Sabrina Carpenter’s Breakout Albums Become Vinyl Bestsellers Again

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentSabrina Carpenter’s Breakout Albums Become Vinyl Bestsellers AgainByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorMay 08, 2026, 11:30am EDTTwo projects by Sabrina Carpenter — Short N' Sweet and Man's Best Friend — return to the U.K.'s Official Vinyl Albums chart together. LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Sabrina Carpenter attends The BRIT Awards 2025 at Intercontinental Hotel on March 01, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images)Getty ImagesFor most pop musicians, the album that produces their first big hits is often their debut, or perhaps their second. It’s not common for musical acts aiming for the top 40 space to produce multiple full-lengths before finally hitting it big. And yet, that’s exactly how Sabrina Carpenter’s career has turned out. She finally became a global superstar with Short N’ Sweet, which included hit singles like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Taste,” among others. Short N’ Sweet dropped in the summer of 2024, and it was her sixth album. It’s that set that finds its way back to multiple charts in the United Kingdom this week, and impressively, it is not Carpenter’s only comeback.Short N’ Sweet Returns to Three Charts in the U.K.Currently, Short N’ Sweet appears on five rankings in the U.K., and it surges back onto three of them. Short N’ Sweet becomes a top 40 bestseller once again on vinyl as it reenters the Official Vinyl Albums tally at No. 40. The Grammy-winning project comes in only a few spaces lower on both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales rosters, where it reenters at Nos. 44 and 49, respectively. There are dozens of returning favorites on the charts in the U.K. this week after many Record Store Day releases became immediate bestsellers just days ago. Most of those titles have already disappe...