Carole King discography

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Carole King discography
CaroleKingHWOFDec2012.jpg
Carole King at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.
Studio albums17
Live albums4
Compilation albums7
Video albums6
Singles33
Soundtrack albums1
No. 1 singles5

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.

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King has sold over 75 million records worldwide. [1] Billboard ranked her as the 73rd greatest artist of all time. [2] 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. [3] [4] [5] According to the Recording Industry Association of America, King has sold 19.6 million records in the United States. [6] 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. [7] Official Charts named King as the most successful female songwriter in the UK charts, penning 61 hits between 1952 and 2005 in the country. [7]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[8]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[10]
JPN
[11] [12]
NL
[13]
NOR
[14]
NZ
[15]
UK
[16]
Writer
  • Released: May 1970
  • Label: Ode
8467
Tapestry
  • Released: February 10, 1971
  • Label: Ode
131298134
Music
  • Released: December 1971
  • Label: Ode
152281018
  • RIAA: Platinum [17]
Rhymes & Reasons
  • Released: November 1972
  • Label: Ode
21913440
Fantasy
  • Released: June 1973
  • Label: Ode
624721
Wrap Around Joy
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Ode
124173
Thoroughbred
  • Released: January 1976
  • Label: Ode
3872972
Simple Things
  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: Avatar / Capitol
171927
Welcome Home
  • Released: May 1978
  • Label: Avatar / Capitol
10469
Touch the Sky
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: Capitol
1048462
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Capitol
445266
One to One 119
Speeding Time
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Atlantic
City Streets
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Capitol
111406667
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
1589086
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
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[8]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[21]
ITA
[22]
JPN
[11] [12]
KOR
[23]
NL
[13]
NOR
[14]
NZ
[15]
SPN
[24]
UK
[16]
In Concert
  • Released: March 1, 1994
  • Label: Rhythm Safari
9497
The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971
The Living Room Tour
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: Hear Music / Rockingale
1751
Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor)
  • Release date: May 4, 2010
  • Label: Hear Music / Concord Music Group
416301981762443933
Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park [25]
  • Release date: September 15, 2017
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
49
Live At Montreux 1973 [26]
  • Release 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
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[8]
AUS
[9]
JPN
[11] [12]
NZ
[15]
UK
[16]
Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Ode
4773
A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968–1976)
  • Released: September 13, 1994
  • Label: Epic/Sony Legacy
3531
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
The Legendary Demos
  • Released: April 24, 2012
  • Label: Hear Music
56286
A Beautiful Collection
  • Released: February 27, 2015
  • Label: Sony
1632
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[8]
Really Rosie
  • Released: February 1975
  • Label: Ode
20

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[28]
US AC
[29]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[30]
CAN
[31]
CAN AC
[32]
BEL (FL)
[33]
NZ
[15]
SWI
[34]
UK
[16]
"The Right Girl" / "Goin' Wild"1958Non-album singles
"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"1962123
"It Might as Well Rain Until September" / "Nobody's Perfect"2213123The Dimension Dolls
"He's a Bad Boy" / "We Grew Up Together"196394
"A Road to Nowhere" / "Some of Your Loving"1966Non-album single
"Up on the Roof" / "Eventually"1970Writer
"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"1971115126Tapestry
"So Far Away" / "Smackwater Jack"143801712
"You've Got a Friend" / "Beautiful"
"Sweet Seasons"197292191221Music
"Been to Canaan"24197152Rhymes and Reasons
"Believe in Humanity"197328100449Fantasy
"You Light Up My Life"6764497
"Corazon"375285
"Jazzman"1974245651Wrap Around Joy
"Nightingale"19759113
"Only Love Is Real"1976281537Thoroughbred
"High Out of Time"764040
"Hard Rock Cafe"197730810192312213712Simple Things
"Simple Things"376
"Morning Sun"197843Welcome Home
"One Fine Day"19801211862Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
"One to One"198245207One to One
"City Streets"1989147492City Streets
"Now and Forever"199218Colour of Your Dreams
"Love Makes the World"2001Love Makes the World
"Girl Power"2007Non-album singles
"I Believe in Loving You"2013
"One Small Voice" [35] 2017
"One (2018)" [36] 2018
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaborations

SingleYearArtistAlbum
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"1998 Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan,
Aretha Franklin, and Shania Twain
VH1 Divas Live
"You've Got a Friend"Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, and Shania Twain
"One True Love"2001 Semisonic All About Chemistry
"Everyday People"2007 Reba McEntire Reba: Duets

Video albums

TitleYearCertification
One to One1982
In Concert 1994
Welcome to My Living Room 2007
Live At The Troubadour
(with James Taylor)
2010
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum [17]
  • ARIA: Gold [38]
In Tokyo2010
Carole King: Natural Woman2016
Live at Montruex - 19732019

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