Is Sabrina Carpenter Or Travis Scott Number 1? The Billboard 200 Chart Drama Explained

4 September 2024, 10:42

By Sam Prance

'Short n' Sweet' and 'Days Before Rodeo' have gone head to head in the charts but which album came out on top?

Travis Scott, what's good? Sabrina Carpenter originally looked set to debut at Number 1 with 'Short n' Sweet' this week but Travis Scott threw a spanner in the works with the 10-year anniversary physical release of his mixtape 'Days Before Rodeo'. So, who came out on top? Is there an actual feud between Travis and Sabrina? We're here to break it down for you.

Last week (Aug 23), Sabrina Carpenter released her sixth studio album 'Short n' Sweet'. The album immediately soared to the top of streaming charts and download charts in the US. This led music publication Hits Daily Double to predict that 'Short n' Sweet' would become Sabrina's first Number 1 album on the Billboard 200 with over 300,000 sales.

However, Hits Daily Double then revealed that sales for 'Days Before Rodeo' could be "bigger than anticipated" - and it wasn't long before Sabrina and Travis ended up in the tightest chart battle since well, Travis and Nicki Minaj in 2018.

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What happened between Sabrina Carpenter and Travis Scott?

Following reports that Travis and Sabrina were competing closely for the top spot, Sabrina released a digital variant of 'Short n' Sweet' on her website on August 28th. This included the vinyl bonus track 'Needless to Say'. Travis then responded the following day by releasing five digital variants of 'Days Before Rodeo' with additional bonus tracks.

However, Sabrina still had some tricks up her sleeve. On August 29, she took to X/Twitter to write: "surprise b---h! I wrote ‘Busy Woman’ with jack and amy just after i turned in short n’ sweet and was so sad i couldn’t include it… it’s one of my favorites so i wanted to give it to you as a thank you for all of the love!!!!!"

Travis then released another digital variant (six variants in total) and Sabrina followed suit by releasing one more (three variants in total) with the demo of 'Taste' on it.

Are Sabrina Carpenter and Travis Scott in a feud?

Beyond both stars wanting a Number 1 debut, it doesn't seem as though there's any real drama between Sabrina and Travis at the moment. However, Sabrina did jokingly reference Travis' past chart battle with Nicki Minaj by tweeting: "this one's for nicki."

In 2018, Travis blocked Nicki's album 'Queen' from Number 1 and Nicki infamously blamed it on his child Stormi.

Shortly after Sabrina's tweet, Nicki took to her Instagram to show love for Sabrina in a live. Nicki said: "Shoutout to Sabrina Carpenter. Shoutout to all the Sabrina Carpenter fans." Sabrina's boyfriend actor Barry Keoghan also took to his Instagram stories to encourage people to buy Sabrina's album.

Meanwhile, Kanye West took to Instagram stories to show support for Travis.

Who is Number 1 on the Billboard 200 this week?

Billboard don't reveal their charts until Sunday usually but the result was so tight that they didn't unveil the final result until Tuesday. However, 'Short n' Sweet' ultimately came out on top with 362,000 sales in comparison to 'Days Before Rodeo' which had 361,000 sales.

For comparison, Sabrina's album had 233 million on-demand streams and 184,000 pure sales. Meanwhile, Travis' album had 40.63 million on-demand streams and 331,000 pure sales.

Read more about Sabrina Carpenter here:

• Barry Keoghan Fans Think He "Manifested" Dating Sabrina Carpenter After Old Posts Resurface
• Sabrina Carpenter Reveals Mistake In 'Nonsense' Lyrics That She Didn't Spot For Two Years
• Sabrina Carpenter Doesn't Consider Her First Four Albums Part Of Her Discography
• Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet Tour: Ticket Prices, Presale Codes, Dates And Setlist
• Sabrina Carpenter Explains The Horny Meaning Behind Her 'Bed Chem' Lyrics

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