Can Olivia Dean, Kid Cudi or Tame Impala Make Big Moves on the Billboard Charts? | The Contenders

Our Billboard chart experts break down whether Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall In Love),” Kid Cudi’s “Maui Wowie” or Tame Impala’s “Dracula” make moves on the Billboard charts.

Jerah Milligan 

‘The Life of a Show Girl,’ “Golden” and “Ordinary” still may be dominating our top 10, but who’s in the mix on the hot 100 this week? Could the resurfacing of Kid Cudi’s classic bring this old song to the charts? Is Olivia Dean stealing people’s hearts and staying on repeat, or will Tame Impala’s new music be a  moment? We’re giving you the rundown on some of the contenders on This Week’s Hot 100 this “Maui Wowie” trend is taking over the internet. Will the song make its debut on the charts 17 years after it first was released? 

Treavor Anderson

Kid Cudi’s “Maui Wowie,” which debuts this week in the 70s, really blowing up on TikTok. This is a song from 2008 by the way. So it’s our first time actually seeing Kid Cudion the Hot 100 in a lead role since 2020 so welcome back to the chart, Cudi. But this trend is going crazy. This song is blowing up, so that’s something to watch out for as the streams keep going up, that song could really be a big hit for him. 

Jerah Milligan

It’s so easy to fall in love with Olivia Dean that we may see her climb,

Delisa Shannon

Based off of my streams alone, that one is going to have an uptick on the charts. Everyone is excited about Olivia Dean’s ‘The Art of Loving.’ She has this ability with the way that she arranges, her melodies, her vocals. Everyone is excited, myself included.

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