Chappell Roan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess‘ is Back at Number One on Official Charts, reclaiming the spot after several weeks. Last week, Elton John has achieved his ninth number one album which has now fallen to number seven. At number two, ‘Short n Sweet‘ by Sabrina Carpenter is holding strong while number three is claimed by a new entry in charts: Franz Ferdinand’s new album ‘The Human Fear’.
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— Official Charts (@officialcharts) January 17, 2025
Chappell Roan’s debut album has made numbers in the UK and around the world after a few of her songs started gaining popularity online. The album was originally released in late 2023, and it took a couple months to debut on UK charts; it first appeared in the top 100 in April of 2024 at number 68 and slowly made its way up the charts finally reaching the top twenty in July. Ever since, the album has become a charts staple and has spent 40 weeks in the top 100, 31 of which were in the top ten.
It previously peaked at number one in August, spending one week topping charts. Last week, we saw the album charting at number seven: this week’s jump is due to a new vinyl edition being released, which not only pushed the album to number one on charts but also sent it straight to number on Official Vinyl Charts, where it had previously peaked at number one multiple times.
Chappell Roan’s first single to appear on the UK Singles Chart was ‘Good Luck Babe’, which now counts more than a billion streams on Spotify. The song peaked at number two and has, so far, spent 41 weeks on charts. Off of her debut album, ‘Casual’, ‘Hot to Go’, ‘Pink Pony Club’ and ‘Red Wine Supernova’ have also appeared on charts, with ‘Hot To Go’ peaking at number four.
Chappell Roan’s popularity has risen drastically after she was featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk YouTube segment, where her vocal skills and personality were highlighted and her talent became a viral sensation.
Chappell Roan has previously visited the UK on a sold-out tour which took her to London, Manchester and Glasgow. In the summer, she will perform at Leeds and Reading festival alongside Hozier, Travis Scott and Bring Me The Horizon. She is also a strong candidate for Glastonbury Festival, whose line-up is set to be released in the upcoming months.
While the artist has hinted at new music quite a few times since her debut album has brought her new levels of fame, she has yet to confirm whether a new album will be coming out in 2025.
Earlier this year, Chappell Roan was named BBC’s Sound of 2025 winner.
