Rapper and singer Lay Bankz, 19, charts her first tune on the Billboard Scorching 100 (dated April 27) as her breakthrough single, “Inform Ur Girlfriend,” debuts at No. 58.
Launched Feb. 7 on Artist Companion Group, the observe enters the Scorching 100 nearly solely from its streaming sum: 8.8 million official U.S. clicks within the April 12-18 monitoring week, in keeping with Luminate. It additionally jumps 45-24 on Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, after turning into Lay Bankz’s first general Billboard chart entry every week earlier, and debuts at No. 21 on Scorching Rap Songs.
Lay Bankz’s profile has been gaining in latest months because of exercise on TikTok, the place she boasts greater than 3 million followers. “Inform Ur Girlfriend” has soundtracked over one million movies on the platform: one model of the tune has been utilized in over 800,000 clips, whereas one other has contributed to greater than 300,000. Its official audio has been utilized in over 30,000 movies. That virality sparked the tune’s No. 11 arrival on the April 20-dated TikTok Billboard High 50 chart.
Earlier than “Inform Ur Girlfriend,” Lay Bankz made inroads along with her tune “Ick,” which has soundtracked greater than 200,000 TikToks and reached No. 8 on the TikTok Billboard High 50 in October. Each “Ick” and “Inform Ur Girlfriend” have been aided by viral dance tendencies. (Exercise on the platform isn’t included in Billboard’s charts apart from the TikTok Billboard High 50.)
Lay Bankz hails from Philadelphia and has launched greater than a dozen songs courting to “Left Cheek (Doo Doo Blick),” her first launch on Artist Companion Group, in 2022. She launched her debut seven-track EP Now You See Me in August 2023.
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