Greatest Pop Star Instant Reaction: How'd Kendrick Lamar Do at the Super Bowl?
It's our Greatest Pop Star of 2024's biggest moment yet! After many months of buzz and controversy, Kendrick Lamar took the stage at Super Bowl LIX to cap his last year of triumph, delivering one of the most-anticipated halftime show sets of our lifetime. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard staffers Eric Frankenberg and Meghan Mahar to discuss how Kendrick did in his career-culminating gig, what it means for his pop stardom moving forward, what parts of it feel like instantly iconic moments and what parts feel more like missed opportunities.
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Which Pop Stars Won January 2025?
On this week's episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard staffers Stephen Daw and Kyle Denis to discuss the pop stars who are leading the Greatest Pop Stars race for 2025 after one month (plus Grammy weekend in February). We each choose our top fives, then we talk some disappointing starts to the season, and make some predictions about who we're going to be talking about at the end of February.
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Great Moments in Pop Star History: 2015 Grammys
Beyoncé's first big AOTY loss! Sam Smith's career night! #WhoIsBeck?! Kanye doing stuff! It's the 2015 Grammys, a pivotal awards night with nearly all the biggest pop stars of the mid-2010s in attendance. On this episode of Greatest Pop Stars, we debut our Great Moments in Pop Star History series, with host Andrew Unterberger joined by Pop Shop Podcast co-host Katie Atkinson to recall the unforgettable night, which set a lot of the narratives into motion that hang over the Grammys to this day -- and may very well resurface at the awards again this Sunday.
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Vintage Pop Stardom: 2005 Kelly Clarkson (with Todd in the Shadows)
On this week's episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, we're debuting our Vintage Pop Stardom series format -- looking at one pop star at one of their peak years, and going deep into everything that made their year so great and so fun and so impactful. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by YouTube's Todd in the Shadows to talk about all things 2005 Kelly Clarkson, the year of "Since U Been Gone," "AHHHHH KELLY CLARKSON" and Kelly's official breakaway from 'American Idol' as she rose to unquestioned pop-rock superstardom.
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Who Will Be the Greatest Pop Stars of 2025? A Fantasy Draft
Welcome back to the Greatest Pop Stars podcast! Today, we kick off 2025 with some predictions for the year to come -- in the form of a fantasy pop star draft. Billboard's Andrew Unterberger is joined by fellow staffers Jason Lipshutz, Meghan Mahar and Kyle Denis to draft rosters of 2025 pop stars who we believe are going to define and dominate the year to come -- as well as some potential sleeper picks, comeback hopefuls, and even a few "pop stars" from outside the world of music.
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