How Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan & Sabrina Carpenter Are Maximizing Their Tours With Smart Pop Tactics

In a crowded pop landscape, three of today’s top pop stars are all in the thick of buzzy tours — and they’re each finding their own way to break through the noise.

Dua Lipa is wrapping the U.S. leg of her Radical Optimism Tour this week, before continuing in South America; Chappell Roan played the last U.S. date of her six-concert Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things tour over the weekend before heading to Mexico City; and Sabrina Carpenter has brought her year-plus Short n’ Sweet Tour back around to the U.S. after taking it across the globe. They all understand the power of a special guest, like Lipa enlisting geographically significant guests like Gwen Stefani (SoCal) and Green Day (Bay Area) or Carpenter bringing out Shania Twain and The Chicks at ACL Festival, and they know a cover song goes a long way, like Roan performing Heart’s “Barracuda.”

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the tours and what’s special about each one.

Also on the show, we’ve got all your chart news on Taylor Swift and how her blockbuster album The Life of a Showgirl makes a historic debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Plus, Swift takes over the entire top 12 slots on the Billboard Hot 100 with the 12 songs from the album, including her lucky 13th No. 1, “The Fate of Ophelia.”

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.)