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CHAPPELL ROAN CALLS FOR ‘LIVEABLE WAGE’ FROM RECORD LABELS AFTER
GRAMMY WIN  
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Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Entertainment Reporter
February 3, 2025
The Irish News
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_ Singer Chappell Roan has called on record labels to provide a
“liveable wage” to rising stars after winning the best new artist
award at the 67th Grammy Awards. She also called on labels to provide
healthcare for those at the start of their career. _

Chappell Roan accepts the award for best new artist during the 67th
annual Grammy Awards (Chris Pizzello/AP) (Doug Peters/PA),

 

Singer Chappell Roan has called on record labels to provide a
“liveable wage” to rising stars after winning the best new artist
award at the 67th Grammy Awards.

Roan, whose real name is Kayleigh Amstutz, received a standing ovation
from many artists in the Los Angeles crowd as she also called on
labels to provide healthcare for those at the start of their career.

Speaking as she accepted the award, Roan said: “I told myself, if I
ever won a Grammy, and I got to stand up here in front of the most
powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry
profiting millions of dollars off of artists, would offer a liveable
wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists.

 
Chappell Roan received a standing ovation from many artists in the
Los Angeles crowd (Chris Pizzello/AP) (Chris Pizzello/Chris
Pizzello/Invision/AP)
“Because I got signed so young, I got signed as a minor, and when I
got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most
people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and could
not afford health insurance.

“It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so
betrayed by the system, and so dehumanised to have to not have
healthcare.”

She continued: “And if my label would have prioritised artist’s
health, I could have been provided care by a company I was giving
everything to.

“So record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees
with a liveable wage and health insurance, and protection. Labels, we
got you, but do you got us? Thank you.”

Receiving the award, the 26-year-old also thanked her grandfather, who
she took part of her stage name from, and her fellow artists, friends
and family.

As she read out her speech, singer Sabrina Carpenter could be seen
tearing up, while rapper Doechii nodded her head in approval, as
Roan’s hat fell off halfway through.

 
Chappell Roan performs Pink Pony Club during the 67th annual Grammy
Awards (Chris Pizzello/AP) (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

The Missouri singer was nominated for six awards at the ceremony,
including album of the year and best pop vocal album for The Rise And
Fall Of A Midwest Princess, and song of the year and record of the
year for Good Luck Babe!

Earlier in the night, she delivered a joyful and theatrical
performance of her disco anthem Pink Pony Club which saw her start by
sitting on a giant pink pony, before joining a group of dancers
dressed as rodeo clowns for some western-inspired choreography.

She has previously been honest about her struggles with mental health
and how skyrocketing to fame in the past year has impacted her.

During a concert in North Carolina in June, the singer became
emotional on stage as she opened up about how she was feeling.

At the gig she said: “I just want to be honest with the crowd. I
feel a little off today because I think that my career has just gone
really fast and it’s really hard to keep up.

“So I’m just being honest, I’m just having a hard time today.”

She has also called out “creepy behaviour” from fans in the past.

Roan is set to perform at Reading and Leeds festivals as well as
Primavera Sound in Barcelona this summer.

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* record labels
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* Grammy Awards
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* Grammys
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* Chappell Roan
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* Healthcare
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* living wage
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* Liveable Wage
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* women artists
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