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 200 albums chart ...

Raiche Wright and Teddy Swims at the Grammys Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock ... all closin’ in/ And the devil’s knockin’ at my door,” Dimsdale croons on the record.

Rock critic Ken Tucker recommends three songs that are recent additions to his playlist: "Are You Even Real," by Swims; "Same Kind of Lonely," by Booker; and "big change," by Young.

After dedicating an album to running away from the psychologist’s chair, singer Teddy Swims has finally tried therapy ... are all closin’ in/ And the devil’s knockin’ at my door,” Dimsdale croons on ...

Feels like the walls are all closing in and the devil's knocking at my door. Whoa. Out of my mind. How many times.. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: Teddy Swims had a big hit last year with the song "Lose ...