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.

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

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile" continues to fend off all challengers atop the Billboard 100, as the song holds at No. 1 for a third consecutive week. But there's plenty of action to report, as Bad Bunny's dominance — and the aforementioned ...

Plus, Bad Bunny again charts five top 10s from his new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.

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,

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 ...

Bob Dylan is set to kick off his "Rough and Rowdy Ways" tour this spring, following the release of the biopic "A Complete Unknown."

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.

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,

On Jan. 28, 1995, Alan Jackson ’s “Gone Country” hit No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs chart.

Jacob Collier has once again received a Grammy nomination for his 'Djesse' series. The singer talks about the series' wide web of collaborators here.