Pop Shop Podcast

Billboard staffers discuss favorite albums of 2017's first quarter, from Khalid, Muna, Laura Marling, Rag'n'Bone Man, Stormzy and Gabriel Garzon-Montano on Must-Hear Music podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Violet are the first signees to 5 Seconds of Summer's record label, but that's far from the top reason you should know 'em. They're an fiery band of girls and guys who make pop music inflected with rock instruments; shouts to their past lives as teenaged hard rockers Cherri Bomb. Listen to the whole band chat with host Chris Payne about their upcoming debut album, the lamest Instagram hashtags, and how they've taken more control of their career than ever before. #GOALS (kidding). For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betty Who drops by for a fun conversation about her new album, "The Valley!" The singer/songwriter discusses her new release (which bowed on March 24), being a “pop music nerd,” her love of Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears; and working with Superfruit and Warren G on her new album. In addition, the Pop Shop Podcast teams dives into chart news about Drake, Chuck Berry and Depeche Mode, along with a discussion about a bevy of One Direction-related updates about Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, James Blunt stops by to talk about his new album “The Afterlove,” working with Ed Sheeran and Ryan Tedder on the project, and how he felt a new “confidence” going into the album. Plus, we’ve got news on Drake’s “More Life” album, the blockbuster debut of the “Beauty and the Beast” musical film, how Nicki Minaj sets a new record on the Billboard Hot 100, and a fun chart stat of the week about a beauty queen-turned-chart topping pop star. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cari Fletcher is a recent NYU grad and X-Factor album who's enjoying some early success behind her freshly-launched solo career. Last year's "Finding Fletcher" EP was a Spotify smash, and now she's using all she's learned to craft her debut album. Hear Fletcher chat with Billboard's Chris Payne about her story so far, featuring some valuable, first-hand advice for aspiring artists. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bebe Rexha joins us on the latest Pop Shop Podcast to talk about her current hit "I Got You," her first headlining tour, and her new "All Your Fault" EPs. Plus, we've got chart news about Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit and Metallica, and updates on Drake's "More Life" project and Nicki Minaj's three new songs. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a charming talk with Davey Havok and Jade Puget from AFI. We start in the present, with their strong 2017 effort "The Blood Album" and wind up going all the way back to 924 Gilman St., the heart of the East Bay punk scene, which also included bands like Jawbreaker and Green Day. In between, we discuss how Davey and Jade's healthy lifestyle (they're both straight edge; Davey is vegan) led to AFI's longevity. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah Cyrus drops by the Pop Shop Podcast to talk about her debut chart hit, “Make Me (Cry),” her upcoming album, and how she’s excited about stepping into the spotlight as her “own person.” In addition to our discussion with Noah, we've got chart chat about Future's historic debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and The Chainsmokers' big week on the Billboard Hot 100 (where they are suddenly in the same company as The Beatles and Bee Gees). Plus, we've got news on Ed Sheeran's headed-for-No. 1 "÷" (Divide) album, the iHeart Radio Music Awards, and we remember our friend — and former publisher — the late Tommy Page. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You could call Dan + Shay a "country duo," but that hardly describes the swath of genres comprising their musical DNA. They met at a Nashville house party covering Omarion's "O," they're bridging into Christian music with their latest single (soundtracking the 2017 film "The Shack"), and they've spent a good deal of their lives loving Warped Tour pop-punk and hardcore. Listen to them chat with host Chris Payne about all this, along with the voice memo recoding off Dan's phone of Shay singing him Omarion on that fateful night. 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 rising star Dua Lipa! The singer and songwriter talks about her “whirlwind” year (where she’s notched five top 40-charting hits on the Official U.K. Singles Chart and her first hits on the Billboard Hot 100), her upcoming debut album and more. Plus, the Pop Shop team dives into a discussion about the Academy Awards, Lorde’s new music, chart chat about Future’s anticipated back-to-back No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay’s new single, and the chances of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s “City of Stars” hitting the Hot 100. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices