Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Romps to U.K. No. 1 with Massive Opening Week

She’s back where she belongs: Sabrina Carpenter has romped to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Man’s Best Friend (Sep. 5).

The new LP gives Carpenter her second chart-topper in little over a year following 2024’s Short n’ Sweet, which spent five weeks at No. 1. “Manchild,” the lead single from her new LP, earned two weeks at the summit of the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart earlier this summer.   

Carpenter also claims 2025’s biggest opening week for an international artist, with 85,500 units shifted in the first seven days. Lady Gaga’s Mayhem held the record previously (55,000) but North Shields-born rocker Sam Fender’s People Watching is still the one to beat, which debuted with 119,000 units back in February.

Carpenter currently has three albums inside the top 40 with Short n’ Sweet (No. 8) and 2023’s Emails I Can’t Send (No. 23) both receiving a bump. On Thursday (Sep. 4), she treated fans with surprise bonus track “Such a Funny Way,” which is available to download from her website. “The sentiment is one i always thought could really be the end of Man’s Best Friend in another universe! i didn’t want you to wait too long to have it and get to know it,” she wrote on her Instagram profile.

Irish country-pop star CMAT scores a career-high with her third LP Euro-Country peaking at No. 2. The Dublin-born singer-songwriter — real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson — has performed extensively at U.K. and European festivals this summer, including Glastonbury and All Points East festival. The LP features “Take a Sexy Picture Of Me” which inspired a viral TikTok dance earlier this year.

Bryan Adams earns his 12th top 10 LP with Roll With The Punches (No. 3) and he’s closely followed by Oasis’ greatest hits collection Time Flies… (1994-2009) (No. 4). Swedish rock band The Hives score their fourth top 10 record with The Hives Forever Forever The Hives landing at No. 5.