Greatest Pop Stars of 21st Century Podcast
On today’s (Dec. 6) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we’re finally out of new rankings and pop stars to discuss — so we take a look back at the top 10, and the entire Greatest Pop Stars project, with some help from AJ Marks, moderator of Reddit’s r/Popheads forum and […]
On today’s (Dec. 4) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we finally get to No. 1 on our list with the period’s true standard-setter, a pop star who set the bar 25 years ago and has only continued to raise it in the years since. (Read our No. 1 Greatest […]
On today’s (Nov. 20) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 3 on our list with a pop super-duperstar who shined bright for 13 years of absolute pop world command, before ducking out to tend to her business and empire for most of the past decade. (Read our No. […]
On today’s (Nov. 4) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 4 on our list with a rapper (and singer) who became a pop star without ever specifically going pop — by changing the face and sound of hip-hop and dragging it further towards the mainstream’s center than it […]
On today’s (Nov. 6) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we kick off the top five of our list with a pop star who lit up the entire music world of the late ’00s and early ’10s — with a string of chart smashes accompanied by blindingly brilliant music videos, live […]
On today’s (Oct. 30) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 6 of our list with a pop star who became one of the great icons of the early 21st century — first as the artist behind a string of smash hits and unforgettable pop culture moments, then […]
On today’s (Oct. 23) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 7 of our list with a producer-turned-rapper-turned-all-consuming-celebrity, who has been unavoidable in pop culture for the last two decades — often for his artistic brilliance, sometimes for his business ventures or personal life, and particularly in recent […]
On today’s (Oct. 23) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 8 of our list with a teen-pop phenom who created absolute pandemonium among young fans at the turn of the 2010s — and then grew with his fanbase into adult pop stardom in the decade that followed. […]
On today’s (Oct. 18) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we reach No. 9 of our list with a teen TV star who showed up to pop music in the mid-2010s already a near-fully formed star — and just continued to get bigger and better, until she came to define […]
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