Carpenters Discography

[Ezilda Newnam]

Thediscography of the American pop group the Carpenters consists of 14 studio albums, two Christmas albums, two live albums, 49 singles, and numerous compilation albums. The duo was made up of siblings Karen (lead vocals and drums) and Richard Carpenter (keyboards and vocals).

The siblings started their musical career together in the latter half of the 1960s. In October 1969, six months after they signed a contract with A&M Records, the Carpenters released their debut album Offering (its title was later changed to Ticket to Ride). Within a year, they rose to prominence with their chart-topping single "(They Long to Be) Close to You", a Burt Bacharach and Hal David composition that had not been commercially successful when it was recorded by television star Richard Chamberlain in 1963.

The Carpenters garnered worldwide commercial success, scoring big hits mainly in the first half of the 1970s. RIAA-certified sales of their records (albums, singles and videos) have been estimated at around 34.6 million units.[1] In the United Kingdom, they are ranked as the seventh top-selling albums artist on the official record chart of the 1970s.[2] During their career, the duo scored 1 number one album and another 4 Top 10 albums on Billboard 200, 3 number ones singles, 12 top 10 singles and 20 top 40 hits on Billboard Hot 100. They have also been the third-best-selling international music act in the Japanese market, only behind Mariah Carey and the Beatles.[3][4][5] By 2005, they had reportedly sold more than 100 million copies of records worldwide.[6]

Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over.[37] In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data",[38] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100.[39] A handful of Carpenters recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.

Fans are split on the subject, some being very enthusiastic about the remixes, others finding that they prefer the original mixes that they grew up with. Adding to the complexity is that some tracks got more than one remix over the years, lending confusion as to which mix appears on which compilation.

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The Carpenters are considered one of the best soft rock bands of all time. List of the best Carpenters albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Carpenters discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Carpenters albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included The Carpenters singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Carpenters album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Carpenters album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

The Carpenters were the brother and sister duo of lead vocalist and drummer Karen Carpenter, and pianist and harmony vocalist Richard Carpenter. The California-born siblings had a string of soft rock hits, primarily in the late '70s and early '80s, before Karen's untimely death in 1983.

If you want to know the best Carpenters album of all time, or the top Carpenters albums, this list will answer your questions. It includes Horizon, Passage, and Lovelines. This list of popular Carpenters CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order isn't just one person's opinion.

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