Lady Gaga’s 6th album is a conceptual release about a future that is neither utopian nor dystopian. Despite its sci-fi visuals, the album looks more to the past and present than the future. Chromatica gives us a world that sounds like 90s house music made for this summer’s cancelled Pride parties. It is lyrically somber, but musically upbeat, a productive te ... Show More
Nov 18
Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley
This year, there were a few records that delivered less-than-optimal returns on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200 – and they all came from former Disney pop stars.
Demi Lovato’s latest album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200, where it spent one week and then fell ... Show More
48m 6s
Nov 11
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club
Spanish pop star Rosalía is back with her new album, Lux. Over eighteen tracks, she trades in the dembow beats that filled her last record Motomami for maximalist orchestral sounds more in line with Björk than Bad Bunny. The album is dense: there's four movements, thirteen langua ... Show More
44m 2s
Nov 4
Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem
They say the best revenge is living well, but if you’re a pop star going through a break up, that’s false. The best revenge is releasing a searing scorched-earth revenge banger that calls out your ex and, ideally, rides that vengeance to the top of the Billboard charts. That’s ex ... Show More
33m 50s
Apr 2020
Why Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' Gets Delayed, But Other Albums Don't, In the Era of COVID-19
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, the team discusses the likely reasons why the release of a number of big albums (including Lady Gaga's "Chromatica") have been postponed in the era of COVID-19, while some others (including singer-rapper Rod Wave's "Pray 4 Love") held to the ... Show More
26m 56s
Apr 2024
Adrianne Lenker's songs that get under the skin
<p>Adrianne Lenker feels things deeply. You hear it in every one of her songs, whether solo, or with her band Big Thief. Lucky for us, she shares it all, and over the past few years has become one of the most promising and prolific songwriters around; making 6 albums on her own a ... Show More
36m 37s
May 2021
May 21st – Lady Gaga Opens Up About Being Sexually Abused, Doja Cat and SZA Performing at BBMAs & Olivia Rodrigo's Top Songs From 'Sour'
Lady Gaga details being sexually abused by a music producer when she was 19, Doja Cat and SZA to perform “Kiss Me More” at Billboard Music Awards and we rank the top 5 songs from Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album 'Sour.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6m 58s
Oct 2019
I'm Coming Out (Remix)
In honor of LGBTQ month and National Coming Out Day, Erica Kelley (Southern Fried True Crime), Tawny Platis (The Dirty Bits), Tommy Estlund (The Curiosity Hour), and I discuss our favorite songs from LGBTQ artists. We laugh, we cry, we discuss puppy love, coming out, and trans an ... Show More
1h 14m
May 2023
The Music in Our Rotation This Week #2
<p>In today’s episode, we’re recommending music that we’ve been listening to recently. We spoke about Denzel Curry’s new EP, Skepta’s Ignorance is Bliss, Bob Marley’s Exodus and more.</p>
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<p>Check out our New Playlist on Spotify:</p>
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43m 8s