Welcome to the latest episode of the Billboard.com Pop Shop Podcast, Billboard’s weekly half-hour audio breakdown of the Billboard charts, hottest music news and year’s biggest musical events. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard co-director of charts Keith Caulfield and Billboard.com senior editor Katie Atkinson every Tuesday on the free Pop Shop Podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in iTunes (click here to listen to the previous episode on Billboard.com).
On the latest episode, we welcome pop singer/songwriter Troye Sivan! We talked to the star before his recent iHeartRadio Theatre show at the Honda Stage — the same week his single “Youth” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. We chatted about “Youth’s” airplay success, life on the road during his current tour, performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, how he found out about hitting the Billboard charts for the first time, his hopes of writing with other artists including Taylor Swift and Lorde, and his powerful Blue Neighbourhood trilogy of music videos.
Troye Sivan Shows Growth & Growing Pains on Debut ‘Blue Neighbourhood’: Album Review
Also on the show, Keith and Katie talk all things Oscar, as they preview the 2016 Academy Awards. They discuss their pick for the winner of the best original song category (will Lady Gaga take home her first Academy Award?), the Oscar history of current nominee Diane Warren (she’s been nominated eight times!), surprising Oscar performers of the past (Little Richard! The Temptations!), some of their favorite performances of past Academy Awards ceremonies and more.
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