{"id":10536,"date":"2025-09-09T19:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/10536\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:15:08","slug":"sabrina-carpenters-mans-best-friend-is-no-1-here-are-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/10536\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is No. 1: Here Are the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAt this point, Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> is one of pop music\u2019s biggest A-listers in the 2020s. After a breakout year in 2024 that delivered both her first No. 1 album (Short n\u2019 Sweet) and No. 1 song (\u201cPlease Please Please\u201d), she just leveled up again thanks to her new album, Man\u2019s Best Friend. The new project doesn\u2019t just debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a> this week, it also posts some major numbers on the charts. Let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n

\t\tBillboard 200 Breakdown\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMan\u2019s Best Friend\u00a0debuts 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\u2019s not only her biggest week ever, it\u2019s also the third-largest of the year, behind only\u00a0Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0I\u2019m the Problem\u00a0(493,000 in May) and\u00a0The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Hurry Up Tomorrow\u00a0(490,000 in February).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album earns Carpenter her second No. 1, following\u00a0Short n\u2019 Sweet\u00a0in September 2024 \u2014 that album debuted with 362,000 units. Here\u2019s a look at her full Billboard 200 track record so far:<\/p>\n

\n\tTitle, Peak Date, Peak Position<\/p>\n

Eyes Wide Open,\u00a0May 2, 2015, No. 43<\/p>\n

Evolution,\u00a0Nov. 5, 2016, No. 28<\/p>\n

Singular: Act I,\u00a0Nov. 24, 2018, No. 103<\/p>\n

Singular: Act II,\u00a0Aug. 3, 2019, No. 138<\/p>\n

Emails I Can\u2019t Send,\u00a0July 30, 2022, No. 23<\/p>\n

Fruitcake,\u00a0Dec. 21, 2024, No. 10<\/p>\n

Short n\u2019 Sweet, Sept. 7, 2024,\u00a0No. 1<\/p>\n

Man\u2019s Best Friend,\u00a0Sept. 13, 2025, No. 1<\/p>\n

\n\tVinyl was a huge contributor to\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend\u2019s big first week. The album sold 160,000 copies in vinyl alone \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

\t\tTop 10 Biggest Vinyl Sales Weeks in Modern Era (1991-Present)\t<\/p>\n

\n\tVinyl Number, Artist, Title, Chart Week<\/p>\n

859,000,\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a>,\u00a0The Tortured Poets Department,\u00a0May 4, 2024<\/p>\n

693,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a01989 (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u00a0Nov. 11, 2023<\/p>\n

575,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a0Midnights,\u00a0Nov. 5, 2022<\/p>\n

258,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a0Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u00a0July 22, 2023<\/p>\n

191,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a0The Tortured Poets Department,\u00a0Dec. 14, 2024<\/p>\n

182,000,\u00a0Harry Styles<\/a>,\u00a0Harry\u2019s House,\u00a0June 4, 2022<\/p>\n

164,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a0The Tortured Poets Department,\u00a0Dec. 21, 2024<\/p>\n

161,000, Taylor Swift,\u00a0Lover, Live From Paris,\u00a0Jan. 25, 2025<\/p>\n

160,000, Sabrina Carpenter,\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend,\u00a0Sept. 13, 2025<\/p>\n

149,000,\u00a0Travis Scott<\/a>,\u00a0Days Before Rodeo,\u00a0Sept. 28, 2024<\/p>\n

\t\tBillboard Hot 100 Recap\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter\u2019s big chart week isn\u2019t limited to just sales \u2014 the album\u2019s tracks also took over the\u00a0Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, too. All 12 songs from\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend\u00a0land on the latest chart, led by new single \u201cTears\u201d at No. 3. \u201cManchild,\u201d which debuted at No. 1 in June, also rebounds to No. 4.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the full rundown:<\/p>\n

No. 3, \u201cTears\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 4, \u201cManchild\u201d (up from No. 7; peaked at No. 1)<\/p>\n

No. 12, \u201cNobody\u2019s Son\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 15, \u201cMy Man on Willpower\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 17, \u201cWhen Did You Get So Hot?\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 20, \u201cSugar Talking\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 24, \u201cGo Go Juice\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 27, \u201cHouse Tour\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 30, \u201cNever Getting Laid\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 31, \u201cWe Almost Broke Up Again Last Night\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 33, \u201cGoodbye\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 39, \u201cDon\u2019t Worry I\u2019ll Make You Worry\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThanks to these debuts, Carpenter\u2019s career totals now stand at:<\/p>\n

5 top 10s (\u201cEspresso,\u201d \u201cPlease Please Please,\u201d \u201cTaste,\u201d \u201cManchild,\u201d \u201cTears\u201d)<\/p>\n

12 top 20s<\/p>\n

25 top 40s<\/p>\n

31 total entries<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter also joins Taylor Swift,\u00a0SZA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u00a0this week as the only women in history to chart at least 12 songs in the Hot 100\u2019s top 40 simultaneously.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis article was originally published on Billboard\u2019s Substack channel. Subscribe to the free daily newsletter for exclusive insights about the Billboard charts by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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