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Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Debuts at No. 1 With 2025’s Top Female Opening

A vinyl-first retail push drove a career-best opening for the pop star.

Overview

  • The album opens atop the Billboard 200 with 366,000 equivalent units, the third-largest debut of 2025 overall, according to Luminate.
  • First-week consumption includes 224,000 in sales, 141,000 streaming-equivalent units from 184.11 million official streams, and 1,000 TEA.
  • Vinyl accounts for 160,000 copies across 13 variants, marking one of the modern era’s biggest single-week vinyl tallies and fueling No. 1 on Top Album Sales.
  • All 12 tracks enter the Hot 100, led by “Tears” at No. 3 and “Manchild” at No. 4, as Carpenter joins a select group of women with at least 12 simultaneous top-40 entries.
  • In the U.K., the set leads multiple charts but ranks No. 2 on the Official Album Downloads list behind CMAT, while “Tears” starts at No. 2 on the Official Streaming chart behind “Golden.”