Pop Shop Podcast – Billboard

Ricardo Gomez

Thanks to The Weeknd’s new song “Popular,” Madonna is back where she’s been many times before: on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Popular” (also featuring Playboi Carti) from the new HBO series idol It reached No. 43 on the Hot 100 for the week—Madonna’s highest-charting hit in over a decade, since “Give Me All Your Luvin'” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., reached No. 10 in February 2012. Also thanks to “Famous,” joining Madonna now refers to Cher as the only woman to debut on the Hot 100 in five separate decades.

But this is not the only new music for Madonna. In the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we also talk about the Queen of Pop’s club-friendly collaboration with Sam Smith on “Vulgar.” Plus, Madonna is all over Kristen and the Queen’s new album Paranoia, angels, true love also. How would Keith and the rest of Madonna’s fans feel about getting all this new material in 2023? Listen below.

Also in the show, we talk about major cheerful Moments from Sunday’s Tony Awards, including Alex Newell (who played Fred Adams on the show) winning Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for peeled And Lea Michele closes the show with “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from funny girl. Plus, we’ve got chart news about how a whopping six debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart—the first time that’s happened in over two and a half years. On the Hot 100, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” reached double-digit territory at number one, with the song spending its tenth week in charge.

the painting Pop Shop Podcast It is your one-stop-shop for all things pop-up paintingWeekly charts. You can always count on lively discussion on the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and people from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear it paintingWest Coast Executive Digital Director Katie Atkinson W paintingGeneral Manager, Charts and Data Operations, Keith Caulfield each week on the podcast, which can be streamed at Billboard.com or Downloaded at Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to hear a previous version of the show on Billboard.com.)