93 Fun Facts About Sabrina Carpenter

Which character did Carpenter play on Girl Meets World?

Maya Hart's show was cancelled by Disney Channel after three seasons, and fans begged Netflix to save it.

In which Pennsylvania town was Carpenter born?

She was raised in nearby East Greenville and homeschooled before moving to Los Angeles at thirteen.

Which Simpsons voice actress is Carpenter's aunt?

Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, confirmed it on TikTok in 2024: 'The rumors are true! Sabrina Carpenter is my niece!'

Carpenter placed third in an online singing contest run by which star?

Miley Cyrus ran the contest online, and around then Carpenter's father built her a purple recording studio in the family basement.

Carpenter's first acting role in 2011 was a guest spot on which NBC drama?

Law & Order: SVU gave the 11-year-old her TV debut while she was already releasing her own singles online.

Carpenter's 2014 single 'Can't Blame a Girl for Trying' was co-written by which singer?

Meghan Trainor co-wrote it months before her own debut single, 'All About That Bass', went to No. 1.

Which Disney-owned label signed Carpenter to a five-album deal?

Hollywood Records released four of her albums, and ex-managers she had fired later sued her, claiming they were owed commissions.

What was the title of Carpenter's 2015 debut studio album?

Eyes Wide Open debuted at No. 43, yet she has since said she feels 'a sense of separation' from her early records.

Carpenter starred opposite Sofia Carson in which 2016 Disney Channel movie?

Adventures in Babysitting was Disney Channel's 100th original movie, so the network aired all 99 earlier ones in the run-up to its premiere.

In 2017, Carpenter opened for which star's tour dates in Brazil?

Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour reached Brazil weeks after it paused when a bomb struck its Manchester Arena show.

Which actress plays Carpenter's murderous love rival in one of her 2024 music videos?

Jenna Ortega's character trades murder attempts with Carpenter's, then accidentally kills the boyfriend they were fighting over.

Carpenter appeared in which 2018 film based on an Angie Thomas novel?

The Hate U Give's screenwriter, Audrey Wells, died the day before the film opened.

Carpenter made her Broadway debut in 2020 in which musical?

Mean Girls cast her as Cady Heron for a planned three-month run, but COVID-19 closed the show the day after her debut.

Carpenter played the younger version of the murdered girlfriend in which Daniel Radcliffe horror film?

Horns, in which Radcliffe's Ig grows horns, adapts a novel by Joe Hill, who used a pen name to succeed on his own merits rather than as Stephen King's son.

Which 2020 Netflix film did Carpenter both star in and executive-produce?

She recorded "Let Me Move You" for it and later featured on a remix of Zara Larsson's "Wow".

Carpenter starred in which 2020 Disney+ film about Zach Sobiech, a teen musician with terminal cancer?

Clouds is named for Sobiech's own song, which became a hit after he died of a rare bone cancer in 2013.

Which label did Carpenter sign with in January 2021?

Her first single there, "Skin", became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.

What was Carpenter's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100?

Skin came out two weeks after Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License', and reports tied both songs to the same love-triangle drama.

What is the title of Carpenter's fifth studio album, released in July 2022?

It debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 and featured "Nonsense" and "Feather".

Which song went viral thanks to improvised outros Carpenter sang on tour?

Nonsense's custom outros were retired on her 2024 tour, where a staged mic glitch and a 'technical difficulties' screen cut the song off.

The music video for which song was filmed in a Brooklyn Catholic church, costing a priest his post?

Feather's church shoot drew her reply that approval came in advance, 'and Jesus was a carpenter.'

Carpenter was an opening act on which 2023-24 run through Latin America, Australia and Singapore?

The Eras Tour made her Taylor Swift's opener; they first met backstage when Carpenter was 17, and Swift 'had her cats with her.'

What was the title of Carpenter's 2023 Christmas EP?

Fruitcake re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 10 a year later, boosted by her Netflix holiday special.

Which Oscar-nominated actor appears in drag in Carpenter's 2025 'Tears' music video?

Colman Domingo stars in the video, and when Carpenter sang the song at the 2025 VMAs, some of her dancers carried 'Protect Trans Rights' signs.

Carpenter named two of her cats after members of which 1970s band?

ABBA songs turn up in her concerts too, since Carpenter covers the band on her Short n' Sweet Tour.

At the 2025 Grammys, Carpenter lost Best New Artist to which singer?

Chappell Roan used her acceptance speech to call on record labels to give developing artists a livable wage and health care.

Which Grammy did Short n' Sweet win?

Best Pop Vocal Album was one of her two wins, and Carpenter thanked fans by opening pre-orders for a deluxe edition.

Which act was the last before Carpenter to chart their first three top-five hits in one week?

"Taste" debuted at number two to complete the feat.

Which Short n' Sweet single was the longest-running UK number one of 2024?

She was the first artist in 71 years to spend 20 weeks atop the UK chart in one calendar year.

Which country legend duetted with Carpenter on a deluxe-edition track in 2025?

Carpenter has said she listened to Parton's Heartbreaker every morning and calls her an idol.

Which producer worked on both Carpenter's Short n' Sweet and Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department?

Jack Antonoff has said ELO was his own big reference point when working on her songs.

Which 2025 single debuted at number one on the Hot 100, her first to do so?

She premiered it at Primavera Sound before BST Hyde Park.

What is the title of Carpenter's seventh studio album, released August 2025?

Man's Best Friend later got an alternate cover, which Carpenter joked was 'approved by God.'

Which legendary band joined Carpenter at her 2025 Lollapalooza headline set in Chicago?

Two months later she headlined Austin City Limits with Shania Twain and the Chicks.

Carpenter features on the title track of which Taylor Swift album?

The Life of a Showgirl ends with Swift thanking 'of course, Sabrina', who calls back 'I love you, Taylor!'

Which pop icon joined Carpenter at Coachella 2026 to debut the duet "Bring Your Love"?

They also performed "Vogue" and "Like a Prayer" during the second-weekend set.

What was the name of Carpenter's debut fragrance, launched in 2022?

Sweet Tooth nods to her chocolate obsession, with notes such as chocolate marshmallow and Chantilly cream.

Which ice-cream brand made a limited-edition Carpenter flavour in 2024?

Van Leeuwen sent half the flavour's profits to the Ali Forney Center, which helps homeless LGBTQ+ youth.

Which song did the White House use in a 2025 ICE video that Carpenter called "evil and disgusting"?

Juno's snippet vanished when the White House deleted the video after Carpenter objected to its use.

Which actor did Carpenter date for most of 2024?

Barry Keoghan later hit back at the online abuse he and his family faced after the split, saying he could only take so much.

Which Christina Aguilera song does Carpenter credit with helping develop her own voice?

Beautiful was one of the songs she learned as a child, when she was also posting Christina Aguilera covers on YouTube.

Which Stranger Things star did Carpenter playfully 'arrest' for being too hot at a Short n' Sweet Tour show?

Millie Bobby Brown appeared on the big screens under an 'under arrest for being too hot' alert, part of Carpenter's nightly bit.

Carpenter's 2026 guest turn on which Disney+ special earned her an Emmy nomination as producer?

The nomination was for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).

Which music legend sang Homeward Bound with Sabrina Carpenter at Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary show?

Paul Simon first sang the song on the show in 1976 with George Harrison, and reprised it with Carpenter to begin the anniversary broadcast nearly fifty years later.

Which coffee chain launched an iced drink with Sabrina Carpenter in late 2024, named after her hit Espresso?

Dunkin' put her name on a Shakin' Espresso, a nod to the single that had been a worldwide chart-topper earlier that year.

Sabrina Carpenter became a playable character and Season 8 headliner of a music mode in which video game?

Fortnite made Carpenter the face of Fortnite Festival Season 8 in April 2025, adding her songs and emotes to the game.

Sabrina Carpenter appeared in volume three of a Prime Video lingerie show created by which pop star?

Rihanna is creative director of the Savage X Fenty Show, whose third volume also featured Vanessa Hudgens, Troye Sivan and Cindy Crawford.

Sabrina Carpenter's gory 2024 video about two love rivals trying to kill each other was inspired by which 1992 film?

Death Becomes Her stars Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn as rivals who drink a potion promising eternal youth, so their attacks on each other never finish the job.

Which country-pop superstar sang Santa Baby with Sabrina Carpenter on her 2024 Netflix holiday special?

Shania Twain's cameo pays off a running joke, because Carpenter says in the special that a duet with her was a childhood wish.

Sabrina Carpenter and Jasmine Thompson covered Sign of the Times in 2017, the debut solo single by which singer?

Harry Styles launched his solo career with the ballad in April 2017, and Carpenter's duet version with Thompson followed later the same year.

Which twice-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer performed with Sabrina Carpenter at the 2026 Met Gala?

Stevie Nicks was the first woman inducted twice, with Fleetwood Mac in 1998 and as a solo artist in 2019, and shared the Met Gala stage with Carpenter.

In October 2025, Sabrina Carpenter recorded public service announcements for riders of which city's subway?

New York's MTA aired her Courtesy Counts messages while she was in town for a run of Madison Square Garden shows.

Sabrina Carpenter played Jessica Wedge in one 2013 episode of which hit series, a year before Girl Meets World?

Orange Is the New Black gave Carpenter a one-episode part in its first season, the same year she was cast in her Disney Channel breakthrough.

Which Girl Meets World co-star, who played Riley Matthews, recorded the show's theme song with Sabrina Carpenter?

Rowan Blanchard and Carpenter were both cast in January 2013, well over a year before the Boy Meets World spin-off reached the screen in June 2014.

Sabrina Carpenter plays Harper, a pageant-winning older sister, in which 2019 Netflix teen comedy?

Tall Girl makes Carpenter's Harper the short, pageant-winning foil to her towering younger sister Jodi, and she returned for the 2022 sequel.

Which High School Musical: The Musical: The Series lead was Sabrina Carpenter's boyfriend from 2020 to 2021?

Joshua Bassett joined a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles with Carpenter, his girlfriend at the time.

Which country trio joined Sabrina Carpenter on stage during her headline set at Austin City Limits in 2025?

The Chicks, a Dallas band who dropped Dixie from their name in 2020, joined her during her October headline set in their home state.

Sabrina Carpenter was the featured guest on a 2024 single by which Norwegian singer-songwriter?

Girl in Red has said the team-up began after she shared one of Carpenter's songs on Instagram and Carpenter's side got in touch.

Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko joined which Norwegian DJ on On My Way, a 2019 anniversary theme for PUBG Mobile?

Alan Walker announced the PUBG Mobile partnership on 20 March 2019, a day before the single came out through MER and Sony Music.

Sabrina Carpenter featured on a September 2020 remix of the song Wow by which Swedish pop singer?

Zara Larsson's original was on the soundtrack of a Netflix dance film Carpenter starred in that summer, which is how the remix came about.

Which British band did Sabrina Carpenter support on the 2017 Middle of the Night Tour and join on the single Hands?

The Vamps performed Hands live with Carpenter on that tour, a track that also credits the Swedish DJ Mike Perry.

Sabrina Carpenter modeled lace pieces in an April 2024 campaign for which underwear and shapewear brand?

Skims cast her in its Fits Everybody and Stretch Lace collections that month, days before Espresso was released.

Sabrina Carpenter sang lead on a 2014 Disney Channel Circle of Stars cover of a song from which animated film?

Frozen supplied the song: the all-star cover of Do You Want to Build a Snowman? gave Carpenter the lead four months after her debut single.

Which Sabrina Carpenter project was split into two albums, Act I and Act II, released eight months apart?

Singular was planned as one record, but Carpenter split it in two, telling fans that way she could release songs that would otherwise have been cut.

Sabrina Carpenter wrote her 2018 single Sue Me after being taken to court by whom?

Her former managers, Stan Rogow and Elliot Lurie, sued over commissions they said went unpaid after she fired them in 2014.

Which rapper is the guest on I Can't Stop Me, a trap-influenced track from Sabrina Carpenter's fourth studio album?

Saweetie is the featured guest on the 2019 album, on a track that mixes pop with hip-hop over a trap beat.

Which September 2021 release was the lead single from Sabrina Carpenter's fifth studio album?

Skinny Dipping came out ten months before the album it led, with a video directed by Amber Park.

Sabrina Carpenter's fight-filled video for her 2022 single Fast Times was inspired by Kill Bill and which franchise?

Charlie's Angels was a fitting model for the action-heavy clip, which arrived with the song in February 2022 as her album's second single.

Sabrina Carpenter's 2025 video for Tears takes its main inspiration from which cult musical film of the 1970s?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show also starts with travellers stranded at night, and the video takes Carpenter from a car accident into an eerie farmhouse.

Which co-writer of Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso was the first woman to win the Grammy for Songwriter of the Year?

Amy Allen was one of only three earlier collaborators Carpenter kept for her 2025 album, alongside two producers.

Sabrina Carpenter recorded Espresso at a village studio in which country, days after a July 2023 concert there?

France hosted the session: after playing the Zénith in Paris she spent a few days at Flow Studios in the village of Chailland.

Sabrina Carpenter performed at the 2025 Brit Awards and went home with which special honour?

The Global Success Award had not been given since 2019 and was revived for Carpenter, the first artist from outside Britain to receive it.

Sabrina Carpenter's 2024 partnership with which nonprofit signed up more voters than any other artist's that year?

HeadCount says her tour registered 35,814 voters and prompted more than 263,000 other people to check their registration or polling place.

Sabrina Carpenter chose a surprise cover song each night of the Short n' Sweet Tour by playing which party game?

Spin the bottle decided the cover, though on some nights she sang the bonus track Busy Woman in that slot instead.

What mark appears on Sabrina Carpenter's bare shoulder on the cover of her 2024 album Short n' Sweet?

A lipstick kiss sits on her shoulder as she looks back at the camera, a pose that drew comparisons to a 2018 photo of a French model.

Aged about ten, Sabrina Carpenter posted YouTube covers of songs by Christina Aguilera and which British singer?

Adele and Aguilera were her go-to covers, and her father built her a recording studio at around the same age.

Sabrina Carpenter made her Saturday Night Live debut as musical guest on a May 2024 season finale hosted by which actor?

Jake Gyllenhaal hosted the season 49 finale, where Carpenter also turned up in a sketch as Daphne from Scooby-Doo.

Which Taylor Swift song did Sabrina Carpenter cover as a Spotify special in 2023?

I Knew You Were Trouble was her pick for the Spotify special, a song Swift first released on her 2012 album Red.

Sabrina Carpenter and Christina Aguilera duetted on which hit for a 2024 special marking 25 years of Aguilera's debut?

What a Girl Wants got the duet treatment on the live Spotify special, and the performance was later nominated for a Webby Award.

Which Lord of the Rings actor played Santa Claus in Sabrina Carpenter's 2024 Netflix holiday special?

Sean Astin, the films' Samwise Gamgee, turns up as Santa among cameos from Cara Delevingne and Quinta Brunson.

Sabrina Carpenter became a 2021 brand ambassador for which phone maker, later playing its summer livestream concert?

Samsung signed her to its Team Galaxy programme, and in 2022 she played the Summer of Galaxy livestream it runs with Billboard.

In 2016 Sabrina Carpenter became an ambassador for the children's-hospital foundation of which TV and radio host?

Ryan Seacrest's foundation sent her to visit children's hospitals on its behalf while she was still starring on Girl Meets World.

In a Christmas panto at the Pasadena Playhouse, Sabrina Carpenter played which character from the Peter Pan story?

Wendy Darling's brothers John and Michael were played by two of her Girl Meets World castmates in the 2015 production.

Sabrina Carpenter sang the theme song for which Disney Channel series that premiered in spring 2017?

Andi Mack arrived in April 2017, less than three months after Girl Meets World ended, so the theme kept Carpenter's voice on the channel.

Sabrina Carpenter sang the Grinch's theme song as a guest on a 2017 Christmas album by which violinist?

Lindsey Stirling's first holiday album also featured Becky G, Trombone Shorty and Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low as guests.

Which Modern Family actress voiced Sofia the First's title role and duetted with Sabrina Carpenter on the show?

Ariel Winter, Modern Family's Alex Dunphy, shared the song All You Need with Carpenter, who recurred on the series from 2013 to 2018.

Sabrina Carpenter played Bailey Rouge in Royalties, a 2020 Quibi musical comedy created by which Glee actor?

Darren Criss created, produced and starred in the series, and Carpenter sang Perfect Song for its soundtrack.

Sabrina Carpenter first performed her 2025 chart-topping single live at which Spanish festival, before BST Hyde Park?

Primavera Sound in Barcelona heard the song live the same week it was released, in a set that also included a cover of It's Raining Men.

In 2024 Sabrina Carpenter became the first act since which crooner to spend 20 weeks at UK number one in a year?

Frankie Laine ruled the 1953 chart, spending 18 of his weeks on top with I Believe, still the UK's longest-running number one.

Sabrina Carpenter played young Chloe on Fox's The Goodwin Games, opposite which Ugly Betty actress as the adult Chloe?

Becki Newton played Chloe Goodwin, a one-time child maths prodigy turned struggling actress, with Carpenter recurring as her younger self.

In which Ohio city did Sabrina Carpenter begin the Short n' Sweet Tour, her first run of arena shows?

Columbus hosted the opening night in September 2024, and the tour finished in Los Angeles fourteen months later.

In 2026 Sabrina Carpenter was cast as which dance legend in a biopic starring Tom Holland as Fred Astaire?

Ginger Rogers was Astaire's most famous screen partner, and the same biopic cast Margaret Qualley as his sister.

Which 2022 Amazon film, premiered at Sundance, cast Sabrina Carpenter as Maddy, a student searching for her sister?

Emergency follows college roommates who find an unconscious girl in their living room, while Carpenter's Maddy tracks her sister down with a phone app.