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Revision as of 03:40, 11 January 2010
This is a list of albums and singles recorded by Carole King. She has had three number one albums and eight hit albums, five of which reached the top ten.
Carole King remains one of the best-selling female solo artists of all time, selling 14.5 million albums in the United States alone.
| Carole King discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| No. 1 Album | 3 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US[1] | UK[2] | NOR | JAP | NZ | |||
| 1970 | Writer | 84 | — | — | 67 | — | |
| 1971 | Tapestry
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1 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 13 | |
| 1971 | Music
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1 | 18 | 10 | 28 | — |
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| 1972 | Rhymes and Reasons
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2 | 40 | — | 34 | — |
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| 1973 | Fantasy
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6 | — | — | 21 | — |
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| 1974 | Wrap Around Joy
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1 | — | — | 73 | — |
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| 1976 | Thoroughbred
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3 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1977 | Simple Things
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17 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978 | Welcome Home
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104 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | Touch the Sky
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104 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1980 | Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
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44 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1982 | One to One
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119 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Speeding Time
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | City Streets | 111 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | Colour of Your Dreams
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | Love Makes the World
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158 | — | — | 90 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Soundtracks
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||||
| 1975 | Really Rosie
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20 | |||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | Sales Thresholds | |||
| 1994 | In Concert
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94 | - | ||
| 1996 | Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971
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— | - | ||
| 2005 | The Living Room Tour
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17 | 51[4] | US: 330,000+ [5] | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | |||
| 1978 | Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago
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47 | — |
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| 1994 | A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968-1976)
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— | 31 | |
| 1994 | Time Gone By
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— | — | |
| 1998 | Goin' Back
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— | — | |
| 2000 | Super Hits
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— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Singles
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| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | UK | IRE | SWI | |||
| 1958 | "Right Girl"/"Goin' Wild" | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| 1962 | "It Might As Well Rain Until September" | 22 | — | 3 | — | — | non-album singles |
| 1964 | "He's a Bad Boy" | 94 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1971 | "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move"[A][B] | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | — | Tapestry |
| 1971 | "So Far Away"/"Smackwater Jack" | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | "Sweet Seasons" | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | Music |
| "Been to Canaan" | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | Rhymes and Reasons | |
| 1973 | "Believe in Humanity" | 28 | — | — | — | — | Fantasy |
| "You Light Up My Life" | 68 | 6 | — | — | — | ||
| "Corazon"[A] | 37 | 5 | — | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Jazzman" | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | Wrap Around Joy |
| 1975 | "Nightingale" | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | "Only Love Is Real" | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | Thoroughbred |
| "High Out of Time" | 76 | 40 | — | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "Hard Rock Cafe" | 30 | 8 | — | — | 12 | Simple Things |
| "Simple Things" | — | 37 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | "Morning Sun" | — | 43 | — | — | — | Welcome Home |
| 1980 | "One Fine Day" | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King |
| 1982 | "One to One" | 45 | 20 | — | — | — | One to One |
| 1989 | "City Streets" | — | 14 | — | — | — | City Streets |
| 1992 | "Now and Forever" | — | 18 | — | — | — | Colour of Your Dreams |
| 2001 | "Love Makes the World" | — | — | — | — | — | Love Makes the World |
| 2007 | "Girl Power" | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
- Notes
- A^ Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
- B^ "I Feel the Earth Move" is not certified Gold.
Tribute Albums
| Year | Album | Certification | Certification date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Tapestry Revisited - A Tribute to Carole King | Gold | June 12, 1996 | |
| 2002 | Carole King Tribute: A New Tapestry | - | - |
DVDs
| Year | Title | Certification/ Sales Thresholds |
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| 1994 | In Concert |
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| 2007 | Welcome to My Living Room |
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References
- ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difixqe5ldse~T50
- ^ http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php
- ^ http://www.caroleking.com/media/13/CAROLE%20KING%20FACT%20SHEET%202005.pdf
- ^ http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&NewsID=176
- ^ http://www.caroleking.com/index.php?p=news&subp=archive&page=8