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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 652
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Coming Around Again: Billy Joel's 'The Stranger' at 40
This week, Billboard senior editor Frank DiGiacomo comes on to discuss an album that he's loved for 40 years: Billy Joel's The Stranger. Released in 1977, The Stranger would go on to become the best-…
00:32:06 |
Fri 29 Sep 2017
PRETTYMUCH on Bringing 'Full-Out' Dancing Back to Boy Bands & Working With 'God of Pop' Max Martin
PRETTYMUCH drops by the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to talk about their debut single “Would You Mind,” how they’re bringing "full-out" dancing back to the boy band landscape, advice they got from One …
00:41:24 |
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Coming Around Again: Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' at 50
This week on Coming Around Again, we're visited by Ricky Riccardi, archivist at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York. Ricky talks with Billboard about the 50th anniversary of the song…
00:31:44 |
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Nadine Coyle Gets Back to ‘Work’ on New Single, Talks Girls Aloud’s Legacy: ‘The Music Just Still Sounds So Good’
Nadine Coyle guest stars on the latest Pop Shop Podcast, as the singer/songwriter (and 1/5 of U.K. girl group Girls Aloud) drops in to talk about her new single “Go to Work” and of course the legacy …
00:36:37 |
Wed 20 Sep 2017
Coming Around Again: Kanye West's 'Graduation' vs. 50 Cent's 'Curtis'
This week on 'Coming Around Again,' we're flashing back 10 years to Sept. 11, 2007, when hip-hop hosted the heavyweight bout of the year, between superstar rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West. Along with …
00:25:48 |
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Kelly Clarkson, iLoveMakonnen & More: Must-Hear Music Podcast
Billboard staffers discuss Taylor Swift's "…Ready for It," Sam Smith's "Too Good at Goodbyes," Kelly Clarkson's "Love So Soft," ILoveMakonnen's "Love" ft. Rae Sremmurd, St. Vincent's "Los Ageless," T…
00:37:38 |
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Jack Johnson Talks New Album, His Trump-Inspired Single & Wanting to Make Music That’s ‘Somebody’s Favorite Record’
On the latest Pop Shop Podcast, we welcome our special guest, singer/songwriter Jack Johnson! The chart-topping star chats about his new album "All the Light Above It Too," how the set got its start …
00:39:55 |
Wed 13 Sep 2017
Coming Around Again: Jay Kay of Jamiroquai Talks 'Virtual Insanity'
This week, Coming Around Again welcomes a special guest in Jay Kay, frontman of English jazz-funk greats Jamiroquai. Jay comes on to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards …
00:30:25 |
Fri 08 Sep 2017
Justin Tranter & Leland on Writing for Selena Gomez and How She's Not 'Afraid to Push Boundaries'
We’ve got a special edition of the podcast dedicated entirely to a lengthy interview with hit songwriters Justin Tranter and Leland. You know them from their work with Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Just…
00:50:34 |
Wed 06 Sep 2017
Coming Around Again Podcast: Michael Jackson's 'Bad'
This week, Gary Trust and Trevor Anderson of Billboard's Chart Beat podcast stop by Coming Around Again to talk about 'Bad,' Michael Jackson's 1987 blockbuster LP, and the first album to ever notch f…
01:04:04 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
Fifth Harmony on Gaining Respect, Proving Themselves & Loving Their New Album
Fifth Harmony joins the show to talk about their new album, gaining respect and proving themselves, loving their new music, and of course, their performance on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. Plus, …
00:35:34 |
Wed 30 Aug 2017
Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Aly & AJ, Jamila Woods & More: Must-Hear Music
Billboard staffers discuss Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do," Justin Bieber & BloodPop's "Friends," Dave East ft. French Montana's "Maneuver," Aly & AJ's "Take Me Out," Jamila Woods ft. Chanc…
00:46:40 |
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Darren Criss Talks Elsie Fest’s ‘Pop Culture Cabaret,’ Promises Surprise Duet at Show
Darren Criss joins the Pop Shop Podcast to chat about the third annual Elsie Fest music festival, how the show is a "pop culture cabaret," how he aims to sing a surprise duet at the shindig, and his …
00:46:02 |
Wed 23 Aug 2017
Coming Around Again: New Order's 'Substance'
Music writer Alfred Soto joins Coming Around Again this week to talk about the 30th anniversary of New Order's singles collection 'Substance.' We discuss why the set survives as far more that just a …
00:33:03 |
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Bea Miller Talks Seeing (and Releasing) Music in Color; Plus: Hot 100 Festival Preview
Bea Miller stops by to talk about her upcoming performance at the 2017 Hot 100 Festival, how she sees music in color, and how she got creative with releasing her new music because “people don’t reall…
00:36:05 |
Wed 16 Aug 2017
Coming Around Again Podcast: Backstreet Boys' Self-Titled U.S. Debut Turns 20
Billboard associate editor (and boy band expert) Taylor Weatherby stops by to discuss her excellent 20th anniversary oral history of Backstreet Boys' seminal self-titled U.S. debut LP. On the podcast…
00:34:30 |
Fri 11 Aug 2017
Singer/Songwriter Dan Wilson on New ‘Re-Covered’ Album, Working With Adele Through ‘Tears of Laughter’ & Cold Calling Pop Stars
Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dan Wilson joins the Pop Shop Podcast to talk about his new album “Re-Covered,” working with the ‘super funny’ Adele, and cold-calling pop stars in the…
00:38:04 |
Wed 09 Aug 2017
Coming Around Again: Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy' at 25 & Late Star Trevor Wilson
This week, Pearl Jam's iconic "Jeremy" video turned 25. Billboard senior contributor Gil Kaufman joins Coming Around Again to talk about the classic clip, and the two pieces he wrote about the video …
00:44:30 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Must-Hear Music Podcast: Lana Del Rey, Mura Masa & Battle of the Boy Bands
On this week's Must-Hear Music podcast, Billboard staffers discuss Lana Del Rey's "Get Free," Mura Masa's "Love$ick" with A$AP Rocky, Arcade Fire's "Creature Comfort," Julia Michaels' "Worst of Me" a…
00:41:25 |
Thu 03 Aug 2017
John Mayer Talks 'Aware-itocracy' of Pop Music, Going to the 'Moon' With Dead & Company
Today on the show, we have a ridiculously fun conversation with John Mayer about his Search for Everything tour, continuing his journey with Dead & Company and much more. Also on the show, we dive in…
00:34:01 |
Thu 03 Aug 2017
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