Carole King discography | |
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Studio albums | 17 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 7 |
Video albums | 6 |
Singles | 33 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
No. 1 singles | 5 |
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. [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]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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US [8] | AUS [9] | CAN [10] | JPN [11] [12] | NL [13] | NOR [14] | NZ [15] | UK [16] | |||
Writer |
| 84 | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | |
Tapestry |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 | — | 8 | 13 | 4 | |
Music |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 28 | — | 10 | — | 18 |
|
Rhymes & Reasons |
| 2 | 19 | 1 | 34 | — | — | — | 40 |
|
Fantasy |
| 6 | 24 | 7 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
|
Wrap Around Joy |
| 1 | 24 | 1 | 73 | — | — | — | — |
|
Thoroughbred |
| 3 | 87 | 29 | 72 | — | — | — | — |
|
Simple Things |
| 17 | 19 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Welcome Home |
| 104 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Touch the Sky |
| 104 | 84 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King |
| 44 | 52 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | |
One to One |
| 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Speeding Time |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
City Streets |
| 111 | 40 | 66 | — | 67 | — | — | — | |
Colour of Your Dreams |
| — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Love Makes the World |
| 158 | — | — | 90 | — | — | — | 86 | |
A Holiday Carole |
| 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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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 |
| 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | |
The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Living Room Tour |
| 17 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor) |
| 4 | — | 16 | 30 | 19 | 81 | 76 | 24 | 4 | 39 | 33 |
|
Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park [25] |
| — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live At Montreux 1973 [26] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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US [8] | AUS [9] | JPN [11] [12] | NZ [15] | UK [16] | |||
Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago |
| 47 | 73 | — | — | — | |
A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968–1976) |
| — | — | — | 35 | 31 |
|
Time Gone By |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Goin' Back |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Super Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Collections |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
The Essential Carole King |
| — | — | — | — | — |
|
The Legendary Demos |
| 56 | — | 286 | — | — | |
A Beautiful Collection |
| — | — | — | 16 | 32 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US [8] | ||
Really Rosie |
| 20 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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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" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-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" | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Up on the Roof" / "Eventually" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Writer | |
"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" | 1971 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | Tapestry | |
"So Far Away" / "Smackwater Jack" | 14 | 3 | 80 | — | 17 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| ||
"You've Got a Friend" / "Beautiful" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
"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 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"I Believe in Loving You" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"One Small Voice" [35] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"One (2018)" [36] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Single | Year | Artist | Album |
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"(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 |
Title | Year | Certification |
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One to One | 1982 | |
In Concert | 1994 |
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Welcome to My Living Room | 2007 | |
Live At The Troubadour (with James Taylor) | 2010 | |
In Tokyo | 2010 | |
Carole King: Natural Woman | 2016 | |
Live at Montruex - 1973 | 2019 |
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