Chappell Roan’s success is H-O-T-T-O-G-O.
The singer-songwriter, who has seen a meteoric ascent into pop superstardom, has reached a brand new excessive of No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Chart together with her debut studio album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, second solely to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division, nonetheless dominating for a fifteenth non-consecutive week.
With 72,000 extra models bought, or a rise of 13%, Midwest Princess has reached a brand new weekly excessive, per Billboard. This marks a brand new peak for the album within the third consecutive week. Since its launch in late September of final yr, the album has steadily gained in reputation, most notably coming into the Prime 10 the week of June 22. It has moved up week by week since then.
Additionally on the chart this week, in descending order, is Mogan Wallen’s One Factor At A Time, Billie Eilish’s melodic Hit Me Arduous And Smooth, and Charli XCX’s summer time phenomenon Brat.
Roan’s exponential breakthrough has been ten years within the making, with social media viral hits and key appearances undergirding her rise. The artist has since carried out on NPR’s Tiny Desk live performance collection, Coachella, the Governors Ball Music Competition, The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon (on which she was additionally a featured visitor), Lollapalooza, and extra. She additionally opened for fellow Gen Z artist Olivia Rodrigo earlier this yr.
Final week, Roan went semi-viral for scolding her VIP part at Exterior Lands for not dancing alongside together with her efficiency, saying, “It’s so bizarre that VIP thinks they’re so manner too cool to do that. You’re not enjoyable! Be enjoyable and check out!”
The “Pink Wine Supernova” singer is presently nominated for Finest New Artist on the VMAs, which will probably be held on Sept. 11.
