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Launches Tiktok TOP 50 CHART highlighting most popular music on platform
Billboard, the renowned music industry charting body, is teaming up with TikTok to track the most trending music on the platform. The newly introduced TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart, based in the US, assesses "creations, video views, and user engagement" by US users, compiling the 50 most popular songs on TikTok every week. The inaugural chart features Sexyy Red's 'SkeeYee' at the top, followed by Doja Cat's 'Paint the Town Red' and Taylor Swift's 'august'. Notably, Sexyy Red and Taylor Swift dominate the chart, making multiple appearances. The collaboration showcases TikTok's influence on the music industry, underlined by its previous launch of Sound On, a music distribution platform that generously compensates artists with 100% of their royalties in the first year and 90% in subsequent years. Accessible within the TikTok app and via Billboard, the TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart brings a new dimension to tracking musical trends.
Cape Town DJ duo Surreal Sessions, consisting of Jodie Williams, 24, and Liam Bowers, 24, is set to make their international debut at Amsterdam's Boiler Room festival in November. They were chosen for their unique genre collaboration called 'Third Space', blending gqom with dancehall. The duo met in high school and pursued sound engineering at Cape Audio College. Their aspiration is to create music that might earn them a Grammy award. Meanwhile, Gqeberha-born amapiano DJ duo TxC, Tarryn Reid, 26, and Clairise Hefke, 28, are thrilled to perform at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha this November, representing South Africa and showcasing the amapiano sound. They also plan to release new music and an extended project in the future. CAPE TOWN - Ever since Grammy award winning DJ Black Coffee made his big break on the international market, many local stars have followed in his footsteps taking the South African style of music to the world. Jodie Williams and Liam Bowers who are known as Surreal Sessions
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