Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” Snatches the UK #1 Spot, Dethrones Alex Warren Like a Sweet Little Assassin

Sabrina Carpenter has done it again, and she’s done it in style. Her brand new single, “Manchild,” has hit #1 on this week’s UK Official Singles Chart, ending Alex Warren’s record-breaking 12-week stint.

Carpenter’s “Manchild” is her fourth UK number one, with joins her other hits: “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Taste.” Her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend, looks to add more to that list on August 29th.

And did we overlook mentioning? “Manchild” also tallied 6.8 million streams within a week, the biggest streamed song in the UK for last week. So, yes, it’s a hit. A hit with lip gloss, good posture, and thinly veiled eye-roll right to the male ego. It’s a civil drag, but platinum-fy it.

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” Challenged Sabrina Carpenter’s Man Child

Alex Warren, the heartthrob sad boy turned chart-dominating phenomenon, has finally been deposed. His hit “Ordinary” drops to #2 this week after a staggering and record-breaking 12-week stay at #1. Just last week, Alex was being celebrated for breaking Slim Whitman’s decades-long record for the longest-running #1 single by a US artist in UK chart history. But legends meet legend. Sabrina didn’t come to play. She came to collect.

If you’re feeling a little sore, Alex, know that it took Sabrina Carpenter to stop you. That’s a compliment with a manicure.

Elsewhere on the Charts: A Little Chaos, A Lot of Charisma

It’s not just Sabrina lighting things up. The UK Singles Chart this week is bursting with fresh movement and mild chaos:

• Shane Boose, the NYC brooding crooner, clings tight in the Top 5 with Undressed at #5, and his slightly more recent single Back to Friends moves up two to #7. Brooding is back.
• Ed Sheeran, the trusty ginger troubadour, scores his 65th UK Top 40 single with Sapphire debuting at #9. He also has Azizam at #10 and Old Phone at #33. Ed, leave some charts for the rest of us.
• MK and Chrystal burst into summer with Dior at #17, MK’s highest debut to date and Chrystal’s second Top 40 appearance. It’s rooftop party energy with a sprinkle of European mayhem.
• Olivia Dean, who deserves all your respect and perhaps your skincare routines, watches her introspective anthem Nice To Each Other soar ten spots to #18, this week’s highest climber.
• Addison Rae is also climbing with Fame is a Gun, up to #23. The boost coincides with the Louisiana native’s new album Addison entering at #2 on the UK albums chart, a career-high. Not bad for a girl they once dismissed as “just a TikToker.”
• And because every chart needs its wild card, Levi Heron’s remix of Beluga Lagoon’s The Glen (yes, that is a real sentence) leaps nine places to #26, proving once again that the Scottish rave scene is alive, well, and probably wearing something neon.

The Takeaway? Bow Down or Step Aside

Sabrina Carpenter may be serving up her pop with a wink and a saccharine high note, but don’t get it twisted. This woman is a calculated chart killer. “Manchild” is not a song. It’s a shiny little slap in the face of mediocrity, a sassy social commentary, and a firm handshake to her own supremacy.

So, if you’re an artist comfortable at #1, beware. Sabrina may be looking. With iced coffee. And receipts.