00:00Did you know that Sabrina Carpenter's song, Skin, was her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100?
00:05You can try to get under my, under my, under my skin
00:10But who is Sabrina? What has her journey in music look like?
00:13And how does she become a force to be reckoned with on the charts?
00:17This is Billboard Explains Sabrina Carpenter's sweet success on the charts.
00:21Born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Sabrina started uploading videos to YouTube at 10 years old,
00:27covering songs by Christina Aguilera and Adele.
00:30But I set fire to the rain
00:35She went on to land guest-starring roles on shows like Law & Order Special Victims Unit,
00:39until she scored the role of Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World.
00:44She even recorded the show's theme song, Take on the World, alongside her co-star Rowan Blanchard.
00:49On the edge of something wonderful
00:53Sabrina signed with Hollywood Records and released her first EP, Can't Blame a Girl for Trying, in 2014,
00:58featuring the single of the same name.
01:01No, you can't blame a girl for trying
01:05Sabrina made her Billboard 200 chart debut with her first full-length album, Eyes Wide Open,
01:10and followed that up with her sophomore project, Evolution, featuring her first radio hit, Thumb.
01:15So they took off twiddling them thumbs
01:19Sabrina dropped more music over the years, including Skin in 2021 and her album Emails I Can't Send,
01:24featuring the track Feather, which became her first No. 1 hit on the Pop Airplay chart.
01:29I feel so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind
01:34Fast forward to 2024, when Sabrina booked two major gigs, opening for Taylor Swift on her Eras World Tour and performing at Coachella.
01:42This allowed her to showcase her talents to a wider audience.
01:45But then came Espresso.
01:47Thinkin' bout me every night, oh, is it that sweet? I guess so
01:52The summer smash catapulted Sabrina's career to a new level and has been a lasting hit on the Hot 100.
01:57If that wasn't enough, she dropped her next single, Please Please Please, which gave Sabrina her first Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
02:04Please, please, please, don't prove I'm right
02:09She most recently released her sixth studio album, Short & Sweet, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
02:16But one thing's for sure, Sabrina has made a name for herself on the Billboard charts.
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