1978 Bee Gees: Vintage Pop Stardom (with Chris Dalla Riva)
In the late-'70s, disco lorded over everything, and no artist ruled the clubs like the Bee Gees: The Gibb brother trio reinvented its sound and swarmed the charts, both with their own smashes and hits they helmed for other artists, including their younger brother. On this Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by 'Uncharted Territory' author Chris Dalla Riva to talk about the Bee Gees' absurd 1978 peak — the year 'Saturday Night Fever' and its soundtrack ruled the world, with "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever" and numerous other Gibb-penned classics making for a historic, chart-and-culture-dominating run that not even the disastrous 'Sgt. Pepper' movie could derail.
1978 Bee Gees YouTube Playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMaUinqvtIfa66hvIsAsbPjJ&si=J81589B1bKL6X7TA
Buy Chris' 'Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves':
https://bio.site/uncharted_territory?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnVH60dsVVTqbWEOtXV2f4vUxakNUKOiRljMIXut34sQPzevywdw-NRoXOkQc_aem_vxEhkXTH-oVHgGoDlUQrOA
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2012 Coachella — Dre, Snoop & The 2Pac Hologram: Great Moments in Pop Star History (with Katie Bain)
The 2012 edition of Coachella was an enormously important one — shifting the festival's musical balances, premiering vital new rising stars and earning its first truly viral pop culture moment with the 2Pac hologram featured in headliners Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's star-studded set. On this week's Great Moments in Pop Star History episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard's Katie Bain — who just wrote the 'Desert Dreams' book about Coachella — to recall our own memories of the 2012 festival, and how its climactic moment continues to reverberate over a decade later.
Buy Katie's 'Desert Dreams: The Music, Style and Allure of Coachella' here:
https://geni.us/DesertDreams
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Which Pop Stars Won October 2025? Taylor Swift, Olivia Dean, Tame Impala (?!) and More
On this Who Won the Month episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard staffers Kyle Denis and Stephen Daw to discuss the big pop stars, rising prospects and veteran greats who were heard from loudest in October 2025 — which, spoiler art, was absolutely dominated by Taylor Swift. We each choose our top fives for the month that was, then we talk some disappointing recent performances, and look ahead to who we're most anticipating hearing more from in the final months of the year ahead.
If you enjoy the pod, check out out the rest of our 2025 Who Won the Month recaps here:
https://www.billboard.com/t/who-won-the-month/
Find our YouTube playlist for our October 2025 pop stars here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMYzWxaQlHOdO2GmvhAaKjml&si=x9oUDOn92fTy-Kkk
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In 2000, D'Angelo was leveling up from R&B phenomenon to full-fledged crossover superstar, with a chart-topping album and a MTV-dominating video — but nearing pop stardom might quickly proved not the best thing for his art or for his spirit. In this third episode of our Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom mini-series — a spin on our usual Vintage Pop Stardom, with four episodes this month looking at close-but-not-quite pop stars during their biggest years — Vulture's Craig Jenkins helps us look back at the late great D'Angelo during the era of 'Voodoo' and "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," and how he helped briefly define the mainstream before pushing away from it to a degree no one could have quite anticipated.
2000 D'Angelo:
In 2011, the worlds of indie and pop were starting to overlap in new and interesting ways — and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the merging universes was Justin Vernon, otherwise known as alt-folk cult phenomenon Bon Iver. In this third episode of our Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom mini-series — a spin on our usual Vintage Pop Stardom, with four episodes this month looking at close-but-not-quite pop stars during their biggest years — Billboard's Kristin Robinson (of the excellent new Billboard on the Record podcast) looks back at Eau Claire's finest during the year when he brushed against pop stardom, both as one of Kanye West's go-to collaborators, and as one of the most-acclaimed, best-selling and most culturally unavoidable artists in all of indie.
2000 D'Angelo Playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMaFV5ppR8JEQ8z5zPiw5X7I&si=N-RxPcxN65_r9oPD
Read Craig's D'Angelo rememberance on Vulture:
https://www.vulture.com/article/dangelo-obit.html
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In 2011, the worlds of indie and pop were starting to overlap in new and interesting ways — and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the merging universes was Justin Vernon, otherwise known as alt-folk cult phenomenon Bon Iver. In this third episode of our Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom mini-series — a spin on our usual Vintage Pop Stardom, with four episodes this month looking at close-but-not-quite pop stars during their biggest years — Billboard's Kristin Robinson (of the excellent new Billboard on the Record podcast) looks back at Eau Claire's finest during the year when he brushed against pop stardom, both as one of Kanye West's go-to collaborators, and as one of the most-acclaimed, best-selling and most culturally unavoidable artists in all of indie.
2011 Bon Iver YouTube Playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMaFV5ppR8JEQ8z5zPiw5X7I&si=N-RxPcxN65_r9oPD
Subscribe to Kristin's Billboard On the Record Podcast:
https://linktr.ee/billboardontherecord?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAac0zcDf0Bb1zs_FmhrZTvyHmNNTSlAycNfqX8CAKhhEkjgmz2PQAdSULlz9Kg_aem_h7A5x-8EankWuBCgfc6y8A
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Transgender Law Center
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Trans Lifeline
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