Tommy Richman's 'Million Dollar Baby' is on its way to becoming the year's next big breakout hit on streaming.
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. The Brent Faiyaz signee and tour opener first made impressions as a guest on Faiyaz’scut “Upset,” but now he’s got a breakout hit bigger than even anything on that acclaimed set: “Million Dollar Baby,” which after building buzz on TikTok, has debuted as an instantly viral streaming hit. Upon its release on Friday , “Million Dollar Baby” racked up 4.6 million on-demand U.S.
With these early numbers, Richman should be due for an impressive Hot 100 bow with his first crossover hit – and he’s already seeing the benefits from the new smash across the rest of his catalog, as well. For the four day period of Apr. 26-29, his discography posted nearly 2.1 million on-demand U.S. audio streams, a gain of 106% from the four-day period before.
In April, TikTok users began posting videos of themselves performing a three-person dance routine, with each of the first three lines of the “Hide Away” chorus soundtracking each member’s respective moves. As the trend proliferated, “Hide Away” started earning seven-figure weekly streams: the song scored 3.13 million U.S. on-demand streams from Apr. 19-25, according to Luminate, an increase of more than 600% from its streaming total three weeks earlier .
Meanwhile, Daya, who released a string of new singles last year, seems to be enjoying the revival of her first: “Never saw the second life of this song coming 9 years in but here we are lol,” sheWhat happens when Jamaica, Nigeria and Puerto Rico join forces? A streaming smash is born, of course.
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