[Benjamin]

She dream came true’d it! Today, Sabrina Carpenter scores her first Official Chart Double; earning both her first UK Number 1 album with Short n’ Sweet and third Number 1 single with Taste.

In doing so, Sabrina becomes the first female artist (and only third overall) to score both the UK’s Number 1 album and single simultaneously, while also holding the Top 3 positions on the Official Singles Chart. The only other artists to manage this were Ed Sheeran (26 at the time) and Harry Styles (28 at the time), although at 25 years old, Sabrina pips them by becoming the youngest to achieve this special kind of Official Chart domination. Justin Bieber was the first artist to hold the Top 3 singles simultaneously back in 2016 (aged 21), but didn’t hold the Number 1 album.

On the Official Albums Chart, Short n’ Sweet debuts at Number 1 with an astounding 89,000 chart units in total, the second-biggest first week sales for any album this year, following Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, which bowed with 270,000 chart units, the biggest opening week in 7 years.

Short n’ Sweet is Sabrina’s sixth album overall, but her first to enter the upper echelons of the Official Albums Chart. Her previous LP, 2022’s emails I can’t send, peaked at Number 41.

Over on the Singles Chart, Taste debuts at Number 1, becoming Sabrina’s third chart-topping single this year, all of which she’s accumulated in just 120 days. It joins her previous Number 1s Please Please Please (2) and Espresso (3) giving her complete Top 3 domination today.

The last female artist to gain three Number 1s in less than six months was Ariana Grande, who did so in 99 days between 2018 and 2019 with thank u, next, 7 rings and break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored. Ed Sheeran was the last act to claim three Number 1 singles in a calendar year in 2021, while the last female artist to do so was Jess Glynne in 2015.

With Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste, Sabrina has now spent a cumulative 13 weeks at Number 1 in 2024; she’s the artist with the most weeks at Number 1 in a calendar year since Ed Sheeran spent 19 weeks at the top in 2021 with Bad Habits, Shivers, Merry Christmas and Sausage Rolls For Everyone.

Congratulating Sabrina on the feat, Martin Talbot, Chief Executive Officer, Official Charts, says:

“What a year it has been for Sabrina Carpenter. If Oasis are the band of the Nineties, Sabrina is surely 2024’s queen of pop – and she reinforces that status this week.”

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...t-taste-oasis/

[Kate!]

I like her voice.

[Benjamin]

Same. She has a few good songs too.

[Mystic Mock]

She's a bit of a late bloomer into the Music charts.

It's good to see her climb her way up.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

She's a bit of a late bloomer into the Music charts.

It's good to see her climb her way up.

Yeah, both her and Chappell Roan are. And I’m here for it. 😍

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Yeah, both her and Chappell Roan are. And I’m here for it. 😍

Same here.

[Benjamin]

She’s gone and broken another chart record!

Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste continues to dominate the Official Singles Chart – completing 5 weeks at Number 1 today.

The third chart-topper this year for the pint-size pocket rocket (five feet to be exact!) now takes Sabrina’s total weeks at Number 1 in 2024 to 17 – making her the solo female artist with most combined weeks at Number 1 ever in a calendar year.

Espresso - 7 weeks
Please, Please, Please - 5 weeks
Taste - 5 weeks (so far)

Olivia Newton-John managed 16 weeks in 1978 as part of two duets with John Travolta, You’re The One That I Want (nine weeks) and Summer Nights (six weeks).

[Benjamin]

Another new record broken, this time a 71 year old record. She’s had a banger of a year!

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...ecord-breaker/