Blackstreet Returns to the Charts, Ranking for the First Time

NEW ORLEANS, LA – JULY 08: Blackstreet’s Teddy Riley (left) and Dave Hollister (3rd row from left) perform … (+) Onstage at the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 7, 2018 – Day 3. Blackstreet’s song “Don’t Leave Me” has charted on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the first time in decades after it was first released as a single, landing the boy band on the chart for the first time. (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence photo)

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Blackstreet is still together after decades, but the vocal group hasn’t released new music in years. Today, the four guys who make up the boy band have scored a surprising hit with one song Billboard This week on the chart, we return to weekly totals for the first time in a while.

Blackstreet isn’t just making a comeback, they’re reaching chart heights they’ve never seen before. Over the decades they’ve spent together, the band is still reaching new audiences and scoring hits on charts that didn’t exist in their heyday.

Blackstreet’s “Don’t Leave Me” makes its debut on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 in this shot. The chart ranks the 50 most-streamed songs on TikTok, showing what millions of users love on the platform, which has become instrumental in creating hit songs. The pop and R&B group debuts their song at No. 48 in this shot.

“Don’t Leave Me” is Blackstreet’s first hit on the TikTok chart. The number was announced just over a year ago, long after the band’s time in the spotlight. Listeners and TikTokers discovered the track and turned it into a shocking triumph.

Blackstreet has one of 13 debuts on the TikTok Billboard Top 50. That would be a big number for most rankings, but not for the TikTok-exclusive issue, which is full of songs that have skyrocketed on the platform. “Don’t Leave Me” is the latest of the new wins, but it’s notable that it even made the list.

“Don’t Leave Me” was released as a single from the band’s second album in 1997. Another LevelThe song failed to enter the Hot 100, but did well on some genre-specific charts in the United States.

Blackstreet took “Don’t Leave Me” to #1 on several radio charts, including Rhythmic Airplay and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. It came close to cracking the top 10 on both the Radio Songs and Pop Airplay charts, but fell short of that territory on either chart.