Pop Shop Podcast
Billboard
Billboard's Keith Caulfield (Managing Director, Charts and Data Operations) and Katie Atkinson (Executive Digital Director, West Coast) offer weekly Billboard chart breakdowns, discuss the hottest music news and cover the year’s biggest musical events. Casual pop fans, chart junkies and everyone in between are invited to this weekly half-hour discussion.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 46min
'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation Marks a New Late-Night Landscape for Musicians
With last week's announcement that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been canceled and will wrap up in May 2026, the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is looking back at some of the biggest musicians who've graced the New York stage and some of the biggest music moments across 30-plus years on the air. Plus, with 10 months left of The Late Show, there's a lot of time left for Colbert (and some of his favorite musicians) to take the show out with a bang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 16, 2025 • 48min
Justin Bieber's 'SWAG' Answers All Your Recent Questions About the Pop Star (And It's a Great Listen Too)
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about why Justin Bieber's surprise "SWAG" album release made sense, what kind of sound he was going for on the project, and where it could end up on next week's Billboard 200 albums chart. Also on the show, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem holds tight to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for an eighth straight week -- so how unusual is it for an album to spend its first two months on the chart at No 1? Plus, a KPop Demon Hunters track slays its way into the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while Drake makes a splashy debut with his new single “What Did I Miss?”
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Jul 8, 2025 • 43min
Why Oasis Reunion Setlist Has Us Even More Excited for Live '25 Tour
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the promising reports coming out of the first two shows of the Oasis reunion tour -- and the most exciting news has to be the 23-song setlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 1, 2025 • 33min
Olivia Rodrigo Plants Her Flag in the U.K. With Double Duty at Glastonbury & BST Hyde Park
Glastonbury Festival wrapped up Sunday night with a headlining set from American pop star Olivia Rodrigo, which included a cameo from The Cure frontman Robert Smith to duet on his band's hits "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm in Love." But that wasn't it for Olivia: She also headlined the BST Hyde Park concert series on Friday night and surprised her crowd with Ed Sheeran for a duet on his breakthrough song "The A Team." On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the busy weekend of music in the U.K., which included headlining Glastonbury sets from Charli xcx, Doechii and The 1975. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2025 • 46min
Could Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Guests Lead to First 'Telephone' Performance With Lady Gaga?
After Miley Cyrus & Jay-Z popped up in Paris, the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is wondering if Beyoncé & Lady Gaga will link up when they're both in Las Vegas next month.
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Jun 17, 2025 • 36min
Controversy Is Sabrina Carpenter's 'Best Friend' With Scandalized Reaction to New Album Cover
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the loud reaction to the album art -- including the women of The View debating its feminist merits -- and why the buzz plays directly into Carpenter's hands. (Did you know Sabrina had a new album coming out on Aug. 29? Now you do!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2025 • 48min
Seth MacFarlane on Channeling Frank Sinatra for 'Lush Life' & Who Will Be His 'First Call' If He Uncovers a Lost Sinatra Duet
On the new Pop Shop Podcast, we chat with Seth MacFarlane, the man behind Family Guy and Ted, about the backstory of his ninth studio album, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 3, 2025 • 38min
Taylor Swift No Longer Needs to Re-Record Debut Album & 'Reputation,' But Have Fans Come to Expect 'Taylor's Version'?
After Taylor Swift surprised the world late last week with the news that she now owns the masters of her first six albums, once the dust settled, fans wondered: Will the final two planned re-recordings of her self-titled 2008 debut album and of 2017's "Reputation" ever see the light of day? On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about Swift being reunited with her first six albums and what the circumstances might be for their Taylor's Version re-releases. Plus, we've got chart news on Alex Warren's "Ordinary" hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and how Morgan Wallen joins an elite group of acts that have charted three albums simultaneously in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in the last 60 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 28, 2025 • 30min
Janet Jackson & Jennifer Lopez Aren't Leaving Las Vegas Anytime Soon After 2025 AMAs
Katie & Keith are talking all about Janet Jackson and Jennifer Lopez at the 2025 AMAs -- Jackson for a performance and to receive the ICON Award and Lopez to host and perform -- and what it's like to see them perform live in Las Vegas for their own shows.
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May 20, 2025 • 40min
Rihanna Returns to Her Old ‘Friend’ Music, But Is ‘Smurfs’ Song the Musical Return Fans Wanted?
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about whether "Friend of Mine" is the musical return Rihanna’s fans were hoping for, or how the song could be maximized with a new remix version or once we see it in the full context of the Smurfs movie, in which Rih voices Smurfette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
