Sabrina Carpenter has a narrow win over Travis Scott on the Billboard 200 track.
Early morning of September 4 (Vietnam time), Billboard announced the updated charts. In particular, the results of Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 made people extremely curious. This week, the music industry witnessed an extremely intense clash between pop girl representative Sabrina Carpenter and male rapper Travis Scott. The battle between the two stars also attracted many famous names to participate.
Sabrina Carpenter “won big” on Billboard Hot 100 with 3 songs reaching consecutive rankings #2 – #3 – #4
With the explosion of her new album Short n Sweet , Sabrina Carpenter “won big” on the Hot 100 with 3 consecutive songs in the top 5. Of which, Taste excellently debuted at the runner-up position on the Billboard Hot 100. Please Please Please and Espresso rose back up the rankings, climbing to #3 and #4 respectively. Although not officially crowned, this ranking is still a satisfactory result for “Taylor Swift’s sister”.
However, the most intense battle must be the battle for top 1 Billboard 200 between Sabrina
and Travis Scott
But the spotlight this week must include the “battle” between Sabrina and Travis Scott on Billboard 200. Having been continuously “blocked” from No.1 by Sabrina Carpenter in recent times, Travis Scott decided to “take revenge” last week, releasing 10 more versions of the album Days Before Rodeo, kicking up sales to surpass Short n Sweet.
Travis Scott releases 10 more versions to “block” Sabrina’s No.1
Not wanting to give up, Sabrina Carpenter also released another version, and at the same time called on fans to support her with the global viral tweet “This one’s for Nicki” . Sabrina Carpenter’s move also brought Nicki Minaj into the race.
It is known that Nicki had previously had a conflict with Travis Scott when the male rapper “played dirty” in a similar way, blocking her from winning on the Billboard 200. Therefore, Sabrina Carpenter, on behalf of female artists, helped Nicki Minaj take revenge.
Sabrina Carpenter did not give up either, the tweet “this one’s for nicki” opened a fierce battle.
Travis Scott is enthusiastically supported by Kanye West. As for Sabrina, she has Nicki Minaj, producer Jack Antonoff,… behind her. Social media has become a “battlefield” between rap fans and fans of “Taylor Swift’s sister”.
In the end, Sabrina Carpenter won, climbing to #1 Billboard 200 with 362k copies sold in the first week for Short n Sweet , 600 copies ahead of her ex Kylie Jenner. This is the closest gap in Billboard history.
In the end, Sabrina Carpenter narrowly won over Travis Scott by over 600 copies for Short n Sweet.
After Short n Sweet officially topped the charts, the entire music scene was excited to celebrate the blonde’s victory. Sabrina Carpenter’s fans continuously “attacked” rap pages, responding to the negative accusations that Travis Scott’s fans had “slandered” in recent times.
Keywords about Sabrina Carpenter and Travis Scott continuously trended on Twitter in the US. The phrase “This one for Nicki” officially became a “meme” in the music industry. Pop girl fans were especially happy with the sweet victory for Sabrina Carpenter!
The whole music world celebrates Sabrina Carpenter’s sweet victory!
