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Shaboozey, Morgan Wallen, Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga: Who Will Win the Crowded Race for No. 1 on Next Week’s Hot 100?

Next week's race for the Hot 100 No. 1 will be a crowded one between Shaboozey, Morgan Wallen, Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga and possibly more artists.

This week's The Contenders looks at a tightly packed competition for the top spot – which also might have one or multiple late entrants from a Monday-released LP. But its streaming and sales numbers remain sturdy, so as the song likely continues to pick up in airplay from here (with Wallen currently one of the most reliable radio artists in all of popular music), it certainly could contend for the top spot again soon, and possibly for many weeks after. Chroma” & “Noid” (Columbia): Always the iconoclast, star rapper Tyler, the Creator decided to release his latest album Chromakopia at 6:00 on a Monday morning (Oct. 28).

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