fascinating, additionally, to see how the TikTok chart compares with Billboard’s common high monitor listings.