Chappell Roan, Taylor Swift & Extra

This week at the Largest Pop Stars podcast, we have now begun unveiling the highest 10 of our Largest Pop Stars of 2024 record — and although we’re nonetheless a couple of days clear of the disclosing of our most sensible two (arising this Monday, Dec. 3), we’re already smartly within the thick of artists who got sturdy attention for the highest spot.

On our newest episode, host Andrew Unterberger is joined through Billboard Satisfaction editor Stephen Daw and workforce creator Hannah Dailey to speak about our Nos. 6 thru 3 artists, which we unveiled Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 18-19) this week. We commence at No. 6 with Ariana Grande, an all-century pop superstar whose 2024 were given off to a super get started, was once at risk of being overshadowed through an impossibly packed summer time, and now’s finishing even more potent than it all started. We talk about our emotions about Everlasting Sunshine and Depraved and debate how lengthy the wait is more likely to in reality be till we subsequent get new tune from her.

Then, at No. 5 (we take into accout the Yr of Charli XCX, a pop superstar whose brilliance gave the impression destined to be underappreciated in her personal time, however which each appeared to after all understand immediately in 2024. We proportion our reminiscences of the inconceivable highs of Brat Summer time, and what it was once about this period of Charli’s — and the way it stored increasing and evolving over the ones months — that made her really unignorable within the better popular culture. We additionally be offering takes on what the real biggest creative success of her yr was once, and play a amusing guessing recreation associated with the Brat and It’s Totally Other However Additionally Nonetheless Brat remix album.

After that, at No. 4, it’s Chappell Roan (1:05:30), an absolute supernova of a 2024 pop superstar, who emerged from cult hero-dom to absolute scorch her means during the mainstream this yr. We discuss what it way for pop stardom generally in 2024 that anyone as soon as believed to be essentially be a distinct segment artist like Roan may just without a doubt develop into one of the crucial greatest stars on the earth, and we surprise at how she was once in a position to dominate the yr whilst best liberating one new track. We additionally take a look at what the following yr or two may just appear to be for Roan as she acclimates to her insane new lifestyles cases and (with a bit of luck) prepares for a globe-conquering 2d album.

In any case, at No. 3 (1:42:30), it’s Taylor Swift, already one of the crucial biggest pop stars of all time. We talk about the circumstances for whether or not she’s too top in this record, too low or simply proper. We additionally glance again on the legacies of her charts-conquering The Tortured Poets Division and her globe-conquering Eras Excursion, and sweetness what the hell she may be able to do subsequent to take a look at to apply it all up. (Don’t concern, we have now concepts.)

Test all of it out above, and make sure you come again on Monday (Dec. 23) as we disclose our brutally tough choice for the highest two Largest Pop Stars of 2024.