Everything you could ever need to know about Sabrina Carpenter
'Cause she's a singer 🎶
Last updated 29th Oct 2024
Sabrina Carpenter is all the rage at the moment. Unless you've been living under a soundproof rock for the past couple of months, you've no doubt had the catchy lyrics 'I'm workin' late, 'cause I'm a singer' stuck in your head - and we have Sabrina to thank for that! But who is the 'Espresso' singer, and how did she become the pop superstar she is today? We've got you covered...
Find out everything you need to know about Sabrina Carpenter right here - from her Disney Channel days, to her most popular and catchy songs, iconic hair, makeup and outfits, her long-awaited album 'Short n' Sweet' - which she's taking on tour - how to catch her Christmas special AND which famous faces have starred in her music videos... 👀
Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
Sabrina Carpenter is an American singer, songwriter and actress, from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Known for earlier releases such as 'Thumbs', Sabrina's latest singles - such as 'Feather', 'Espresso' and 'Please Please Please' - have gained her worldwide recognition and cemented her as a pop superstar.
After making her acting debut back in 2011, she soon bagged a leading role in the Disney Channel show Girl Meets World, and after featuring in various Disney titles, Sabrina branched out into the world of music - following in the footsteps of Disney legends such as Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez.
Since then Sabrina's career has gone from strength to strength, with worldwide hits, award wins and an upcoming tour.
Who is her famous relative?
Interestingly, Sabrina is also the niece of award-winning actress Nancy Cartwright, who is famously known as the talented voice behind Bart Simpson. Taking to TikTok to answer fan questions in July 2024, Nancy spoke about her "pretty amazing" niece!
She said: "Isn't that amazing? When you find out that somebody — maybe you've known me for a little while, doing this little 10-year-old boy for 35-something years, and some of you guys, for like way less than that — find out that I'm related to this superstar. She's pretty amazing."
Are Meryl Streep and Sabrina Carpenter related?
Despite a viral tweet claiming the two were related (after similarities were drawn of Sabrina in her video for 'Taste', which took inspiration from Meryl's hit cult film 'Death Becomes Her'), they are not related.
How old is she?
Sabrina was born on 11th May 1999, making her 25-years-old at the time of writing.
How did she become famous?
Like a few pop superstars out there, Sabrina Carpenter's journey to stardom started with the double dose of acting and singing. Landing her first role back in 2011, Sabrina bagged a guest role on Law & Order: SVU, appearing as a character named Paula.
Sabrina then featured in the odd TV show and film here and there - including Noobz, Orange Is the New Black and Austin & Ally - and even dabbled in voice acting for Disney's hit show Phineas and Ferb.
However, 2014 saw her land her biggest role yet, bagging a lead role of Maya Hart in Disney's Girl Meets World. Appearing in a total of 72 episodes of the show, she continued her role up until 2017.
Charming audiences on the screen, Sabrina was also fine tuning her musical skills from early on, recording the Girl Meets World's theme song alongside her co-star Rowan Blanchard. She signed a five-album deal with Hollywood Records, releasing her debut single 'Can't Blame a Girl for Trying' in 2014. Now, she has released six albums - 'Eyes Wide Open' (2015), 'Evolution' (2016), 'Singular: Act I' (2018), 'Singular: Act II' (2019), 'Emails I Can't Send' (2022) and 'Short n' Sweet' (2024).
Sabrina's Netflix Christmas special
What better way to round off an incredible year in her career, than by hosting her very own holiday special on Netflix? Sabrina will be hosting her own festive show, welcoming a whole host of special guests - bringing 'unexpected duets' and enlisting the help of various comedians.
The special - penned A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter - is set to be a night to remember, with it landing on the streaming platform on 6th December 2024.
Announcing the news on socials, Sabrina can be seen donning a signature sequin corset bodysuit - which, of course, had a festive touch - with the streaming giant writing: 'This is really gonna jingle your bells
'A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter — her first-ever holiday special — features unexpected duets and comedic guests you will not want to miss! Mark your calendars for Dec 6 at 9PM ET/ 6 PM PT'. (sic)
As Christmas lovers will know, it's often 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' icon Mariah Carey who rules the festive roost, having hosted numerous holiday specials in the past. In a nod to Mariah's legendary holiday status, Sabrina says to the camera: "Expecting someone else?"
As for what the how will entail, we're going to have to wait and see. We wouldn't blame you, however, for thinking there may be a healthy sprinkling of tracks from her 2023 Christmas EP, 'Fruitcake', as well as tracks from 'Short N' Sweet'.
Sabrina makes Number 1 history
In October 2024, Sabrina made history, becoming the first artist in 71 years to spend 20 weeks at Number 1 in the UK in the same year. Sabrina's hit 'Espresso' spent seven weeks in the chart in the Spring-Summer of 2024, while 'Please Please Please' held the top spot for five weeks in the Summer of 2024. Securing her place in history 'Taste' has held the top spot for eight weeks at the time of writing.
Sabrina Carpenter's award wins
Sabrina is celebrating her award win from the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) where she took home Song of the Year for 'Espresso'. The category was a tough one, with Beyonce and Taylor Swift amongst the nominees. Sabrina was also nominated for Best Pop, Best Editing on 'Espresso', Best Art Direction on 'Please Please Please' and Artist of the Year.
In July 2024, 'Espresso' won the award for Best Viral Song at the Kids' Choice Awards USA, where the singer was also nominated for Favourite Ticket of The Year for her fifth album 'Emails I Can't Send'. In February 2024, Sabrina won Best New Artist at the Gold Derby Music Awards.
Sabrina Carpenter's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards 2024
WOW - what a performance Sabrina put on as she treated fans to three of her biggest hits; 'Please Please Please', 'Taste' and 'Espresso'. Wearing a silver, sparkly dress and sat on a swing suspended high above the stage, Sabrina featured audio from Britney Spears' 'Oops I Did It Again' video and famous line "Aww but I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean at the end", before continuing and belting out 'Please Please Please'. The crowd sang along to all the lyrics and went wild when 'Espresso' began.
Watch Sabrina Carpenter's MTV VMAs performance
Her latest album
Sabrina's sixth album, 'Short n' Sweet', was released on 23rd August 2024 and was certified Gold within its first three weeks. In the US, the album had gone Platinum after just a month.
'Short n' Sweet' was released through Island Records, and includes her hit singles 'Espresso' and 'Please Please Please'. The album also includes her track 'Taste', which the singer began teasing the music video for just days before the album's release. Within two months of its release, the single had already become certified Gold. To fans' delight, a very familiar face appeared to feature in the video...
Who guest stars in the music video for 'Taste'?
Sabrina is no stranger to amping up the excitement for her upcoming projects - and the music video for 'Taste' was no different! Just days before the drop of her sixth album, Sabrina shared a series of images to Instagram, captioning the post: 'taste me!' (sic), including an image of her and another woman standing with their backs to the camera...
With fan theories going wild, many took to the comments to simply plea that Sabrina reveals who the mystery guest is!
It was then the following day that Sabrina released a brand new teaser clip for her next music video - 'Taste' - revealing the mysterious cameo would be from none other than Wednesday and Beetlejuice 2 star Jenna Ortega!
As we caught up with Jenna at the Beetlejuice 2 premiere, she gushed over Sabrina, reflecting on her experience filming the music video with her. Praising her as an incredible artist, she also said: "She's an incredible actor! She's so, so good."
She continued: "Something like that to play, and in a genre that I love so much - and just a day in LA shooting with her - she's just so lovely and so sweet and so honest. And that was incredible, (I) had so much fun."
How tall is she?
A seemingly popular topic surrounding Sabrina Carpenter is the question of how tall she is. Well, the singer reportedly stands at 1.51 metres, which is ever-so-slightly under the 5ft mark - making her latest album title 'Short n' Sweet' very apt!
Sabrina has become known for her 'Babydoll' looks - with sweet tutu and slip dresses.
What are her biggest and most popular songs?
🚨 WARNING: Some of theses songs may contain explicit language!
'Feather'
Sabrina released her track 'Feather' on 4th August 2023, with a colourful music video dropping on 31st October. The song featured on her fifth album 'Emails I Can't Send', and flew into the Top 20 in the UK chart.
The song was a huge hit with fans, and arguably shot Sabrina into worldwide stardom, with the song now certified Silver in the UK, and Platinum in the US, with the music video having accumulated almost 60 million views.
'Espresso'
'Espresso' was Sabrina's next huge hit, with her showcasing the tune during her performance at Coachella 2024. A TikTok viral bop, the song features on her sixth album 'Short n' Sweet'.
Released on 11th April 2024 - and providing us with the iconic line: "I'm working late, 'cause I'm a singer" - the track serves as the lead single from her sixth album, and following its release the official music video has amassed over 139 million views. As of September 2024, the track is certified 2 x Platinum.
'Espresso' debuted at Number 6 in the UK chart, before rising to Number 5, and then hitting the Number 1 spot two weeks after its initial chart debut - serving as her first UK Number 1!
'Please Please Please'
Serving as the second single from her sixth album, Sabrina released 'Please Please Please' on 6th June 2024. Thanks to its catchy lyrics and pop/country blend, the track was an instant hit, swiftly going viral on TikTok and becoming a statement track for the singer.
The music video, which accumulated 28 million views in just two weeks, was released alongside the track - and it's fair to say that it got fans talking, as it featured Sabrina's actor boyfriend at the time, Barry Keoghan.
The song shot to the Number 1 spot on the UK chart and scored a Platinum certification in August 2024, also hitting Number 1 in the US.
'Nonsense'
'Nonsense' was another hit from the singer, with her live performances going viral due to her improvised outros. The song featured on her fifth album, and hit the Number 10 spot on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40.
The music video currently has over a whopping 79 million views on YouTube, and is certified Gold in the UK and Platinum in the US.
'Thumbs'
One of Sabrina's earlier tracks, released in August 2017, 'Thumbs' is still one of the singer's most popular songs to date. Featuring on her second studio album 'Evolution', it hit Number 1 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, as well as Number 28 on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40.
To date, the music video has now amassed over an impressive 252 million views on YouTube.
What are her songs about?
According to reports, a number of Sabrina's songs have been inspired by various people and events happening in her life. And sometimes, they're just a load of made up nonsense! You can check out the songs' meanings and what Sabrina had to say about them here.
Who is Sabrina Carpenter dating?
In 2024, Sabrina was dating Irish actor Barry Keoghan, who is famed for his role in 2023's hit film Saltburn, alongside Aussie actor Jacob Elordi, and his short appearance as The Joker in 2022's The Batman, alongside Robert Pattinson - a role he is thought to reprise in the upcoming sequel. In August, however, reports began to circulate that the pair had split, however neither Sabrina or Barry have confirmed, or denied, this news.
Rumours that Sabrina and Barry were dating began in late 2023, when they were spotted out and about with one another, looking pretty smitten. Their romance was later confirmed as they appeared on multiple red carpets together - including the Meta Gala 2024 and the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Then, in an iconic Sabrina manner, she had Barry star in her music video for the single 'Please Please Please'.
Like many of our favourite celebs, Sabrina's love life so far has been a fruitful mix of confirmed romances and rumoured flings. Following a publicly confirmed relationship with a fellow Disney star, Bradley Steven Perry, in 2014, there was later speculation around her connection to High School Musical The Musical The Series star Joshua Bassett in 2020.
Although neither of the pair confirmed - or denied 👀 - the romance, they appeared very close and often posted each other on their social medias. The pair's alleged relationship got many fans talking at the time, with rumours swirling that Sabrina is 'that blonde girl' mentioned in Olivia Rodrigo's 'drivers licence'.
Fans believed Olivia and Joshua were in a relationship, prior to him being connected to Sabrina - and with 'drivers licence' thought the be about her breakup with Josh, many believe Sabrina to be 'that blonde girl, who always made me doubt'.
The fan theories continue as others suggest Sabrina's track 'Skin' is the singer's response - including lyrics such as: 'Maybe we could've been friends, if I met you in another life. Maybe then we could pretend there's no gravity in the words we write. Maybe you didn't mean it, maybe blonde was the only rhyme'.
What are her funniest quotes?
As well as being a talented actress, singer and songwriter, Sabrina has also become well-known for her hilarious sense of humour, delivering some classic one-liners that have gone TikTok viral plenty of times.
Whether it's witty remarks, improvised lyrics or simply catchy lines of her songs, here's a few of her best viral quotes...
During performance on Saturday Night Live on 18th May 2024, who can forget her iconic: "I'm on SNL and you're not!"
And at Coachella 2024, Sabrina once again went viral for improvising the 'Nonsense' outro, singing: "He's drinking my bathwater like it's red wine, Coachella see you back here when I headline!"
And, of course, the iconic: "I'm working late, 'cause I'm a singer", from her Number 1 hit 'Espresso'.
Which TV shows and films has she been in?
Sabrina has featured in many TV shows and films in her time - even offering her vocals up and serving as a voice actor here and there! Starting off featuring in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011, Sabrina went on to voice a guest role in Disney's Phineas and Ferb a year later.
Speaking about her short feature in the popular Disney show, Sabrina told WIRED: "It's interesting, 'cause I ended up working with the creators, Dan and Swampy, of Phineas and Ferb on my next animated series Milo Murphy's law, but I was just like a small guest role. I went in for the day, and it was kind of like one of my first voiceover jobs where they just had me do a bunch of like random voices.
"I literally don't even remember who I even played, but there's like, throughout a few different episodes, me as just random guest things", continuing: "If you find it, let me know!"
From 2012-2016, Sabrina then featured in films such Zoobz (2012), Gulliver Quinn (2012), Horns (2013) and Adventures in Babysitting (2016). She also featured in plenty of TV shows, including The Goodwin Games (2013), Orange Is the New Black (2013), Austin & Ally (2013), Wander Over Yonder (2016) and Walk the Prank (2016).
From 2014-2017, Sabrina played a lead role in Disney's Girl Meets World, starring as Maya Hart, in what was her biggest role to date. She featured in three seasons, for a total of 72 episodes.
Sabrina also appeared in the Tall Girl films, appearing in both the first and second movies, as lead character Jodie Kreyman's beauty pageant sister, Harper.
Of course, she's also featured on some huge talk shows - including her iconic appearance on Saturday Night Live on 18th May 2024, where she performed her hit 'Espresso'.
WATCH: Sabrina Carpenter performs 'Espresso' on SNL
Is she on tour?
She certainly is - and she's even coming to the UK & Ireland! On 20th June, after playing some massive shows already in 2024, Sabrina delighted fans by announcing her 'Short N' Sweet Tour', revealing North American dates. Thankfully, it was just a month later that the singer upped the excitement by announcing further European dates - bringing the tour to the UK & Ireland in March 2025!
After cryptic messages, including her signature lipstick print appearing on arena screens with the tease 'I have a fun idea babe...' (we see you, 'Please Please Please'), Sabrina wrote on 18th July: 'Soooo excited to bring the Short n’ Sweet Tour to Europe & the UK!! with special guest @RachelChinouriri 💋'. (sic)
Sabrina will be heading across the pond in March 2025 - you can check out everything you need to know about her UK tour dates right here.
Has she featured on 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour'?
She sure has! Between August 2023 and March 2024, she opened for Taylor Swift on her 'Eras Tour' at several dates in Latin America, Australia and Asia.
At the end of her run, Sabrina shared a tribute reflecting on her time on the tour, writing: 'that’s a wrap for us on the eras tour :’) sitting at home reflecting on what a whirlwind this was and how very honored i feel to have been part of it. I want to thank every crowd for being so welcoming and generous to us and making some of the most impressive friendship bracelets I’ve ever received🤍 also a huge thank you to the incredible crew for being so hardworking and talented
'and the most thank you’s I’ve ever thank you’d to Taylor. I feel so lucky to witness the magic that is you and this tour. there is truly no one like you and there never will be! i love you with all my heart and i will cherish this taybrina era (and all the eras) till the end of time 💞💞💞'. (sic)
Sabrina joins Taylor Swift on stage during The Eras Tour
In October 2024, Sabrina shared a flashback to the moment she joined Taylor on stage during The Eras Tour to sing 'Espresso'. In the post on Instagram, she said: 'only stage i’d ever wanna see on a day off !!!!
'thank you for working late, thank you for being a singer and thank you for having me🤍 @taylorswift i love you!!'
Sabrina Carpenter's perfume
It's no secret that Sabrina has some of the catchiest lyrics in the game - including the 'Espresso' line: "Soft skin and I perfumed it for you". Well, thankfully, we can all bring those lyrics to life, with Sabrina now having three of her own scents!
Yep, already having two perfumes under her belt - in the form of Sweet Tooth and Caramel Dream - the singer has now released another signature scent to add to her collection - Cherry Baby.
Released on 25th July 2024, the singer wrote on Instagram: 'My new fragrance, Cherry Baby is now available in the US at fragrancebysabrina.com! We will release it internationally very soon. Go get yours, i hope you love it as much as i do🍒'. (sic)
At the moment, Sabrina's new perfume Cherry Baby is only available in the US from her official website, fragrancebysabrina.com. International shipping is not yet available, meaning we'll have to wait a little bit here in the UK to get our hands on it - but, rest assured, the singer has confirmed it will be released internationally soon.
Sabrina teased the new scent in mid-July 2024, writing: 'soft skin and i 🍒 it for you. fragrancebysabrina.com. 7/25/24'. (sic), quoting her own iconic lyrics from the Platinum certified 'Espresso'.
Taking the emoji as a pretty big hint, fans were expecting the scent to have fruity notes - cherries, to be precise - and with her official site also picturing a bowl of the specific fruit, it was a pretty safe assumption.
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