Pop Shop Podcast

Hitmaker Sean Paul -- who topped the Billboard Hot 100 last year with "Cheap Thrills," alongside Sia -- drops by the Pop Shop Podcast to discuss his "phenomenal" year, his latest hit, "No Lie," featuring Dua Lipa, how he still has yet to meet Sia, and how he's working on a new album that features everyone from Shakira and David Guetta to Migos and Ellie Goulding. Plus, we recap our experience at the Grammy Awards, talk about Katy Perry's new single, "Chained to the Rhythm," and review the newest chart achievements from Big Sean and Lady Gaga! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Country singer-songwriter Brandy Clark is up for two awards at the 2017 Grammys. The six-time nominee was a finalist for Best New Artist at the 2015 show, though she was hardly new at all. In this week's interview, Clark explains her long journey, which began in Nashville back in 1998. What's it like to work with Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert? How does a sought after songwriter make the jump to lead artist? Listen and learn! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s special Grammy Awards preview edition of the Pop Shop Podcast stars the three-time Grammy winner and all-around music superstar Kelly Clarkson! The pop powerhouse — who has earned three No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and a trio of chart-topping albums on the Billboard 200 — called in to the show to talk all things Grammy. She discusses her feelings about her current nomination (her 13th!) for the Idol Version of “Piece by Piece,” memories of winning her first Grammy, and watching the annual awards show as a kid. Plus: the Pop Shop team details who they think should and will win the top categories at this year’s Grammy Awards, discuss Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance, and run down the week’s big chart news! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Pop Shop Podcast, we welcome Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson! The guys dropped by to chat about their hit single “Just Hold On,” their songwriting process, and how they’ll be hitting the festival circuit later this year. Plus, we preview Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance, discuss chart moves from Zayn and Taylor Swift, Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello, and Alessia Cara. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This summer, expect "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" to be rocking plenty of festival stages. In the meantime, spend some time getting to know Phantogram, the much-copied, seldom-matched duo that has been melding indie rock with hip-hop production for a decade. Host Chris Payne chats with members Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel about 2016 album "Three" (their most popular LP yet), working with Big Boi, and what the new year has in store. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Pop Shop Podcast, we review some of the music-related nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards – from “La La Land’s” record-tying 14 nominations to first-time nominees Justin Timberlake and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Plus, we’ve got chart chat about The xx and The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of the Pop Shop Podcast, we've got an interview with electro-pop duo Electric Guest! The pair (Asa Taccone -- brother of The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone -- and drummer Matthew Compton) are prepping the release of their first album in five years, "Plural," which is due out on Feb. 17. Plus, we've got big chart news to dive into: Ed Sheeran debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Shape of You" and scores a second debut straight into the top 10 with "Castle on the Hill." In addition, we discuss the musical guests of Donald Trump's inauguration festivities, how the "La La Land" soundtrack is storming the Billboard 200 chart, and we have a fun Chart Stat of the Week about Bruce Willis and his top five Hot 100 hit, "Respect Yourself." For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, on the first new episode of 2017, our guest is James Vincent McMorrow! Whether you're already a fan of the Irish singer/songwriter or this is your first introduction, you'll enjoy our lovely chat with McMorrow, who made waves late last year with his third album, We Move, and the singles "Rising Water" and "Get Low." For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the first Must-Hear Music podcast of 2017, the Billboard crew runs through the confirmed and rumored releases of 2017, from Sampha to Lorde to Niall Horan to Harry Styles to Little Big Town to Sam Hunt to Nicki Minaj. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glass Animals' wonderfully wonky sophomore album "How To Be a Human Being" was a dramatic study in 11 different characters -- one for each song -- which found the indie pop band exploring the minds of a mayonnaise-eating stoner and a codeine-abusing, space-obsessed loner. The band described the zany project to host Chris Payne, while delving into its hip-hop influence and what it was like to collaborate with Joey Bada$$. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the most wonderful Pop Shop Podcast of the year -- the holiday episode! And our very special guest is none other than legendary singer Darlene Love, whose song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a Christmas classic. We talked with Love about her holiday traditions, including getting her family all in one place and playing her annual string of Christmas shows, plus she shared some of her favorite Christmas carols. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also chatted about how she got involved in the Oscar- and Grammy-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom and how E Street Band mainstay Steven Van Zandt helped bring her magnificent back to the forefront with her 2015 album Introducing Darlene Love. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of the Must-Hear Music podcast, Billboard staffers look back on the year's best albums, from Beyonce to The 1975 to ANOHNI to Maren Morris to Chance the Rapper. We also reveal which acclaimed albums we personally didn't feel in 2016. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know him as the dude with the beard and awesome Nets jerseys who drums in Vampire Weekend - but he's much more than that! Chris Tomson is making his own music now as Dams of the West and if you're a fan of VW -- especially its lyrics -- you're going to like Tomson's solo work. He sat down for an interview with host Chris Payne where he also touched on Vampire Weekend's plans for a fourth album, campaigning for Bernie Sanders and growing up in New Jersey. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the show, we have U.K. singer Kyla, who is featured on Drake's megahit "One Dance." Kyla got the surprise of a lifetime back in the spring when Team Drake called out of the blue to ask to sample her 2009 track "Do You Mind" on a mystery song. Her life changed nearly overnight when the sample turned into a feature and the song became Drake's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist -- and stayed at the top for 10 weeks. She tells us all about how the sample came to be, her interactions with Drake since, her "surreal" post-"One Dance" life (including a new collaboration with Naughty Boy), and her plans for a full-length album. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest edition of the Pop Shop Podcast, we chat with DJ/producer Martin Garrix about his latest hit single, "In the Name of Love," with Bebe Rexha, how his music transcends language barriers and has taken him around the world, and more. Plus: We dive into the Grammy Award nominations, discuss The Weeknd's new No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, how "The Hamilton Mixtape" is set to debut at No. 1, and the return of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to the Billboard Hot 100. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Metallica's new album "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" -- its first in eight years -- debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the third-largest opening week of 2016. How does it compare to past triumphs like "The Black Album" and "Ride the Lightning"? Metallica expert/Ringer NFL writer and podcaster Robert Mays broke it all down on this week's Headliner Interview. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Singer/songwriter Alessia Cara drops in to talk about her breakthrough year, knowing when to say yes to career opportunities, and how she's stayed "authentic," and her latest hit single "Scars to Your Beautiful." In addition to our chat with Cara, we've got chart chat about a rockin' new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart from Metallica, how The Weeknd should bow at No. 1 with his new "Starboy" set, and Billboard Hot 100 news about Fifth Harmony and one of its members, Camilla Cabello! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah McLachlan joins us on the latest show to discuss her new holiday album, “Wonderland!” The three-time Grammy Award-winner called in to talk about the set and how the Christmas season is her “favorite time of year.” Plus, we’ve got chart chat about a new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart from A Tribe Called Quest, and could “Side to Side” become the first No. 1 for both Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on the Billboard Hot 100? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Payne sits down with former Danity Kane member and current futuristic pop purveyor Dawn Richard, who now releases music under the moniker D∆WN. She discussed her new album "Redemption," and how discussions on race, gender and more can be held through art in today's post-Trump world. “Use your art to say how you feel, she says. "You never know who you touch when you do it.” Listen up and get creative. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sting is our very special guest on the latest show, as the superstar discusses his new album “57th & 9th” – his first pop/rock album in more than a decade. Plus, we’ve got chart chat about a new No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100: Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles,” a new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 from Bon Jovi, and how a certain “FLOTUS” debuts on the charts (but likely not the one you’re thinking of). For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices