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Sabrina Carpenter Announces ‘Short n’ Sweet’ Deluxe Featuring Dolly Parton Collaboration

Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter
Bryce Anderson

Sabrina Carpenter is extending her Short n’ Sweet era, and she’s bringing one of her biggest heroes along for the ride. On Tuesday (Feb. 4) — two days after winning her first-ever Grammys — the pop star announced that she’s dropping a deluxe edition of her breakthrough album featuring none other than Dolly Parton on a remix of “Please Please Please.”

Sharing photos of the deluxe album’s cover art and track list on Instagram, Carpenter wrote that she’s gifting the expanded edition — which arrives on Valentine’s Day — to fans “as a thank you for giving this album 2 Grammy’s :’)”


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“short n’ sweet deluxe is now available for pre order,” she continued. “and yes that does say featuring Miss Dolly Parton…. 💋💋💋she wouldn’t want me to swear but holy s–t!!!!!”

In addition to “Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton),” Short n’ Sweet deluxe will feature bonus tracks “15 Minutes,” “Couldn’t Make It Any Harder,” “Busy Woman” and “Bad Reviews.” The original LP arrived in August and spent two weeks atop the Billboard 200, marking Carpenter’s first-ever No. 1 album.

Three of the singles on Short n’ Sweet made it to the Billboard Hot 100, including runaway hit “Espresso” and “Taste.” But only one reached No. 1 on the ranking — “Please Please Please,” which earned the Girl Meets World alum a Grammy nod for song of the year at the 2025 awards, which took place Sunday night (Feb. 2).

Carpenter lost out to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” for SOTY, but “Espresso” did pick up best pop solo performance. The star also won best pop vocal album for Short n’ Sweet.

The “Feather” artist has previously cited the Queen of Country as an influence, with Carpenter naming Parton as one of her top-listened to musicians on Spotify in 2024 (in addition to ABBA, Kacey Musgraves, the Bee Gees and herself). Carpenter’s twangy sound on much of Short n’ Sweet — particularly on “Please Please Please” and “Slim Pickins'” — also earned her comparisons to the “9 to 5” singer, making their collaboration especially fitting.

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See Carpenter’s announcement below.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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Music News Digest: CRTC Aims To Fill a Gap for Indigenous Radio in Toronto and Ottawa
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Music News Digest: CRTC Aims To Fill a Gap for Indigenous Radio in Toronto and Ottawa

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The CRTC recently launched a call for applications for FM radio stations to serve Indigenous communities in Toronto and Ottawa. Broadcast Dialogue reports "the call follows the demise of First Peoples Radio’s ELMNT FM stations, which went off the air on Sept. 1 last year. Launched in the fall of 2018, the stations had a goal to 'fill the gap' for urban Indigenous listeners under-represented in the radio landscape. They carried an 'Indigenous-variety' format, featuring both English and Indigenous-language spoken-word and musical programming, with 25% of the playlist dedicated to Indigenous talent.

In its call, the commission says in its view, "there is a need and a demand for radio stations to serve the needs and interests of those communities."

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