Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Beats Travis Scott By 600 Units

[stewie_e]

. @SabrinaAnnLynn's 'Short n' Sweet' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200https://t.co/KGUlI28wvb
- billboard (@billboard) September 3, 2024

A decision has finally been reached: Sabrina Carpenter won the tight race, outselling Travis Scott by a mere 600 units to earn her very first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 Chart. It was one of the closest calls

Comments

[willardwright]

I wouldn't call it fraudulent, but it certainly had a huge promotion budget. I don't recall the last time I've seen an album pushed so hard. That being said, I'm in favor of Sabrina being a new main pop girl - her current music is very fun.

I do wish we, as a society, would chill a little with the chart obsession. I feel like it's gotten worse in recent years and it makes following pop music a little less enjoyable. A song is not bad or a flop just because it didn't get #1 (and a song is not good just because it got #1, either)

[thebadunkadunk]

I do wish we, as a society, would chill a little with the chart obsession IAWTC except for when it comes to Katy Perry/s 143 album rollout which is deeply funny to me

[bluestoplights]

there are lots of albums with big promotion budgets that flop tbh

[willardwright]

true! Camila Cabello comes to mind

[helliosx]

which album had big promo budget? Surely not c,xoxo

[willardwright]

They paid Drake for a feature, that couldn't have been cheap (then Kendrick happened and it all went to waste)

[helliosx]

oh, that makes sense, I thought it had budget for actual marketing, because I didn't see a single thing online about the album. Not even a pop crave tweet. Figures they spent it all on Drake

[stewie_e]

c,xoxo had a decent sized promo budget.

[mayjailer]

it absolutely did lol

[williammiller]

She kept releasing different "24 hour only" digital album downloads on her website for $4.99 with extra songs and a demo. I love her, but every day I'd get an email about it and I just rolled my eyes and deleted it.

[theoryofwar]

I do wish we, as a society, would chill a little with the chart obsession.

So I've never paid much attention to the charts, so it's wild to me that people care that much. Why does it matter so much that your fave is at #1 all the time?

[trueloveisrarex]

Record labels cracked the code that if stans are parasocial enough to take their fave’s wins as personal wins, then there’ll be an incentive to ensure their fave breaks and maintains every single record that was once organically obtained