Pop Shop Podcast

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.

Episodes

Justin Bieber's 'SWAG' Answers All Your Recent Questions About the Pop Star (And It's a Great Listen Too)

July 15, 2025 • 48 mins

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...

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Why Oasis Reunion Setlist Has Us Even More Excited for Live '25 Tour

July 8, 2025 • 42 mins

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

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Olivia Rodrigo Plants Her Flag in the U.K. With Double Duty at Glastonbury & BST Hyde Park

July 1, 2025 • 32 mins

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 ne...

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Could Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Guests Lead to First 'Telephone' Performance With Lady Gaga?

June 25, 2025 • 46 mins

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Controversy Is Sabrina Carpenter's 'Best Friend' With Scandalized Reaction to New Album Cover

June 17, 2025 • 36 mins

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

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Seth MacFarlane on Channeling Frank Sinatra for 'Lush Life' & Who Will Be His 'First Call' If He Uncovers a Lost Sinatra Duet

June 10, 2025 • 48 mins

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

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Taylor Swift No Longer Needs to Re-Record Debut Album & 'Reputation,' But Have Fans Come to Expect 'Taylor's Version'?

June 3, 2025 • 38 mins

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 circumst...

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Janet Jackson & Jennifer Lopez Aren't Leaving Las Vegas Anytime Soon After 2025 AMAs

May 27, 2025 • 30 mins

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rihanna Returns to Her Old ‘Friend’ Music, But Is ‘Smurfs’ Song the Musical Return Fans Wanted?

May 20, 2025 • 39 mins

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

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Why Does Morgan Wallen Dominate the Charts But Get Shut Out at Awards Shows?

May 13, 2025 • 29 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith -- with a research assist from Billboard awards editor Paul Grein -- are talking about why Morgan Wallen's awards shelf doesn't seem to match his popularity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lady Gaga’s Record-Breaking Rio Show Has Us Wondering: Could the U.S. Ever Host a Concert That Big?

May 6, 2025 • 39 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about Lady Gaga's positively massive, record-breaking show (where she reportedly played to more than 2 million fans) and whether it could ever be replicated here in the U.S. — like, are Los Angeles beaches even big enough for such a thing? And where would people park?!? Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Ghost scores its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 alb...

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Inside Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Night 1: She's Every Woman

April 29, 2025 • 44 mins

Katie & Keith were both inside for night 1 of Beyoncé's 32-date tour, which kicked off Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and on the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast we're discussing Bey's message with the new tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Beyoncé? Ariana Grande? Zendaya? 'Bodyguard' News Has Us Dream-Casting the Remake

April 22, 2025 • 33 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith have some suggestions for casting the Whitney Houston & Kevin Costner roles in the upcoming remake of 1992's The Bodyguard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Post Malone Brings Country to Coachella -- And Plans to Stay in the Saddle for His Next Album

April 15, 2025 • 38 mins

On the new Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are joined by Billboard deputy editor Lyndsey Havens to discuss Post's Sunday headlining set at Coachella as well as Havens' interview with the superstar in the desert about what's next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ariana Grande's 'Eternal Sunshine' Album Is Bigger & 'Brighter' With Six New Tracks

April 8, 2025 • 33 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting all about the return of Ari the Pop Star after an active awards season for Ari the Movie Star, discussing why it made sense for the six new tracks on Brighter Days Ahead to live in the Eternal Sunshine world rather than as a new project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Miley Cyrus Is Setting the Stage for Something Big With First Two Tastes of 'Something Beautiful' Album

April 1, 2025 • 35 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting all about the first two tastes of Miley Cyrus' 'Something Beautiful' album and what we can expect ahead of its arrival in two months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ahead of Billboard Women in Music, Let's Take a Closer Look at the Top 10 Women Artists of the 21st Century

March 25, 2025 • 37 mins

Before we celebrate our Billboard Women in Music honorees this Saturday night -- including 2025 Woman of the Year Doechii -- the Billboard charts team put together the Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century chart (encompassing women soloists, all-women groups and groups with prominent women’s vocals). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's Giving Country: Chappell Roan Goes Full '90s Twang on 'The Giver'

March 18, 2025 • 40 mins

On the new Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), Katie & Keith are chatting about Chappell Roan's cheeky new track "The Giver" and how quickly the rookie pop star made this pop-country pivot, following in the recent bootsteps of Beyoncé, Post Malone and Sabrina Carpenter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Lady Gaga Managed to Conjure the Past & Look to the Future on ‘Mayhem’

March 11, 2025 • 36 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are marveling at the high-wire act Lady Gaga pulled off with her seventh studio album 'Mayhem.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Inside the 2025 Oscars: Our View From the Crowd for 007 Music Tribute, 'Wicked' Show Opener & More

March 3, 2025 • 50 mins

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie tells Keith all about her night inside the Dolby Theatre for the 97th Academy Awards, where the Wicked duo of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo opened the show; LISA, Doja Cat and RAYE teamed up for a three-part tribute to the music of James Bond; and Queen Latifah paid joyful tribute to Quincy Jones. And that was just the performances -- there was also Mick Jagger, Miley Cyrus and Selena ...

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Episodes

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Olivia Rodrigo Plants Her Flag in the U.K. With Double Duty at Glastonbury & BST Hyde Park

Could Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Guests Lead to First 'Telephone' Performance With Lady Gaga?

Controversy Is Sabrina Carpenter's 'Best Friend' With Scandalized Reaction to New Album Cover

Seth MacFarlane on Channeling Frank Sinatra for 'Lush Life' & Who Will Be His 'First Call' If He Uncovers a Lost Sinatra Duet

Taylor Swift No Longer Needs to Re-Record Debut Album & 'Reputation,' But Have Fans Come to Expect 'Taylor's Version'?

Janet Jackson & Jennifer Lopez Aren't Leaving Las Vegas Anytime Soon After 2025 AMAs

Rihanna Returns to Her Old ‘Friend’ Music, But Is ‘Smurfs’ Song the Musical Return Fans Wanted?

Why Does Morgan Wallen Dominate the Charts But Get Shut Out at Awards Shows?

Lady Gaga’s Record-Breaking Rio Show Has Us Wondering: Could the U.S. Ever Host a Concert That Big?

Inside Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Night 1: She's Every Woman

Beyoncé? Ariana Grande? Zendaya? 'Bodyguard' News Has Us Dream-Casting the Remake

Post Malone Brings Country to Coachella -- And Plans to Stay in the Saddle for His Next Album

Ariana Grande's 'Eternal Sunshine' Album Is Bigger & 'Brighter' With Six New Tracks

Miley Cyrus Is Setting the Stage for Something Big With First Two Tastes of 'Something Beautiful' Album

Ahead of Billboard Women in Music, Let's Take a Closer Look at the Top 10 Women Artists of the 21st Century

It's Giving Country: Chappell Roan Goes Full '90s Twang on 'The Giver'

How Lady Gaga Managed to Conjure the Past & Look to the Future on ‘Mayhem’

Inside the 2025 Oscars: Our View From the Crowd for 007 Music Tribute, 'Wicked' Show Opener & More

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