She played the fiddle in an Irish band, but she fell in love with an English man.

Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, you're dipped it in a fountain of music, news, and criticism.

I'm your host, John Cara Monica.

She shared a cigarette with me while I brother played the guitar.

She asked me what is it me?

The gaily can curl your arm said it was one of my friend's songs.

Do you want to drink on?

She took.

I didn't give you enough last week.

So we're back with more Galway girl from your man Ed Sheerin,

breaking down those high-high walls between British music and Irish music,

which I know is something that keeps all

podcast listeners up really late at night. Galway Girl is a very very big record in

the United Kingdom right now, but I am playing that because this

week on the podcast we are going to be speaking about what the hell is going

on with the Billboard album charts and singles charts which are about as

unusually aligned as any time I can remember certainly in recent memory. To do that I

am joined by two guests.

I have Joc Oscar Alley, pop music reporter in the New York Times.

Hey John.

And also Chris Mulanthy, who is a freelance writer who focuses on the charts

for places like Slate, Vulture, and others,

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