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Welcome to Billboard Pro\u2019s Trending Up<\/a><\/strong> newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry\u2019s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.\u00a0
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This week: The New York Knicks\u2019 first championship victory in 53 years (and the first World Cup kickoff in four years) sends sports fans to stream their favorite related anthems, while streaming audiences celebrate the late Oliver Tree and an *NSYNC classic gets a viral choreography boost.<\/p>\n

Go New York Go: Knicks Championship Sends Streams Skyrocketing for Local Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York Knicks\u2019 first NBA championship in 53 years sparked citywide celebrations that turned into big gains for multiple New York-related songs over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Leading the way in volume: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys\u2019 \u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d accumulated 1.4 million on-demand chart-eligible streams in the United States on June 13 (the day of the game-five win) and 14 (the day after, also including any late-night streaming as the game ended shortly before midnight), a 30% boost from 1.1 million the prior two days (June 11-12), according to preliminary reports from Luminate.<\/p>\n

Other major leaps included gains for Frank Sinatra\u2019s \u201cTheme From New York, New York\u201d (672,000 June 13-14, up 62% from 415,000 June 11-12), Ja Rule\u2019s \u201cNew York\u201d featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss (515,000, up 68% from 308,000), Billy Joel\u2019s \u201cNew York State of Mind\u201d (190,000, up 71% from 111,000), Cam\u2019ron\u2019s Jay-Z- and Juelz Santana-featuring \u201cWelcome to New York City\u201d (98,000 up 62% from 60,000) and Jesse Itzler\u2019s \u201cGo Ny Go\u201d (56,000, up 70% from 33,000).<\/p>\n

Worth noting as well: comparing each song\u2019s June 14 streams to its listens on April 18, the day the 2026 NBA playoffs began. \u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d pulled 374,000 streams that day, giving the song a 128% to its 852,000 on June 14 alone. The other five tracks experienced similar gains during that span, as low as 126% and as high as a five-digit-percentage-point increase of 18,465%. \u2013 KEVIN RUTHERFORD<\/p>\n

Oliver Tree\u2019s Catalog Skyrockets in Streams After Singer-Songwriter\u2019s Death<\/strong><\/p>\n

The shocking news came out<\/a> over the weekend (June 14) that alt-pop hitmaker Oliver Tree<\/a> was one of six dead in a mid-air crash between two helicopters above the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. The singer-songwriter-producer, born Oliver Tree Nickell, had been traveling through South America as part of his World\u2019s First World Tour \u2014 which had kicked off on May 30 in Mexico and was supposed to take Tree through 70 total performances spanning all seven continents.<\/p>\n

The music world was stunned by Tree\u2019s tragic passing, with many artists expressing their grief over social media<\/a> \u2014 including ex-girlfriend and fellow alt-pop star Melanie Martinez<\/a>, who called him \u201ca true artist in every way.\u201d Tree\u2019s fans were also understandably overtaken by the loss, taking to streaming services to mourn the 32-year-old\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

The day of his June 14 death, Tree amassed 5.5 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate \u2014\u00a0a number which jumped another 135%, to 12.8 million streams, the following day. Between the two days, he accumulated nearly 18.3 million streams, a staggering 1,744% spike from the equivalent two-day period a week before (June 7-8). The leading tracks were his pair of Billboard Hot 100 hits, 2021\u2019s \u201cLife Goes On\u201d (up 1,919% to 3.2 million streams) and 2022\u2019s \u201cMiss You\u201d with Robin Schulz (up 1,756% to 2.3 million), as well as his 2018 breakout single \u201cAlien Boy\u201d (up 1,963% to 1.7 million). \u2013 ANDREW UNTERBERGER<\/p>\n

World Cup Anthems Soar Following Tournament Kickoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019re in New York or Carolina still basking in the Knicks\u2019 or Hurricanes\u2019 respective NBA and NHL championship victories, you\u2019re probably somewhere currently experiencing some degree of World Cup fever. The global FIFA tournament kicked off on Thursday (June 11), with games taking place across Canada, Mexico and the United States for both the past week and the next month-plus to come.<\/p>\n

Before that, though, a number of artists performed as part of the tournament\u2019s official countdown concerts, taking place across World Cup sites on Wednesday (June 10). Many of the artists involved played World Cup-affiliated songs, with the songs experiencing major gains as a result.<\/p>\n

Shakira & Burna Boy\u2019s \u201cDai Dai,\u201d the official song of the tournament, saw some of the biggest hikes after the duo closed the Mexico opening ceremonies with the anthem, racking up over 3.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams over the three days following the concert (June 11-13) \u2014\u00a0a 74% spike from the equivalent period the week before (June 4-6), according to Luminate. Lisa, Anitta and Rema also saw a 43% gain (to 365,000 streams) for their song \u201cGoals\u201d over the same period, following their joint performance at the U.S. opening ceremonies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a handful of older World Cup songs were not performed at the event, but are still earning streaming spikes due to being undying tournament anthems. A pair of 2010 classics, Shakira\u2019s \u201cWaka Waka (This Time for Africa)\u201d and K\u2019naan\u2019s \u201cWavin\u2019 Flag,\u201d both experienced big jumps, with the former up 101% to 2.2 million streams and the latter up 124% to 630,000 over the same timespan. And Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez just can\u2019t stop trending up<\/a> this past month, with their 2014 collab \u201cWe Are One (Ola Ola)\u201d rising 251% to 1.1 million streams.<\/p>\n

And despite not being an official World Cup song \u2014\u00a0or really having anything to do with futb\u00f3l at all \u2014\u00a0Katy Perry\u2019s 143 deep cut \u201cWonder\u201d saw some of the greatest gains of the weekend. After Perry performed alongside 10-year-old Norwegian singer Tius Luka to close the U.S. opening ceremonies, the song climbed a whopping 4,009% over the same period, from just 4,000 streams to over 169,000 streams. \u2013 AU<\/p>\n

The Brotherhood Dance Crew Revives *NSYNC\u2019s \u201cI Want You Back\u201d With Viral Choreography<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brotherhood dance crew strikes again!<\/p>\n

Led by choreographer Scott Forsyth and hailing from Canada, the frequently viral dance team score another TikTok dance trend with moves lifted from its first-place-winning performance<\/a> at the International Dance League\u2019s 2026 Vancouver Series (May 23).<\/p>\n

The crew delivered a pitch-perfect, boy band-inspired set built around *NSYNC\u2019s \u201cI Want You Back,\u201d and the infectious choreography has spurred users to revisit the 1997 hit song on streaming. According to Luminate, \u201cI Want You Back\u201d earned 379,000 official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of The Brotherhood\u2019s IDL victory (May 22-28). Once clips from their set began to make the rounds on TikTok the following week (May 29-June 4), that figure jumped 44% to over 546,000 official streams. A week later (June 5-11), \u201cWant\u201d leapt a further 25%, collecting over 687,000 official streams, good for a two-week increase of 81%.<\/p>\n

While The Brotherhood\u2019s official TikTok account houses a clip<\/a> of the winning performance with just under one million views, Forsyth (@\/scott4syth<\/a>) boasts two rehearsal<\/a> \u201cWant You Back\u201d clips<\/a> with over 1.2 million views each. The official \u201cI Want You Back\u201d TikTok sound<\/a> now plays in nearly 50,000 clips, with a large portion of them finding everyday<\/a> users<\/a> attempting<\/a> the<\/a> choreography<\/a>.\u00a0 Notably, The Brotherhood helped Lecrae & 1K Phew\u2019s \u201cMove\u201d land in this column<\/a> thanks to their 2025 IDL Vancouver performance.<\/p>\n

With the official *NSYNC TikTok account proclaiming, \u201cYou guys win\u201d in the comment section of The Brotherhoood\u2019s post, expect the \u201cI Want You Back\u201d momentum to continue building across socials. \u2014 KYLE DENIS<\/p>\n

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