Pop Shop Podcast

As we near the 2025 Grammy Awards this Sunday, predicting what will happen in the Big Four categories -- album, record and song of the year, along with best new artist -- feels more challenging than ever. Could Chappell Roan sweep the Big Four? Or could it be Beyoncé's time to notch her first win for album of the year? On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting through Billboard awards editor Paul Grein's final predictions and sharing our own takes as we try our best to guess how the night could go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are throwing out some pop names -- Lady Gaga! Madonna! Harry Styles! -- who could fit the groundbreaking arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As wildfires continue to threaten Los Angeles and surrounding areas, organizers behind awards shows and related events are figuring out how to pivot to best support the community. Should they move forward and become fundraisers for relief efforts? Or is it best to cancel or postpone to a later date? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are discussing what Beyonce might reveal on Jan. 14, a date she teased on social media after her "Beyoncé Bowl" performance at the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game last month. The leading theory is that she could reveal dates for a Cowboy Carter Tour to follow 2023's megawatt Renaissance Tour, but what if a new album is on the way instead? Plus: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars ascend to the top of the Hot 100 with "Die With a Smile" and the pop girls leave the Golden Globes empty-handed, but Oscar nominations are still on the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley joins the Pop Shop to chat about the duo's evergreen hit "Last Christmas" and how it's been covered by so many artists (including Taylor Swift, among many others), the new documentary "Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped," how the act's music has grown in popularity over the year, and if the public will ever hear the late George Michael's original demo recording of "Last Christmas." Plus, hosts Katie and Keith discuss some of their "favorite things" in pop in 2024, in the final Pop Shop episode of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Christmas episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson talks to Katie & Keith about why now was the time for her first holiday album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are taking their annual sleigh ride through a half-dozen Christmas songs impacting the Billboard charts this year. For 2024, we’re taking a look at Jimmy Fallon and Jonas Brothers’ “Holiday”; Cher’s “DJ Play a Christmas Song” remix with Kelly Clarkson; Pentatonix’s “Meet Me Next Christmas”; Dan + Shay’s “Pick Out a Christmas Tree”; Michael Bublé and Carly Pearce’s “Maybe This Christmas”; and Jack Antonoff and Bleachers’ “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about how the two movies have dominated at the box office -- with the Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo-starring Wicked already becoming the highest-grossing Broadway musical film adaptation domestically in its week-plus in theaters -- and how it compares to other recent musical-theater films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the 2025 Coachella lineup was unveiled last week, we learned that Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Green Day and Travis Scott would headline the Indio, California, festival, and if you look below those big-font names, you'll find there are quite a few A-listers scattered throughout the poster. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are breaking it all down and taking a closer look at the three-day fest, which also includes headliner-worthy names like Missy Elliott and Charli XCX; hitmakers like Benson Boone, Shaboozey, Megan Thee Stallion, Zedd and GloRilla; and K-pop superstars like ENHYPEN, LISA, JENNIE and XG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we welcome Billboard deputy editor Lyndsey Havens so she and Katie can tell Keith all about their night out at the Forum, where Sabrina Carpenter's pop-star vision finally became a reality with a huge stage production and an even bigger fanbase. Plus, Lyndsey sat down last week with Billboard cover star Olivia Rodrigo for a Superstar Q&A at the Billboard Live Music Summit, and she tells us all about her panel discussion with the Guts-y singer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices