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 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,

Chappell Roan has been announced as the winner of BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 poll. The US pop singer, 26, was chosen by a panel of more than 180 industry experts and artists including Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa.