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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.

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25:59

Ariana Grande Kicks Off 'Wicked: For Good' Press Tour...

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2025/10/28

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about Ariana Grande kicking off the 'Wicked: For Good' press tour by sitting down with Evan Ross Katz on his 'Shut Up Evan' podcast. In the 45-minute-plus conversation, Katz asks what Grande's relationship is with mentorship -- and that's when she shouts out the triumvirate of pop superstars. There's Madonna, who was "immediately very kind," Grande said. Then there's Beyoncé, who invited Ari to join her on a music video set early in

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32:04

Inside Charlie Puth's Final Blue Note L.A. Show: Why...

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2025/10/22

Ahead of his new album Whatever's Clever!, Charlie Puth has been testing out some of his new material during a 16-show residency across Blue Note New York (Sept. 25-28) and Blue Night Los Angeles (Oct. 16-19), bringing jazzy reimaginings of some of his biggest hits to the legendary jazz club stage. Billboard was inside the final Los Angeles concert over the weekend, and on the new Pop Shop Podcast, Katie is telling Keith all about seeing Puth play at such an intimate venue.Learn more about your ad

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38:06

How Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan & Sabrina Carpenter Are...

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2025/10/14

In a crowded pop landscape, three of today’s top pop stars -- Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter -- are all in the thick of buzzy tours, and they’re each finding their own way to break through the noise.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:51

The Life of a Chat Show 'Showgirl': Why Is Taylor...

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2025/10/07

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about Taylor Swift's uncharacteristically robust press tour for album release week.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:19

How Bad Bunny Went From Guest Star to Main Attraction...

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2025/09/30

On Sunday night, Bad Bunny was announced as the headliner for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, and on the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the global superstar's status as one of the most popular musicians in the world and why he makes sense for TV's biggest stage. Oh, and we also address all those (completely false) rumors that Taylor Swift would be headlining the show and whether that was ever a possibility.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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35:46

How Taylor Swift Is Bringing Eras Tour Vibes Back to...

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2025/09/23

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about Taylor Swift's unprecedented move of bringing the 89-minute project 'The Release Party of a Showgirl' -- which includes the premiere of the music video for the album's opening song, “The Fate of Ophelia,” as well as lyric videos for the other tracks -- to movie theaters instead of just uploading them to YouTube. But with Swifties, there's no limit to the fan service.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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36:37

JADE on Her 'Experimental' Debut Album, Why She'll...

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2025/09/17

It’s no mistake that JADE’s debut solo album THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! is a thoroughly poptacular affair. “I live and breathe pop, I always have done,” she tells the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen to her full interview, below). “I just am obsessed with it.”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:00

How Is Oasis Seemingly Bigger Than Ever in the U.S.,...

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2025/09/09

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about their field trip for Oasis' night 1 concert at the Rose Bowl and all the elements that built to this moment and made it possible for the band to crack into their biggest American audiences yet. And of course, Oasis superfan Katie had to return for night 2, where she tells Keith about wading into the beer-splashing GA floor section to be among the rowdiest die-hards at the show.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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42:00

How Jonas Brothers Tour Is Making Every Concert an...

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2025/09/03

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about all the ways artists are carving out special moments for fans at their shows -- like Taylor Swift's acoustic set on Eras Tour or Kelly Clarkson's nightly Kellyoke cover in Las Vegas -- and why it's a win-win for everyone involved. The latest example: Jonas Brothers are maximizing the news cycle around their 20th-anniversary Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, which launched less than a month ago but has generated dozens of

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37:51

Backstreet Boys Unlock New Pop Possibilities at...

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2025/08/26

Onstage at their Into the Millennium residency -- which began last month and wrapped its first wave on Sunday night (before kicking off 14 additional dates starting in December) -- Backstreet Boys promised to put the crowd into a "time machine" back to the late-'90s heyday of boy bands and bubblegum pop. Katie was in the orb for the 21st show on Sunday night, and on the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, she tells Keith all about her spaceship ride back to the turn of the millennium. Learn more about

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41:44

We're Following Taylor Swift's Sourdough Breadcrumbs...

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2025/08/19

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are laying out all the fan evidence pointing to Taylor Swift headlining the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:47

Taylor Swift Takes Album Promo to ‘New Heights’ With...

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2025/08/12

For the rollout of her 12th studio album, ⁠Taylor Swift⁠ is going somewhere she’s never gone before: a podcast.Swift is the guest on Wednesday night’s episode of New Heights, the podcast co-hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his retired-NFL-star brother Jason, where she will unveil news about her upcoming next album, ⁠The Life of a Showgirl⁠. The appearance will mark Swift’s first dedicated podcast appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:32

Why We Need a Live Cast Recording of Cynthia Erivo &...

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2025/08/05

A dream cast put on a live production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl over this past weekend, when Cynthia Erivo as Jesus went toe-to-toe with Adam Lambert as Judas -- not to mention Hamilton's Philippa Soo as Mary Magdalene, John Stamos and Josh Gad sharing the role of King Herod, Raúl Esparza as Pontius Pilate and more legends of stage and screen. Unfortunately for anyone who wasn't in the house Friday, Saturday or Sunday in Los Angeles, those are the only three nights planned for

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33:37

What Could Destiny's Child Reunion at Final Cowboy...

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2025/07/29

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about the surprise reunion and what it might mean for Act III -- the expected third act to complete the trilogy that started with 2021's Renaissance and continued with 2024's Cowboy Carter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:25

'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation Marks a...

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2025/07/23

With last week's announcement that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been canceled and will wrap up in May 2026, the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is looking back at some of the biggest musicians who've graced the New York stage and some of the biggest music moments across 30-plus years on the air. Plus, with 10 months left of The Late Show, there's a lot of time left for Colbert (and some of his favorite musicians) to take the show out with a bang.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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48:20

Justin Bieber's 'SWAG' Answers All Your Recent...

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2025/07/16

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 two months on the chart at No 1? Plus, a KPop Demon Hunters track

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42:56

Why Oasis Reunion Setlist Has Us Even More Excited...

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2025/07/08

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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32:51

Olivia Rodrigo Plants Her Flag in the U.K. With...

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2025/07/01

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 new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the

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46:09

Could Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour Guests Lead to...

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2025/06/25

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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36:18

Controversy Is Sabrina Carpenter's 'Best Friend' With...

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2025/06/17

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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