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Forbes
7 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Chappell Roan Ties Her Own Best Record With The Smash That Almost Never Was
After years of struggling in the music industry, Chappell Roan finally scored her breakout hit more than a year ago with "Good Luck, Babe!" The tune served as a standalone smash, as she had already released her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – which didn't feature her first smash, somewhat oddly – and the two took off together. "Good Luck, Babe!" became a massive commercial win all around the world. In the United States, its success was bolstered largely by quick and sustained adoption at pop radio. While "Good Luck, Babe!" may have started her run, Roan's single that almost never was has proved to be an even greater success in many respects. As of this frame, "Pink Pony Club" by Roan has spent 29 weeks on the Pop Airplay chart. The cut is now tied with "Good Luck, Babe!" as the singer-songwriter's longest-running success on Billboard's list of the most popular tunes at top 40 pop stations across the U.S. "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck, Babe!" are tied with 29 weeks on the Pop Airplay chart apiece, but that likely won't be the case for very long. When Billboard refreshes its rankings in a few days, "Pink Pony Club" will almost certainly score a thirtieth frame on the list, as it's still performing very well. At the moment, it appears at No. 10, down from No. 8. Since the Pop Airplay roster features 40 spots, it seems unlikely that "Pink Pony Club" will fall away for weeks — if not months — and Roan is almost surely headed for a new longest-running smash. "Pink Pony Club" took a very, very long time to become a pop radio staple. The track was originally released in 2020, before many people knew who Roan was. Even after it was featured on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, it was not initially selected as a favorite by the public, as the masses instead preferred several other tunes from the project. It wasn't until Roan performed the song during the 2025 Grammy Awards that it shot to prominence. Just weeks after the show, "Pink Pony Club" reached No. 1 on the Pop Airplay tally, joining "Good Luck, Babe!" as her only champions. It went on to rule for three weeks, while "Good Luck, Babe!" only held on for a single turn. Now, it's proved to be not just a high-rising smash, but a long-standing one as well.
Forbes
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Chappell Roan's Track Record Is Perfect On One Chart — And That's Where She Returns
Chappell Roan's successes just keep coming. The pop singer and newly-crowned Grammy winner became a household name more than a year ago, as her first full-length and the singles featured on it – as well as one particularly important standalone release – began dominating streaming platforms just like many of today's young stars. But Roan has proven she's not just another viral sensation. She's also become a powerhouse when it comes to selling physical music, particularly on vinyl – a format many of her peers rarely impact. She scores several vinyl bestsellers in the United Kingdom this week as multiple smashes return to the same list. Roan is back inside the top 10 on the Official Vinyl Singles chart in the U.K., the list that tracks the bestselling individual songs on wax in the nation. This frame, she brings both "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck, Babe!" back to the uppermost tier. Neither cut appeared anywhere on the tally last week, but now they return at Nos. 8 and 10, respectively. Roan has only sent two songs to the Official Vinyl Singles chart so far — and both have hit No. 1 at some point. For the moment, her record on the list remains flawless. Between the two, "Good Luck, Babe!" is the longer-running success, as it's now spent 31 frames somewhere on the ranking. "Pink Pony Club" has managed about half as many appearances, with this latest frame marking its fourteenth on the roster. Both "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck, Babe!" are charting across six different tallies each in the U.K. right now. Of the two, "Pink Pony Club" is the bigger winner at the moment, as it is currently living inside the top 10 on every single one of those rankings. Most impressively, it holds at No. 2 on the Official Singles chart — the most important overall songs roster in the country. "Good Luck, Babe!" continues to impress as well, remaining inside the top 40 after more than a year of activity on that same list. Roan's success isn't limited to singles. Her only full-length, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, also makes a triumphant return this week to one roster. The set reappears at No. 40 on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, becoming a bestseller once again after previously peaking at No. 1.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Popstar angers conservatives after claiming families with kids are ‘in Hell'
Popstar Chappell Roan, known for recent hits like "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck, Babe!" faced backlash from pro-family commentators after she suggested that all of her friends with young children are leading joyless lives. On the "Call Her Daddy" podcast last week, Roan, was asked about still being close with friends in her Midwestern hometown, acknowledging they have "very different lives." "A lot of them are married with children, and they have their own houses, and to me, I'm like, I don't know when that's going to happen for me. I don't know when that's realistic, if ever," she said. Host Alex Cooper asked if being married with kids was something she wanted, and Roan replied she wasn't sure. A Quarter Of Young Adults Don't Plan To Have Kids, Citing Financial Woes As Fertility Escalates: Survey "All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone, I actually don't know anyone who's happy and has children, at this age," she answered. "I have not met anyone who's happy, anyone who has light in their eyes, anyone who's slept." Read On The Fox News App Roan's comments sparked a firestorm of backlash from conservatives, arguing she is misinformed and confused about what matters in life. "Chappell Roan, a Gen Z popstar who dresses in drag, claims: 'All my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone who is happy with kids,'" the conservative Media Research Center account replied on X. "Fact-check: Statistically, the happiest women in America are married and have children." TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk made a similar critique of the singer. "Chappell Roan, who is apparently famous, is a biological female who finds the need to identify as a female but dresses in drag ... says all her friends with young kids 'are in hell. I don't know anyone who is happy with kids.' You should not be surprised that a person as obviously deranged as Chappell Roan, with the types of friends she probably keeps, would have such a dumb opinion," he wrote. "FACT: The happiest women in America, statistically, are married with kids." "Hollywood is filled [with] unhappy people, with and without children," Students For Life President Kristan Hawkins observed. "It seems that way to her because she mistakes self-indulgence for happiness. She only understands a shallow, fleeting sort of happiness. I don't know any childless people who seem truly happy," civil liberties attorney Laura Powell wrote. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Danielle D'Souza Gill, author and wife of Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, rejected Roan's claim. "Singer Chappell Roan said, 'All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone who's happy with kids.' Having children is the most rewarding experience ever," she said. "Life isn't about constant 'happiness.' It's about glorifying God and leaving a meaningful legacy." "The best thing we can say about these narcissistic abominations is that their solipsistic refusal to have children will rid us of their blight within a single generation," TabletMag editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz declared. Podcaster Noam Blum said, "This sounds like the surface level observation of someone who hears a mother say she was up all night because of her kid and thinks 'having a kid is making this woman unhappy.'" Representatives for Roan didn't immediately respond for article source: Popstar angers conservatives after claiming families with kids are 'in Hell'
Fox News
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Popstar angers conservatives after claiming families with kids are ‘in Hell'
Popstar Chappell Roan, known for recent hits like "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck, Babe!" faced backlash from pro-family commentators after she suggested that all of her friends with young children are leading joyless lives. On the "Call Her Daddy" podcast last week, Roan, was asked about still being close with friends in her Midwestern hometown, acknowledging they have "very different lives." "A lot of them are married with children, and they have their own houses, and to me, I'm like, I don't know when that's going to happen for me. I don't know when that's realistic, if ever," she said. Host Alex Cooper asked if being married with kids was something she wanted, and Roan replied she wasn't sure. "All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone, I actually don't know anyone who's happy and has children, at this age," she answered. "I have not met anyone who's happy, anyone who has light in their eyes, anyone who's slept." Roan's comments sparked a firestorm of backlash from conservatives, arguing she is misinformed and confused about what matters in life. "Chappell Roan, a Gen Z popstar who dresses in drag, claims: 'All my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone who is happy with kids,'" the conservative Media Research Center account replied on X. "Fact-check: Statistically, the happiest women in America are married and have children." TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk made a similar critique of the singer. "Chappell Roan, who is apparently famous, is a biological female who finds the need to identify as a female but dresses in drag ... says all her friends with young kids 'are in hell. I don't know anyone who is happy with kids.' You should not be surprised that a person as obviously deranged as Chappell Roan, with the types of friends she probably keeps, would have such a dumb opinion," he wrote. "FACT: The happiest women in America, statistically, are married with kids." "Hollywood is filled [with] unhappy people, with and without children," Students For Life President Kristan Hawkins observed. "It seems that way to her because she mistakes self-indulgence for happiness. She only understands a shallow, fleeting sort of happiness. I don't know any childless people who seem truly happy," civil liberties attorney Laura Powell wrote. Danielle D'Souza Gill, author and wife of Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, rejected Roan's claim. "Singer Chappell Roan said, 'All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone who's happy with kids.' Having children is the most rewarding experience ever," she said. "Life isn't about constant 'happiness.' It's about glorifying God and leaving a meaningful legacy." "The best thing we can say about these narcissistic abominations is that their solipsistic refusal to have children will rid us of their blight within a single generation," TabletMag editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz declared. Podcaster Noam Blum said, "This sounds like the surface level observation of someone who hears a mother say she was up all night because of her kid and thinks 'having a kid is making this woman unhappy.'" Representatives for Roan didn't immediately respond for comment.
