

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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Aug 24, 2022 • 28min
Will BLACKPINK Bring Girl Groups Back to the Hot 100 Top 10 With 'Pink Venom'?
On the new episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are wondering: Could "Pink Venom" be the quartet's first Hot 100 top 10 hit? Previously, they've reached as high as No. 13, thanks to "Ice Cream," their 2020 collab with Selena Gomez. Meanwhile, on the Billboard 200, their 2020 project The Album debuted and peaked at No. 2. So when Born Pink is released on Sept. 16, could it go all the way to the top? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 16, 2022 • 30min
Nicki Minaj's 'Super Freaky Girl,' DJ Khaled's Bee Gees Spin, Snoop Dogg's Top 10 & More Nostalgia on the Billboard Charts
Everything old is new again on the Billboard charts, with a series of samples, features and remixes putting some legends back on top 40 radio. On the new Pop Shop Podcast, we're talking about the current wave of "future nostalgia" (thanks for the perfect label, Dua Lipa) on the Billboard charts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 9, 2022 • 33min
Britney Spears Is Taking Hold of Her Music Career With Elton John 'Hold Me Closer' Duet
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we're talking about why the pairing of Britney Spears and Elton John makes so much sense and how Elton is having yet another big moment in music, thanks to the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 success of "Cold Heart" with Dua Lipa. Plus, Beyonce tops the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100, and also teamed up with Madonna for a new "Queens Remix" of "Break My Soul." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 2, 2022 • 46min
Beyoncé Scored a Hot 100 Top 10 Hit 25 Years Into Her Career -- Just How Rare Is That?
We're so used to Beyoncé being a superstar that it's sometimes easy to forget just how long she's been a fixture in pop music. Queen B made her debut on the Billboard charts as a member of the group Destiny's Child in 1997, so she's spent 25 years on our tallies. On the new episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we're answering music fans' biggest questions for a special "Ask Billboard" episode, and our first question came, appropriately, from kingbeyhive on Twitter, who asked: "How iconic is Beyoncé getting a top 10 hit, 25 years into her solo career?" Well, Keith went into the chart archives and brought out his best comparisons -- including Diana Ross and Paul McCartney -- to see just how rare an achievement it is to be this relevant a quarter-century in. Hear the answers to that question and more on this week's podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 26, 2022 • 30min
Could Beyonce & Drake's Albums Help Bring Pop Music Back to the Dance Floor?
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are joined by another Katie -- Billboard dance director Katie Bain -- to break down Beyonce and Drake's house-inspired projects, how they've been received by the dance music world, and how they could potentially impact pop music to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 19, 2022 • 25min
Backstreet Boys' Kevin Richardson on 25 Years of BSB on the Charts & The Full Story Behind That Drake Moment
On the new Pop Shop Podcast, we're talking to Backstreet Boys' Kevin Richardson about the group's upcoming Christmas album (their first!), how Drake recently ended up onstage with them in concert (to sing "I Want It That Way!"), their still-unbroken album top 10 streak on the Billboard 200, the 25th anniversary of "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" hitting the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 12, 2022 • 33min
Lea Michele in 'Funny Girl,' Backstreet Boys' Christmas Album & 'Stranger Things' Chart Takeover
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about the wild news that life will imitate Glee, as Lea Michele takes over the role of Fannie Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Also on the show, we're talking about Backstreet Boys announcing their very first Christmas album, A Very Backstreet Christmas, and we even got BSB's Kevin Richardson on the line to talk all about the three original songs on the project. Plus, as Metallica scores its first hit song on the Hot 100 in more than a decade with 1986's "Master of Puppets," we're talking all about these massive Stranger Things bumps for ‘80s songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 6, 2022 • 45min
As Beyoncé Scores Her 20th Top 10 Hit, Revisit Her 10 Hot 100 Top 10s With Destiny's Child
This week, Queen B scores her 20th top 10 hit as a soloist on the Hot 100, as "Break My Soul" -- from her upcoming album Renaissance -- rises 15-7 in its first full tracking week. But before she started charting on her own, Beyoncé was making hits with Destiny's Child, who have their own set of 10 top 10 hits on the Hot 100. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are looking back on those 10 DC smashes that hit the chart's upper region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 28, 2022 • 34min
Will Taylor Swift Score Her First Oscar Nomination With ‘Carolina’?
Taylor Swift‘s new song “Carolina” for the film Where the Crawdads Sing is far from her first contribution to a movie soundtrack — but it could lead to her very first nomination at the Oscars. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith discuss Swift's Oscar chances, plus her film-music history to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 2022 • 39min
Beyoncé & Drake Collide on the Dance Floor: Breaking Down the Surprise A-List Releases
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about the left-field projects from Beyonce & Drake and what we think about the artists' dance-floor moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices