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,

Chappell Roan has been announced as the winner of BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 poll. The US star topped the list voted for 180 industry experts and artists including Elton John, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith.

Chappell Roan has been crowned the winner of BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025. The US pop icon was chosen by a panel of over 180 industry experts and artist, including Elton John, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith. 2024 saw Roan catapulted to meteoric levels of fame thanks largely to her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.