This is a list of albums and singles recorded by Carole King. She has had three number one albums and seven top 10 albums.
Carole King has sold 14.5 million units in the United States.
| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 16 | |
| ↙Live albums | 3 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 5 | |
| ↙Soundtracks | 1 | |
Contents |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions[1][2] | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| US[1] | UK[3] | NOR[4] | JPN[5] | NZ[6] | |||
| 1970 | Writer | 84 | — | — | 67 | — | |
| 1971 | Tapestry | 1 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 13 | [8] |
| 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 | — | — | 72 | — |
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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 | 86[17] | — | 90 | — | |
| 2011 | A Holiday Carole
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52 | — | — | — | — | |
| Year | Albums | US 200 | UK | NOR | JPN | NZ | US certification totals |
| Number-one albums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Top ten albums | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 G / 11 P / 1 D | |
| Total charted albums | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||||
| 1975 | Really Rosie
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20 | |||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| US | AUS | CAN | JPN | UK | NL[18] | NOR[4] | SPN[19] | NZ[20] | |||
| 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[21] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2010 | Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor)
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4[23] | — | 16 | 19 | 33[24] | 76 | 24 | 39 | 17 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Holiday | |||
| 2011 | A Holiday Carole
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52[26] | 8[27] | |
| "—" denotes that release has not charted | ||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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— | — | |
| 2010 | The Essential Carole King
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— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Album Details | Band | Sales Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Now That Everything's Been Said
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The City |
| Year | Album details | Bonus material |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Love Makes the World: Deluxe Edition
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Second disc with music videos, new songs, and interviews with Carole King |
| 2008 | Tapestry - Legacy Edition
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Second disc with live versions of every song except "Where You Lead." |
| 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 | — | — |
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions[1][30] | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | UK | IRE | SWI | CAN[31] | AUS | BEL | POL | ||||
| 1958 | "Right Girl"/"Goin' Wild" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| 1962 | "It Might As Well Rain Until September" | 22 | — | 3 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| 1964 | "He's a Bad Boy" | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971 | "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move"[B][C] | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | Tapestry | |
| 1971 | "So Far Away"/"Smackwater Jack" | 14 | 3 | 138[32]/— | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "Sweet Seasons" | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 19 | — | — | Music | |
| "Been to Canaan" | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | Rhymes and Reasons | ||
| 1973 | "Believe in Humanity" | 28 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | Fantasy | |
| "You Light Up My Life" | 67 | 6 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | |||
| "Corazon" | 37 | 5 | — | — | — | 28 | — | 24 | — | |||
| 1974 | "Jazzman" | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | Wrap Around Joy | |
| 1975 | "Nightingale" | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Only Love Is Real" | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | Thoroughbred | |
| "High Out of Time" | 76 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1977 | "Hard Rock Cafe" | 30 | 8 | — | — | 12 | 23 | — | 18 | — | Simple Things | |
| "Simple Things" | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1978 | "Morning Sun" | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Welcome Home | |
| 1980 | "One Fine Day" | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King | |
| 1982 | "One to One" | 45 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One to One | |
| 1989 | "City Streets" | — | 14 | — | — | — | 92 | — | — | — | City Streets | |
| 1992 | "Now and Forever" | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Single | Artist | Album |
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| 1998 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, and Shania Twain |
VH1 Divas Live 1998 |
| "You've Got a Friend" | Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, and Shania Twain |
| Year | Title | Certification |
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| 1994 | In Concert |
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| 2007 | Welcome to My Living Room |
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