Sabrina Carpenter was undoubtedly the biggest breakout star in the world of 2024 – which for some fans was a long time coming, considering she's been in the spotlight since childhood.

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First earning recognition as an actress, Carpenter was a member of the Disney team from the age of 14, starring in Girl Meets World as Maya Hart and Adventures in Babysitting as Jenny Parker.

While she has since continued to act – starring in gritty drama The Hate U Give through to playing Cady Heron in Broadway's Mean Girls: The Musical – her singing talents are now what she's best known for.

Here are all her albums and singles released so far, what they achieved, and what she won as a result of them.

Eyes Wide Open (2015)

Sabrina Carpenter on stage in 2015 in a blue outfit
Sabrina Carpenter (pictured 2015). Disney/Image Group LA via Getty Images

Singles:

  • Can't Blame a Girl for Trying
  • We'll Be the Stars
  • Eyes Wide Open

Sabrina was 16 years old when she released her debut album, which came out under Disney's Hollywood Records. It sold 12,000 copies in the first week, with her charting on the Billboard charts in the US at number 43.

Among the songwriters on the album was Meghan Trainor, who contributed to tracks Can't Blame a Girl for Trying and Darling, I'm a Mess.

She won two awards from the album at the Radio Disney Music Awards, Best Crush Song for Can't Blame a Girl for Trying and Best Anthem for Eyes Wide Open.

Evolution (2016)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2016 Z100 Jingle Ball Pre Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on December 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Pont/WireImage)
Sabrina Carpenter (pictured 2016). Mike Pont/WireImage

Singles

  • On Purpose
  • Thumbs
  • All We Have Is Love

Evolution debuted at number 28 on the Billboard charts in the US.

Singular: Act I (2018)

Sabrina Carpenter (pictured 2018) in a pink blazer
Sabrina Carpenter (pictured 2018). Getty Images

Singles

  • Almost Love
  • Sue Me
  • Bad Time

The first of a two-part release, Singular: Act I is a pop album with rockier-inspired elements than the second half. Over a series of interviews, she explained that the album was about "empowerment".

Singular: Act II (2019)

Singles

  • Pushing 20
  • Exhale
  • In My Bed
  • I'm Fakin'

According to Carpenter, Singular: Act II aims to show the "vulnerable side of confidence", telling the Zach Sang Show at the time: "I describe Act II as Act I upside down. Where Act I makes you feel comfortable with yourself, Act II makes you feel a little uncomfortable with yourself, in the way that we need to grow."

It is largely influenced by 90s RnB as well as pop music.

She referred to the album as "the closing chapter of the show", which coincided with the end of her work with Hollywood Records.

Emails I Can't Send (2022)

Sabrina Carpenter playing acoustic guitar
Sabrina Carpenter (pictured 2022). Getty

Singles

  • Nonsense (peaking at No. 32)
  • Feather (peaking at No. 19)
  • Cupid

Her first album under new label Island Records, Carpenter found success when Nonsense picked up on TikTok, earning her international attention for the first time.

It is now certified Gold in the UK, and Platinum in the US and New Zealand.

The album featured elements of pop, folk, and electronic music, with lyrics inspired by navigating life in the public eye, and the collapse of her personal relationships.

During this time, she was announced as a supporting artist for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

Short n' Sweet (2024)

Sabrina Carpenter in a white dress, singing
Sabrina Carpenter. Getty

Singles

  • Espresso (peaking at No. 1)
  • Please Please Please (peaking at No. 1)
  • Taste (peaking at No. 1)
  • Bed Chem (peaking at No. 6)
  • Juno (peaking at No. 24)

Short n' Sweet – which details the highs and lows of 21st-century dating – proved to be the album that put Carpenter on the international map – and she was declared the winner of the Global Success Awards at the 2025 BRITs. She's also been nominated for International Artist of the Year, and International Song of the Year for Espresso, with the winners being announced at the ceremony on 1st March.

She also won her first Grammys – Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for Espresso. Espresso was dubbed by fans the 'song of the summer' in 2024, and later won Best Song and Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards respectively.

Short n' Sweet resulted in Carpenter's first ever international arena tour of her career. It is heading to the UK in March 2025.

Find tickets to Sabrina Carpenter's tour here.

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Authors

Tilly PearceFreelance Writer

Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.

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