From 2017 to 2023, American singer, songwriter, and actressSabrina Carpenterexperienced a monumental rise, evolving from a well-known Disney star to a world-famous pop artist and actress. The Pennsylvania native’s sixth studio album,Short n’ Sweet(2024), dominated the Billboard 200 upon its debut with the top-three Hot 100 singles in “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Taste,” earning two Grammy Awards and elevating Carpenter to a status few have ever been able to reach.
Breaking the shell of her Disney appeal came with help from one of pop’s biggest icons during a pivotal moment for both, long before Carpenter ever graced the stage with the polarizing audience of Taylor Swift. Similarly,Dangerous Woman(2016)marked a significant artistic and commercial transitionfor Ariana Grande, embracing a new tone that featured more mature R&B influences, and the impact its ensuing tour would make on Carpenter in that same regard is something destiny must’ve had set in stone from the beginning.
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Once Carpenter’s role as Maya Hart on Disney Channel’sGirl Meets Worldcame to a close in early 2017, shortly after the release of her second studio albumEvolution(2016),this inevitable ascension to pop stardom gained serious momentum behind opening-act performances on Grande’sDangerous WomanTour (2017)during summer stops in Brazil. Within a week of her July 10, 2025, performance with Grande in São Paulo, Carpenter had released the single “Why,” which took her all the way to No. 21 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and received a Radio Disney Music Award nomination.
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Fast-forward to 2023; Carpenter’s stuck working late, on top of the music world as one of the planet’s most popular singers.Emails I Can’t Send(2022), her fifth studio album, peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 with its fifth single, “Nonsense,” reaching No. 56 on the Hot 100 as a viral TikTok sensation due to Carpenter’s often improvised and sexually-motivated outros. Bonus track “Feather” peaked at No. 21 in 2023 as well.
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Carpenter then emerged to earn the opening spot on Swift’s The Eras Tourfor numerous shows throughout Latin America, Australia, and Singapore in 2023 and 2024. She also appeared as a surprise guest with Swift in New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct. 2024), where they performed a medley of “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” that seamlessly turned into Swift’s “Is It Over Now?”
Now, despite the immense success ofShort n’ Sweethelping her win Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance (for “Espresso,” of course), her flight to the top of the charts has joined a rare company. Only three artists — Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and The Beatles — have landed three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously for eight or more weeks without features.Sabrina Carpenteris also the first solo artist ever to release their first three top-five US Hot 100 hits in the same week, solidifying herself as one of the most dominant figures in modern pop.
