The Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century
Hosted by Andrew Unterberger · Billboard
4.4from 126 ratings
- 139
- Episodes
- 24
- Transcribed
- 126
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About The Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century
Billboard's weekly deep dive into the past, present and future of pop stardom, hosted by deputy editor Andrew Unterberger. New episodes every Thursday.
- Publisher
- Billboard
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
24 of 139 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
1997 Prodigy: Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom (with Tom Breihan)
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
1995 Hole: Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom (with Lina Morgan)
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
2006 Arctic Monkeys: Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom (with Thomas Smith)
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1997 Prodigy: Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom (with Tom Breihan)
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So, The group forms around the turn of the 90s of Liam Howlett. He's mostly just a DJ at this point. He's playing hip-hop. He's playing house. And he's making some of his own music inspired by that stuff on the side. He doesn't release any of it on his own until after he meets Keith Flint and Leroy Thornhill at one of his DJ gigs. They're into the stuff he's playing. He gives them a tape that's like half that stuff, half his own stuff. They're impressed. They say, let's start a group together. Basically, Howlett, as we mentioned, does all the music. They do dances to it on stage. In 2026, that seems kind of crazy to have two guys in the group whose sole responsibility is just to dance. […]
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- Tom Breihan
- Lina Morgan
- Thomas Smith
- Sophie Williams
- Trevor Anderson
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 32 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 94 ratings
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- 6
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 84
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