Sabrina Carpenter took over the summer with “Espresso,” and her Hot 100 No. 1, “Please Please Please.” She’s had hits on the Pop Airplay chart and Billboard 200. Keep watching to see where Sabrina Carpenter started and how she swiftly took over the charts!
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00:00Did you know that Sabrina Carpenter's song, Skin, was her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100?
00:05You can try to get under my, under my, under my skin
00:10But who is Sabrina? What has her journey in music look like?
00:13And how does she become a force to be reckoned with on the charts?
00:17This is Billboard Explains Sabrina Carpenter's sweet success on the charts.
00:21Born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Sabrina started uploading videos to YouTube at 10 years old,
00:27covering songs by Christina Aguilera and Adele.
00:30But I set fire to the rain
00:35She went on to land guest-starring roles on shows like Law & Order Special Victims Unit,
00:39until she scored the role of Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World.
00:44She even recorded the show's theme song, Take on the World, alongside her co-star Rowan Blanchard.
00:49On the edge of something wonderful
00:53Sabrina signed with Hollywood Records and released her first EP, Can't Blame a Girl for Trying, in 2014,
00:58featuring the single of the same name.
01:01No, you can't blame a girl for trying
01:05Sabrina made her Billboard 200 chart debut with her first full-length album, Eyes Wide Open,
01:10and followed that up with her sophomore project, Evolution, featuring her first radio hit, Thumb.
01:15So they took off twiddling them thumbs
01:19Sabrina dropped more music over the years, including Skin in 2021 and her album Emails I Can't Send,
01:24featuring the track Feather, which became her first No. 1 hit on the Pop Airplay chart.
01:29I feel so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind
01:34Fast forward to 2024, when Sabrina booked two major gigs, opening for Taylor Swift on her Eras World Tour and performing at Coachella.
01:42This allowed her to showcase her talents to a wider audience.
01:45But then came Espresso.
01:47Thinkin' bout me every night, oh, is it that sweet? I guess so
01:52The summer smash catapulted Sabrina's career to a new level and has been a lasting hit on the Hot 100.
01:57If that wasn't enough, she dropped her next single, Please Please Please, which gave Sabrina her first Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
02:04Please, please, please, don't prove I'm right
02:09She most recently released her sixth studio album, Short & Sweet, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
02:16But one thing's for sure, Sabrina has made a name for herself on the Billboard charts.