Greatest Pop Stars

Which Pop Stars Won 2025's First Half? Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Benson Boone & More


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It's midyear season at Billboard, so it's time for us to look back at the year in pop stardom so far -- by revisiting our Greatest Pop Stars fantasy draft from January. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined once again by Billboard staffers Kyle Denis, Meghan Mahar and Jason Lipshutz to go over how each of our pop star fantasy teams has done so far, while also sizing up the Greatest Pop Star of 2025 race in general, and predicting some of the artists who aren't in the discussion yet but still might be by year's end.

Greatest Pop Stars Fantasy Draft Episode:

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/greatest-pop-stars-2025-fantasy-draft-podcast-1235877072/

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2025 So Far:

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-albums-2025-so-far

Billboard's 50 Best Songs of 2025 So Far:

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-songs-2025-so-far


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