Stay ConnectedOn Billboard’s Chart Beat podcast, Gary Trust and Trevor Anderson of Billboard’s charts department look at why what’s on the charts is on the charts. With discussions with artists, record label executives, radio programmers, songwriters and more, the Chart Beat Podcast covers the numerous factors that go into making songs and albums Billboard chart hits.
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KCSN Los Angeles programmer Sky Daniels shares insights about the adult alternative station and radio overall.
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The voice behind the Eagles' classic "I Can't Tell You Why" & more talks about his new album, "Leap of Faith," and what might, or might not, lie ahead for the iconic band following the passing of Glenn Frey.
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Chart fans around the world surely have libraries of Joel Whitburn Billboard chart reference books. On a recent visit to New York, Whitburn chatted with Billboard's Gary Trust and Alex Vitoulis about his hobby that led to his becoming Billboard's longest-running licensee, a partnership that now dates back nearly 50 years.
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ABC Radio's Andrea Dresdale joins host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust to predict who might have the hottest songs as the weather turns cooler.
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Debbie Gibson joins host (and Gibson fan) Gary Trust to discuss her new Hallmark Channel movie, "Summer of Dreams," and her chart-topping career. Gary also tries to keep calm when he realizes he has apparently inspired (co-written?) a new Gibson song during the podcast.
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Dave and Yael Penn of Hit Songs Deconstructed join host Gary Trust to breakdown how and why, based on the music, The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down," Meghan Trainor's "No" & Prince's "When Doves Cry" have all hit the Hot 100's top 10 in 2016.
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Lionel Richie joins Billboard's Trevor Anderson to chat about the R&B/pop icon's legendary career, including the including the whirlwind recording of "Endless Love" with Diana Ross. There were "so many moving parts," as, due to deadlines, the recording needed to be turned around in just 12 hours. "I had to get the whole song done that night," Richie recalls. "Make or break, you follow me?"
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On the latest episode of the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast, the iconic Chubby Checker joins host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust, in honor of "The Twist" reigning as the Billboard Hot 100's all-time No. 1 song. Its appeal, says Checker? "It's a sexy song."
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On the latest episode of the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast, WFUV New York program director Rita Houston joins host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust, and Billboard's rock charts manager Kevin Rutherford, to chat about her 22-year legacy of music discovery at the station. "Growing up in New York, progressive radio loomed large," Houston says. "That informed me and, at WFUV, it's a part of our DNA to keep that kind of radio alive."
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Celebrity blogger, and celebrity himself, Perez Hilton chats with host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust about his longtime love of music and the Billboard charts, as well as his personal redemption. "I have tons of regrets," Hilton says of his perhaps too-snarky professional past. But, he muses, "With age comes confidence. When you know better, you do better."
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