Chappell Roan has gained the Greatest New Artist title at the 2025 Grammys tonight, besting Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter, Raye, Benson Boone, Khruangbin, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims. Roan gave a heartfelt speech whereas accepting the award, beseeching the music trade to supply healthcare and assist for growing artists.
“I advised myself if I ever gained a Grammy and I bought to face up right here in entrance of essentially the most highly effective folks in music, I might demand that labels and the trade profiting thousands and thousands of {dollars} off of artists would provide a livable wage and healthcare, particularly to growing artists,” Roan mentioned in her acceptance speech. “Document labels must deal with their artists as useful staff with a livable wage and medical insurance and safety. Labels, we bought you, however do you bought us?”
Roan launched her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in 2023. The 2024 single “Good Luck, Babe!” introduced her music to a fair wider viewers. Roan was nominated in 5 further classes at this 12 months’s Grammys, inserting in every of the Large 4 teams.
Earlier within the night, Roan performed her The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess single “Pink Pony Membership” on stage amid a bunch of rodeo clowns and an enormous pink pony.
