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Forbes
7 days ago
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- Forbes
Sabrina Carpenter Earns Her First No. 1 On An Albums Chart
Sabrina Carpenter earns her first No. 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums chart with Short n' Sweet, ... More nearly a year after its release. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2024 Governors Ball Music Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 08, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by) A little more than a month from now, Short n' Sweet will celebrate its one-year anniversary. The project, Sabrina Carpenter's sixth full-length, was the one that finally catapulted her to global superstardom. It produced many of her most recognizable hits and became one of the most commercially successful albums of the past year all around the world. As Carpenter prepares her follow-up album Man's Best Friend, Short n' Sweet is still performing exceptionally well, including in the United Kingdom, where it can often be found inside the top 10 on multiple tallies. This week, the project surges on several rankings, reappearing on multiple lists, and even conquering one. Short n' Sweet Returns at No. 1 Short n' Sweet returns to the Official Vinyl Albums chart after missing from the ranking of the bestselling vinyl titles in the country just days ago. Carpenter doesn't just return to the roster — she dominates it. The set hits No. 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking for the first time, 41 weeks into its tenure. Sabrina Carpenter Scores Her First No. 1 Carpenter earns her first No. 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums chart as Short n' Sweet rebounds. The singer-songwriter has now sent three titles to the format-specific ranking, and before this week, she had peaked in the runner-up position twice. Short n' Sweet was joined by her holiday project Fruitcake, which reached No. 2 for a single frame last December. Her previous full-length, Emails I Can't Send, only climbed as high as No. 19. Short n' Sweet Launched in the Runner-Up Spot When Short n' Sweet first dropped in the fall of 2024, it debuted at No. 2 on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking. The hits-packed effort returned to that lofty position several times throughout its run but never managed to rule — until now. Of the 41 frames it has appeared on the vinyl list, the album has lived inside the top 10 for 18 of them. Short n' Sweet Reappears on Multiple Charts The album also returns to two other U.K.-based rankings this week. In addition to scoring space on the Official Vinyl Albums chart again, Short n' Sweet is back on the Official Album Downloads ranking, landing at No. 57 after previously peaking at No. 3. Short n' Sweet also returns to the runner-up position on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts. Carpenter's effort holds inside the top five on the main list of the most-consumed releases in the country (No. 3), as well as on the Official Albums Streaming tally (No. 4).
BreakingNews.ie
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Sabrina Carpenter brings out Duran Duran at second sold-out BST Hyde Park set
Sabrina Carpenter brought out Duran Duran during her second sold-out headlining set at Hyde Park's British Summer Time festival (BST). The 26-year-old singer took the Great Oak Stage at the London music festival on Sunday night without seemingly breaking a sweat. Advertisement Carpenter dazzled a crowd of 65,000 people with her tongue-in-cheek lyrics, choreography, and glitzy costumes, as she belted through her hit songs. Sabrina Carpenter attending the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala 2025 in New York (Matt Crossick/PA) The Espresso singer was welcomed on stage by fans sporting the likes of cowboy hats, platform boots and glitter – who eagerly waited for the moment to sing along with the pop star. Opening her set with Busy Woman, Carpenter went through her biggest hits from her most recent Short n' Sweet album including Taste, Bed Chem and Please Please Please. Midway through the concert, she asked the crowds to howl with her before introducing the 'legendary' pop rock band Duran Duran to the stage, where lead singer, Simon Le Bon, and bass guitarist John Taylor emerged to join Carpenter to sing Hungry Like The Wolf. Advertisement She later led the London crowd into a line dance as she sang her most recent hit single Manchild, before taking a moment to thank her fans. She said: 'I don't really understand how this is possible but you guys sold out two nights, 65,000 people, at Hyde park. Duran Duran perform on stage during the British Summer Time festival at Hyde Park in London. (Ian West/PA) 'I believe two years ago I was playing a show here for about 5,000 people and before that I was opening for many different talented artists and I was just like dreaming of this day and this moment and I am just so grateful to everybody that came here, so thank you for spending your evening with us.' She later 'arrested' The Bear star Ayo Edebiri and singer Clairo, in what has become a trademark introduction to her song Juno with screens showing alarms and the caption, 'You're under arrest for being too hot'. Advertisement Throughout the set, she also performed track favourites from her 2022 album, Emails I Can't Send, which included Feather, Because I Liked A Boy and her viral hit Nonsense. From dancing on a makeshift balcony to serenading a sea of flashing lights, Carpenter closed her sold-out show by serving up her hit song Espresso, complimented with a firework display. The performance comes after the singer announced she will be releasing a new album called Man's Best Friend later in the summer. Sabrina Carpenter during the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend (Ian West/PA) Carpenter gained prominence starring on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World as a teenager and released her debut album Eyes Wide Open in 2015 on Hollywood Records. Advertisement She later signed to Island Records and released her gold-certified fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send, through them. Earlier this year, she received the global success award at the 2025 Brit Awards in recognition of her breakthrough year in 2024, in which she became the first woman to simultaneously occupy the top three spots of the UK singles chart with Taste, Please Please Please, and Espresso.
The Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
How Sabrina Carpenter shed her Disney image to become world's most controversial star… from sex shock to A-list affairs
On her hit song Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter tells us: 'I'm working late 'cause I'm a singer', and it's clear all those long days have paid off. It might feel like she's an overnight success, but in reality, the 26 year old has spent a decade trying to get to the top. 18 18 18 As she puts it: 'I've been here 10 years, but also 10 minutes.' It was Espresso – one of the biggest hits of last year, which even Adele has confessed to loving – that finally propelled Sabrina into the spotlight. Taken from her album Short n' Sweet, it was a genuine pop-culture moment, spending a record-breaking 43 consecutive weeks in the UK's Top 5. She was also the first female artist in history to hold the UK No.1 album and Top 3 singles at the same time. And it's not just Adele who is a celebrity fan. She's had the blessing of the world's biggest female pop star, Taylor Swift, after being asked to support her on the 25-date US leg of the Eras tour. Sabrina explained: 'Watching [Taylor] keep their attention as if she's playing in their living room, it was like – and I told her this – 'Your tour enabled me to do mine'.' And she's also won over her hero, Dolly Parton – another 5ft blonde with big hair who takes no nonsense. The pair duetted on one of Sabrina's biggest hits Please Please Please. Dolly revealed: 'Our voices are very similar. I can't tell sometimes which part's her and which part's me. And we look like relatives. She looks like she could be my little sister. We're little women doing big things.' And the big things are only getting bigger. Sabrina's new song Manchild, rumoured to be about her Irish-actor ex, Barry Keoghan, debuted at No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic last month and is taken from her much anticipated new album, Man's Best Friend, due to be released on August 29. Tonight, she performs a second sold-out show to 65,000 fans at British Summertime (BST) Hyde Park, so it's no surprise that rock bible Rolling Stone magazine has dubbed 2025 the 'Summer of Sabrina'. Sabrina Carpenter confirms new summer drink 'hard launching' her deal with Dunkin' – but it's not espresso Of course, she's not without controversy. Many people became aware of her thanks to another BST headliner, Olivia Rodrigo. Olivia's first single, Driver's License, was about an anonymous blonde girl who stole her boyfriend, fellow Disney Channel actor Joshua Bassett. Rumours were rife that the girl in question was Sabrina, and she hit back with her own track, Because I Liked A Boy, singing: 'Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a s**t, I got death threats filling up semi-trucks.' It was the title track of her 2022 album, Emails I Can't Send, that showcased Sabrina's songwriting talent. She has hinted that the track is about her dad David's infidelity and how it impacted her, with lyrics including: 'Thanks to you, I can't love right/I get nice guys and villainise them/Read their texts like they're havin' sex right now/Scared I'll find out that it's true/And if I do, then I blame you.' She later revealed she played it to her mother before her father heard it. It all goes to show that Sabrina is not scared who she upsets – which is lucky, as the artwork for her latest album – depicting her on her hands and knees with a man grabbing a fistful of her hair – has truly set the cat among the pigeons. 18 18 18 It has been criticised on one hand for being regressive and setting women's rights back, while Sabrina's supporters insist her detractors are missing the point – that the image is a proud celebration of her confident sexuality. Meanwhile, Sabrina herself told Rolling Stone: 'I don't want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinised in every capacity. 'I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about every female artist that is making art right now.' In many ways, it feels like Sabrina is the successor to Madonna, whose provocative songs and performances were intended to shock. Huge stars have leapt to her defence, with 81-year-old singer-songwriter Carly Simon saying: 'She's not doing anything outrageous. It seems tame. "There have been far flashier covers than hers. One of the most startling covers I've ever seen was [The Rolling Stones'] Sticky Fingers. That was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why [Sabrina is] getting such flak.' It's no surprise Sabrina wants to shed her 'good girl' image, following in the footsteps of others who started their careers on the Disney Channel. 'She's killed off her innocent image, just as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and all the others had to,' says PR guru Mark Borkowski. 'The young people who grew up watching her have also grown up, and kids today are growing up faster – some would say too fast. So she is giving her audience what they want, or at least what she thinks they want.' Her lyrics are heavy with sexual undertones, and her performance at the BRITs in March drew complaints when it was broadcast before 9pm, leading her to post on Instagram: 'I now know what watershed is!!!!' 18 Meanwhile, on her last tour she recreated a different sexual position each night during her song Juno [named after the movie about teen pregnancy], asking: 'Have you ever tried this one?' before writhing on stage in a barely there outfit. Her antics horrified parents of younger children, but were adored by many of her older fans. Unsurprisingly, the clips of the positions went viral each night. Speaking about the controversy in Rolling Stone, Sabrina said: 'It's always so funny to me when people complain. They're like: 'All she does is sing about this.' "But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly, you love sex. You're obsessed with it. It's in my show. "There's so many more comments than the Juno positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. "I can't control that. If you come to the show, you'll also hear the ballads, you'll hear the more introspective numbers.' From an early age, Sabrina knew she wanted to be a star, even though she came from a regular family, hailing from a distinctly unstarry place called Quakertown in Pennsylvania. She's the youngest of four girls, and her mother Elizabeth works as a chiropractor, while her father David works for an X-ray servicing company. 18 18 18 She started singing on her own YouTube channel at the age of nine. Her dad made a little studio under the stairs and learned how to create and edit videos for her. She insisted on being homeschooled, so that she could spend her time auditioning and signed to Disney's Hollywood Records when she was 12. A year later, her big break came when she landed a role in Disney show Girl Meets World. Her mum moved to Los Angeles with Sabrina, while her dad stayed at home with her sisters. She worked throughout her teens, bringing out four albums and starring in a variety of teen films, but never quite made it to the next level. But then in 2022, after the pandemic and with a new record label, she released Emails I Can't Send, her breakthrough genre-bending album. For her first adult project she worked with her sister Sarah, who provides her creative influence, along with fellow writer Amy Allen, and it was co-produced with Taylor Swift's pal Jack Antonoff. The abum is filled with songs about love, heartbreak and ambition, and she says that she was an 'emotional wreck' when she wrote it. But several of the songs brought a degree of notoriety. It seemed like each song had a story to go with it. The video for Please Please Please co-starred her then-boyfriend and Oscar-nominated star of Saltburn, Barry Keoghan – the pair split in December last year, citing their busy schedules as the reason. The track, which became one of her biggest hits, references an actor boyfriend and tells the story of someone who knows they are in the wrong relationship. 'This just really hits for the girls that have every right to go back to someone who isn't good for them and know that those mistakes are absolutely human to make – and repeatedly,' she told Time magazine last year. 'The amount of times that we've all been with people we shouldn't be. . .' 'I see her as a featherweight genius,' says Mark Borkowski, who admits he questions her longevity. 'Like a lot of pop stars now, she has a really profound digital social literacy. She's brilliant at creating the type of content that gets shared and becomes clickbait. "She's found a way of getting the fame machine to work for her – with all the algorithms and the viral clips. She's the perfect pop star for the algorithm age,' he adds. Before her show tonight, she will no doubt have taken an icy plunge bath, after becoming obsessed with cold water therapy. 'I really got introduced to this s**t by boys that I've dated that I made fun of for doing it,' she has said. 'I would always make fun of it, being like: 'Oh, the cold shower isn't going to fix your mental health. You need to actually maybe see a therapist.' "But then I tried it, and I was like: 'You know what? There's a little something to it.' Mentally, it's not getting my life together, but it's definitely helping my body heal, and it's helping me have a little bit more clarity and energy. "Unfortunately, it's a cult, but I'm here for it.' Despite the doubters, it feels like no one is going to pour cold water on Sabrina's career any time soon. 'Sabrina Carpenter is such a unique songwriting talent that I don't think the world has even caught up with it yet,' says songwriter Alexis Strum, who has penned songs for artists including Kylie Minogue. 'I think she is severely underestimated, and is actually really witty and makes brave choices with her top lines. 'It's no coincidence that she's worked with Dolly Parton and, in years to come, she may have her own 'Sabrinawood', because she has such a knack for generalising her life experience into song. It's a gift that both Adele has and Amy Winehouse had in spades – mining your relationships to create relatable lyrics that the world will sing back to you for decades to come. 'It has taken some time to get to the top, but Sabrina never doubted it would happen.' Sabrina told Rolling Stone: 'I've always had a really weird relationship with the universe and I always felt like it was going to work out. "I try not to get sad about the fact that nothing lasts forever but, genuinely, it's such a beautiful time now. 'I want to soak it up and keep making things while I'm feeling this way.' SABRINA'S CV 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 18 In her first-ever acting role, an 11-year-old Sabrina plays a trafficking victim who's interviewed by Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni). A star was born. 2013 Orange Is The New Black 18 Sabrina guest stars in the hit Netflix prison comedy, starring as bully Jessica Wedge who tells a young Alex Vause (Laura Prepon): 'You dress like a bum.' Meow! 2014-2017 Girl Meets World 18 At 15, she nabs the coveted role of Maya Hart in Disney's spin-off of the popular 1993 series Boy Meets World. 'That was my world and that was my everything,' she said in 2020. 2016 Adventures In Babysitting 18 Sabrina takes on the part of Jenny in this remake of the '80s classic, in which two rival babysitters have the night from hell when one of their charges goes missing. 2020 Mean Girls on Broadway 18 Making her Broadway debut, Ms Carpenter shows off her voice playing Lindsay Lohan's character Cady in the stage version of the hit film. So fetch. 2020 Clouds 18 Based on a true story, this Disney sobfest (directed by Justin Baldoni of It Ends With Us) tells the story of a terminally ill teen and his best friend and love interest, played by Sabrina.
The Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Sabrina Carpenter's most steamy sex confessions from ‘two minute' bedroom trick to adventurous positions
Mollie Quirk, Senior Showbiz Reporter Published: Invalid Date, KNOWN for her raunchy confessions, racy lyrics and sizzling innuendos, Sabrina Carpenter is a modern-day sex symbol. As she prepares to hit the stage on London's iconic Hyde Park for the British Summertime Festival, we're taking a look back at some of Sabrina's raciest confessions and moments. 7 7 From claiming to make her partner climax in just two minutes, to simulating sex positions on stage, and revealing just how horny she is, Sabrina isn't one to hold back. CLIMAXING IN 2 MINUTES Sabrina claimed that she can make her partner climax in just two minutes in a racy bonus track from the deluxe version of her Short n' Sweet album. In the song 15 Minutes, Sabrina says that she can get a lot done in the short time frame. "I can do a lot with 15 minutes // Only gonna take two to make you finish," she croons in the racy track. In the same song she also sings: "But I can do a lot with 15 minutes // Lot of pretty boys, lot of funny business." 'SUPER HORNY' Sabrina often confesses in her songs that she's "horny" - and she has done in interviews, too. In a chat with Rolling Stone last June, she said: "Those real moments where I'm just a 25-year-old girl who's super horny are as real as when I'm going through a heartbreak and I'm miserable and I don't feel like a person." In her hit Juno from her Short n' Sweet album, Sabrina sings about being horny on the track Juno. In the raunchy song, she croons: "Adore me // Hold me and explore me. "Mark your territory // Tell me I'm the only, only, only, only one. Sabrina Carpenter takes savage swipe at ex Barry Keoghan as she announces new single "Adore me // Hold me and explore me // I'm so f***in' horny. "Tell me I'm the only, only, only, only one." SABRINA'S SEX TIP Despite signing about wanting to get pregnant by her lover in Juno, when she croons lyrics like: "I might let you make me Juno" and "One of me is cute, but two though?" - Sabrina champions safe sex. Speaking to Cosmopolitan in March 2024, the hitmaker gave her safe sex tip when she said: "I mean, at the end of the day, my whole thing right now is, whatever you do, don't get pregnant. Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan relationship timeline Barry and Sabrina first sparked dating rumors in December 2023 They were first spotted having a dinner date at a restaurant in Los Angeles in December 2023. Since then, Sabrina and Barry have been repeatedly documented going on dates and nights together. In March 2024, Barry was seen cheering on Sabrina during her set when she opened for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Singapore. After her set, Sabrina was seen running off stage and into Barry's arms in the crowd. The two were also seen standing shoulder-to-shoulder when Taylor took to the stage. A month later, Barry was spotted supporting Sabrina once more during her Coachella set. "That's the way I'm living my life. So that's my sex tip. "Be smart. Use protection," she urged. A PENCHANT FOR BDSM It seems that Sabrina is a fan of BDSM and exploring kinks, with her referencing restraint in one of her songs. In Juno she sings: "Wanna try out my fuzzy pink handcuffs?". Handcuffs are typically used in sex along with bondage restraints. These tools are often used for sensual restraint play and can be used to limit movement during intimate activities. SEX POSITIONS GALORE Sabrina often shows off the various sex positions she seemingly enjoys. While on tour with her Short n' Sweet album, Sabrina simulated a different position on stage each night. In her song Juno (yes, that song again), she sings "Wanna try out some freaky positions? // Have you ever tried this one?". After singing "Have you ever tried this one?" Sabrina would run to the end of the stage, and get into a position. 7 7 She got into the position of Reverse Cowgirl when performing in Columbus, Toronto, and Minneapolis. In Missouri, Nashville, Houston, and at Dublin Night 2, Sabrina did Cowgirl as she pretended to swing a lasso in the air. In November last year at her Inglewood show, Sabrina simulated giving oral sex to the microphone in a very racy Juno moment. But one of the most wild positions she simulated was during the Paris Night 2 show. While in Paris, the Espresso singer enlisted the help of two of her background dancers to demonstrate the Eiffel Tower sex position. NONSENSICAL SEX LYRICS Before the Juno positions arrived on stage, Sabrina was known for her outrageous outros for her song Nonsense from her Emails I Can't Sent album. The original outro goes: "Woke up this morning, thought I'd write a pop hit // How quickly can you take your clothes off? Pop quiz." While appearing on Saturday Night Live last May, Sabrina changed the intro to: "He is 30 rock hard 'cause I said 'hi' // My sense of humor is but I am not dry // SNL I just came for the first time." At Coachella last year, when she was dating Saltburn hunk Barry Keoghan, Sabrina changed the lyrics to leave him weak at the knees. "Made his knees so weak, had to spread mine // He's drinking my bathwater like it's red wine // Coachella, see you back here when I headline," she crooned in reference to a scene from Saltburn. And when in the UK and performing for BBC Radio One's Live Lounge, she crooned: "I'm American, I'm not British // So BBC stands for something different // This Live Lounge is so lit 'cause I'm in it." 7 7
Forbes
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sabrina Carpenter Ties Her Own Biggest Song As She Scores New Platinum Plaques
Sabrina Carpenter earns 13 new RIAA certifications as hits like "Please Please Please" and "Taste" ... More soar, and she matches her own biggest song. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by) Americans have been listening to a lot of Sabrina Carpenter lately. The pop superstar finally broke into the top 40 world a little over a year ago, thanks to her album Short n' Sweet and the singles featured on it, such as "Espresso," "Taste," and "Please Please Please," among others. Carpenter had been making music for many years prior, but had to wait quite a while before she became a certified hitmaker. The Grammy winner recently earned multiple new certifications from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), as many of her biggest songs scored new honors or snagged certifications for the very first time. 13 New Certifications for Sabrina Carpenter 13 of Carpenter's songs collected some love from the RIAA in late June. Seven of those tracks hit gold status, the lowest possible tier, which means they secured their first certifications. That roundup includes a mix of older tracks as well as some of her newer offerings, such as "Looking at Me," "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying," "Eyes Wide Open," "Don't Smile," "Dumb and Poetic," "Slim Pickins," and "Busy Woman," the focus track from the deluxe edition of Short n' Sweet. 'Bed Chem' Becomes a Multi-Platinum Smash Several of Carpenter's biggest tunes from Short n' Sweet advanced again to multi-platinum status. "Bed Chem" pushed from platinum to double platinum, while "Taste" inched one rung higher and is now a triple platinum smash. Fellow tracks "Sue Me," "Good Graces," and "Juno" became platinum successes for the first time. "Please Please Please" Ties 'Espresso' "Please Please Please," one of Carpenter's biggest singles so far, is now a five-times platinum blockbuster. Since it was certified triple platinum in December of last year, it has racked up another two million additional equivalent units, with that sum spread out between pure purchases and streaming activity. "Please Please Please" is now tied with "Espresso," both from Short n' Sweet, as Carpenter's highest-certified tracks. "Espresso" hasn't added to its total since December 2024, so the RIAA could increase its sum again soon.
