Will the Grammys result in Big Hot 100 earnings for any winner and performer?

The contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top Advertising sign charts and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Feb. 17), while Jack Harlow's “Lovin on Me” is once again the first to return to No. 1, the biggest winners and performers on Music's Biggest Night have also perhaps the final big hit of their chart runs.

Luke Combs, “Fast Car” (Columbia Nashville): Perhaps the most buzzed-about performance of Grammy night featured Luke Combs dueting with Tracy Chapman (for the first time) on “Fast Car,” the song with which the two performers both had top hits, 35 years apart . It was a momentous moment for both artists, a long-awaited comeback show for a traditionally reticent Chapman and a full-on one for Combs, who has called “Fast Car” “his first favorite song.”

Chapman's version of “Fast Car” is the strongest gainer since the duet debuted, with its initial zoom to No. 1 on the iTunes sales chart and also reaching the top 100 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs USA chart for the first time. But Combs' cover also took a big hit, climbing back into the iTunes top five and rebounding into Spotify's top 40 in the US. Combs' “Car” has slowed on the Hot 100 after peaking at No. 2 last July and most recently in the top 10 in January, but is still at No. 20 on the chart this week. With his added Grammy push, he may well make a turnaround and return to the top 10.

Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” (Smiley Miley/Columbia): Miley Cyrus' new signature hit was truly in full bloom on Grammy night. Not only did she win two awards on the telecast (Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year, her first Grammy win), but she also got a spotlight performance, in what Cyrus said was only her second time singing in public the song. Her performance was understandably triumphant — somewhat literally, as she ended her last “started to cry, but then she remembered…” pre-chorus with the ad-lib “I just won my first Grammy!”

The Grammys' big moment revived interest in the old song — which still remains in the Hot 100's top 40, slipping from No. 27 to 32 this week — by re-entering the Daily Top Songs USA Top 40 Spotify chart and the top five on the iTunes sales chart. With radio support for the song remaining steady (and recently breaking records), if not as overwhelming as the song's peak in mid-2023, it will have a chance to re-enter the Hot 100's top 20 — and maybe beyond. higher if the new momentum is maintained throughout the week.

Billie Eilish, 'Why Was He Made?' (Dark Chamber/WaterTower/Atlantic/Interscope): Awards season has always been Billie Eilish and Finneas' friend, and perhaps no more so than in 2024. 'Why was I made?' just won song of the year at the Grammys – their second win in the category, following “Bad Guy” in 2020 – and also received a heartfelt performance from the duo during the ceremony. This might just be the warm-up for next month's Oscars, where the song (from Barbie) is the prohibitive favorite to win Best Original Song (which would again be a second W for the duo, following the Bond theme “No Time to Die” in 2022).

Will the momentum be enough to push the song into the top 10? Unlike “Flowers” and “Fast Car,” which have already peaked at No. 1 and No. 2 on the Hot 100, respectively, “Made For” has yet to reach the top of the chart, having reach No. 14 last. in the middle of August Barbie buzz. The song currently sits at No. 31, and is in post-Grammy sales and streams – though not as much as the other two aforementioned Grammy winners. If it's going to make any serious ground, it's going to need some help from radio – it's the only one of the three songs mentioned that still has room and potential to grow on the airwaves. while it's peaking at pop radio, it's still climbing adult formats.

IN THE MIX

Billy Joel, “Turn the Lights Back On” (Colombia): While Columbia is definitely winning this week with Miley Cyrus and Luke Combs Grammy night hits, the label also has reason to celebrate with one of its biggest artists: Billy Joel is back on the record with new song 'Turn the Lights Back On,” his first single since 2007. The song isn't likely to threaten the top spot on the Hot 100, but it has sold well enough since its Thursday debut and has enough adult radio airplay to at least challenge for a spot on the chart – which would be his first appearance as a recording artist since the No. 50 hit of Bob Dylan's 'To Make You Feel My Love' in 1997.

Dua Lipa, “Houdini” (Warner): Grammy night's opening act was courtesy of returning pop star Dua Lipa, who delivered her latest single “Houdini” along with the yet-to-be-released “Training Season.” Streaming gains for “Houdini,” which sits at No. 25 on the Hot 100 this week after debuting at a No. 11 high in November, were modest after the performance — but it has seen a bigger uptick in sales, which which could help give it a push back into the Top 20 of the Hot 100.