{"id":93012,"date":"2025-10-23T10:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/93012\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:17:15","slug":"olivia-dean-leon-thomas-kehlani-hits-aiming-for-hot-100-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/93012\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Dean, Leon Thomas & Kehlani Hits Aiming for Hot 100 Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Contenders<\/a> is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Nov. 1, we look at some new blood that might freshen up the chart\u2019s top 10 in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tOlivia Dean, \u201cMan I Need\u201d (Capitol\/Polydor\/Republic): If there\u2019s one rising pop star actually making a noteworthy impact in this period of total Taylor Swift dominance, it\u2019s Olivia Dean<\/a>. The U.K. throwback singer-songwriter has been gradually entrancing bigger audiences on both sides of the pond for all of 2025, and it\u2019s resulted in her new album The Art of Loving not only debuting atop the U.K. Official Albums Chart and in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 \u2014 but climbing one spot on the latter chart in each of the two weeks since its bow, as multiple songs from it continue to grow on streaming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe biggest of those breakout songs is easily the jubilant advance single \u201cMan I Need,\u201d which first crossed over to the Hot 100 in August. \u201cMan\u201d bounded its way up to No. 12 on the chart earlier this October, before getting buried (like the rest of the chart) under Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl avalanche, falling to No. 20. This week, it begins its rebound, climbing back to No. 17.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt should have even more room to grow soon. Not only will some of the Showgirl songs start to slip out of the top 15, but there are additional openings in the chart\u2019s top tier now thanks to recent Billboard rule changes allowing for songs to go recurrent on the Hot 100 quicker than they used to<\/a> \u2014 with such long-running chart smashes as Teddy Swims\u2019 \u201cLose Control,\u201d Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d and Benson Boone\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Things\u201d falling off the chart this week as a result.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith those hits out of the way, and Swift\u2019s songs losing momentum in their third week of release, it could be a clear path for \u201cMan I Need\u201d to become Dean\u2019s first Hot 100 top 10 hit in the next week or two. Also helping: Radio has begun to embrace the song, as it debuts at No. 40 on Radio Songs this week, and rose 30% in airplay audience over the first four days of the current tracking week (Oct. 17-20), compared to the previous period, according to Luminate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLeon Thomas, \u201cMutt\u201d (EZMNY\/Motown\/Interscope Capitol): \u201cMutt\u201d has been sniffing around the top 10 of the Hot 100 for months now, peaking as high as No. 11 on the chart before also falling prey to the swarm of Swift debuts. Thomas<\/a>\u2018 breakout hit is steady at No. 18 this week, and may be due for a rebound in the weeks to come with space likely opening up above it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd despite a radio presence that has already been gaining momentum for most of 2025 \u2014 the single was technically a summer 2024 release \u2014 the song is still growing this late into the year. It reaches a new No. 3 peak on Radio Songs this week, with 59.2 million in all-format radio audience, and climbs 9-7 on Pop Airplay. If it just stays the course for another week or two, \u201cMutt\u201d may finally have its day inside the top 10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tKelahni, \u201cFolded\u201d (Atlantic): A long-overdue pop win for acclaimed R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani<\/a> came this summer with her viral \u201cFolded,\u201d which gradually slithered its way into the Hot 100\u2019s top 20. It\u2019s receded to No. 21 since peaking at No. 18, but radio is really starting to try it on \u2014 the song rises to No. 13 on Radio Songs this week, while it holds in the top five on R&B\/Hip-Hop Airplay and even bubbles under Pop Airplay \u2014 and its streaming remains very strong.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTame Impala, \u201cDracula\u201d (Columbia): For the last decade, we\u2019d only be talking about Kevin Parker\u2019s Hot 100 presence in the context of his writing and production work for pop A-listers like Lady Gaga, Travis Scott and Dua Lipa. That changes this month with the breakout of his outfit Tame Impala<\/a>\u2019s dancefloor-ready single \u201cDracula,\u201d which debuted at No. 55 on the Hot 100 two weeks ago and sits at No. 59 this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song should make a particular surge on next week\u2019s Hot 100, thanks to the debut of \u201cDracula\u201d parent album Deadbeat \u2014 the added streams and momentum from which have even vaulted the song into the top 10 on Spotify\u2019s still Showgirl-littered Daily Top Songs USA chart. From there, it might just be a question of how much radio joins the party \u2014 and early signs are encouraging on that front, as the song is up 28% in all-format reach over the first four days of the current tracking week.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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