Sabrina Carpenter said it herself: she’s a busy woman.

And since last summer, the Grammy winner has taken the world by storm with her signature pop sound, clever innuendos, and iconic ‘60s style. This pint-sized pop star is five feet (to be exact) but continues to prove she’s living large when it comes to pop stardom. 

Born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to parents Elizabeth Carpenter and David Carpenter, Sabrina showed her passion for performing at an early age. In fact, she often sang “Happy Birthday” for customers at a local diner and her family frequented.

As she recently put it to Vogue, “That was kind of my first real audience.”

By age 10, Sabrina began uploading covers to YouTube, singing songs by Taylor Swift, Adele, and Christina Aguilera. And before reaching her own Disney Channel fame, she placed third in Miley Cyrus’ 2009 singing contest The Next Miley Cyrus Project. 

“After that contest ended—did not win, got to meet Miley, though, big perk,” she explained to Vogue. “I kept [singing] because I just loved it so much. I also felt like I was finding my voice through covering other people’s songs.”