The discography of Carole King, an American singer-songwriter and musician, consists of 17 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums, one soundtrack album and 33 singles as a lead artist.
King has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked her as the 73rd greatest artist of all time. Her second album, Tapestry (1971), was the world's best-selling album by a female artist for a quarter-century, with global sales of 30 million. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, King has sold 19.6 million records in the United States. She is also recognized as the most successful female songwriter of the 20th century, having written or co-written 118 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Official Charts named King as the most successful female songwriter in the UK charts, penning 61 hits between 1952 and 2005 in the country.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: Tapestry: Music: Rhymes and Reasons: Fantasy: Wrap Around Joy: Thoroughbred: Simple Things: Touch the Sky: Pearls: City Streets: JPN NL NOR NZ UK Writer Released: May 1970 Label: Ode 84 — — 67 — — — — Tapestry Released: February 10, 1971 Label: Ode 1 3 1 29 — 8 13 4 RIAA: 14× Platinum ARIA: 8× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum RIAJ: Gold Music Released: December 1971 Label: Ode 1 5 2 28 — 10 — 18 RIAA: Platinum Rhymes & Reasons Released: November 1972 Label: Ode 2 19 1 34 — — — 40 RIAA: Gold Fantasy Released: June 1973 Label: Ode 6 24 7 21 — — — — RIAA: Gold Wrap Around Joy Released: September 1974 Label: Ode 1 24 1 73 — — — — RIAA: Gold Thoroughbred Released: January 1976 Label: Ode 3 87 29 72 — — — — RIAA: Gold Simple Things Released: July 1977 Label: Avatar / Capitol 17 19 27 — — — — — RIAA: Gold Welcome Home Released: May 1978 Label: Avatar / Capitol 104 69 — — — — — — Touch the Sky Released: June 1979 Label: Capitol 104 84 62 — — — — — Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King Released: 1980 Label: Capitol 44 52 66 — — — — — One to One Released: 1982 Label: Atlantic 119 — — — — — — — Speeding Time Released: 1983 Label: Atlantic — — — — — — — — City Streets Released: April 1989 Label: Capitol 111 40 66 — 67 — — — Colour of Your Dreams Released: July 25, 1993 Label: Rhythm Safari / Kings X — 72 — — — — — — Love Makes the World Released: September 25, 2001 Label: Rockingale / KELA / Koch 158 — — 90 — — — 86 A Holiday Carole Released: November 1, 2011 Label: Rockingale / Hear Music 52 — — — — — — —"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CAN ITA JPN KORGaon Album Chart positions: Live at the Troubadour: NL NOR NZ SPN UK In Concert Released: March 1, 1994 Label: Rhythm Safari 94 — — — —— — — — — 97 The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 Released: October 29, 1996 Label: Epic / Sony Legacy — — — — —— — — — — — The Living Room Tour Released: July 12, 2005 Label: Hear Music / Rockingale 17 51 — — —— — — — — — Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor)Release date: May 4, 2010 Label: Hear Music / Concord Music Group 4 — 16 30 1981 76 24 4 39 33RIAA: Gold Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park Release date: September 15, 2017 Label: Legacy Recordings — — — — 49— — — — — — Live at Montreux 1973Release date: June 14, 2019 Label: Eagle Vision / Universal Music Group — — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS NZ UK Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago Released: 1978 Label: Ode 47 73 — — RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968–1976) Released: September 13, 1994 Label: Epic/Sony Legacy — — 35 31 BPI: Silver Time Gone By Released: 1994 Label: Priority — — — — Goin' Back Released: June 2, 1998 Label: Sony — — — — Super Hits Released: May 9, 2000 Label: Sony — — — — Collections Released: March 7, 2006 Label: Sony — — — — The Essential Carole King Released: May 25, 2010 Label: Ode/Epic/Legacy — — — — BPI: Silver The Legendary Demos Released: April 24, 2012 Label: Hear Music 56 — — — A Beautiful Collection Released: February 27, 2015 Label: Sony — — 16 32 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Soundtrack albums + List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions US Really Rosie Released: February 1975 Label: Ode 20 Other appearances Year Single Album 1998"Anyone at All"You've Got Mail: Music from the Motion Picture
Singles As lead artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US AC AUS AUT CAN CAN AC BEL (FL) NZ SWI UK "The Right Girl" / "Goin' Wild" 1958 — — —— — — —— — — rowspan="5" "Baby Sittin'" / "Under the Stars"1959 — — —— — — —— — — "Short Mort" / "Queen of the Beach" — — —— — — —— — — "Oh Neil" / "A Very Special Boy"1960 — — —— — — —— — — "School Bells Are Ringing" / "I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance" 1962 123 — —— — — —— — — "It Might as Well Rain Until September" / "Nobody's Perfect" 22 — 13— 12 — —— — 3 The Dimension Dolls "He's a Bad Boy" / "We Grew Up Together" 1963 94 — —— — — —— — — "A Road to Nowhere" / "Some of Your Loving" 1966 — — —— — — —— — — "Up on the Roof" / "Eventually" 1970 — — —— — — —— — — Writer "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" 1971 1 1 5— 1 2 —— — 6 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold Tapestry "So Far Away" / "Smackwater Jack" 14 3 80— 17 12 —— — — RIAA: Gold "You've Got a Friend" / "Beautiful"—————————— RIAA: Gold "Sweet Seasons" 1972 9 2 19— 12 21 —— — — Music "Been to Canaan" 24 1 97— 15 2 —— — — Rhymes and Reasons "Believe in Humanity" 1973 28 — 100— 44 9 —— — — Fantasy "You Light Up My Life" 67 6 —— 44 97 —— — — "Corazon" 37 5 —— 28 5 —— — — "Jazzman" 1974 2 4 56— 5 1 —— — — Wrap Around Joy "Nightingale" 1975 9 1 —— — 13 —— — — "Only Love Is Real" 1976 28 1 —— 53 7 —— — — Thoroughbred "High Out of Time" 76 40 —— — 40 —— — — "Hard Rock Cafe" 1977 30 8 1019 23 12 2137 12 — Simple Things "Simple Things" — 37 —— — 6 — — — — "Morning Sun" 1978 — 43 —— — — —— — — Welcome Home "One Fine Day" 1980 12 11 —— 86 2 —— — — Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King "One to One" 1982 45 20 —— — 7 —— — — One to One "City Streets" 1989 — 14 74— 92 — —— — — City Streets "Now and Forever" 1992 — 18 —— — — —— — — Colour of Your Dreams "Love Makes the World" 2001 — — —— — — —— — — Love Makes the World "Girl Power" 2007 — — —— — — —— — — rowspan="4" "I Believe in Loving You" 2013 — — —— — — —— — — "One Small Voice" 2017—————————— "One (2018)" 2018——————————
Collaborations SingleYearArtistAlbum"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"1998Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan,Aretha Franklin, and Shania TwainVH1 Divas Live"You've Got a Friend"Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, and Shania Twain"One True Love"2001SemisonicAll About Chemistry"Everyday People"2007Reba McEntireReba: Duets
Video albums TitleYearCertificationOne to One1982In Concert1994ARIA: GoldWelcome to My Living Room2007Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor)2010 RIAA: 6× Platinum ARIA: GoldIn Tokyo2010Carole King: Natural Woman2016Live at Montreux - 19732019
See also
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King Marcia Sings Tapestry Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
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