When the 2025 Grammy nominations are unveiled on Friday, there’s a world where the year’s biggest pop stars dominate the storyline.
Billboard awards editor Paul Grein has shared his final Big Four predictions ahead of Friday’s announcement, and he thinks pop women will lead the biggest categories, including Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Charli XCX’s Brat and Chappell Roan’s The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess.
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking through Paul’s predictions before we learn the Big Four contenders on Friday.
Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Tyler, the Creator lands his third No. 1 album, all in a row, on the Billboard 200 chart, how Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” surges to a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and how the much-buzzed-about new cast recording of Sunset Blvd., starring Nicole Scherzinger, debuts at No. 1 on our Cast Albums chart.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard’s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard’s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
