This Who Won the Month episode of the 'Greatest Pop Stars' podcast looks at the big names who kicked off the second half of 2026 in high gear.
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Aidan Zamiri
Can you believe Fourth of July weekend was only a month ago? It feels a lot longer than that since Madonna released her Confessions II album, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married, and Toby Keith got played at so many 250th anniversary celebrations across America he recharted with the highest Billboard Hot 100 peak of his career. We got nearly enough for a full pop star month in that one weekend, but there was still plenty more to come, including some of the year’s most-anticipated LP releases, a jam-packed Lollapalooza, and in the midst of all of it, a World Cup that included a star-studded halftime show at its finals.
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