This week's The Contenders looks at whether those sleigh bells are gonna start drowning out the loudest-arriving album of late 2024. 

This week's The Contenders looks at Shaboozey going for all-time history. 

This week's The Contenders looks at Abrams’ fast-growing hit’s chance to match the Hot 100 smash going for further history.  

This week's The Contenders looks at a potential landmark chart week for the year’s longest-reigning breakout hit. 

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.

Wallen's "Love Somebody" looks to be the week's biggest debut -- but with a map-crossing pop star duet also creeping up from behind it.

This week’s Contenders looks at a trio of new challengers for the albums chart’s top spot.

Shaboozey’s breakout hit has reigned atop the hot 100 for 12 weeks already, but a big debut and a surging hit may present a challenge next week.  

'Mixtape Pluto' could end up the rapper's third Billboard 200-topping set of '24, which would make him the first artist this decade to have three albums debut at No. 1 in a single year.

“A Bar Song” has been No. 1 for eight weeks now – who is the biggest threat to Shaboozey’s continued reign?