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\n\tThe first year of the TikTok Billboard Top 50<\/a> chart featured an array of music that reached the fledgling ranking\u2019s upper reaches, with 21 songs topping the weekly ranking from its inception as of the Billboard charts dated Sept. 16, 2023.<\/p>\n \n\tTommy Richman<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMillion Dollar Baby,\u201d however, was a leg above the rest.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom its coronation at No. 1 on the May 18 survey (after debuting at No. 2 the previous week) to its to-date final week atop the ranking (July 20), Richman\u2019s summer hit crowned the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for 10 uninterrupted weeks<\/a>. What\u2019s more: as of this writing, \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d has never fallen below No. 6. In fact, the latest weekly chart (Sept. 14) finds it up one spot to No. 5.<\/p>\n \n\tBut \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d is a fitting longest-running No. 1 for the chart\u2019s inaugural year. To recap the story you\u2019ve probably already been told: on April 13, Richman uploaded a 14-second clip of the song to his TikTok. It exploded immediately, having racked up nearly 14 million plays as of mid-September. Two days later, he was posting more clips featuring different music, but the demand in the comments was clear: \u201cDrop million dollar baby rn,\u201d one read. He released the song \u201cSelfish\u201d a few days later on April 19, and yet the pleas persisted: \u201cMore million dollar baby clips.\u201d<\/p>\n