Sabrina Carpenter facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sabrina Carpenter
Carpenter in 2025
Born	Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (1999-05-11) May 11, 1999 (age 26) Quakertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Singer songwriter actress
Years active	2010–present
Works	Discography songs concert tours
Relatives	Nancy Cartwright (aunt)
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	Hollywood Island

Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. She first became well-known for her role in the Disney Channel TV show Girl Meets World (2014–2017). After that, she signed with Hollywood Records, which is owned by Disney.

Sabrina released her first song, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying", in 2014. She then released four studio albums: Eyes Wide Open (2015), Evolution (2016), Singular: Act I (2018), and Singular: Act II (2019). Three of her songs—"Alien", "Almost Love", and "Sue Me"—reached the top of the US Dance Club Songs chart.

In 2021, Carpenter joined Island Records. Her song "Skin" was her first to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her fifth album, Emails I Can't Send (2022), included the popular songs "Nonsense" and "Feather", which reached number one on the US Pop Airplay chart.

She was an opening act for Taylor Swift's the Eras Tour in 2023. Her sixth album, Short n' Sweet (2024), became her first album to reach number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. This album featured the global hit songs "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".

Sabrina Carpenter has also acted in several films. These include the comedy Adventures in Babysitting (2016), the drama The Hate U Give (2018), and the musical Clouds (2020). She also starred in Netflix movies like Tall Girl (2019) and Work It (2020), where she was also an executive producer. On Broadway, she played a main role in the musical Mean Girls in 2020.

Early Life and Musical Beginnings

Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Her parents are David and Elizabeth Carpenter. She grew up in East Greenville. She is the niece of actress Nancy Cartwright. Sabrina has three older sisters and was homeschooled.

Around age 10, she started sharing videos of herself singing songs by artists like Christina Aguilera and Adele on YouTube. Her father even built a recording studio for her to help her music dreams. In 2009, she placed third in a singing contest called The Next Miley Cyrus Project, which was run by Miley Cyrus.

Career Highlights

Early Acting and Music (2011–2014)

Carpenter signing autographs at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina in 2014

Sabrina Carpenter's first acting job was a guest role in the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011. Around the same time, she performed in China, singing "Something's Got a Hold on Me". In 2012, she had a repeating role in the Fox sitcom The Goodwin Games. She also appeared in the movie Horns (2013).

She recorded the song "Smile" for the album Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust, which was inspired by the Disney Fairies film series. This song became popular on Radio Disney. She also had a repeating voice role as Princess Vivian in Sofia the First, where she sang "All You Need" with Ariel Winter.

In January 2013, Carpenter was chosen for a Disney Channel series called Girl Meets World. This show was a spin-off of Boy Meets World, and Sabrina played the character Maya Hart. The show had 72 episodes and ended in January 2017. Carpenter also sang the show's theme song with her co-star Rowan Blanchard. Before 2014, she signed a five-album deal with Hollywood Records, which was owned by Disney.

In March 2014, Carpenter released her first single, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying". This song was partly written by Meghan Trainor. The single was well-received and was the title track for her first EP (a shorter album) released in April 2014. In July 2014, Carpenter sang lead vocals for the Disney Channel Circle of Stars cover of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". She also recorded "Stand Out" for the Disney Channel movie How to Build a Better Boy, which came out in August 2014. Later that year, she released her first Christmas song, "Silver Nights".

Rising Stardom with Eyes Wide Open and Evolution (2015–2017)

Carpenter performing live at the Jingle Ball in Los Angeles in 2016

In January 2015, Carpenter released "We'll Be the Stars". This song was the first single from her debut studio album, Eyes Wide Open, which came out on April 14, 2015. The album reached number 43 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was mostly a teen-pop album with some pop folk sounds. Billboard reported that it sold over 12,000 copies in its first week. The album received good reviews and won two Radio Disney Music Awards. The second single from the album was "Eyes Wide Open". In August, Carpenter performed at the D23 Expo. In December, she released her second Christmas song, "Christmas The Whole Year Round".

In February 2016, Carpenter released the song "Smoke and Fire". She performed this song at the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards. In June 2016, Carpenter starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Adventures in Babysitting with Sofia Carson. For the movie, they sang the theme song, "Wildside", together. Later that year, she appeared in a play called Peter Pan and Tinker Bell: A Pirate's Christmas. In August, Carpenter was the main performer at the Bethlehem's Musikfest festival. She also started voicing the character Melissa Chase on the show Milo Murphy's Law.

In October 2016, Carpenter released her second studio album, Evolution. It debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200, selling 13,000 copies in its first week. The album had two singles: "On Purpose" and "Thumbs". "On Purpose" was nominated for a Radio Disney Music Award, and "Thumbs" reached number one on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), meaning it sold over one million units. Two other songs, "All We Have Is Love" and "Run and Hide", were released to promote the album. Carpenter performed "Thumbs" on The Today Show and The Late Late Show with James Corden. She started her first concert tour, the Evolution Tour, in the fall of 2016.

In March 2017, Carpenter sang the theme song for the Disney Channel show Andi Mack. In May, she was featured on the song "Hands" with The Vamps and Mike Perry. In July, Carpenter released the song "Why", which received good reviews. It reached number 21 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It was also nominated for a Radio Disney Music Award. In the summer of that year, Carpenter went on her second concert tour, the De-Tour. She also opened for Ariana Grande on her Dangerous Woman Tour in São Paulo.

In December, Carpenter released a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". That same year, she also released covers of "Sign of the Times" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" with British singer Jasmine Thompson and violinist Lindsey Stirling.

Singular Albums and Film Roles (2018–2020)

Carpenter at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards

In March 2018, Carpenter released the song "Alien" with English DJ Jonas Blue. This song reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. The two artists performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In May, Nylon magazine included Carpenter in their list of "25 Gen Z'ers Changing The World". In September, Carpenter appeared in The Hate U Give (2018), a movie based on a popular novel.

On November 9, 2018, Carpenter released her third studio album, Singular: Act I, which received positive reviews. She had planned for it to be one album, but decided to split it into two parts, with the second part coming out in early 2019. The album had two singles, "Almost Love" and "Sue Me", both of which reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. Two other songs, "Paris" and "Bad Time", were released before the album. Carpenter promoted the album on The Today Show and Live with Kelly and Ryan.

In March 2019, Carpenter started her third concert tour, the Singular Tour. That same month, she was featured on Alan Walker's song, "On My Way", along with Farruko. In June 2019, she starred in the drama film The Short History of the Long Road. The film was shown for the first time at the Tribeca Film Festival and received good reviews, with Carpenter's acting being praised.

On July 19, 2019, Carpenter released her fourth studio album, Singular: Act II. This album also received positive reviews. In this album, Carpenter explored more personal topics, like feelings of anxiety and thinking about herself. Three singles were released from the album: "Pushing 20", "Exhale" and "In My Bed". To promote the album, she performed on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series. She also released a song called "I'm Fakin" before the album came out. In September 2019, Carpenter appeared in the Netflix film Tall Girl.

In February 2020, Carpenter released an R&B song called "Honeymoon Fades", which critics liked. A month later, she made her Broadway debut in Mean Girls. The show closed in the middle of the month because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, she performed "Your Mother and Mine" on the ABC TV special, The Disney Family Singalong Volume II. She also had a repeating role in the TV series Royalties, for which she sang "Perfect Song" for the soundtrack.

In July 2020, Carpenter released the song "Let Me Move You" for the Netflix film Work It. She starred in this movie and was also an executive producer. Her role in the film received generally good reviews. The movie's soundtrack included Zara Larsson's "Wow", which led to Carpenter being featured on a remix of the song in September of that year. In October, Carpenter starred in the Disney+ film Clouds, which was based on the life of Zach Sobiech. She also contributed to the film's soundtrack. In December 2020, Forbes magazine included Carpenter in their 30 Under 30 list for Hollywood and entertainment.

Emails I Can't Send and The Eras Tour (2021–2023)

In January 2021, Carpenter announced that she had signed with Universal Music Group's Island Records. She released her first song with this label, "Skin", on January 22, 2021. The song debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first song to appear on that chart. It also became her first song to reach the top 40 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. Carpenter performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden and at the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards. In September, she appeared in the third volume of Prime Video's Savage X Fenty Show.

On September 9, 2021, Carpenter released "Skinny Dipping", which was the first single from her upcoming fifth studio album. She released "Fast Times" on February 18, 2022, as another single. That same month, she appeared in Tall Girl 2. In May 2022, Carpenter appeared in Amazon Studios' comedy-drama thriller film Emergency. This movie had first been shown at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January.

Carpenter performing on the Emails I Can't Send Tour in 2022

On July 15, 2022, Carpenter released her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send. It debuted and reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was further promoted with the singles: "Vicious", "Because I Liked a Boy", and "Nonsense". "Nonsense" became very popular on TikTok, reached number 56 on the Hot 100, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It also reached the top 10 on the US Pop Airplay chart. In August 2022, Carpenter announced the Emails I Can't Send Tour, which started in September of that year.

In March 2023, Carpenter released a deluxe version of Emails I Can't Send. One of the extra songs, "Feather", was released as the final single for the album in August 2023. It reached number one on the US Pop Songs chart and number 21 on the Hot 100. She performed the song at the pre-show for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards and at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2023.

In June 2023, it was announced that Carpenter would be an opening act for the Eras Tour by Taylor Swift. She performed at several shows in Latin America, Australia, and Singapore throughout 2023 and 2024. Carpenter released a cover of Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" as a special for Spotify. She said that opening for Swift was a "childhood dream come true". Carpenter described her experience at the Eras Tour as "unlike any crowd I've ever played to before". On November 17, 2023, Carpenter released a Christmas-themed EP called Fruitcake, which included "A Nonsense Christmas" that had been released a year earlier.

Short n' Sweet and Recent Success (2024–present)

In March 2024, Carpenter was featured on Norwegian singer-songwriter Girl in Red's song "You Need Me Now?". On April 11, Carpenter released the single "Espresso". She performed it at the 23rd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival the next day. "Espresso" topped the Billboard Global 200 chart, reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year. By the end of the year, "Espresso" was the second most streamed song on Spotify with 1.6 billion streams. Carpenter then released a second single, "Please Please Please", on June 6, 2024. This song became her second global chart-topper and her first US Hot 100 number one single. With these songs, she became the first female artist to have the number one and two positions on the UK singles chart for three weeks in a row.

Carpenter released her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet, on August 23. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 362,000 units in its first week. All songs from the album charted in the top 50 of the Hot 100. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Carpenter received six nominations, including Best New Artist. The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year. It won Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Espresso" won Best Pop Solo Performance. The third single, "Taste," debuted at number two on the Hot 100. This made Carpenter the first artist since The Beatles to have their first three top-five hits chart within a single week. Her first three singles stayed in the top ten for seven weeks in a row, which is a record for any female artist. Carpenter also became the first artist in 71 years to spend 20 weeks at the top of the UK singles chart in one year, with "Taste" being the longest-running UK number one of 2024. A deluxe version of the album, with five extra songs including a duet of "Please Please Please" with Dolly Parton, was released on February 14, 2025.

In September 2024, Carpenter appeared on Christina Aguilera's live Spotify special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Aguilera's first album. They sang a duet of "What a Girl Wants". That month, Carpenter started the Short n' Sweet Tour, her first arena tour. Carpenter also produced and starred in a Netflix holiday special, A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter, released on December 6. It featured duets with artists like Chappell Roan, Tyla, and Shania Twain.

Musical Style and Influences

What Inspires Sabrina's Music?

Sabrina Carpenter has said that R&B music often influences her work. She named Christina Aguilera and Rihanna as her biggest musical inspirations. Carpenter mentioned that Aguilera's 2002 song "Beautiful" helped her "showcase and develop [her] own voice," saying Aguilera's singing was an inspiration. She also named Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Etta James as early musical influences. For songwriting, she looks up to Taylor Swift and Lorde. She has said that Swift's live performances and hard work inspire her. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Carpenter said that Madonna, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, and Aguilera were some of the artists who introduced her to pop music.

How Her Music Sounds

Early in her career, Carpenter was called a "teen pop singer." Later, she started to embrace pop music. A writer for I.D. magazine noted that after her album Emails I Can't Send, she could truly be called a "fully fledged popstar." A writer for Variety noted that while Carpenter was "considered a Disney princess for years, her transition from child actor to pop star [...] has been slow, steady and intentional." Carpenter felt that moving on from being a Disney star was hard. She told Vogue that her "prior music put forth a facet of herself that she didn't feel was authentic at the time." Her stage presence has also been praised, with a Vogue writer saying that "as an artist and performer, [Carpenter] wields the full range of human expression as if it were an instrument of its own."

Carpenter's albums include elements of folk pop, acoustic, country, electropop, and house music. Her albums after Singular: Act I have explored styles like dance-pop, trap, hip-hop, and R&B. Carpenter has said that her music has "elements of everything." In a 2024 interview with Variety, Carpenter noted that she felt disconnected from her albums before Emails I Can't Send. She said this was "largely due to the shift in who I am as a person and as an artist, pre-pandemic and post-pandemic." Alex Hopper of American Songwriter mentioned that storytelling is a common theme in Carpenter's songs. Carpenter's voice is described as a soprano.

Other Activities

Helping Others and Good Causes

Throughout her career, Carpenter has actively supported charities. In 2016, Carpenter became an ambassador for the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. She visited children's hospitals across the country to help them. That same year, for the release of her song "Smoke and Fire", Carpenter sold merchandise. The money raised went to the American Red Cross's 2Steps2Minutes campaign, which teaches people about fire safety.

In 2017, Carpenter performed at the We Day California event. That same year, Carpenter worked with DoSomething's Love Letters Challenge. This project aimed to help senior citizens who might feel lonely.

In June 2024, Carpenter announced she was partnering with the nonprofit PLUS1 for her Short n' Sweet Tour. They created the Sabrina Carpenter Fund, which supports the "well-being of people and animals." It focuses on "mental health, animal welfare, and support for the LGBTQ+ community." Later that month, it was also announced that her espresso-flavored ice cream, made with Van Leeuwen, would donate fifty percent of its profits to the Ali Forney Center. This is the largest nonprofit organization in the United States that helps homeless LGBTQ+ youth.

Brand Deals and Products

Carpenter at a Converse photoshoot in 2019

In 2017, Carpenter promoted Converse's Forever Chuck campaign alongside Rowan Blanchard, Alton Mason, and Cole Sprouse. In 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Aéropostale. She became a brand ambassador for Samsung USA in 2021, as part of their "Team Galaxy" partnership program. She performed at the Galaxy Creator Collective event hosted by Samsung in March 2022. After her album was released in 2022, she also performed a live online concert for Samsung and Billboard's Summer of Galaxy event.

In September 2022, Carpenter launched her first perfume with Scent Beauty, called Sweet Tooth. The perfume was nominated for a "Fragrance of the Year" award. In 2023, Carpenter announced her second perfume, Caramel Dream. In July 2024, Carpenter also announced her third perfume, Cherry Baby.

In April 2024, Carpenter promoted and modeled for new items in a campaign for Skims' Fits Everybody and Stretch Lace collections. She said she "loved the femininity of the whole creative" and had "always been a fan of the brand." In July of that year, Carpenter appeared in an NBC advertisement for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Discography

• Eyes Wide Open (2015)
• Evolution (2016)
• Singular: Act I (2018)
• Singular: Act II (2019)
• Emails I Can't Send (2022)
• Short n' Sweet (2024)

Tours

Headlining Tours

• Evolution Tour (2016–2017)
• The De-Tour (2017)
• Singular Tour (2019)
• Emails I Can't Send Tour (2022–2023)
• Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025)

Opening Act for Other Artists

• Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Tour (2017)
• The Vamps – Middle of the Night Tour (2017)
• Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour (2023–2024)

Filmography

Movies

Television Shows

Stage Performances

Video Games

Awards and Nominations

Images for kids

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  Sabrina Carpenter in a YouTube video for Vanity Fair magazine

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  Sabrina in a photoshoot for Converse, 2019

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  Sabrina in June 2017 at the meet and greet of her concert at Nottingham Arena

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  Carpenter in 2022

See also

In Spanish: Sabrina Carpenter para niños