Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’ Album Debuts At #1 On Billboard 200 Chart
deadline.comShort n’ Sweet, the new studio album by former Disney Channel star Sabrina Carpenter, has debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with all 12 of its songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Carpenter’s sixth studio album had sales of 362,000 in the United States, according to the tracking service Luminate, the third-best opening week of the year behind Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
Short n’ Sweet marks Carpenter’s first time at No. 1 on the chart, edging out rapper Travis Scott’s re-released Days Before Rodeo, which marked sales of 361,000.
The opening week (Aug. 23-29) also saw three of the Carpenter album’s tracks landing in the chart’s top five, a feat achieved by only two women previously (Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande) and just seven previous artists overall: In addition to Swift and Grande, the other acts to place three songs in the top five simultaneously are The Beatles, 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, Drake and 21 Savage.
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