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Sabrina Carpenter, who also topped the chart with Short n’ Sweet last year, enjoys the strongest week of streaming in her career.

Sabrina Carpenter, who also topped the chart with Short n' Sweet last year, enjoys the strongest week of streaming in her career. Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images hide caption

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Sabrina Carpenter crashes the charts at No. 1, again

This week's albums and singles charts are both dominated by the same record: Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend, which debuts at No. 1 and lands all 12 of its songs in the Hot 100's top 40.

Stephen Thompson pop charts update week of 9/10 - Script

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On the albums chart, the K-pop group Stray Kids debuts at No. 1 with HOP; the group has debuted atop the Billboard 200 with its first six charting albums, which is a new record to kick off a career.

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Mariah Carey and K-pop group Stray Kids rule this week's charts

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.

pop charts update 12/24

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