| Behind Closed Doors | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Charlie Rich |
| Cover: | Behind Closed Doors.jpg |
| Alt: | Cover of the Behind Closed Doors album with the singer Charlie Rich in a cowboy hat. |
| Released: | May 1973[1] |
| Studio: | Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)[2] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Billy Sherrill |
| Prev Title: | Boss Man |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Tomorrow Night |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Behind Closed Doors is a 1973 album by Charlie Rich. The album received the Country Music Association award for Album of the Year; the title track (written by Kenny O'Dell) was also named CMA's Single of the Year, and Rich was named Best Male Vocalist for his performance on the album. Rich won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and also took home four Academy of Country Music awards for this album. In 2006, CMT ranked "Behind Closed Doors" No. 37 on its list of the 40 greatest albums in country music.[3]
In 2002, the album was certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAA, commemorating U.S. sales of over four million. Charlie Rich contributed "Peace On You" to this album. Charlie's wife Margaret Ann contributed two of her songs to the album as well, "A Sunday Kind of Woman" and "Nothing In The World (To Do With Me)". Charlie's teenage son contributed the song "You Never Really Wanted Me" to the album as well.
| Chart (1973) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 1 | |
| Chart (1974) | Position | |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 8 | |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] | 1 |