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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Roadrunner execs Mike Easterlin and Mitch Mills chat with host and Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust about how twenty one pilots have ascended from core alternative faves to the mainstream with their album "Blurryface." Plus, insights about Paramore, Kiiara and other Roadrunner acts.
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Super-producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Mary Chapin Carpenter) and Americana Music Assn. executive director Jed Hilly discuss the growth of the Americana genre with Nashville-based Billboard chart manager Jim Asker.
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SiriusXM vp of music programming Kid Kelly chats with host Gary Trust about how he picks hits for the satellite service's pop channels, recounts his colorful radio career and reveals that it might be time to retire his long-running syndicated '80s/'90s show "Backtrax USA."
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Longtime MTV queen Martha Quinn chats with host Gary Trust about her helping define pop culture in the '80s, her new role as morning host on San Francisco's iHeart80s radio station & more.
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Music Choice's Damon Williams chats with host Gary Trust about the service's deep menu of cable TV audio channels, its many interactive features planned for the summer and its upcoming fourth-quarter expansion of its video presentation.
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ABC Radio's manager of entertainment programming Andrea Dresdale joins host Gary Trust to predict who might have the biggest songs this summer, from Justin Timberlake, Drake and Desiigner to Rihanna, Adele, Ariana Grande and more.
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Nielsen Music's Dave Bakula chats with Billboard co-directors of charts Keith Caulfield and host Gary Trust about how Nielsen has tracked music consumption for a quarter-century. Also: a countdown of the five best-selling albums in the U.S. of the past 25 years.
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Columbia Records senior VP of promotion, adult radio, Pete Cosenza chats with host Gary Trust about the label's recent successes with Adele, Rachel Platten, Ruth B and more.
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RCA Records EVP/GM Joe Riccitelli discusses how the label promotes hits from its star-packed artist roster, which includes, among others, Zayn, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.
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Billboard's News Director Shirley Halperin chats with co-director of charts and host Gary Trust about Billboard's mindset behind covering, analyzing and presenting news about the music business.
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