{"id":658961,"date":"2026-10-27T21:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/658961\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:42:10","slug":"which-of-the-weeks-big-hot-100-debuts-will-stick-around-longest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/658961\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the Week’s Big Hot 100 Debuts Will Stick Around Longest?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter a couple slower weeks for movement in the top tier of the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, big things are going down on this week\u2019s chart (dated Oct. 31), thanks to a handful of new releases from some major hitmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe week\u2019s highest debut comes from still-rising hitmaker Tate McRae, who lands a new career high as a lead artist on the chart with the No. 2 bow of her new single \u201cHousewife.\u201d It\u2019s joined in the Hot 100\u2019s top five by Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cExpectations\u201d \u2014\u00a0which had previously peaked at No. 20 on the chart in its solo version, but now bounds 63-3 thanks to a new remix with Chappell Roan \u2014\u00a0and by Zach Bryan\u2019s new Lana Del Rey-featuring \u201cLies,\u201d which enters at No. 4. (All three, of course, come just short of passing Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d which returns for a 25th week atop the chart.)<\/p>\n

\n\tWhich of the new top five hits is most likely to keep contending into the new year? And will anything else unseat \u201cTexas\u201d this year before the holiday rush hits? Billboard staffers answer these questions and more below. <\/p>\n

\n\t1. Tate McRae\u2019s \u201cHousewife\u201d debuts at No. 2 on the Hot 100 this week, already making McRae\u2019s highest-charting song as a lead artist. On a scale from 1-10, how big a deal would you say this entrance is for her?<\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Claxton: It\u2019s a big deal since she beat out new releases from Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and some of music\u2019s biggest names. I\u2019ll give this moment a 8 out of 10 \u2014\u00a0but it may deserve an even-higher score, considering that while \u201cHousewife\u201d landed at No. 2 on the Hot 100, it debuted at No. 1 on both of Billboard\u2019s global charts.<\/p>\n

\n\tI think this shows how an artist can make a major impact even without landing at No. 1. \u201cHousewife\u201d is already connecting with listeners around the world, and between its global chart debuts and its Hot 100 performance, Tate is starting this era with real gas.<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Dailey: I\u2019ll say 8 and save my 10 for when she debuts at No. 1 \u2014 but the runner-up slot is still fantastic, and shows how much heat she\u2019s packing as a pop it-girl going into this next era.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Lynch: 9. I could even be persuaded to say 10 \u2014 after all, if not for the unprecedented blockbuster that is \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d McRae would have scored her first No. 1 as a solo artist, and that\u2019s major. Regardless, she debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard global charts. This is a huge moment \u2014 her pop star power is no longer something to be debated or qualified but accepted.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Saponara: 9. This really couldn\u2019t have gone much better for Tate McRae. She releases \u201cHousewife\u201d and delivers the live debut of the single at the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show, where she was born to perform on the runway. It\u2019s her highest Hot 100 debut as a lead and was the most streamed song in the country. She and Ryan Tedder continue to build on one of the most potent artist-producer relationships in pop. Whenever there\u2019s a ceiling seemingly placed on Tate, she drives her sports car right through it. The only reason this isn\u2019t a 10 is because she just missed out on unseating Ella Langley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Unterberger: I think a 7.5 is reasonable. A No. 2 peak is hardly a new stratosphere for an artist who\u2019s already had two No. 3s (\u201cGreedy\u201d and \u201cTit for Tat\u201d), but outpacing such starry competition and giving \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d enough of a scare that chart-watchers were on the edge of their seat for the final couple days of the tracking week\u2026 it just proves that McRae\u2019s really running with the big dogs of pop music now. <\/p>\n

\n\t2. Just below \u201cHousewife,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan\u2019s \u201cExpectations\u201d jumps 63-3 after the first full week of the new remix\u2019s release. Is that No. 3 landing spot higher, lower or about what you would\u2019ve expected for the all-star team-up?<\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Claxton: Honestly it\u2019s about where I expected. We had a stacked week with drops from Taylor Swift, Zach Bryan with Lana Del Rey and Tate of course. So many huge artists with even larger fanbases releasing at once makes chart positions a bit difficult. But they made more progress than we might realize, 63 to 3 is a huge jump and that\u2019s definitely something to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Dailey: These are two of the biggest names in pop in 2026, and all of us are starved for any sort of new Roan material. It makes sense to me that it debuted in this position and is about what I expected, maybe even slightly higher. <\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Lynch: So you\u2019re asking about my expectations for \u201cExpectations\u201d? I was anticipating a top five jump given the Chappell-Olivia dream team and No. 3 is squarely in the middle of that \u2014 it\u2019s a great placement for this silly, unserious (in a fun way) song. Roan adds a level of defiant camp to this song that makes it make so much more sense than the original IMO.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Saponara: Initially it was higher than I expected for a song that\u2019s been out for more than four months, but when you get a pair of Gen-Z\u2019s pop titans colliding on a remix, who are also good friends, the vault to the top five makes sense. <\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Unterberger: No. 3 feels perfect, honestly. I know a lot of pop fans were holding out hope for a No. 1 \u2014 I won\u2019t pretend I wasn\u2019t one \u2014\u00a0but I never actually believed it was too likely; no matter how star-studded or well-considered a remix may be, it\u2019s still a remix, and far more likely to boost an already-established megahit than generate a totally new one. And considering this is now one of the best-performing songs from one of the best-performing albums of the year, I\u2019d say the \u201cExpectations\u201d remix still more than did its job there. <\/p>\n

3. Zach Bryan\u2019s \u201cLies\u201d No. 4 debut alongside Lana Del Rey marks his second (of two) top five Hot 100 hits to feature a big-name female duet partner, following the Kacey Musgraves-featuring, Hot 100-topping \u201cI Remember Everything\u201d in 2024. If Bryan wants to go three-for-three there, who should his third teamup be with?<\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Claxton: If Bryan wants to go three-for-three with female duet partners on the Hot 100, I think he should tap in with Megan Moroney. The two haven\u2019t collaborated on a song yet, but they already have a connection: Megan joined Bryan for a performance of \u201cRevival\u201d in 2023 and has covered his music in the past. Moroney has had 15 songs appear on the Hot 100 but hasn\u2019t scored a top five hit yet. Maybe the Emo Cowgirl is just the partner Bryan needs to make it a 3-peat.<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Dailey: How about Tate McRae? If she topped the Hot 100 with Bryan, everyone might finally forget the time she did so with another more controversial country star \u2014 not to mention the fact that she\u2019s a total force right now, and would elevate the profile of any track she guests on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Lynch: If we\u2019re talking about concocting a can\u2019t-miss-the-top five team-up, I would say Ella Langley is the obvious choice, and I would imagine they could cook up some compelling in-studio chemistry. But I feel like Lainey Wilson and Bryan could really cut loose together, too.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Saponara: The first name that popped in my head was Ella Langley, whose chart dominance in 2026 speaks for itself, and that country combination is a sure-fire bet for commercial success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Unterberger: The performers Bryan seems to have the most success with are the ones who have a foot in both the country and the pop worlds, with a little bit of an alt edge to them. So with that in mind, I\u2019d advise him to eschew the slightly starrier names and enlist Avery Anna, who\u2019s already had Hot 100 duet success both with another alt-skewing country star (\u201cIndigo\u201d with Sam Barber) and with an actual rock band (\u201cWhy Don\u2019t You Say So\u201d with Dexter and the Moonrocks). It\u2019d be a natural fit, and probably a great look for both artists. <\/p>\n

\n\t4. Of the three new top five hits, which would you say is the most likely to still be in the mix for the top spot well into 2027?<\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Claxton: I think Tate\u2019s \u201cHousewife\u201d could have some staying power. When the track dropped it made an immediate impact, earning 55.9 million global streams and 6,000 sales worldwide during its first tracking week (according to Luminate). That 55.9 million number is already very high, but I feel like there\u2019s still room to grow, especially if she continues to perform it live like she did at the 2026 Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show.<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Dailey: I think I\u2019m going to say \u201cLies.\u201d McRae\u2019s single has the benefit of being a brand-new song as opposed to a remix of an already released track, while Rodrigo and Roan have the advantage of a bill with two big names rather than one. \u201cLies\u201d has both. It\u2019s also way more palatable for laid-back listening across genres and generations. <\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Lynch: Tate\u2019s for sure. The Rodrigo\/Roan remix is delightful and will likely continue to be a strong streamer, but I don\u2019t see it sticking around on radio through 2027 (likely another Olivia single will be out by then). \u201cLies\u201d is a great duet but seems like it will drop out of the top 10 after a week or two, and it\u2019s unlikely to become a mainstream radio mainstay. I could see it becoming a long-running Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1, though.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Saponara: It\u2019s gotta be \u201cHousewife,\u201d which feels like it has legit staying power and should be dominating radio airwaves shortly. The stage is set for Tate McRae to make another leap in the pop pantheon with her fourth album on the horizon for quarter one \u201827 and \u201cHousewife\u201d should remain a chart staple. My only worry for T8: Ryan Tedder said \u201cHousewife\u201d closes the book on McRae\u2019s 2000s-era pop sound that she\u2019s carefully sculpted, and fans should expect a sonic pivot when it\u2019s album time. <\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Unterberger: Yeah, Tate ain\u2019t even close to done yet. \u201cHousewife\u201d was ticking backup on streaming by the end of its first release week, and is still topping the daily listings on both Spotify and Apple Music, while also picking up steam on radio by the day. Not only does it feel like a safe bet for the first big stable chart hit of 2027, I also wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it ended up going to No. 1 for the first time after the holidays \u2014\u00a0assuming \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d ever decides to start losing steam, anyway. <\/p>\n

\n\t5. Prediction time: Will there be another No. 1 in between \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d and the holiday takeover in 2026? <\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Claxton: I unfortunately don\u2019t see that happening unless Taylor Swift has a few more songs up her sleeve or we get a surprise drop from Beyonc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Dailey: Yes \u2014 it\u2019ll take a real pre-Christmas miracle, but yes.<\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Lynch: The easy (and safest) answer is to say no. But I\u2019ll roll the dice and say sure \u2014 maybe Halloween pushes \u201cDracula\u201d to the top spot, maybe Swift swings a return to No. 1, maybe McRae\u2019s \u201cHousewife\u201d manages to lease out the top spot until Carey sets up shop at No. 1 for the holidays.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Saponara: Yes, \u201cHousewife.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Unterberger: Yes, but only because I\u2019m a Halloween No. 1<\/a> truther. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a couple slower weeks for movement in the top tier of the Billboard Hot 100, big things…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,19879,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-658961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-five-burning-questions","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}