Chappell Roan achieves first UK Number One single with ‘Pink Pony Club’ – five years after its initial release

nme.com:

Chappell Roan has achieved her first UK Number One single with ‘Pink Pony Club’, five years after it was first released.The track was initially released through Atlantic Records in 2020, before Roan was later dropped from the label.

In 2023, it was included on her debut album ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess‘, and has slowly grown a cult following in the years since.Now, it’s finally reached the coveted Number One spot on the UK Official Singles Chart with 658,424 total UK sales.

In response, Roan told Official Charts: “The UK has truly been there for me since day one and this is such an incredible honor!!!”In August last year, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ reached the Number One spot in the album charts almost a year after its official release.

The album has now surpassed 374,206 UK sales and is officially Platinum-certified.Around the time of its release, Roan’s debut album was given a glowing four-star review by NME, with Hannah Mylrea describing it as laden with “unabashedly fun anthems”.“Sharp pop moments shine brighter than some of the weaker ballads that pad out the lengthy tracklist,” it read. “Yet ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’ is a display of Roan’s bold and brazen pen, where she places searing revelations alongside some deliciously cheeky choruses.”In other Roan news, she’s recently been teasing her upcoming single ‘The Giver’, after first performing the track during an appearance on Saturday Night Live last November.