Will Beyonce & Taylor Swift Face Off for Album of the Year at 2025 Grammys?

When the 2025 Grammy nominations are unveiled on Friday (Nov. 8), 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 chosen few later this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about how Chappell Roan is charting a new course for young artists by speaking up for how she wants to be treated and not accepting the way things were. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When One Direction arrived in America in 2011, the five-member British boy band took the pop world by storm. More than a decade later, fans of the wildly popular group were devastated to learn of the death of Liam Payne last week at age 31. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith reflect on Payne's loss and discuss how his tragic death robs 1D fans of the chance to ever see their beloved group perform together again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie and Keith are chatting about Stevie Nicks' pair of powerful performances on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, especially her urgent, fiery delivery on "The Lighthouse," which arrived late last month and was inspired by the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are taking a closer look at the hotly contested best new artist category at the upcoming Grammy Awards. Who is in the running? Who could get nominated? It's a crowded field with everyone from Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan to Shaboozey, Benson Boone, Tommy Richman and Teddy Swims all vying for a nomination. Listen to the latest episode below to hear who made the cut, who was left out, and whose names we were surprised to see on the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The season 50 premiere of "Saturday Night Live" was a very musical episode, and it's got Keith and Katie thinking about what could be in store for the rest of the historic season. Could "SNL" bring back season one performers? Maybe introduce some legendary acts to the "SNL" stage for the first time? Plus, chart news about Future, Katy Perry and Chappell Roan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we give you a taste of an action-packed weekend in Las Vegas, as Katie recounts to Keith all the details of covering the Eagles' opening night on Friday at the Sphere and then popping in for The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Halsey, Hozier, New Kids on the Block and more for iHeartRadio Music Festival's second night on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about Katy Perry's "I'm His, He's Mine," featuring Top Dawg singer/rapper Doechii on a fiery duet that made its live debut on Wednesday's MTV Video Music Awards. The song includes a prominent sample of Crystal Waters' 1991 Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)," which roots the song in a nostalgic feel while still feeling wholly modern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking through all our burning questions after Kendrick Lamar was announced as the 2025 halftime headliner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are discussing all the possibilities for the upcoming film based on Britney Spears' memoir 'The Woman in Me,' set to be helmed by 'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu. Who should join Spears in the ultimate early 2000s pop power couple as Justin Timberlake? Who should play Britney's mom, dad and sister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices