Chappell Roan’s first foray into country music is officially a success. “The Giver,” the pop singer’s first-ever country track, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs Chart.
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The track additionally topped the Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales rankings in its debut. Meanwhile, “The Giver” landed the No. 5 spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. It is Roan’s first top 10 debut on the Hot 100.
Per the outlet, who cited Luminate, the song totaled 22.3 million official U.S. streams, 2.2 million all-genre audience impressions, and 6,000 sold March 14 to 20.
Chappell Roan Reflects on Her Decision to Go Country
Roan recently opened up about her decision to record a country song in an Instagram post.
“I have such a special place in my heart for country music,” she wrote. “I grew up listening to it every morning and afternoon on my school bus and had it swirling around me at bon fires, grocery stores and karaoke bars.”
As for if this means Roan has a country album in the works, she explained, “Right now I’m just making songs that make me feel happy and fun and The Giver is my take on c**try.”
“May the classic country divas lead their genre,” she added, “I am just here to twirl and do a little gay yodel for yall.”
After the song came out, Roan once again reflected on her decision to go country.
“It is def a bold and scary move to release a full ass country song after only releasing one song last year and it having such a success in the pop genre .. (like I am very scared as I type this lol),” she wrote on Instagram. “But I think that’s the entire point of Chappell Roan. Be bold and scary and have fun. Be popstar girl then pop an edible +watch YouTube vibes. The whole point of this is to be silly!!!”
“Country music is fire. It’s the campiest of camp. Some of you may be new to the country scene and not quite sure what to make of me having a fiddle and banjo in my song. Understandable boo,” Roan added. “It is something different and sometimes different can feel bad because it’s unfamiliar, but I encourage you to give her another shot.”
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