It may not exactly be the dance sensation that’s sweeping the nation, but the mannequin challenge has been a key component in the rapid rise of Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles” to the top of this week’s BuzzAngle Music-powered Streaming Songs Chart. Not only has this molten track knocked The Weeknd’s “Starboy” off the top perch, it’s also outpointed “Fake Love,” the latest skyrocket from Drake, which seemed like a sure thing to hit #1 a week ago, when it debuted at #3. But then, we’ve learned a hard lesson about presumed sure things since then.
Top 50 marketshare: UMG 47% / Sony 31% / WMG 18%
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