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Tyla’s ‘Water’ officially charts on Billboard Hot 100

Tyla has been making waves with her hit song Water. So much so that it landed her on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Tyla first debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 – a chart that lists the top songs that have not yet charted on the main chart.

The song became a viral hit on the popular app TikTok with more than 200 million views and over half a million posts using the sound.

Billboard shared the big announcement on social media, stating, “@Tylauraa scores her first-ever entry on the #Hot100 this week, as Water debuts at No. 67!”

Responding to the record-breaking news, Tyla simply wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “SCREAMMMINGGGGGGGGGGHH.”

In a separate post, the Been Thinking songstress added, “SOUTH AFRICA TO THE WORLDDDDD.”

The singer also made sure to remind her fans of her roots, writing, “I’m a South African girl born and raised in Johannesburg. This is crazy.”

She also noted that her success was a win for the African continent. “This is a win for the whole of Africa. Unity will give us the power to go further. Let’s take our sound to the world.”

Also see: Tyla becomes most streamed SA artist on Spotify

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