Chart Beat

Roadrunner execs Mike Easterlin and Mitch Mills chat with host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust about how twenty one pilots have ascended from core alternative faves to the mainstream with their album "Blurryface." Plus, insights about Paramore, Kiiara and other Roadrunner acts.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Super-producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Mary Chapin Carpenter) and Americana Music Assn. executive director Jed Hilly discuss the growth of the Americana genre with Nashville-based Billboard chart manager Jim Asker.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SiriusXM vp of music programming Kid Kelly chats with host Gary Trust about how he picks hits for the satellite service's pop channels, recounts his colorful radio career and reveals that it might be time to retire his long-running syndicated '80s/'90s show "Backtrax USA."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Longtime MTV queen Martha Quinn chats with host Gary Trust about her helping define pop culture in the '80s, her new role as morning host on San Francisco's iHeart80s radio station & more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Music Choice's Damon Williams chats with host Gary Trust about the service's deep menu of cable TV audio channels, its many interactive features planned for the summer and its upcoming fourth-quarter expansion of its video presentation.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ABC Radio's manager of entertainment programming Andrea Dresdale joins host Gary Trust to predict who might have the biggest songs this summer, from Justin Timberlake, Drake and Desiigner to Rihanna, Adele, Ariana Grande and more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nielsen Music's Dave Bakula chats with Billboard co-directors of charts Keith Caulfield and host Gary Trust about how Nielsen has tracked music consumption for a quarter-century. Also: a countdown of the five best-selling albums in the U.S. of the past 25 years.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Columbia Records senior VP of promotion, adult radio, Pete Cosenza chats with host Gary Trust about the label's recent successes with Adele, Rachel Platten, Ruth B and more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RCA Records EVP/GM Joe Riccitelli discusses how the label promotes hits from its star-packed artist roster, which includes, among others, Zayn, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Billboard's News Director Shirley Halperin chats with co-director of charts and host Gary Trust about Billboard's mindset behind covering, analyzing and presenting news about the music business.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Curb Records founder and Curb/Word chairman Mike Curb chats with Billboard's Jim Asker about Curb's more than 50 years of making hits in Nashville, how artists get signed and why his labels will never leave the city's historic Music Row.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Gary Trust chats with Anne Donohue, faculty advisor of Boston University's student-run radio station, WTBU, about rebuilding after a recent fire. Also discussed: the changing state of journalism and the legacy of WTBU alum, and station fan, Howard Stern."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the second edition of Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast, Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust chats with Fred Bronson about the latter's renowned career, which includes 16 years writing Billboard's "Chart Beat" column, as well as his "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" and contributions to Fox's "American Idol."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Billboard's new Chart Beat Podcast, where host Gary Trust, Billboard's co-director of charts, and other members of Billboard's charts department analyze the numerous factors that go into making a Billboard chart hit. First up: longtime Billboard journalist Paul Grein, who discusses why music fans love following the charts. He also shares memories of his many years covering the business, including an interview with a shy, then-budding superstar, Michael Jackson.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.