Summer is almost over but the dog days continue for Sabrina Carpenter, whose seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend has the competition licked as it sprints to a No.1 debut on first week consumption of 85,305 units (12,911 CDs, 27,178 vinyl albums, 7,214 cassettes, 825 digital downloads and 37,177 sales-equivalent streams), while spinning off two new Top 10 singles.

Falling 4.86% short of the 89,658 opening frame achieved by its immediate predecessor, Short N’ Sweet a year ago last ...