2018 Essence Festival Presented By Coca-Cola - Louisiana Superdome - Day 3

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 08: Teddy Riley (L) and Dave Hollister (3rd L) of Blackstreet perform onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola - Day 3 at Louisiana Superdome on July 7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Blackstreet’s “Don’t Leave Me” debuts on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, decades after it was first released as a single, bringing the boy band to the list for the first time. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence)

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Blackstreet is still together after decades, though the vocal group hasn’t released new music in many years. The four men who comprise the boy band these days score a surprising hit on a Billboard chart this week, returning to the weekly tallies for the first time in a while.

Not only does Blackstreet mount something of a comeback, they reach a ranking they’ve never seen before. Decades into their time together, the outfit is still reaching new audiences, and scoring hits on charts that didn’t even exist during their heyday.

Blackstreet’s “Don’t Leave Me” debuts on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 this frame. The tally ranks the 50 most-used tracks on TikTok, showing what millions of users are loving on the platform, which has become instrumental in creating hits. The pop and R&B group starts their tune at No. 48 this frame.

“Don’t Leave Me” marks Blackstreet’s first-ever hit on the TikTok chart. The tally was only introduced a little more than a year ago—long after the band’s time in the spotlight was through. Listeners and TikTok users have discovered the cut, and they’ve turned it into a shocking win.

Blackstreet scores one of 13 debuts on the TikTok Billboard Top 50. That would be a huge sum for most rankings, but not the TikTok-only tally, which is often inundated with tunes that are surging on the platform. “Don’t Leave Me” does come in last place among the new wins, but the fact that it’s reached the roster at all is notable.

“Don’t Leave Me” was released in 1997 as a single from the band’s second album Another Level. The tune never managed to reach the Hot 100, but it was successful on some genre-specific lists in the U.S.

Blackstreet pushed “Don’t Leave Me” to No. 1 on several radio rankings, such as the Rhythmic Airplay and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay tally. It came close to reaching the top 10 on both the Radio Songs and Pop Airplay lists as well, though it didn’t quite crack that region on either roster.