What New Songs Might Hit the Top 10 After Taylor Swift and Recurrent Hits Fall Out? 

The Contenders is simply a midweek file that looks astatine artists aiming for the apical of the Billboard charts, and the strategies down their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Nov. 1, we look astatine immoderate caller humor that mightiness freshen up the chart’s apical 10 successful the coming weeks. 

Olivia Dean, “Man I Need” (Capitol/Polydor/Republic): If there’s 1 rising popular prima really making a noteworthy interaction successful this play of full Taylor Swift dominance, it’s Olivia Dean. The U.K. throwback singer-songwriter has been gradually entrancing bigger audiences connected some sides of the pond for each of 2025, and it’s resulted successful her caller medium The Art of Loving not lone debuting atop the U.K. Official Albums Chart and successful the apical 10 of the Billboard 200 — but climbing 1 spot connected the second illustration successful each of the 2 weeks since its bow, arsenic aggregate songs from it proceed to turn connected streaming.  

The biggest of those breakout songs is easy the jubilant beforehand azygous “Man I Need,” which archetypal crossed implicit to the Hot 100 successful August. “Man” bounded its mode up to No. 12 connected the illustration earlier this October, earlier getting buried (like the remainder of the chart) nether Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl avalanche, falling to No. 20. This week, it begins its rebound, climbing backmost to No. 17.  

It should person adjacent much country to turn soon. Not lone volition immoderate of the Showgirl songs commencement to gaffe retired of the apical 15, but determination are further openings successful the chart’s apical tier present acknowledgment to caller Billboard regularisation changes allowing for songs to spell recurrent connected the Hot 100 quicker than they utilized to — with specified long-running illustration smashes arsenic Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” falling disconnected the illustration this week arsenic a result.  

With those hits retired of the way, and Swift’s songs losing momentum successful their 3rd week of release, it could beryllium a wide way for “Man I Need” to go Dean’s archetypal Hot 100 apical 10 deed successful the adjacent week oregon two. Also helping: Radio has begun to clasp the song, arsenic it debuts astatine No. 40 connected Radio Songs this week, and roseate 30% successful airplay assemblage implicit the archetypal 4 days of the existent tracking week (Oct. 17-20), compared to the erstwhile period, acco...