Sabrina Carpenter’s latest single, “Manchild,” has soared to No. 1 on the singles chart, achieving her second chart-topper and first-ever No. 1 debut. This feat follows her previous hit, “Please Please Please,” from the Grammy-winning ‘Short n’ Sweet’ album, which also reached the top spot last year.
“Manchild” is the lead single from Carpenter’s anticipated upcoming album, ‘Man’s Best Friend,’ slated for an August 29 release.
Released on June 5, the track gained 27 million official streams, 14 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 20,000 units in the United States.
Its strong sales performance was significantly driven by a 7-inch vinyl edition, which sold 14,000 copies and included an exclusive instrumental B-side titled “Inside of Your Head When You’ve Just Won an Argument with a Man.”
“Manchild,” also Carpenter’s fourth Hot 100 top 10, introduces her next album, Man’s Best Friend, due Aug. 29. “I can’t wait for it to be yours x,” she wrote of the set on Instagram on June 11; it is scheduled to arrive just more than a year since her prior LP, Short n’ Sweet, which was released Aug. 23, 2024.
Carpenter is the only woman artist with multiple Hot 100 No. 1s dating to the coronation of “Please Please Please.” She is also the only woman to reign with a nonseasonal song and with no billed collaborators in that span.
“Manchild,” on Island Records and being promoted to radio by Republic, is the 1,182nd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 66-year history and the 85th to debut at the summit – and the first No. 1 entrance for Island. Carpenter co-produced the song with Jack Antonoff and co-wrote it with Antonoff and Amy Allen. (The trio also co-wrote “Please Please Please,” which Antonoff produced.)
