Sabrina Carpenter: Everything you could ever need to know about the singer
The 'Manchild' singer will perform at Coachella 2026
Last updated 19th Mar 2026
Sabrina Carpenter is everywhere right now, following multiple award nominations at this year's GRAMMYs and The BRIT Awards 2026 with Mastercard. This year alone she will be performing at Coachella (both weekends) and Lollapalooza in Brazil.
From her early career to her latest releases and chart-topping hits, here’s everything you need to know about Sabrina Carpenter, including her newest music, recent award recognition, and what she’s been up to lately.
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 more recent singles - '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 a huge tour.
How old is she?
Sabrina was born on 11th May 1999, making her 26-years-old.
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 album title 'Short n' Sweet' very apt!
Sabrina has become known for her 'Babydoll' looks - with sweet tutu and slip dresses.
How did she become famous?
Like a fair 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 shows Phineas and Ferb and Sophia The First.
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 seven albums - 'Eyes Wide Open' (2015), 'Evolution' (2016), 'Singular: Act I' (2018), 'Singular: Act II' (2019), 'Emails I Can't Send' (2022), 'Short n' Sweet' (2024) and 'Man's Best Friend' (2025).
Award wins and nominations
2026
Sabrina notched up six nominations at the GRAMMYs 2026, earning recognition in Record of the Year for ‘Manchild’, Album of the Year for Man’s Best Friend, Best Pop Vocal Album for Man’s Best Friend, Best Pop Solo Performance for ‘Manchild’, Song of the Year as a songwriter on ‘Manchild’, and in the songwriting field alongside collaborators Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff. Sabrina also performed her hit single 'Manchild' on a retro, airport-themed set styled as 'Sabrina Carpenter Airlines'.
She was also nominated at The BRIT Awards in two categories: International Artist of the Year, going up against the likes of Chappell Roan, CMAT, Doechii, Lady Gaga, Rosalía and Taylor Swift among others, as well as Best International Song for 'Manchild', where she once again took on Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, plus the likes of Gracie Abrams, Bruno Mars, Alex Warren and more.
Unfortunately she missed out on all the GRAMMY and BRIT Awards she was nominated for in 2026.
2025
In November 2024, Sabrina revealed in a cute video on Insta that she'd been nominated for no less than eight GRAMMYs! She gushed in the post, thanking the organisers, The Recording Academy: 'I’d be lying if i said i hadn’t dreamt about this day my whole life so i am filled with gratitude- Thank you @recordingacademy :’))'.
The results were announced at the 67th GRAMMY Awards, on 2nd February 2025, with Sabrina winning TWO gongs - picking up Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Short n' Sweet' and Best Pop Solo Performance for 'Espresso'.
Sabrina also performed at the awards, putting on a pretty stunning mash-up of 'Please, Please, Please' and 'Espresso'.
At the 2025 BRIT Awards, she performed a very racy mash-up of 'Bed Chem' and 'Espresso' - before picking up an award for Global Success!
2024
At the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) Sabrina took home Song of the Year for 'Espresso'. The category was a tough one, with Beyoncé 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.
Her latest album: 'Man's Best Friend'
Sabrina's follow-up to her 'Short n' Sweet' album was 'Man's Best Friend', released on 29th August 2025, featuring singles 'Manchild' and 'Tears'. It debuted at Number 1 in the UK charts and kept its spot for the second week, too. 'Man's Best Friend' was certified Gold in the UK two weeks after its release with 100,000 sales, and has since been certified Platinum with 300,000.
'Short n' Sweet'
Sabrina's sixth album, 'Short n' Sweet', was released on 23rd August 2024 and is now certified 3x Platinum in the UK.
'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 three months of its release, the single was certified Platinum in the UK - and has gone on to become 3x Platinum. To fans' delight, a very familiar face appeared to feature in the video...
Deluxe edition of 'Short n' Sweet'
Released on 14th February 2025, the deluxe edition of Sabrina's 'Short n' Sweet' album brought us five new songs - including a duet version of 'Please Please Please' with none other than country legend, Dolly Parton!
The four other new tracks that featured on the deluxe edition were '15 Minutes', 'Busy Woman', 'Bad Reviews' and 'Couldn't Make It Any Harder', all of which had lyric videos drop on Sabrina's YouTube channel upon the album's release.
Is there a music video with Dolly Parton?
There sure is! Following the four new lyric videos dropping, Sabrina gifted us with the ultimate Valentine's Day goodie - a music video alongside country icon Dolly Parton!
Complete with a black and white filter throughout, the pair can be seen dolled up the nines as they ride in a pickup truck, with the remixed track featuring an enhanced country twang.
Who guest stars in the music video for 'Taste'?
Sabrina is no stranger to amping up the excitement for her 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."
What are her biggest and most popular songs?
🚨 WARNING: Some of theses songs may contain explicit language!
'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 served as the lead single from her sixth album, and following its release the official music video amassed almost 565 million views. As of August 2025, the track was certified 4x 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 has accumulated almost 285 million views, 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 3x Platinum certification in January 2026.
'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 277 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.
Did she tour the UK?
She certainly did - Sabrina brought her 'Short N' Sweet Tour' to the UK & Ireland in March 2025. It's fair to say the tour was a huge success, and saw the superstar travel across the globe and generated plenty of viral moments.
She later performed two huge gigs at American Presents BST Hyde Park on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July 2025.
Sabrina at Coachella
Following her amazing performance at Coachella 2024, Sabrina has been announced as a headliner at the 2026 festival. Sabrina will headline both Fridays in April.
How much did Sabrina's iconic music video outfits sell for at auction?
In February 2025 an auction was held to raise funds for those in LA devastated by the recent wildfires there. Sabrina was one of many celebrities who donated iconic costumes to the cause; with the Polka-Dot outfit from her 'Taste' music video fetching $22,225 and her Hooded Blue Velvet Mini-Dress from her 'Please Please Please' video going for $34,925.
Chappell Roan's sparkly blue leotard, complete with epaulettes, went for a staggering $88,900 at the event.
Who is Sabrina Carpenter dating?
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.
In 2024, Sabrina dated Irish actor Barry Keoghan, who is famed for his role in 2023's hit film Saltburn, alongside Aussie actor Jacob Elordi, and more recently Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
In August 2025, however, reports began to circulate that the pair had split, although neither Sabrina or Barry confirmed, or denied, the news. Despite November seeing Barry make a rare comment about his 'incredible' girlfriend Sabrina (on The Louis Theroux Podcast), rumours were rife once more of a split in December 2025.
Since the beginning of 2026 it is believed she is single, however rumours that she and Bad Bunny were dating started after a viral moment at the GRAMMYs.
Fans noticed the way Sabrina reacted to Bad Bunny winning Album of The Year at the GRAMMYs and quickly made assumptions they were dating. Sabrina could be seen licking her lips as the singer took to the stage to accept his award. The pair were also spotted chatting at the awards.
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.
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter landed on Netflix on 6th December 2024. Sabrina hosted her own festive show, welcoming lots of special guests - bringing 'unexpected duets' and enlisting the help of various comedians.
It was reported by Variety in November 2025 that Sabrina had joined the live-action remake of Alice In Wonderland - both in a starring role and a producing role! It's thought that this version will be a musical, but there's no more information at the moment... Watch this space!
In February 2026, she made her Muppets debut on Disney+ as a guest star.
Is she going to be in Mamma Mia 3?
Ah, the question on all of our lips. Following cast members such as Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Cher - and even producer Judy Craymer AND ABBA legend Björn Ulvaeus - teasing that we may well have a third instalment of the popular movie on the way, rumours began to swirl over a potential Sabrina Carpenter cameo.
With Sabrina performing a cover of the hit track 'Mamma Mia' at some of her 'Short N' Sweet' tour dates, during the 'Spin The Bottle' segment, reports have been suggesting that the singer is in talks to appear in the third movie.
With the third film very much so still in the planning stages, it seems that Judy and starring actress Amanda Seyfried are certainly up for the cameo - with Judy reportedly teasing that Sabrina would play a "goddess or some relation who would look very much like Meryl Streep".
As of yet, Sabrina's involvement in the film has not been confirmed.
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.
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)
Sabrina's perfume Cherry Baby has since been released in the UK too!
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.
Who is her famous relative?
Interestingly, Sabrina is 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.
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