Sabrina Charpentier helped to register more new voters ahead of today’s US presidential election than any other artist.

The “Please Please Please” singer, 25, worked with the voter registration organization HeadCount.

Workforce said The Independent that Carpenter registered 35,814 voters, with an additional 263,087 voters engaged through other means, such as checking their registration status or voting location.

She accomplished this feat through giveaways, in-person activations and video boards during the U.S. leg of her Short n’ Sweet tour, as well as mailings.

The organization also said Green Day’s Savior Tour broke HeadCount’s all-time record for the most voters engaged for a single tour, registering more than 7,900 new voters and engaging more than 61,000 voters through in-person activations.

This figure almost doubles the previous record set by Ariana Grande’s 2019 Sweetener World Tour.

In a statement, HeadCount Executive Director Lucille Wenegieme said: “Through our partnerships with more than 100 top music artists – like Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day, Ariana Grande and many more – HeadCount has experienced a record year, registering more than 450,000 new voters. and engage more than 3 million additional people to ensure they vote.

“Our model works because musicians and celebrities have cultural cache and an intimate connection with their fans, particularly among young people, whose identity as a fan of a particular artist may be even stronger than that of a fan. other aspects of their identity, including political party affiliation. party or candidate.

“We are so grateful to our artist partners and their teams for inspiring their fans to take control of their future by voting.”

HeadCount works with artists to register voters in person at their concerts, and also hosts sweepstakes and other contests that encourage fans to verify their voter registration to win tickets to shows.

The organization said it could track which voter registrations were associated with which act: “HeadCount has unique landing pages and tracking codes for each campaign, so they can get registration confirmation. Ultimately, they find out about registrations through the public voter file.

Polling stations are still open for today’s elections, and the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is considered one of the closest in history.

Many celebrities have weighed in on the debate in recent days, with Harrison Ford, Katy Perry and Beyoncé support Harris while Influential podcaster Joe Rogan has spoken out in support of Trump.

As election workers count ballots and voting data is released, media will begin calling states for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump later this evening. Although the media will likely announce the final outcome in the days or weeks following November 5, their determination is only a projection. The election will be officially certified on January 6 by Congress.

Earlier this year, The IndependentAnnabel Nugent of explored how Carpenter made the journey from Disney child actor to Gen Z pop star.