At this point, Sabrina Carpenter is one of pop music’s biggest A-listers in the 2020s. After a breakout year in 2024 that delivered both her first No. 1 album (Short n’ Sweet) and No. 1 song (“Please Please Please”), she just leveled up again thanks to her new album, Man’s Best Friend. The new project doesn’t just debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, it also posts some major numbers on the charts. Let’s dive in.
Billboard 200 Breakdown
Man’s Best Friend debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (chart dated Sept. 13) with 366,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Luminate. That’s not only her biggest week ever, it’s also the third-largest of the year, behind only Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (493,000 in May) and The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (490,000 in February).
The album earns Carpenter her second No. 1, following Short n’ Sweet in September 2024 — that album debuted with 362,000 units. Here’s a look at her full Billboard 200 track record so far:
Title, Peak Date, Peak Position
Eyes Wide Open, May 2, 2015, No. 43
Evolution, Nov. 5, 2016, No. 28
Singular: Act I, Nov. 24, 2018, No. 103
Singular: Act II, Aug. 3, 2019, No. 138
Emails I Can’t Send, July 30, 2022, No. 23
Fruitcake, Dec. 21, 2024, No. 10
Short n’ Sweet, Sept. 7, 2024, No. 1
Man’s Best Friend, Sept. 13, 2025, No. 1
Vinyl was a huge contributor to Man’s Best Friend’s big first week. The album sold 160,000 copies in vinyl alone — boosted by 13 different vinyl variants, including two signed by Carpenter. That makes it the ninth-biggest vinyl sales week since Luminate starting tracking sales in 1991.
Top 10 Biggest Vinyl Sales Weeks in Modern Era (1991-Present)
Vinyl Number, Artist, Title, Chart Week
859,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, May 4, 2024
693,000, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Nov. 11, 2023
575,000, Taylor Swift, Midnights, Nov. 5, 2022
258,000, Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), July 22, 2023
191,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, Dec. 14, 2024
182,000, Harry Styles, Harry’s House, June 4, 2022
164,000, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, Dec. 21, 2024
161,000, Taylor Swift, Lover, Live From Paris, Jan. 25, 2025
160,000, Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend, Sept. 13, 2025
149,000, Travis Scott, Days Before Rodeo, Sept. 28, 2024
Billboard Hot 100 Recap
Carpenter’s big chart week isn’t limited to just sales — the album’s tracks also took over the Billboard Hot 100, too. All 12 songs from Man’s Best Friend land on the latest chart, led by new single “Tears” at No. 3. “Manchild,” which debuted at No. 1 in June, also rebounds to No. 4.
Here’s the full rundown:
No. 3, “Tears”
No. 4, “Manchild” (up from No. 7; peaked at No. 1)
No. 12, “Nobody’s Son”
No. 15, “My Man on Willpower”
No. 17, “When Did You Get So Hot?”
No. 20, “Sugar Talking”
No. 24, “Go Go Juice”
No. 27, “House Tour”
No. 30, “Never Getting Laid”
No. 31, “We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night”
No. 33, “Goodbye”
No. 39, “Don’t Worry I’ll Make You Worry”
Thanks to these debuts, Carpenter’s career totals now stand at:
5 top 10s (“Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” “Taste,” “Manchild,” “Tears”)
12 top 20s
25 top 40s
31 total entries
Carpenter also joins Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo this week as the only women in history to chart at least 12 songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 simultaneously.
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