Pop Shop Podcast

Justin Bieber‘s Saturday night headlining set at Coachella might be getting mixed reviews across social media at the moment, but one thing is for sure: People are definitely talking about it. On the new Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith talk about the active discourse around JB's Saturday night performance, especially in comparison to other headliners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of the biggest women in pop music are making some big moves this week. On Monday alone, we got a new music video for Sabrina Carpenter's "House Tour," the latest single from Man's Best Friend, co-starring Margaret Qualley (who also co-directed) and Madelyn Cline. Then, the final trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrived alongside a nearly two-minute preview of the original track "Runway" from Lady Gaga and Doechii. And last week, we got news that Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, will arrive on June 12. The 13-track project will reunite Rodrigo with her longtime producer Dan Nigro and is full of "sad love songs," according to the pop singer/songwriter's interview with British Vogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Swift was at two of the biggest events in Los Angeles last week: the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday and the second of two Paul McCartney underplay concerts at the Fonda Theater on Saturday. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about how Swift dominated Thursday's iHearts -- taking home seven prizes and extending her record as the winningest artist in the show's history, while also making her awards show debut with fiancé Travis Kelce -- and then popped up at the Fonda for a girls' night with the HAIM sisters on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about Celine Dion's rumored residency coming to Paris this fall, after French-Canadian publication La Presse reported that Dion is locked in to perform two concerts a week in September and October at La Défense Arena. Also, as we previously reported, Harry Styles' Together, Together tour includes 30 dates at New York's Madison Square Garden starting in August, in addition to multiple dates across international venues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are discussing the moment when the songwriting team behind "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters had their speech abruptly played off at Sunday's 2026 Oscars. With the win making history as the first K-pop song to take home an Oscar, the moment deserved better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruno Mars released his debut album in 2010, while Harry Styles and his One Direction bandmates dropped theirs in 2011. In the decade and a half since, these two have skyrocketed to superstardom in their own ways -- and then in the past two weeks, they each blessed pop fans with a brand-new project. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are taking a closer look at Mars' The Romantic (released Feb. 27) and Styles' Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally (March 6) and where each pop star is in his respective career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has become more and more open-minded over the years, inducting superstars from the worlds of pop (Madonna), hip-hop (Jay-Z) and beyond, and helping to evolve how "rock & roll" is even defined. So it's no surprise that we have some of the poppiest nominees yet this year, all angling to be inducted this fall, including P!nk, Mariah Carey, Shakira and New Edition. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the just-announced contenders and where our colleague Andrew Unterberger is placing each nominee's voting odds heading into the Class of 2026 reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to Mumford & Sons’ new Prizefighter album, “I think this is the best music we’ve ever made,” Marcus Mumford declares to the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast. “I love it more than anything we’ve ever done.” Prizefighter is the band’s sixth full-length studio effort and comes less than a year after its last set, March 2025’s Rushmere. That’s a fast turnaround for a group that historically has gone between two-and-a-half to six years between albums — but it was a chance meeting with writer/musician/producer Aaron Dessner that sparked the shortest wait between albums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are taking a closer look at the Billboard.com reader poll that went live last week asking who should headline next year's Super Bowl halftime show, Right now, BTS is leading by a landslide, with more than 85% of the vote. It would make sense for the newly reunited Korean superstars to cap their sure-to-be-active comeback year with potentially a big Grammys night -- like Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny have done the last two years -- followed by an epic performance on the Super Bowl stage. Of course, Taylor Swift is always in the Super Bowl conversation too, and we think Post Malone could be an overwhelmingly supported pick knowing how many genres he crosses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about all the choices Bad Bunny made for his halftime spectacle, from the cinematography to the social messaging to the famous faces that joined him on the Levi's Stadium field, including special guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a lot of pop love to go around at Sunday's 2026 Grammy Awards, where four different artists won in the Big Four categories and the pop categories shared the wealth. Katie and Keith discuss the winners and chat about the performances on the show. Plus, there's chart news on Megadeth scoring its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 ever, while Harry Styles' "Aperture" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are taking a closer look at five pop categories at Sunday night's Grammy Awards: best pop solo performance, best pop duo/group performance, best pop vocal album, best dance pop recording, and best traditional pop album. Who do we think will take home pop gold? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Styles is read to "Kiss All the Time (and "Disco, Occasionally") with the release of his fourth studio album, announced last week -- and we're hoping he's also ready to answer all our pop prayers. Katie and Keith are talking about the March 6 album and its lead single "Aperture," arriving Thursday. Might Styles pop up on the Grammys on Feb. 1 to perform? Can we expect out-of-the-gate success like he found on his previous album "Harry's House?" Also, the team has chart news on Zach Bryan, Bruno Mars, Sienna Spiro and the buzzy "Heated Rivalry" soundtrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are looking ahead to this month's Oscar nominations after a "Golden" night for the KPop crew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've been online this past week, you've likely seen countless headlines and social posts paying tribute to the "end of MTV." But what exactly is ending? On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we're sorting through all the memorials to discuss the real story, which is that MTV shuttered the last remaining music-only channels throughout the world -- but the move doesn't impact the version of MTV that U.S. viewers can very much still tune into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast — and near the eve of Christmas — hosts Katie and Keith are talking through a selection of unforgettable movies, and moments, featuring holiday music – including White Christmas (1954), Home Alone (1990), Elf (2003), Love Actually (2003) and Mean Girls (2004). Plus, as it’s the final episode of the pod for 2025, the team also jingles their way through a chat about some of their favorite holiday movies that are essential viewing during the season. Some of those festive films include The Polar Express, Scrooged, The Muppet Christmas Carol and the original Miracle on 34th Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie and Keith talk through two of the major New Year's Eve TV events broadcasting before the clock strikes 2026: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, headlined by Diana Ross in New York's Times Square, and New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, which will be headlined by Lainey Wilson, Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman. Plus, there's chart news on how Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" earns a landmark 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie and Keith are chatting about six brand-new Christmas songs from Christina Aguilera, Cher, Jonas Brothers featuring Kenny G, Kylie Minogue, Penatonix and Frank Sinatra and Gwen Stefani. Also on the show, we've got chart news on Taylor Swift, Wham!, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Michael Bublé and the "A Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack, plus, a festive chart stat of the week about the 1987 "A Very Special Christmas" charity album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pentatonix's Kirstin Maldonado and Matt Sallee pop by the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to chat about the group's new album "Christmas In the City," their current holiday tour, and all things merry and bright. Plus, we've got chart news on Stray Kids, Aerosmith and the "Wicked: For Good" soundtrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Jonas, the eldest Jonas Brother, just put out his solo debut single “Changing” last week, and we talked to him all about why now was the right time for his own music, how he found the perfect song, and whether there will be more solo Kevin music on the horizon. Plus, in addition to their ongoing Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, the brothers also reunited for A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, which arrived last month on Disney+ alongside a soundtrack album. We chat with Kevin about how the movie perfectly sets up his solo moment, whether the film accurately captured a Jonas family Christmas, and his own memories of Christmastime growing up with his musical family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices