Playboi Carti’s ‘Sky’ Reigns on TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart

Hip-hop continues its reign on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 as “Sky” by Playboi Carti vaults to No. 1 on the Oct. 7-dated survey.

The TikTok Billboard Top 50, which began three weeks ago, 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 Sept. 25-Oct. 1. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.

Playboi Carti’s “Sky” is the chart’s third No. 1, following fellow rap songs “SkeeYee” by Sexyy Red (Sept. 16) and “Wassup Gwayy” by FamousSally & YB (Sept. 23 and 30).

Released in 2020 as part of Playboi Carti’s Christmas Day-released album Whole Lotta Red, “Sky” peaked at No. 34 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart nearly a year later (Dec. 11, 2021).

The song often sports gains at the beginning of the month due to its “Wake up/ It’s the first of the month” lyric (Oct. 1 marked the end of the latest chart’s tracking week). This time around, multiple videos using “Sky” also reference the idea that using the sound at the beginning of each month spurs good luck for a poster for the rest of that month.

“Sky” is the latest song to reign over Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red,” which holds at No. 2 for a second straight week and third frame in all. The track, which concurrently returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, has not dropped below No. 3 in the four weeks of the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s existence.

Previous No. 1 “Wassup Gwayy” falls to No. 3, while Tate McRae’s “Greedy” leaps to No. 4 in its second week on the ranking. The pop singer’s runaway new hit, which concurrently jumps 33-24 in its second week on the Hot 100, was initially teased on TikTok on Aug. 5 and has only risen in popularity since its full release on all streaming platforms. The track earned 11.5 million official U.S. streams on those platforms Sept. 22-28, according to Luminate, a 1% boost.

Another Hot 100 success, Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” jumps into the top five of the TikTok Billboard Top 50, shooting 34-5. It was released as part of her album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We on Sept. 15, Mitski’s first full-length since the chart’s inception – though she is no stranger to success on the platform in the past, boasting viral moments with songs such as “Washing Machine Heart,” “Nobody” and more. The track concurrently debuts at No. 76 on the Hot 100.

See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 — featuring debuts from Ayo & Teo, Suicidal Idol, Girl in Red and more — here.