Chappell Roan's single "The Subway" has achieved notable success on Spotify in 2025, debuting at number one on the global Spotify chart with 8.351 million streams initially reported, later updated to 9.68 million streams on August 1, marking the biggest debut of the year for a female artist. The song also maintained the number one position on the US Spotify chart for three consecutive days, with streams reported at 2.234 million on the second day and 1.892 million on the third day. Additionally, "The Subway" remained in the top three on the global Spotify chart with 4.669 million streams as of August 4. Despite this success, Chappell Roan revealed in an interview with Vogue that her sophomore album is not yet in development and could take another five years to release.
Chappell Roan's "The Subway" remains at #1 on the US Spotify chart with 1.892 million streams. It has now spent 3 days at #1. https://t.co/41oIYJGDVU
“The Subway” by Chappell Roan remains at #3 on Global Spotify with 4.669 million streams. https://t.co/b1QKPLKqTv
Chappell Roan tells Vogue her sophomore album could take another 5 years to release: “[The album] doesn’t exist” https://t.co/FNVubuoJ35