Could Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” or Sombr’s “Back To Friends” Crack the Hot 100? | Contenders - video Dailymotion

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Ella Langely’s “Choosin’ Texas” is making waves on the Country Airplay chart, Sombr’s “Back To Friends” hit No. 12 on the Hot 100. But can the two songs break into the top 10 of the Hot 100? Can Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” head into the top 3 of the chart? Keep watching to see what our experts have to say!

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00:00As we saw last week, anything can happen.

00:02Who's dropping into the Hot 100 next?

00:04Is it time for Ella Langley's Choose in Texas

00:06to hit the top 40?

00:08Will we see Olivia Dean make it to the top three?

00:10Can we expect a somber November?

00:12We're giving you the rundown of some of the contenders

00:14on this week's Hot 100.

00:18Ella Langley had a promising viral moment in the past years,

00:20but will this track tug at people's heartstrings

00:23and take it to the top?

00:24Drinking Jack all by myself.

00:26He's choosing Texas, I can tell.

00:30This song had a great debut in Hot 100 recently,

00:32and I feel like it's gonna crack the top 40

00:34on the latest chart.

00:35It also has a big start at country airplay,

00:37so I think getting that country boost

00:39and at that format is gonna really help it.

00:41Nana Need stays steadily climbing.

00:43Can she crack the top three?

00:44Come be the man I need.

00:47Tell me you got something to get, I want it.

00:50We've seen so much excitement around this song.

00:53Also, like we know, she's been opening up

00:54for Sabrina Carpenter, opening up her

00:56to a completely new audience.

00:58The song is inescapable right now,

00:59so I would not be surprised

01:01if she's cracking the top three next week.

01:03Back to Friends may bring Somber his first top 10.

01:06Touch my body tender.

01:10Called it as a somber September a couple months ago.

01:13Maybe it's gonna be a somber November instead,

01:15but the song Back to Friends is really making its way up.

01:17Number 12 this week on the Hot 100,

01:19so only a few spots outside of the top 10.

01:21Very much on the cusp of the top 10 on the pop airplay chart,

01:24so radio really shoring up in the past couple of weeks

01:26for this song.

01:27Somber's one of those artists that,

01:28kinda like an Olivia Dean we've heard about for a while now,

01:30making that breakout case,

01:32really asserting himself as one of those

01:33best new artist contenders of 2025.

01:35What contenders are you listening to?

01:37Let us know in the comments.

01:39And check in with us next week

01:40when we reveal the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10.

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