Chappell Roan beat English Teacher, Barry Can't Swim and Ezra Collective to be crowned BBC Radio 1's Sound Of 2025.

Pop star Chappell Roan has won BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025 – the station's annual poll to identify music's biggest rising stars. Her win caps a wild 12 months in which she rocketed from relative obscurity to the top of the charts, thanks to her colourful, 80s-influenced brand of synth-pop.

Chappell Roan wins BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 prize - Pop singer was one of the biggest breakthrough artists of 2024

Chappell Roan has come first in the BBC Radio 1 Sound of 2025 list, an annual poll that recognizes rising artists with "the best chance of mainstream success." The pop sensation, born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz,