CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show Podcast

CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show Podcast

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Hi! We're Chris and Chantel Nicole, hosts of the global pop music podcast, CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show!
An honest pop music podcast led by singer/songwriter Chantel Nicole 👱🏾‍♀️and music industry pro Chris 🧑🏻

As music industry professionals with experience both on stage as dancers and performers and behind the scenes at record labels and in music publishing, we know a great deal about the crazy music industry. On our show, we look at and listen to pop music - old, new, near and far - and discuss and react to the business decisions and creative choices made. Join us as we take a deep dive into the amazing world of pop music!

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[CLIP] Lady Gaga's "Applause": The Weakest Lead Single She's Ever Had?
CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show PodcastAugust 11, 202600:07:28

[CLIP] Lady Gaga's "Applause": The Weakest Lead Single She's Ever Had?

Full track-by-track review of Lady Gaga's "ARTPOP" here: https://youtu.be/ghMDlmRf0lg?si=jjJ-eKkN8BWYJNvm Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops Lady Gaga's "Applause" had the hardest job in her whole catalogue, and in this clip Ch...

Pussycat Dolls "PCD" Album - More Than Just "Don't Cha"?
CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show PodcastAugust 07, 202601:23:38

Pussycat Dolls "PCD" Album - More Than Just "Don't Cha"?

The Pussycat Dolls debut album "PCD" gets the full track by track treatment on CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show, and the timing could not be bigger. With the PCD Forever reunion tour underway and the group just announcing their first-ever Brazil date in São Paulo, Chris and Chan revisit the 2005 album tha...

[CLIP] Why Steps' "Stomp" is the Ultimate 2000s Disco Revival Anthem
CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show PodcastAugust 05, 202600:07:19

[CLIP] Why Steps' "Stomp" is the Ultimate 2000s Disco Revival Anthem

Full "Buzz" Album Review here: https://youtu.be/pCdSEOuB7Qg?si=KXKrruEx8HV1N6vM Steps' "Stomp" is the 2000 disco-pop stomper that gave the group their second UK number 1, and in this clip Chris and Chantel Nicole break down why it still hits harder than most of what the era produced. Pulled from our...

Spice Girls: 30 Years of Reunion Drama | POP 101 Part 3

Spice Girls: 30 Years of Reunion Drama | POP 101 Part 3

Part 1: https://youtu.be/TKWhsdKaQcI Part 2: https://youtu.be/hbUfz51dCKs Part 3: https://youtu.be/BzzpIhBaz8w The Spice Girls have spent 25 years almost getting back together. In this POP 101 finale, we break down the quiet end of the group, the R&B pivot, the scrapped third album, and “Forever”, t...

Spice Girls: Geri Left and Spiceworld Exploded | POP 101 Part 2

Spice Girls: Geri Left and Spiceworld Exploded | POP 101 Part 2

The Spice Girls were the biggest band on the planet in 1997, and it nearly destroyed them. In Part 2 of our POP 101 deep dive, we break down the Spiceworld era from top to bottom: the movie, the album they wrote while filming it, the sponsorship empire, firing Simon Fuller at their absolute peak, th...

[CLIP] Lady Gaga "Applause": The Weakest Lead Single She's Ever Had?

[CLIP] Lady Gaga "Applause": The Weakest Lead Single She's Ever Had?

Full "ARTPOP" Track by Track Album Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghMDlmRf0lg Lady Gaga's "Applause" had the hardest job in her whole catalogue, and in this clip Chris and Chantel Nicole give their honest review of whether it actually pulled it off. Following "Just Dance," "Bad Romance," an...

Spice Girls: The "Manufactured" Band That Refused To Obey | POP 101 Part 1

Spice Girls: The "Manufactured" Band That Refused To Obey | POP 101 Part 1

The Spice Girls story starts here. In Part 1 of our POP 101 deep dive, we break down how five strangers who answered a newspaper ad became the biggest pop group on the planet, from the Heart Management auditions and the "Touch" era all the way through their debut album “Spice” and the “Wannabe” expl...

Madonna's "Confessions II": Her Best in 20 Years... Or Is It?

Madonna's "Confessions II": Her Best in 20 Years... Or Is It?

Madonna is back on the dance floor, and her Confessions II is being called her best album in twenty years. But is the sequel to 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor really the triumph everyone says it is, or is nostalgia doing the heavy lifting? Chris and Chantel Nicole give their honest, track by tr...

[CLIP] Spice Girls "Wannabe" at 30: Reviewing The Debut That Launched Girl Power

[CLIP] Spice Girls "Wannabe" at 30: Reviewing The Debut That Launched Girl Power

Thirty years ago, five women crashed a party in a London hotel and told the entire music industry exactly what they really, really wanted. Pop was never the same. In this clip, Chris and Chantel Nicole give an honest review of the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" and ask whether the song that built Girl Power...

[CLIP] Beyoncé's "Single Ladies": The Video That Broke the Internet Before TikTok

[CLIP] Beyoncé's "Single Ladies": The Video That Broke the Internet Before TikTok

Full track-by-track review of I Am... Sasha Fierce here: Part 1: https://youtu.be/Gl-0DOvttAw Part 2: https://youtu.be/8TufQ056Cn4 Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" didn't just top the charts, it handed pop culture a hand flip that everyone from your cousin to Justin Timberlake tried to c...