Earlier this month, we right here at Billboard started our workers countdown of the 25 Best Pop Stars of the twenty first Century — the artists who, by our estimation, have finest exemplified and influenced pop stardom over the course of the previous 25 years. We’ve been rolling out two of them every week, and can proceed to unveil our picks (together with accompanying essays celebrating every artist) over the course of the following few months, as we make our method in direction of naming our No. 1.
Nonetheless, simply writing about these artists didn’t really feel like fairly sufficient to seize all our emotions about these artists and their impression. So as we speak, we’re launching the Best Pop Stars of the twenty first Century podcast — publishing each week from now till we’re performed our countdown, and going deep as we will on every of the artists on our record. Hosted by deputy editor Andrew Unterberger and that includes a rotating solid of Billboard editors, writers and contributors as co-stars, we’ll be encapsulating these artists from each the business insider and the pop superfan perspective, whereas discussing all the pieces about them from their most iconic second to their finest music to carry out at karaoke.
Three episodes of the Best Pop Stars of the twenty first Century podcast are already reside. Our first episode, with Unterberger joined by Billboard director of music Jason Lipshutz and workers author Kyle Denis, covers our Honorable Mentions, as we rapidly contact on the 25 closest-but-not-quite artists who simply missed the reduce for our high 25 — in addition to a handful of non-public favorites we simply couldn’t discover room for.
Then, in episode two, Unterberger and Lipshutz focus on Katy Perry (No. 25) with government director and authentic KatyKat Joe Lynch, after which discuss Ed Sheeran (No. 24) with senior producer, branded content material and Ed Sheeran superfan Walaa Elsiddig. Lastly, episode three covers all issues Unhealthy Bunny (No. 23), with Unterberger joined by BB conejos Isabela Raygoza (Billboard Español affiliate editor) and Emily Fuentes (senior supervisor, content material and manufacturing), after which pivots to One Path (No. 22) with two longtime Directioners in tow: social media supervisor Danielle Pascual and E-commerce author Rylee Johnston.
Try our first three episodes beneath, and you should definitely subscribe to the Best Pop Stars of the twenty first Century on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to be notified of latest episodes each Friday!
