Stevie Nicks returned to Saturday Night Live over the weekend, performing on the show for the first time in 41 years and playing two songs: starting with her latest song “The Lighthouse” and ending with the 1981 classic “Edge of Seventeen.”
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie and Keith are chatting about the pair of powerful performances, especially Nicks‘ urgent, fiery delivery on “The Lighthouse,” which arrived late last month and was inspired by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Listen to our conversation below, where we also talk about Ariana Grande’s latest MVP showing as SNL host.
Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on Coldplay topping the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in more than a decade with Moon Music, Shaboozey’s continued rule atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” and who might be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week — maybe Rod Wave? GloRilla? Jelly Roll? Perhaps a deluxe-reissue-boosted Charli XCX with BRAT? Plus, as Kyle Denis wrote about for Billboard earlier this week, a number of Hot 100 hits from the past year were ineligible for the Grammys because of their initial release dates — but that didn’t stop artist from submitting alternate versions instead. Listen to our chat about those workaround submissions.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard’s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard’s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)