Pop Shop Podcast

Are you in the mood for "Love"? We're counting down the biggest Hot 100 hits with "Love" in the title, just in time for Valentine's Day. Plus, we've got a recap of the many music moments at Sunday's Oscars and chart moves for Lil Wayne and Louis Tomlinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Trainor guest stars on the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss her first full-length album in three-and-a-half years, “Treat Myself,” and how “so much has changed” since her last album came out way back in 2016. “I’m a way different person, in the best ways,” she says, “I’m much happier.” Plus, she dishes on collaborating with Nicki Minaj and The Pussycat Dolls on the “fun, emotional...

Sting joins the Pop Shop Podcast to discuss starring in the touring production of his musical "The Last Ship" and how it's "the greatest adventure of my creative life" and his upcoming Las Vegas concert residency. Plus, he chats about the new dance/theater production set to his music, "Message In a Bottle," and how he wishes he had a chance to work with the late Juice WRLD, who sampled Sting's "Sh...

Current five-time Grammy Award nominee Finneas joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast for its annual Grammy preview show. The 22-year-old chats about how “surreal” it is to have multiple Grammy nods for his work as a writer, producer and engineer on his sister Billie Eilish's chart-topping "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" album, and he feels very lucky that he has a sibling who had faith a...

Joey Fatone stops by to chat about his podcast, his game-show hosting gig, the 20th anniversary of "Bye Bye Bye" and "No Strings Attached" and the future of *NSYNC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, the team discusses the chances of pop superstars -- and Billboard chart-toppers -- Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez achieving their first Academy Award nominations. Should fans be worried about their Oscar chances after their losses at the Golden Globe Awards? Plus, the Pop Shoppers chat about which pop stars will be taking the stage at some of this year's bigge...

Superstar singer/songwriter Justin Tranter joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss working on new tunes with Selena Gomez and Camila Cabello, who is on Tranter's wish-list of future collaborators, and how Tranter has a pair of musical projects in the works (including a musical with Eve Ensler and Idina Menzel).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month, Lennon Stella gave her fans a mini-heart attack when she started a tweet with: "also thought you should know I am very pregnant." For those who stopped reading after those nine words ("Yeah, there was a lot of people that thought I was actually pregnant," Stella laughed to Billboard in a new interview with the Pop Shop Podcast; listen below), the rest of the tweet reads: "...with an al...

Idina Menzel is basically the Queen of the Holidays this year, with her brand-new album Christmas: A Season of Love out now, not to mention another bombastic turn as Elsa in the blockbuster Disney sequel Frozen II in theaters. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaed released their song "Trampoline" in May of last year. Now, more than a year and a half later, it's still climbing Billboard's charts, topping Alternative Songs for two weeks and jumping 6-5 on our Pop Songs airplay chart this week and 14-13 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- a new peak. The electro-pop trio talks to Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast about their unstoppable breakthrough single. For infor...

On the occasion of Billboard's 125th anniversary, Billboard has unveiled -- for the first time ever -- the top 125 artists of all-time on our charts. The artists are ranked by performance on our two signature albums and songs charts -- the Billboard 200 albums chart and Billboard Hot 100 chart. On the show, we discuss some fun facts and statistics about the acts in our all-time Top 125 artists ran...

Who will be nominated for song of the year when the 2020 Grammy nominations are unveiled on Nov. 20? The Pop Shop Podcast crew (including OG host Jason Lipshutz!) make some predictions. We're thinking Swift, Lizzo, Maren Morris, Lewis Capaldi & Billie Eilish are looking like strong possibilities. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices....

Louis Tomlinson joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss his new song "We Made It" and how it's not just a song for him, but also for his fans; his upcoming debut album "Walls" and how he's "gone through every emotion" in getting the set made, and how he got the "courage" to "just be brave" with his new music. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more a...

Lewis Capaldi joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss his reaction to hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Someone You Loved" ("I feel like America's sweetheart, at least for a moment"), how the Scottish singer-songwriter has stayed grounded during his whirlwind rise to global success, his decision to not release a remix of the song with a guest star to amplify its chart placing, a...

With the 2020 Grammy Award nominations announcement right around the corner, the Pop Shop Podcast turns to discussing the possible contenders for album of the year – including Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next.” For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rising artist JOHN k stops by the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss his debut Billboard chart hit "If We Never Met," his debut EP and his upcoming music plans: "I feel like I've truly connected to the artist that I'm excited to be, and the music that's going to come out in the next wave is going to be incredible." Plus, the Pop Shop team discusses big chart news from Travis Scott, Dan & Shay,...

Sheryl Crow joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss her new all-star collaborations project, "Threads." The nine-time Grammy Award-winner says she wanted to make an album “with the people that brought me to where I am now.” Among the 20-plus guests on the set: Brandi Carlile, Eric Clapton, Vince Gill, Kris Kristofferson, Maren Morris, Stevie Nicks and Keith Richards. For information regard...

Benny Blanco is the man behind some of the biggest pop songs of the last decade -- writing and producing eight Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits, starting with Kesha's 2009 breakthrough "Tik Tok." But then he realized he was ready for something more. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Blanco talks about releasing his debut album as a lead artist, working on Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's Hot 100...

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, the team breaks down why Jennifer Lopez and Shakira make total sense as Super Bowl halftime headliners, plus, discuss big chart news about Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, Lizzo, Chris Brown, Kygo and Whitney Houston. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast discusses the likely contenders for the record of the year category at the upcoming 2020 Grammy Awards. Are Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" and Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" shoo-ins for a nod? And which of Ariana Grande's multiple hits could break through and score a nomination? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices....

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, the team dives into a discussion about the limited history of singles credited to at least three all-female acts that have charted in the top 40 of the Hot 100 -- including such mega-hits as “Lady Marmalade” by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and P!nk, and “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. For information regarding your data privacy, vi...

The best new artist category at the Grammy Awards is a tricky one to try to predict. But with the eligibility period just wrapping up on Aug. 31, Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast can now comfortably discuss which rookie artists have made the biggest impacts over the past 11 months. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

5 Seconds of Summer join the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to chat about their new single “Teeth,” their upcoming album ("it's so f---ing good!"), their tour with The Chainsmokers and more! Plus, chart news about Taylor Swift's "Lover" debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and Lizzo scoring her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with "Truth Hurts." For information regarding your...

Bazzi joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss his new mixtape, "Soul Searching" — "It's a lot about how I grew up, and how I think, and my own personal struggles… I wanted people to really hear my story…" Plus, the Pop Shop team reviews big chart news about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Senorita," Young Thug notching his first No. 1 album on t...

On the new episode of Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), we discuss the Ariana to Rihanna Spectrum when it comes to the pace of our biggest pop divas. We not only discuss how Rihanna remains in the public eye in the absence of new music and how Ariana keeps up musical demand without watering down her brand, but also where other pop stars fit into that spectrum, including Taylor Swift, Be...