Babydoll dresses, sparkles and loud cheers filled Madison Square Garden (MSG) as Sabrina Carpenter continued the final leg of her “Short n’ Sweet:” tour playing MSG five times from Oct. 26 to Saturday, Nov. 1. 

From lipstick snacking on the red carpet to celebrities battling towering microphones, this year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were far from uneventful.

On Aug. 29, almost a year after the release of the critically acclaimed album “Short n’ Sweet,” Sabrina Carpenter released her seventh studio album, “Man’s Best Friend.” While many people were anticipating the release, it has been met with mixed reviews. 

 The deluxe edition of “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter, which was released on Friday, Feb. 14, was a nice Valentine’s Day treat. The expanded album was announced just two days after Carpenter won her first Grammy award, expanding the world of her award winning album and serving as the perfect thank you to her fans. There were five new tracks, including a collaboration with Dolly Parton for “Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton),” “Busy Woman,” which she performed on tour for her surprise song segment, “Couldn’t Make It Any Harder,” “Bad Reviews” and “15 Minutes.” The deluxe brings songs the singer couldn’t fit on its original version while also giving fans a way to reconnect with the album, which released back in Aug. 2024.

The Barclays Center was filled with short skirts, lipstick-stained kiss marks and screaming fans on Sept. 30, as Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet Tour” held its second night in New York City. Thousands of fans came out to listen to songs from her albums: “emails i can’t send” and “Short n’ Sweet.” The setlist featured 21 songs, including a surprise song. 

It has been quite the year for former Disney Channel star Sabrina Carpenter. In late 2023 and early 2024, Carpenter opened for sections of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” in Latin America and Asia. This earned her a career boost that would push her popularity to heights beyond the expectations of the music executives representing her. Since Carpenter’s rapid popularity growth, three of her singles have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Please Please Please” snatching the No. 1 spot back in June. Most impressively, “Short n’ Sweet” earned over 350,000 sales units in its first week of release, nearly 20 times the individual sales of her 2022 album “emails i can’t send.” “Short n’ Sweet” is an all-around victory for Carpenter – and the compressed and consistent quality of the album makes it deserving of every unit sold.