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.
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