| Artist: | Carole King |
| Studio: | 17 |
| Compilation: | 7 |
| Live: | 4 |
| Singles: | 33 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
| Video: | 6 |
| Option: | 5 |
| Option Name: | No. 1 singles |
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]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
2× Platinum[19] Gold[20] | |
| Music |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 28 | — | 10 | — | 18 |
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| Rhymes & Reasons |
| 2 | 19 | 1 | 34 | — | — | — | 40 |
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| Fantasy |
| 6 | 24 | 7 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
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| Wrap Around Joy |
| 1 | 24 | 1 | 73 | — | — | — | — |
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| Thoroughbred |
| 3 | 87 | 29 | 72 | — | — | — | — |
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| Simple Things |
| 17 | 19 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Welcome Home |
| 104 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Touch the Sky |
| 104 | 84 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | CAN [21] | ITA [22] | JPN | KOR [23] | NL | NOR | NZ | SPN [24] | UK | ||||
| In Concert |
| 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Living Room Tour |
| 17 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live at the Troubadour (with James Taylor) |
| 4 | — | 16 | 30 | 19 | 81 | 76 | 24 | 4 | 39 | 33 |
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| Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park [25] |
| — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live At Montreux 1973 [26] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | JPN | NZ | UK | ||||
| 47 | 73 | — | — | — | |||
| A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968–1976) |
| — | — | — | 35 | 31 |
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| Time Gone By |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Goin' Back |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Super Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Collections |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Essential Carole King |
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Legendary Demos |
| 56 | — | 286 | — | — | ||
| A Beautiful Collection |
| — | — | — | 16 | 32 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| Really Rosie |
| 20 |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [28] | US AC [29] | AUS | AUT [30] | CAN [31] | CAN AC [32] | BEL (FL) [33] | NZ | SWI [34] | 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 |
| Tapestry | |
| "So Far Away" / "Smackwater Jack" | 14 | 3 | 80 | — | 17 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
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| "You've Got a Friend" / "Beautiful" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="4" | ||
| "I Believe in Loving You" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "One Small Voice"[35] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "One (2018)"[36] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Single | Year | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "(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 |
| Title | Year | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| In Tokyo | 2010 | ||
| Carole King: Natural Woman | 2016 | ||
| Live at Montruex - 1973 | 2019 |