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Singular: Act I (2018)

Where the lyrics of Singular: Act I take you, and where it was really made.

The album was originally titled Singular and was split into two parts, with Act I released first on November 9, 2018.

Key places

Recording at The Stellar House, Venice (2018)

Recording site The Stellar House — Credits list The Stellar House in Venice, California among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Chumba Medows, Tarzana (2018)

Recording site Can-Am Studios — Credits list Chumba Medows in Tarzana, California among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Studio Nation, West Hollywood (2018)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — Credits list Studio Nation in West Hollywood, California among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Los Angeles (2018)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Credits list SuCasa Recording among several Los Angeles studios used for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm (2018)

Recording site Master Plan — Credits list Wolf Cousins Studios in Stockholm, Sweden among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Resonate Studios, Burbank (2018)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — Credits list Resonate Studios in Burbank, California among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Sienna Studios, Nashville (2018)

Recording site Nashville — Credits list Sienna Studios in Nashville, Tennessee among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Hercules St. Studio, Sydney (2018)

Recording site Albert Studios — Credits list Hercules St. Studio in Sydney among the recording sites for Singular: Act I. The point is placed at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Singular: Act I is the third studio album by Sabrina Carpenter
• Released November 9, 2018 through Hollywood Records
• Dance-pop album themed around self-empowerment
• Marked the first time all songs on one of her albums were co-written by Carpenter
• The first half of a two-part project, supplemented by Singular: Act II (2019)

Background

• Work began shortly after the release of her second studio album, Evolution (2016)
• The album was originally titled Singular
• During The De-Tour in 2017 she teased material, including the song Why, which was not on the final tracklist
• Alien, released with British DJ Jonas Blue in March 2018, reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart
• In May 2018 she began teasing the album with the lead single Almost Love
• A trailer directed by Lauren Dunn was released in June 2018 with snippets from Sue Me, Mona Lisa and I Can't Stop Me
• The album was announced as split into two parts in October 2018, with Act I set for November 9, 2018
• The Singular Tour started in March 2019

Recording

• Credits list studios in Venice, Tarzana, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Burbank, Nashville, Sydney and Virginia Beach
• Mastering was done at Sterling Sound in New York City

Cover

• The cover shows Carpenter on a staircase amid chaos
• Part of the cover art was revealed when she tore a piece of the set wall during a Late Late Show performance

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and raised in East Greenville.
• She began studying voice at age six and posted YouTube covers of Christina Aguilera and Adele songs around age ten.
• In 2008 she entered the online singing contest The Next Miley Cyrus Project and placed third in 2010.
• She signed with Hollywood Records in 2014 and released her debut EP in April 2014.

Members

• Solo artist.

Career

• Breakthrough as Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017).
• Early albums Eyes Wide Open (2015), Evolution (2016), Singular: Act I (2018), and Singular: Act II (2019) had limited success.
• She joined Island Records in 2021 and released Emails I Can't Send (2022), which included the hit singles "Nonsense" and "Feather".
• Short n' Sweet (2024) topped the US Billboard 200, won two Grammy Awards, and produced the global number-one singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".
• Man's Best Friend (2025) also topped the Billboard 200 and produced the US number-one single "Manchild".
• She has acted in films including The Hate U Give (2018), Tall Girl (2019), and Work It (2020), and played Cady Heron on Broadway in Mean Girls (2020).
• She has won two Grammy Awards and six MTV Video Music Awards.

Reception

At release

• The album received critical acclaim from music critics upon release
• Mike Nied of Idolator wrote that the album is an eight-track collection jam-packed with bop after bop
• Nied called the album lush with potential hits and another near-perfect work from one of the industry's brightest young stars
• Julian Baldsing of The Line of Best Fit rated the album 7.5 out of 10 and called it her tightest, most polished project to date
• Lucy Parry of Affinity called the album a pop masterpiece and praised its exquisite production
• Larisha Paul of Earmilk gave the album 9 stars and praised Carpenter's vocals as the element that sets her apart

Records

• Debuted at number 103 on the US Billboard 200
• Reached number 38 on the US Top Album Sales chart
• Reached number 48 in the United Kingdom and number 20 in Australia
• Almost Love and Sue Me each reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart
• Almost Love reached 21 and Sue Me reached 31 on the US Pop Songs chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Carpenter tore a piece of the set wall during a Late Late Show performance of Almost Love, revealing part of the cover art and spray painting 11/9 on the wall to show the release date
• The compact disc version was sold exclusively at Target stores
• Carpenter said the split into two albums let her give listeners more songs, since a single album would have dropped some tracks
• The album's trailer was directed by Lauren Dunn
• Alien and Why appeared only on the Japanese edition of the album, alongside several remixes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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