Carpenters / discography

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Carpenters  Discography
Karen and Richard Carpenter with President Richard Nixon, 1972
Karen and Richard Carpenter with President Richard Nixon , 1972
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 14th
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 1
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 25th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 34
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 3

This discography provides an overview of the Carpenters' musical works since 1969 and their chart success in the USA , Great Britain and German-speaking countries. According to the sources, the American siblings have sold over 100 million records worldwide, including three number one hits and ten million-seller in their home country. In Europe, they were most successful in the UK, where they had three number one albums and seven top ten hits. In Germany and Austria the Carpenters were not so successful with their singles, but at least they were able to conquer number 1 and number 2 with a greatest hits album in 1980.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1970 Close to you - - - UK23 (75 weeks)
UK 		US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(87 weeks)US
175th place in the Rolling Stone 500
1971 Ticket to Ride - - - UK20 (5 weeks)
UK 		US150 (16 weeks)
US
originally in 1969 under the title Offering published
Carpenters - - - UK12
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)UK 		US2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(59 weeks)US
1972 A song for you - - - UK13 (37 weeks)
UK 		US4th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(41 weeks)US
1973 Now and Then - - - UK2
gold
gold

(65 weeks)UK 		US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(41 weeks)US
1975 Horizon DE42 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)UK 		US13
platinum
platinum

(18 weeks)US
1976 A kind of hush - - - UK3
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK 		US33
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
1977 passage - - - UK12
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		US49 (18 weeks)
US
1978 Christmas portrait - - - - US56
platinum
platinum

(55 weeks)US
The first Christmas album, only reached number 145 in 1978, has returned to the charts regularly since the 2000s, and topped in 2015
1981 Made in America - - - UK12
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US52 (15 weeks)
US
1983 Voice of the Heart - - - UK6th
gold
gold

(19 weeks)UK 		US46
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
1984 An old-fashioned Christmas - - - - US190
gold
gold

(1 week)US
the second Christmas album
1990 Lovelines - - - UK73 (1 week)
UK 		-
contains ten previously unreleased recordings and two remixes
Christmas Portrait - The Special Edition - - - - US159 (3 weeks)
US
expanded edition of the 1978 album

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1977 Live at the Palladium - - - UK28
gold
gold

(3 weeks)UK 		-

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Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1973 The Singles 1969-1973 - - - UK1
platinum
platinum

(125 weeks)UK 		US1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(49 weeks)US
1978 The Singles 1974–1978 - - - UK2
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)UK 		-
1980 Beautiful moments DE1
gold
gold

(13 weeks)DE 		AT2 (2½ months)
AT 		- - -
Greatest hits album
1985 Yesterday Once More - - - UK10
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)UK 		US144
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(8 weeks)US
Greatest hits album
1990 Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits - - - UK1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(82 weeks)UK 		-
1994 Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary - - - UK29
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK 		-
1998 Love songs - - - UK47
gold
gold

(8 weeks)UK 		US106
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
2000 Gold - Greatest Hits - - - UK21 (20 weeks)
UK 		-
Greatest hits album
2004 Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition - - - UK4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(17 weeks)UK 		US101
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
Greatest hits album
2006 The Ultimate Collection - - - UK53
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK 		-
Greatest hits album
2009 40/40 - - - UK21st
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK 		-
2012 The Best of the Carpenters: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection - - - - US172 (1 week)
US
Greatest hits album
2013 Singles: 1969-1981 - - - UK65
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		US45 (1 week)
US
2016 The Nation's Favorite Songs - - - UK2
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK 		-
Greatest hits album
2018 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - - - UK8th
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK 		-

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More albums

  • Top Of The World (1974)
  • The Carpenters Collection (1975)
  • Carpenters from the Top (1991, 4-CD box)
  • The Best of the Carpenters (1993)
  • Reflections (1995)
  • Karen Carpenter (1996, posthumously released solo album, the recordings are from 1979/1980)
  • Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998, solo album)
  • As Time Goes By (2001)
  • Carpenter's Perform Carpenter (2003)
  • Chronicle Series: Carpenters Gold (2005, 3-CD box with the albums Close to You , Carpenters and A Song for You )

The studio albums have since been released by Richard Carpenter in a series called "Remastered Classics" in a digitally reworked (remastered) version.

Video albums

  • Interpretations (1995)
  • Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1998)
  • Gold (2000)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1970 Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride 		- - - - US54 (12 weeks)
US
Original: The Beatles
(They Long to Be) Close to You,
Close to You 		- - - UK6th
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
We've Only Just Begun
Close to You 		- - - UK28 (7 weeks)
UK 		US2
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
Grammy Hall of Fame ; # 405 of the Rolling Stone 500
authors: Paul Williams , Roger Nichols
originally a song from a commercial for the Crocker Bank of California
1971 For All We Know
Carpenters 		- - - UK- *UK US3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
Cover version of the Oscar song from the movie Lovers and Other Strangers ; Authors: Fred Karlin , Robb Royer, Jimmy Griffin
* in UK with superstar on a single
Rainy Days and Mondays
Carpenters 		- - - UK63 * (2 weeks)
UK 		US2
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US
Authors: Paul Williams , Roger Nichols
* in the UK only in the charts in 1993
Superstar
Carpenters 		- - - UK18 (13 weeks)
UK 		US2
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
Merry Christmas Darling
Christmas Portrait 		- - - UK45 (1 week)
UK 		-
Bless the Beasts and Children
A Song for You 		- - - - US67 (10 weeks)
US
Movie: Don't Think We're Howling , Writer: Barry De Vorzon , Perry Botkin Jr. , Oscar nomination
in US B-side of Superstar
1972 Hurting Each Other
A Song for You 		- - - - US2 (12 weeks)
US
Original: Jimmy Clanton (1965); Authors: Peter Udell , Gary Geld
It's Going to Take Some Time
A Song for You 		- - - - US12 (10 weeks)
US
Original / Author: Carole King (1971)
Goodbye to Love
A Song for You 		- - - UK9 (16 weeks)
UK 		US7 (10 weeks)
US
Authors: John Bettis , Richard Carpenter
in UK with I Won't Last a Day Without You on single that was re-released in 1974
1973 Sing
Now & Then 		- - - - US3
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
two Grammy nominations
Author: Joe Raposo ; originally recorded a Sesame Street song
with the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir
Yesterday Once More
Now & Then 		DE21 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK2
silver
silver

(17 weeks)UK 		US2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
Authors: Richard and Karen Carpenter
Top of the World
A Song for You 		DE38 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK5
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
Authors: John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
a cover version of Lynn Anderson was a country number one hit in the USA that same year
1974 Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Now & Then 		DE50 (1 week)
DE 		AT8 (2 months)AT - UK12 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
Original / author: Hank Williams
I won't last a day without you
a song for you 		- - - UK32 (5 weeks)
UK 		US11 (12 weeks)
US
Authors: Paul Williams , Roger Nichols
in UK as a re-release, was already in the charts in 1972 as a double single with Goodbye to Love
Please Mr. Postman
Horizon 		DE10 (21 weeks)
DE 		- CH5 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
Original: The Marvelettes (1961), authors: Brian Holland , Robert Bateman, Fred Gorman
1975 Only Yesterday
Horizon 		DE43 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK7 (10 weeks)
UK 		US4 (13 weeks)
US
Authors: John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
Solitaire
Horizon 		- - - UK32 (5 weeks)
UK 		US17 (10 weeks)
US
Original / Author: Neil Sedaka (1974)
Santa Claus Is Comin 'to Town
An Old Fashioned Christmas 		- - - UK37 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
1976 There's a Kind of Hush (All over the World)
A Kind of Hush 		- - - UK22 (6 weeks)
UK 		US12 (13 weeks)
US
Original: Herman's Hermits (1967); Authors: Les Reed , Geoff Stephens
I Need to Be in Love
A Kind of Hush 		- - - UK36 (5 weeks)
UK 		US25 (11 weeks)
US
Authors: Albert Hammond , John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
Goofus
A Kind of Hush 		- - - - US56 (5 weeks)
US
Classic from 1932, authors: Wayne King , William Harold , Gus Kahn
1977 All You Get from Love Is a Love Song
Passage 		- - - - US35 (10 weeks)
US
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
(The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
Passage 		- - - UK9 (9 weeks)
UK 		US32 (14 weeks)
US
Original: Klaatu (1973)
1978 Sweet, sweet smile
passage 		DE22 (13 weeks)
DE 		- - UK40 (4 weeks)
UK 		US44 (13 weeks)
US
Authors: Juice Newton , Otha Young
I Believe You
Made in America 		- - - - US68 (5 weeks)
US
1981 Touch Me When We're Dancing
Made in America 		- - - - US16 (14 weeks)
US
Original: Bama (1979)
(Want You) Back in My Life Again
Made in America 		- - - - US72 (8 weeks)
US
Those Good Old Dreams
Made in America 		- - - - US63 (6 weeks)
US
Authors: John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
1982 Beechwood 4-5789
Made in America 		- - - - US74 (4 weeks)
US
Original: The Marvelettes (1962), authors: Marvin Gaye , Berry Gordy , William Stevenson
1983 Make Believe It's the First Time
Voice of the Heart 		- - - UK60 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
1990 Merry Christmas Darling
Close to You 		- - - UK25 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
with a re-release of Close to You on single
1994 Tryin 'to Get the Feeling Again
Interpretations 		- - - UK44 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

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statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK3UK US1US
Top 10 albums DE2DE AT1AT CH-CH UK11UK US5US
Albums in the charts DE2DE AT1AT CH-CH UK25thUK US19thUS
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US3US
Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK6thUK US12US
Singles in the charts DE6thDE AT1AT CH1CH UK21stUK US29US

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 68,000 capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 77,500 aria.com.au AU2
Brazil (PMB) Brazil (PMB) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 100,000 pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 250,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- (1,000,000) ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 25,000 ifpi.fi
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 60,000 Individual evidence
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th Diamond record icon.svg 2 × diamond2 2,900,000 riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 275,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 40,000 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 50,000 nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 17 × gold17th Platinum record icon.svg 22 × platinum22nd 0! D.- 34,600,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 9 × silver9 Gold record icon.svg 15 × gold15th Platinum record icon.svg 13 × platinum13 0! D.- 8,250,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 9 × silver9 Gold record icon.svg 51 × gold51 Platinum record icon.svg 47 × platinum47 Diamond record icon.svg 2 × diamond2

literature

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  1. ^ Richard Carpenter back with new solo album , Paul Freeman, CNN, March 23, 1998
  2. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Lovelines (album) on Allmusic
  4. ↑ We've Only Just Begun (song) on Allmusic
  5. ↑ Superstar (song from 1971) on Allmusic
  6. ↑ Sing at Allmusic
  7. ↑ Top of the World at Allmusic