Chappell Roan's Rise To Pop Stardom | Billboard Explains
Chappell Roan’s music has skyrocketed in the last few months. With her singles, "Good Luck, Babe!," "Red Wine Supernova" and "HOT TO GO" all rising in the Hot 100 alongside her debut album 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' entering the Billboard 200. But who is Chappell Roan and where did she come out from? Will she be pop music’s newest sensation? Keep watching to find out more!
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00:00Is Chapel Roan pop music's next big sensation? The singer-songwriter has skyrocketed to pop
00:05stardom over the past year, but Chapel has been working towards this moment since she was a
00:09teenager. So who is Chapel Roan? What's her story? And how did she make her way to the charts?
00:16This is Billboard Explains Chapel Roan's Rise to Pop Stardom.
00:20Born Kaylee Rose Amstutz, she adopted the name Chapel Roan in honor of her late grandfather,
00:25Dennis Chapel, and his favorite song, The Strawberry Roan by Marty Robbins.
00:30Hailing from Willard, Missouri, Chapel started uploading covers to YouTube as a teenager.
00:34At 16, she wrote her original song, Die Young, and was signed to Atlantic Records at 17.
00:45She released her first EP, School Nights, in 2017 and then dropped Pink Pony Club in 2020.
00:50Unfortunately, her label didn't think she was a profitable artist, and she was dropped.
00:56Fast forward to October 2023, where Chapel made her Billboard chart debut,
01:03jumping onto the Emerging Artist chart at No. 8.
01:06She later went on to be No. 1 for three weeks on the same chart, beginning in May 2024.
01:11Chapel's gradual rise to the big time also played out for her debut studio album,
01:15The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. While it was released in September 2023,
01:21it didn't enter the Billboard 200 until it debuted at No. 127 in April 2024.
01:27Following her iconic Coachella performance and opening for Olivia Rodrigo on her G.U.T.S. tour.
01:37Since then, the album has been rising higher and higher. This week,
01:40it reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200, her first top 10 on the chart.
01:44Chapel has scored three Hot 100 hits since April, Good Luck Babe, which has peaked at No. 21 so far,
01:50Red Wine Supernova at No. 67, and Hot to Go at No. 68.
01:55All three songs have potential to climb even higher as her stardom continues to rise.
02:04There's no doubt this is just the beginning of Chapel's journey on the Billboard charts.