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==Albums==
==Albums==
===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
Throughout their career, the Carpenters released 14 original albums, including two Christmas offerings. Most recently they released ''[[As Time Goes By (The Carpenters album)|As Time Goes By]]'' in 2001 in Japan, and 2004 internationally.
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!rowspan="2"|Album details
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="5"|Peak chart positions
!colspan="7"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|[[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
!rowspan="2"|[[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Carpenters&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs&|title=Top Albums - Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Carpenters&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs&|title=Top Albums - Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="JAP">{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/|title=Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters|date=2007-12-30|publisher=[[Original Confidence]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111032840/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_carpenters.html|archive-date=2007-11-11|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="JAP">{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/|title=Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters|date=2007-12-30|publisher=[[Original Confidence]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111032840/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_carpenters.html|archive-date=2007-11-11|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR Albums">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=a |title=Norwegian Albums |publisher=norwegiancharts.com |accessdate=2024-07-17}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name=nza>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=a|title=New Zealand Chart |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2024-08-10}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14139/carpenters/ |title=UK Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14139/carpenters/ |title=UK Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
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* Label: A&M
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*[[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_10.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108095010/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_10.pdf | archive-date=November 8, 2007 | title=The Record > October 2001 > Gold and Platinum (August 2001) |work=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | pp=12 |language=ja |access-date=January 12, 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_10.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108095010/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_10.pdf | archive-date=November 8, 2007 | title=The Record > October 2001 > Gold and Platinum (August 2001) |work=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | pages=12 |language=ja |access-date=January 12, 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|align="center" colspan="8" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
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!rowspan="2" width="33"|Year
!rowspan="2" width="33"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="5"|Peak chart positions
!colspan="8"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Certifications<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
!rowspan="2"|Certifications<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=50}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=50}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>The Singles: 1969–1973: {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4961a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - January 26, 1974}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="JAP"/><ref name="JAP2">{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/53241/ranking/cd_album/ |title=カーペンターズのCDアルバムランキング| trans-title=CD Album sales ranking of the Carpenters|language= ja|work=oricon.co.jp|access-date=2011-08-08}} Note: Reference indicates chart positions from 1988 onwards, and part of the information currently unavailable</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="JAP"/><ref name="JAP2">{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/53241/ranking/cd_album/ |title=カーペンターズのCDアルバムランキング| trans-title=CD Album sales ranking of the Carpenters|language= ja|work=oricon.co.jp|access-date=2011-08-08}} Note: Reference indicates chart positions from 1988 onwards, and part of the information currently unavailable</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[MegaCharts|NED]]<br><ref name="NED Albums">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&cat2=s&search=carpenters |title=Dutch Albums |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2024-07-17}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR Albums"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name=nza/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br />
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* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[8-track tape|8-track]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[8-track tape|8-track]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
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*RIAA: 7× Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
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* Released: November 1978
* Released: November 1978
* Label: A&M
* Label: A&M
* Not released in the U.S.
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*ARIA: Platinum<ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref>
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*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
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|align="left"|'''''Christmas Collection'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Reflections (Carpenters album)|Reflections]]'''''
* Released: 1996
* Released: 1995
* Label: A&M
* Label: A&M
* Formats: 2×CD, digital download
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download{{ref|Reflections|[I]}}
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* Label: A&M
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* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
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|align="left"|'''''[[Reflections (Carpenters album)|Reflections]]'''''
* Released: June 30, 1998
* Label: A&M
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download{{ref|Reflections|[I]}}
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|align="left"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits (Carpenters album)|Gold: Greatest Hits]]'''''
* Released: September 13, 2000
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* Formats: CD, digital download
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*BPI: 5× Platinum<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carpenters Gold - Greatest Hits |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=BPI |language=en}}</ref>
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|align="left"|'''''[[Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition]]'''''
* Expanded version of the European compilation released in 2000
* Released: February 10, 2004
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
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* Label: A&M / Universal
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* Label: A&M / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
* Label: A&M / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
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* Released: November 2015
* Released: November 2015
* Label: A&M / TJL Productions / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
* Label: A&M / TJL Productions / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
* Format: CD (3 disc set)- available by PBS donation only
* Format: CD
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**Format(s): Cassette
**Format(s): Cassette
**Chart position(s): #36 (JPN)
**Chart position(s): #36 (JPN)
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*'''''Beautiful Lovesongs''''' (Netherlands only)
**Released: 1981
**Label: A&M
**Format(s): LP, Cassette
**Chart position(s): #8 ([[NVPI]])<ref>{{cite web |url= https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Beautiful+Lovesongs&cat=a|title=Carpenters - Beautiful Lovesongs|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref>
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*'''''Ketteiban (The Definitive)''''' (Japan only)
*'''''Ketteiban (The Definitive)''''' (Japan only)
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**Label: A&M/[[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]]
**Label: A&M/[[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]]
**Format(s): LP
**Format(s): LP
**Chart position(s): #1 (AUS), #2 (NZ)
**Chart position(s): #1 (AUS), #2 (NZ)<ref name=nza/>
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*'''''The Carpenters Collection - Their Greatest Hits''''' (Benelux only)
**Released: 1987
**Label: A&M
**Format(s): LP, CD
**Chart position(s): #31 ([[NVPI]])<ref>{{cite web |url= https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=The+Carpenters+Collection+%2D+Their+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|title=Carpenters - The Carpenters Collection - Their Greatest Hits|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref>
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*'''''Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters)''''' (Japan only)
*'''''Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters)''''' (Japan only)
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==Box sets==
==Box sets==
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!rowspan="2"|Album details
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[MegaCharts|NED]]<br><ref name="NED Albums"/>
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|1991
|align="left"|'''''[[From the Top (album)|From the Top]]'''''
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'''''[[From the Top (album)|From the Top]]'''''
* Released: 1991
* Released: 1991
* Label: A&M
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
* Formats: 4×CD, digital download
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|align="left"|'''''Christmas Collection'''''
* Released: 1996
* Label: A&M
* Formats: 2×CD, digital download
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|2002
|align="left"|'''''[[The Essential Collection: 1965–1997]]'''''
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'''''[[The Essential Collection: 1965–1997]]'''''
* Released: 2002
* Released: 2002
* Label: A&M
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
* Formats: 4×CD, digital download
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|2017
|2017
|align="left"|'''''The Vinyl Collection'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-carpenters-the-vinyl-collection/|title=The Carpenters / The Vinyl Collection|first=Paul|last=Sinclair|date=20 October 2017|accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref>
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'''''The Vinyl Collection'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-carpenters-the-vinyl-collection/|title=The Carpenters / The Vinyl Collection|first=Paul|last=Sinclair|date=20 October 2017|accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref>
* Released: November 17, 2017
* Released: November 17, 2017
* Label: A&M
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP
* Formats: 12×LP
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!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>


!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=carpenters&ChartEn=Top+Singles&| title=RPM Top Singles}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=carpenters&ChartEn=Top+Singles&| title=RPM Top Singles| website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]| date=17 July 2013}}</ref>


!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN AC]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Carpenters&ChartEn=Adult+Contemporary& | title=Adult Contemporary - Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN AC]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Carpenters&ChartEn=Adult+Contemporary& | title=Adult Contemporary - Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>
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!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Oricon Singles Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/|title=Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Carpenters|date=2007-12-30|publisher=[[Original Confidence]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115030830/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/carpenters.html|archive-date=2007-11-15|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Oricon Singles Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/|title=Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Carpenters|date=2007-12-30|publisher=[[Original Confidence]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115030830/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/carpenters.html|archive-date=2007-11-15|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>


!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]<br /><ref name="Dutch singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=s |title=Dutch Chart |publisher=Dutch Top 100 |access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Dutch Single Top 100|NED]]<br /><ref name="Dutch singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=s |title=Dutch Chart |publisher=Dutch Top 100 |access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>


!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="New Zealand singles positions">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=s |title=New Zealand Chart |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2014-08-10}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="New Zealand singles positions">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=carpenters&cat=s |title=New Zealand Chart |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2014-08-10}}</ref>
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| "[[Merry Christmas Darling|Merry Christmas, Darling]]"
| "[[Merry Christmas Darling|Merry Christmas, Darling]]"
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|align="center"| 67<sup>{{anchor|ref_D}}[[#endnote D|'''[D]''']]</sup>
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* BPI: Silver<ref name="Carpenters UK">"[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search]". [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Retrieved on 21 September 2014. Note: User needs to enter "Carpenters" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.</ref>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="Carpenters UK">"[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search]". [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Retrieved 6 October 2024. Note: User needs to enter "Carpenters" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.</ref>
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| "[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]"
| "[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]"
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| <small>"[[One Love (Carpenters song)|One Love]]"</small>
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| "[[All You Get from Love Is a Love Song]]"
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| <small>"I Have You"</small>
| <small>"I Have You"</small>
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| "[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]"
| "[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]"
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| <small>"[[Can't Smile Without You]]"</small>
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| <small>"Merry Christmas Darling"</small>
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| rowspan="2"| 1978
| "[[Sweet, Sweet Smile]]"
| "[[Sweet, Sweet Smile]]"
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|align="center"| 44<sup>{{anchor|ref_G}}[[#endnote G|'''[G]''']]</sup>
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| "[[I Believe You]]"
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===Notes===
===Notes===
* A{{anchor|endnote_A}}'''[[#ref A|^]]''' Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List"
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* B{{anchor|endnote_B}}'''[[#ref B|^]]''' "Bless The Beasts and Children" received enough of its own airplay that Billboard Hot 100 listed the single as "Superstar"/"Bless The Beasts and Children", charting first at #16 on 11/20/71, and then #21 on 11/27/71.

* C{{anchor|endnote_C}}'''[[#ref C|^]]''' "Superstar" and "For All We Know" were released as a double A-side in the UK.
* "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's US success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love", and subsequently it charted a fourth time (as an A-side) at #83.
* "Bless The Beasts and Children" received enough of its own airplay that Billboard Hot 100 listed the single as "Superstar"/"Bless The Beasts and Children", charting first at #16 on 11/20/71, and then #21 on 11/27/71.
* D{{anchor|endnote_D}}'''[[#ref D|^]]''' "Bless The Beasts and Children peaked at #67 on 1/15/71 as an A-side, following 13 weeks listed as the B-side of "Superstar".
* E{{anchor|endnote_E}}'''[[#ref E|^]]''' "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's US success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love", and subsequently it charted a fourth time (as an A-side) at #83.
* "Bless The Beasts and Children peaked at #67 on 1/15/71 as an A-side, following 13 weeks listed as the B-side of "Superstar".
* F{{anchor|endnote_F}}'''[[#ref F|^]]''' "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was originally released as an A-side in the UK in 1972 with "Goodbye to Love" as the B-side and charted at #49. However, the sides were switched shortly after the record's release. The former was later released as an A-side in the UK in 1974 to coincide with its first US release as an A-side.
* "Sweet, Sweet Smile" peaked at #8 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Hot Country Songs|Country singles chart]].
* G{{anchor|endnote_G}}'''[[#ref G|^]]''' "Sweet, Sweet Smile" peaked at #8 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Hot Country Songs|Country singles chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carpenters/chart-history/hsi/|title=Carpenters - Hot Country Songs|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=2024-10-23}}</ref>
* "Superstar" and "For All We Know" were released as a double A-side in the UK.
* H{{anchor|endnote_H}}'''[[#ref H|^]]''' The UK re-issue of "Merry Christmas, Darling" in 1990 features the second recorded version of the song from their 1978 ''Christmas Portrait'' album as opposed to the original 1970 version.
* "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was originally released as an A-side in the UK in 1972 with "Goodbye to Love" as the B-side. However, the sides were switched shortly after the record's release. The former was later released as an A-side in the UK in 1974 to coincide with its first US release as an A-side.
* "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" reached #1 in the Republic of Ireland, becoming the duo's biggest hit there.
* The UK re-issue of "Merry Christmas, Darling" in 1990 features the second recorded version of the song from their 1978 ''Christmas Portrait'' album as opposed to the original 1970 version.


===Holiday 100 chart entries===
===Holiday 100 chart entries===
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! Title
! Title
! Notes
! Notes
! Certifications
! Certifications
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|1985
|align="center"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits (video)|Gold: Greatest Hits]]'''''
|align="center"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits (video)|Yesterday Once More]]'''''
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* Released originally in 1985 on VHS only under the name ''Yesterday Once More''
* Repackaged in 2002 on DVD under the name ''Gold: Greatest Hits''
* Repackaged in 2002 on DVD under the name ''Gold: Greatest Hits''
* Carpenters' first video compilation
* Label: A&M Video
* Label: A&M Video
* Formats: [[Betamax]], [[VHS|video cassette]], [[laserdisc]], [[DVD]]
* Formats: [[Betamax]], [[VHS|video cassette]], [[laserdisc]], [[DVD]]
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* BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
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|1995
|align="center"|'''''[[Interpretations (The Carpenters DVD)|Interpretations]]'''''
|align="center"|'''''[[Interpretations (The Carpenters DVD)|Interpretations]]'''''
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* Released on May 9, 1995
* Released on May 9, 1995
* Carpenters' second video compilation
* Label: A&M Video
* Label: A&M Video
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
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* BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
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| 1996
|align="center"|'''''Live in Japan 1974'''''<br />（ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974）<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/carpenters/products/uiby-75055/|title=ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974|publisher=Universal Music japan|language=ja|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|'''''Live in Japan 1974'''''<br />（ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974）<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/carpenters/products/uiby-75055/|title=ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974|publisher=Universal Music japan|language=ja|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
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|1998
|align="center"|'''''[[Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters|Close to You:<br>Remembering the Carpenters]]'''''
|align="center"|'''''[[Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters|Close to You:<br>Remembering the Carpenters]]'''''
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* Released on March 1, 1998
* Released on March 1, 1998
* Carpenters' first DVD documentary
* Label: MPI Home Video
* Label: MPI Home Video
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
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* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
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|2016
|align="center"|'''''Carpenters: Christmas Memories'''''
|align="center"|'''''Carpenters: Christmas Memories'''''
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* Released on 2016
* Released on 2016
* Available with PBS donation only
* Available with PBS donation only
* Carpenters collection of Christmas videos
* Label: A&M Video
* Label: A&M Video
* Formats: DVD
* Formats: DVD

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The Carpenters discography
Karen and Richard Carpenter at the White House on August 1, 1972
Studio albums14
Soundtrack albums3
Live albums2
Compilation albums16
Tribute albums1
Singles49
B-sides15
Video albums3

The discography 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]

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[7] 		AUS
[8] 		CAN
[9] 		JPN
[10] 		NOR
[11] 		NZ
[12] 		UK
[13]
1969 Ticket to Ride (First released under the title Offering) 150 19 — 88 — — 20
1970 Close to You
  • Released: August 19, 1970
  • Label: A&M/Polydor
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 2 16 1 53 — — 23
1971 Carpenters
  • Released: May 14, 1971
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 2 16 6 47 — — 12
1972 A Song for You
  • Released: June 22, 1972
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 4 6 5 5 — — 13
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[1]
1973 Now & Then
  • Released: May 1, 1973
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 2 3 2 1 12 — 2
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[1]
  • BPI: Gold[14]
1975 Horizon
  • Released: June 6, 1975
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 13 21 4 1 5 3 1
1976 A Kind of Hush
  • Released: June 11, 1976
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
 33 57 22 5 17 15 3
1977 Passage
  • Released: September 23, 1977
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, tape, cassette, 8-track CD, digital download
 49 48 57 7 — — 12
1978 Christmas Portrait
  • Released: October 13, 1978
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 56 — 74[16] — — — 104
1981 Made in America
  • Released: June 16, 1981
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 52 50 — 44 — — 12
1983 Voice of the Heart
  • Released: October 18, 1983
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 46 54 — 41 — — 6
1984 An Old-Fashioned Christmas
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 190 — — — — — —
1989 Lovelines
  • Released: October 31, 1989
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 — — — — — — 73
2001 As Time Goes By
  • Released: August 1, 2001
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — 18 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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There are two live albums that the Carpenters have released officially, though neither of them were issued in their homeland.

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
JPN
[10] 		UK
[13]
1975 Live in Japan 8 —
1976 Live at the Palladium
  • Released: December 1976
  • Recorded: November 1976
  • Label: A&M
  • Not released in the U.S.
  • Formats: LP, cassette,[10] CD[19]
 24 28

Compilation albums

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Following releases are "greatest-hits" albums of the Carpenters released in the United States, Canada, and/or the United Kingdom.

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[7] 		AUS
[20] 		CAN
[21] 		JPN
[10][22] 		NED
[23] 		NOR
[11] 		NZ
[12] 		UK
[13]
1973 The Singles: 1969–1973 1 — 1 1 2 — — 1
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum[1]
  • BPI: Platinum[14]
  • MC: Platinum[15]
1978 The Singles: 1974–1978
  • Released: November 1978
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 — — — 42 — — — 2
1985 Yesterday Once More
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 144 — — 35 — — — 10
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[1]
  • BPI: Platinum[14]
1990 Only Yesterday
  • Released: March 1990
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 — 9 — 25 3 8 1 1
  • ARIA: Platinum[24]
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[14]
1994 Interpretations
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — 29
1995 Reflections
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download[I]
 — — — — — — — —
1997 Love Songs
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
 106 — — — — 34 — 47
2000 The Singles: 1969–1981
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
 45 19 — 73 — — — 65
2000 Gold: Greatest Hits
  • Released: September 13, 2000
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 101 — — 79 — — 17 4
  • RIAA: Gold[1]
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[25]
2003 Carpenters Perform Carpenter
  • Released: July 29, 2003
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — —
2006 The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: November 26, 2006
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — 41 — — 17 — — —
2009 40/40
  • Released: April 22, 2009
  • Label: A&M / Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — 3 — 2 — 21
2014 Icon
  • Released: December 24, 2014
  • Label: A&M / UMe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — —
2015 The Complete Singles
  • Released: November 2015
  • Label: A&M / TJL Productions / UMe
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — —
2016 The Nation's Favourite Songs
  • Released: September 2016
  • Label: A&M
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — 2
2018 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — 29 — 25 — — — 8
2019 Collected[27]
  • Released: June 28, 2019
  • Label: Music On Vinyl
  • Format: LP
 — — — — 25 — — —

^ I Album only downloadable in the UK.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Limited releases

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  • Golden Prize (Japan only)
    • Released: September 10, 1971
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP, cassette
    • Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
  • Golden Double Deluxe (Japan only)
    • Released: February 10, 1972
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP
    • Chart position(s): #10 (JPN)
  • Great Hits of the Carpenters (Australia)
    • Released: 1972
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP
    • Chart position(s): #3 (AUS)
  • GEM I (Japan only)
    • Released: October 10, 1972
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP
    • Chart position(s): #13 (JPN)
  • MAX 20 (Japan only)
    • Released: March 10, 1973
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP
    • Chart position(s): #26 (JPN)
  • GEM II (Japan only)
    • Released: October 25, 1973
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format(s): LP
    • Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
  • Great Hits of the Carpenters Volume 2 (Australia)
    • Released: 1972
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format: LP
    • Chart position(s): #24 (AUS)
  • Golden Prize Volume II (Japan only)
    • Released: April 10, 1974
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format(s): LP, cassette
    • Chart position(s): #1 (JPN)
  • Big Star (Japan only)
    • Released: June 1, 1974
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format(s): Cassette
    • Chart position(s): #20 (JPN)
  • Special Series (Japan only)
    • Released: November 1, 1976
    • Label: A&M/King
    • Format(s): Cassette
    • Chart position(s): #36 (JPN)
  • Beautiful Lovesongs (Netherlands only)
    • Released: 1981
    • Label: A&M
    • Format(s): LP, Cassette
    • Chart position(s): #8 (NVPI)[28]
  • Ketteiban (The Definitive) (Japan only)
    • Released: June 21, 1982
    • Label: A&M/Alfa
    • Format(s): Cassette
    • Chart position(s): #61 (JPN)
  • The Carpenters Collection - Their Greatest Hits (Benelux only)
    • Released: 1987
    • Label: A&M
    • Format(s): LP, CD
    • Chart position(s): #31 (NVPI)[29]
  • Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters) (Japan only)
    • Released: November 10, 1995
    • Label: A&M / Polydor Japan
    • Format(s): CD, MD, cassette
    • Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
    • Certification(s): 12× Platinum (RIAJ)
  • Yesterday Once More: De Nederlandse Singles Collectie (Netherlands only)
    • Released: 2001
    • Label: A&M / Universal
    • Format(s): CD
    • Chart position(s): #22 (NVPI)[30]

Box sets

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Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[7] 		NED
[23]
1991 From the Top
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 4×CD, digital download
 — —
1996 Christmas Collection
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
 158 118
2002 The Essential Collection: 1965–1997
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 4×CD, digital download
 — —
2017 The Vinyl Collection[31]
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 12×LP
 — —

Singles

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Year Single Chart position B-side Certifications Album
US
[32] 		US AC
[33] 		AUS
[8] 		CAN
[34] 		CAN AC
[35] 		GER
[36] 		IRE
[37] 		JPN
[38] 		NED
[39] 		NZ
[40] 		UK
[13]
1966 "Looking for Love" (Karen Carpenter) — — — — — — — — — — — "I'll Be Yours" Non-album single
1969 "Ticket to Ride" 54 19 — — 24 — — — — — — "Your Wonderful Parade" Offering
1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" 1 1 1 1 — — 6 71 30 9 6 "I Kept on Loving You" Close to You
"We've Only Just Begun" 2 1 6 1 1 — — 71 — — 28 "All of My Life"
"Merry Christmas, Darling" — — — 50 — — — — — — 45 "Mr. Guder" Christmas Portrait
1971 "For All We Know" 3 1 10 5 1 — — — — 6 — "Don't Be Afraid" Carpenters
"Rainy Days and Mondays" 2 1 35 3 1 — — 72 — — 53[A] "Saturday"
"Superstar" 2[B] 1 35 3 1 — — 7 19 9 18[C] "Bless the Beasts and Children"
"Bless the Beasts and Children" 67[D] 26 — — 25 — — 85 — — — B-side of "Superstar" A Song for You
1972 "Hurting Each Other" 2 1 4 2 3 — — 56 — 7 — "Maybe It's You"
"It's Going to Take Some Time" 12 2 24 14 1 — — 48 — — — "Flat Baroque"
"Goodbye to Love" 7 2 25 4 1 — 12 55 — 5 9 "Crystal Lullaby"
1973 "Sing" 3 1 24 4 5 — — 18 — 7 55[A] "Druscilla Penny" Now & Then
"Yesterday Once More" 2 1 9 1 1 21 8 5 5 — 2 "Road Ode"
"Top of the World" 1 2 1 1 2 38 3 21[E] 12 14 5 "Heather" A Song for You
1974 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" — — 95 — — 50 12 28 3 13 12 "Mr. Guder" Now & Then
"I Won't Last a Day Without You" 11 1 63 7 1 — — 40 — — 32[F] "One Love" A Song for You
"Please Mr. Postman" 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 11 29 4 2 "This Masquerade" Horizon
1975 "Only Yesterday" 4 1 16 2 2 43 5 12 — 10 7 "Happy"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" — — — — — — — — — — 37 "Merry Christmas, Darling" Christmas Portrait
"Solitaire" 17 1 61 12 3 — 44 — — 6 32 "Love Me for What I Am" Horizon
1976 "There's a Kind of Hush" 12 1 33 8 1 — 7 27 — 5 22 "(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You" A Kind of Hush
"I Need to Be in Love" 25 1 47 24 1 — 14 62 — — 36 "Sandy"
"Goofus" 56 4 — 82 6 — — — — — — "Boat to Sail"
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" — — — — — — — 71 — — — "I Have You"
1977 "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" 35 4 89 38 5 — — 68 — — 54[A] "I Have You" Passage
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" 32 18 13 18 10 — 1 — — 19 9 "Can't Smile Without You"
"Christmas Song" — — — — — — — — — — — "Merry Christmas Darling" Christmas Portrait
1978 "Sweet, Sweet Smile" 44[G] 7 100 43 7 22 — 59 22 — 40 "I Have You" Passage
"I Believe You" 68 9 — 81 22 — — — — — — "B'wana, She No Home" Made in America
1981 "Touch Me When We're Dancing" 16 1 78 — 4 — — — — 22 — "Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)"
"(Want You) Back in My Life Again" 72 14 — — — — — — — — — "Somebody's Been Lyin'"
"Those Good Old Dreams" 63 21 — — 9 — — — — — — "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)"
1982 "Beechwood 4-5789" 74 18 — — — — — — — 9 — "Two Sides"
1983 "Make Believe It's Your First Time" 101 7 80 — 2 — 20 — — — 60 "Look to Your Dreams" Voice of the Heart
1984 "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" — 12 — — 21 — — — — — — "Sailing on the Tide"
"Now" — — — — — — — — — — — "Look to Your Dreams"
"Little Altar Boy" — — — — — — — — — — — "Do You Hear What I Hear?" An Old Fashioned Christmas
1986 "Honolulu City Lights" — — — — — — — — — — — "I Just Fall in Love Again" Lovelines
1989 "If I Had You" (Karen Carpenter) — 18[43] — — — — — — — — — "The Uninvited Guest"
1990 "Merry Christmas, Darling" (re-issue) — — — — — — 18 — — — 25[H] "(They Long to Be) Close to You" Christmas Portrait
1991 "Let Me Be the One" (promotional single) — — — — — — — — — — — From the Top
1993 "Rainy Days and Mondays" (re-issue) — — — — — — — — — — 63 "Goodbye to Love"
1994 "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" — — — — — — — — — — 44 "Sing" Interpretations
1995 "I Need to Be in Love" (Japan re-issue) — — — — — — — 5 — — — "Top of the World" 22 Hits of the Carpenters
1996 "Ave Maria" — — — — — — — — — — — "Merry Christmas, Darling" Christmas Portrait
2001 "The Rainbow Connection" — — — — — — — 47 — — — "Leave Yesterday Behind", "Medley" As Time Goes By
2003 "Top of the World" (Japan re-issue) — — — — — — — 83 — — — "Top of the World", "Sing" (karaoke) Gold

Notes

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  • A^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List"
  • B^ "Bless The Beasts and Children" received enough of its own airplay that Billboard Hot 100 listed the single as "Superstar"/"Bless The Beasts and Children", charting first at #16 on 11/20/71, and then #21 on 11/27/71.
  • C^ "Superstar" and "For All We Know" were released as a double A-side in the UK.
  • D^ "Bless The Beasts and Children peaked at #67 on 1/15/71 as an A-side, following 13 weeks listed as the B-side of "Superstar".
  • E^ "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's US success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love", and subsequently it charted a fourth time (as an A-side) at #83.
  • F^ "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was originally released as an A-side in the UK in 1972 with "Goodbye to Love" as the B-side and charted at #49. However, the sides were switched shortly after the record's release. The former was later released as an A-side in the UK in 1974 to coincide with its first US release as an A-side.
  • G^ "Sweet, Sweet Smile" peaked at #8 on Billboard's Country singles chart.[44]
  • H^ The UK re-issue of "Merry Christmas, Darling" in 1990 features the second recorded version of the song from their 1978 Christmas Portrait album as opposed to the original 1970 version.

Holiday 100 chart entries

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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.[45] 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",[46] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100.[47] 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.

Title Holiday season peak chart positions Album
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 32[48] 47[49] 55[50] 82[51] 81[52] 64[53] 74[54] — — — — — — Christmas Portrait
"Merry Christmas Darling" 35[48] 24[49] 38[50] 53[55] 63[56] 25[57] 57[58] 38[59] 40[60] 81[61] 73[62] 73[63] 83[64]
"Home for the Holidays" — 41[65] 45[50] 65[51] 57[52] 36[53] 92[54] 82[66] 88[67] — 97[68] — — An Old-Fashioned Christmas
"Sleigh Ride" — — 78[50] 99[69] — — 95[54] — — — — — — Christmas Portrait
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" — — — — 72[70] — — — — — — — —

Other appearances

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Year Song Album
1971 "Bless the Beasts and Children" (soundtrack version) Bless the Beasts and Children

Videos

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Video albums

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Year Title Notes Certifications
1985 Yesterday Once More
1995 Interpretations
  • Released on May 9, 1995
  • Label: A&M Video
  • Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
1996 Live in Japan 1974
（ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974）[72]
1998 Close to You:
Remembering the Carpenters
  • Released on March 1, 1998
  • Label: MPI Home Video
  • Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
2016 Carpenters: Christmas Memories
  • Released on 2016
  • Available with PBS donation only
  • Label: A&M Video
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

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See also

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