The Contenders 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 chart dated Feb. 1, we look at whether the surging quasi-title track from Bad Bunny’s latest will be able to get over the top on the chart.

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

DJ Donne has one of the most diverse tastes in music you will find around Atlanta. His favorite band is Linkin Park, one of his most played albums is Bad

Bad Bunny's "DtMF" spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 songs chart. The superstar again scores five simultaneous top 10s on the chart, all from his new LP, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Plus, Bad Bunny banks three new top 10s.

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars' "APT." rules the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a 13th week. The team-up, which in November debuted as the stars' second leader each on the list, ties for the second-longest command in the chart's four-year-plus history,

Bad Bunny's "DTMF" and "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" are riding high off a post-release streaming surge that's bound to subside in the days to come. Let's close out with one more note about Bruno Mars ...

Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, all regular fixtures atop the Billboard charts, have the biggest songs and albums of the week. But don't sleep on Imogen Heap.

DJ Donne has one of the most diverse tastes in music you will find around Atlanta. His favorite band is Linkin Park, one of his most played albums is Bad

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ hit collaboration, “Die With a Smile,” spends a fourth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. This marks Gaga’s second-longest run at No. 1 in her career,

APT.,' the collaborative single by Rosé and Bruno Mars, has climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the Blackpink star the highest-ranking entry on the chart by a female K-pop artist.

Plus, Bad Bunny again charts five Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, all from his new LP, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, which adds a second week at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart. Among Bunny’s bounty of top 10s, “EoO” reaches the tier for the first time, rising to No. 10.