Sabrina Carpenter is having a Madonna moment — literally — and somehow she's picking up songwriter hardware at the same time. Welcome to Sabrina Carpenter Daily. Today we’re getting into the BMI Pop Awards win, the collab Coachella apparently conjured into existence, and the Hot 100 catalog debate that’s taken over every corner of the internet. The group chat is not calm right now. A Madonna collab and songwriter of the year? She’s speedrunning a legacy arc. And the catalog question is real. She’s got enough Hot 100 hits now that ‘best song’ is actually a fight worth having. Hannah Dailey, writing in Billboard:
The Queen of Pop has coronated Sabrina Carpenter as the next pop princess to reign alongside her, with Madonna announcing Monday (April 27) that she and the Gen Z superstar have teamed up on “Bring Your Love,” the lead single from Madonna’s Confessions II album, following their surprise Coachella performance.
Okay, this one’s real, and it’s sourced. Billboard says Madonna and Sabrina actually have a single coming called ‘Bring Your Love,’ the lead track off Madonna’s Confessions II, announced after that Coachella surprise set. The group chat did NOT recover from Weekend Two. Madonna walking out mid-set was already unhinged enough, and now we learn it was basically a live press conference for a collab album rollout? To be fair, ‘We’ve got something to say’ as the tease is doing a lot of work. But the receipts are there — Billboard byline, single title, album title. This isn’t celebrity-feed speculation. A drop is coming. Madonna calling it Confessions II and putting Sabrina on the lead single is genuinely the most interesting move either of them could make right now. I need the outro on this song immediately. From Channel Today USA:
Speaking of Carpenter, she also had a major moment at the ceremony. She shared the Songwriter of the Year title for the first time after a massive year in pop music. Her Short n’ Sweet era helped push her career to a new level. BMI honoured several of her songs, including Bed Chem, Busy Woman, Good Graces, Juno, Manchild and Taste.
Sabrina took home Songwriter of the Year at the 2026 BMI Pop Awards last night — her first time sharing that title, which tracks perfectly with what Short n’ Sweet did to her chart footprint this past year. And the song list BMI pulled for her — Bed Chem, Juno, Manchild, Taste — that’s basically a setlist recap. Every one of those had a moment on tour and online. She split the title with Taylor Swift, who just claimed Songwriter of the Year for the third straight year and now sits at 53 total BMI Pop Awards. That’s a staggering number to say out loud. Fifty-three. I need to lie down. But also, Sabrina sharing that stage with Taylor at a songwriter ceremony feels like a real milestone, not just a vibe-based ‘she’s having a moment’ headline. Here's Hannah Dailey at Billboard:
To date, the pop star has notched six top 10 smashes on the Billboard Hot 100. After frequenting the chart just a few times prior — including with Emails I Can’t Send singles “Feather” and “Nonsense” — Carpenter exploded into the mainstream with her Short n’ Sweet era in 2024, which kicked off with the pre-album release of single “Espresso” and its peak at No. 3 on the chart.
Billboard put up a fan vote for Sabrina’s best Hot 100 hit, pegging it to her birthday on Monday, and the ballot runs from ‘Espresso’ all the way to ‘Manchild’ — six top 10s deep. Six top 10s is the actual story here, not the poll. That’s a catalog achievement, not a birthday fluff piece. Agreed — and the timing’s interesting, since ‘Manchild’ is the newest entry on that list. Billboard is kind of quietly acknowledging how fast that run stacked up. My vote is probably ‘Espresso’ just because of what it broke open for her, but I will go to bat for ‘Please Please Please’ in the group chat any day of the week. Got thoughts on today’s Sabrina update, a story idea we should chase, or a correction to flag? Send us a note at sabrinacarpenterdailyfancast at lantern podcasts dot com.
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