About Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition for starring in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World . She signed to Disney-owned Hollywood Records in 2013 and released her debut single, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying", the following year. In the 2010s, she released four studio albums—Eyes Wide Open , Evolution , Singular: Act I , and Singular: Act II —to limited commercial success; the singles "Alien", "Almost Love", and "Sue Me" topped the United States Dance Club Songs chart.
Carpenter transitioned to Island Records in 2021 and released the single "Skin"—her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send , became her highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200 chart, supported by the US Pop Airplay top-ten singles "Nonsense" and "Feather". In 2024, she opened for Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour, increasing her mainstream prominence. Carpenter's upcoming album, Short n' Sweet , was preceded by the singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please", both of which topped the Billboard Global 200, with the latter becoming her first number-one song in the US.
In between her music releases, Carpenter starred in films such as Adventures in Babysitting , The Hate U Give , The Short History of the Long Road , Clouds , and Emergency . In 2020, she played the lead role in the Broadway musical Mean Girls. Carpenter also starred in the Netflix productions Tall Girl , Tall Girl 2 , and Work It , the last of which she executive-produced.
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to David and Elizabeth Carpenter, and raised in East Greenville. She is a niece of actress Nancy Cartwright. She has three older sisters and was homeschooled. Around the age of 10, she began posting videos on YouTube of herself singing Christina Aguilera and Adele songs. Her father built a recording studio for her to fuel her passion for music. In 2009, she placed third in a singing contest, The Next Miley Cyrus Project, run by Miley Cyrus.
Carpenter's first acting role was in 2011 in a guest role on the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Around the same time, she performed as part of the Hunan Broadcasting System's Gold Mango Audience Festival program in China, singing "Something's Got a Hold on Me". In the summer of 2012, Carpenter had a recurring role in the Fox sitcom The Goodwin Games. She appeared in Horns and recorded "Smile" for the compilation album Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust, inspired by the Disney Fairies film series; the song charted on Radio Disney. She had a recurring role as Princess Vivian in Sofia the First, for which she performed the song "All You Need" with Ariel Winter.
In January 2013, Carpenter was cast in a Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, a spin-off of Boy Meets World, as Maya Hart. The show consisted of 72 episodes, and concluded on January 20, 2017. Carpenter recorded the show's theme song alongside her co-star Rowan Blanchard. Prior to 2014, Carpenter signed a five-album deal with Disney-owned then-label Hollywood Records. In March 2014, Carpenter released her debut single, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying", which was co-written by Meghan Trainor. The single received positive reviews and titled her debut EP of the same name that was released in April 2014. In July 2014, Carpenter contributed lead vocals to the Disney Channel Circle of Stars cover version of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". She recorded "Stand Out" for the Disney Channel movie, How to Build a Better Boy, which premiered in August 2014. She released her first Christmas single, "Silver Nights", that same year.
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