TikTok has officially released their Top Ten Songs Of The Summer, both globally and in the UK.
With the hashtag #SongsOfTheSummer reaching over five billion views on the platfrom, Tiktok have published an eye opening list of the most successful songs over the last few months, including pop icons, new comers and even an appearance of Aqua’s 1997 hit Barbie Girl.
Here are the full global and UK list’s:
TikTok’s Top 10 songs globally:
If We Ever Broke Up – Mae Stephens (2023)
What It Is (Solo Version) – Doechii (2023)
Girls Like Me Don’t Cry (Sped Up) – Thuy (2022)
Cupid (Twin Ver – Sped Up Version) – Fifty Fifty (2023)
Lala – Myke Towers (2023)
Makeba – Jain (2015)
??????? (Eyes On You) – Fli:P (2023)
Everyday – Ariana Grande & Future (2016)
Barbie Girl – Aqua (1997)
Endless Summer by Alan Walker & Zak Abel [2023]
TikTok’s Top 10 songs in the UK:
Sprinter – Dave & Central Cee (2023)
Makeba – Jain (2015)
Pretty (Sped Up) – Meyy (2023)
Endless Summer – Alan Walker & Zak Abel (2023)
Little Girl Gone – Chinchilla (2023)
It’s A Wrap (Sped Up) – Mariah Carey (2009)
Barbie World (with Aqua) [From Barbie The Album] – Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice & Aqua (2023)
Never Felt So Alone – Labrinth (2023)
What It Is (Solo Version) – Doechii (2023)
Cupid (Twin Ver. – Sped Up Version) – Fifty Fifty (2023)
Why Should YOU Care?
The insight that an extensive list such as these can provide to your label can be overlooked. Though some of the tracks that appear here are tied to wider cultural moments, sonically there are lessons to be learned from the different (or in many cases similar) aspects of every song.