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{{Short description|Cataloging of published recordings by The Carpenters}}
The '''discography of the American group [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]]''' includes an overview of all of Carpenters' albums and how they charted on the [[Billboard 200]] charts in [[The United States|America]], the [[UK Albums Chart]] in the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[Oricon]] charts in [[Japan]]. This list also includes the Carpenters' videography as well. Their monstruous musical career spawned Carpenters hit album after album. Their debut album was released on [[October 9]], [[1969]], and was originally entitled ''[[Offering (album)|Offering]]''.<ref name="officialsite"/> However, due to its poor performance in sales, [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] decided to re-release the album with a new cover and a new title. The original cover, which featured Richard and Karen in somber clothing and holding a sunflower, was replaced by a new cover of Richard and Karen in casual clothing out on a rented boat at [[Lake Tahoe]].<ref name="newsletter9">http://www.karencarpenter.com/newsletters72.html</ref> The title ''Offering'' was also replaced by ''Ticket to Ride'' in a [[Bauhaus]] font. However, the album's sales were lackluster. It failed to sell 500,000 albums,<ref name="riaa"/> and its eponymous single failed to reach the top 40, only reaching #54 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name="mpi">{{cite video| people= Surratt, Paul and JoAnn Young (Executive Producers)| date2= 1998-03-31| title= Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters| url= http://www.mpihomevideo.com/?p=25467&pid=80&pcid=&ccid=| medium= Videotape, DVD| publisher= MPI Home Video| isbn= 3030672782}}</ref>
{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = [[The Carpenters]]
|Image = Carpenters - Nixon - Office.png
|Caption = [[Karen Carpenter|Karen]] and [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] at the [[White House]] on August 1, 1972
|Studio = 14
|Live = 2
|Compilation = 16
|Video = 3
|Tribute = 1
|Singles = 49
|B-sides = 15
|Soundtrack = 3
}}


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 Carpenter|Karen]] (lead vocals and drums) and [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] (keyboards and vocals).
However, in 1970, their big break came with their rendition of [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]]'s "[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]", from their album ''[[Close to You (Carpenters album)|Close to You]]''. To date, the album ''Close to You'' has sold over 2 million units, both in records and in CDs.<ref name="riaa"/> Their album success would continue until 1975, when a steep decline becomes noticeable.<ref name="officialsite"/> 1975's ''[[Horizon (Carpenters album)|Horizon]]'' has only gone Platinum once to date, and the following year, ''[[A Kind of Hush (album)|A Kind of Hush]]'' was only certified Gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), meaning that it sold over 500,000 units, but not more than one million (see [[RIAA certification]]). ''[[Passage (Carpenters album)|Passage]]'' was released in September of 1977, and it failed to be certified at all, meaning that, to date, it has not sold more than 500,000 units.<ref name="riaa"/>


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 ''[[Ticket to Ride (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.
This declining trend continued until 1985, with the release of their posthumous two-disc compilation ''[[Yesterday Once More (album)|Yesterday Once More]]''. The compilation was certified twice platinum, meaning that it sold over 2 million copies (but less than 3 million).<ref name="riaa"/> Today, their albums are not selling as well as they had in the past, but they are still being certified Gold by RIAA.<ref name="riaa"/> Their latest two-disc compilation, ''[[Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition]]'', was certified Gold on [[December 17]], [[2004]].<ref name="riaa"/>


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&nbsp;million units.<ref name="riaa">{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Carpenters|access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, they are ranked as the seventh top-selling albums artist on the official record chart of the 1970s.<ref name="CP172">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlus172.pdf|title=22/22 Jonathan's Top Twenty Commentary - History Corner - The Top20 Best-Selling Albums Artists of the 1970s|work=ukchartsplus.co.uk|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="NHKsongs">{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021180825/http://www.nhk.or.jp/songs/archive/090429.html | archive-date=2012-10-21 | url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/songs/archive/090429.html| title= Songs｜これまでの放送｜第88回 カーペンターズ| publisher=[[Japan Broadcasting Corporation]]| access-date=2011-08-17 | lang=ja | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="JAPCB1">{{cite book|title=Oricon Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2005|last=Okamoto|first=Satoshi|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-076-0}}</ref><ref name="JAPCB2">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref> By 2005, they had reportedly sold more than 100&nbsp;million copies of records worldwide.<ref name=webbio>{{cite web| url = http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/biography.htm| title = Carpenters Biography 2005| access-date = 2007-11-30| author = Carpenter, Richard| year = 2005| work = The Carpenters official website| pages = 1–10}}</ref>
== Studio albums ==
All of the certifications and sales data are taken from the Recording Industry Association of America website's [http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH searchable database].


==Albums==
{| class="wikitable"
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album details
!colspan="7"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|[[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carpenters/chart-history/tlp/|title=Carpenters Chart History: Billboard 200|access-date=2023-12-27|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} Note: This reference gives Australian albums and singles information. It is used for chart peak positions as the early albums were released before ARIA began regulating the Australian charts itself in 1989.</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%"|[[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>
|-
|1969
|align="left"|'''''[[Ticket to Ride (album)|Ticket to Ride]]''''' (First released under the title ''Offering'')
* Released: October 9, 1969
* Label: [[A&M Records|A&M]]
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[Reel-to-reel audio tape recording|tape (open reel)]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|150
|19
|—
|88
|—
|—
|20
|
|-
|1970
|align="left"|'''''[[Close to You (The Carpenters album)|Close to You]]'''''
* Released: August 19, 1970
* Label: A&M/[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
* Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
|2
|16
|1
|53
|—
|—
|23
|
*[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: 2× Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
|1971
|align="left"|'''''[[Carpenters (album)|Carpenters]]'''''
* Released: May 14, 1971
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
|2
|16
|6
|47
|—
|—
|12
|
*RIAA: 4× Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
*[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="bpi">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Carpenters|access-date=2010-08-19}}</ref>
|-
|1972
|align="left"|'''''[[A Song for You (The Carpenters album)|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<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
|1973
|align="left"|'''''[[Now & Then (The Carpenters album)|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<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|1975
|align="left"|'''''[[Horizon (The Carpenters album)|Horizon]]'''''
* Released: June 6, 1975
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, tape, cassette, CD, digital download
|13
|21
|4
|1
|5
|3
|1
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
*[[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold<ref name="cria">{{cite web |url= http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Carpenters&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist|title= Gold and Platinum Search|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref>
|-
|1976
|align="left"|'''''[[A Kind of Hush (album)|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
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|1977
|align="left"|'''''[[Passage (The Carpenters album)|Passage]]'''''
* Released: September 23, 1977
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, tape, cassette, 8-track CD, digital download
|49
|48
|57
|7
|—
|—
|12
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|1978
|align="left"|'''''[[Christmas Portrait]]'''''
* Released: October 13, 1978
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
|56
|—
|74<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carpenters/chart-history/hsi/|title=Carpenters - Billboard Canadian Albums|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=2024-10-23}}</ref>
|—
|—
|—
|104
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
*MC: Gold<ref name="cria"/>
|-
|1981
|align="left"|'''''[[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|Made in America]]'''''
* Released: June 16, 1981
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
|52
|50
|—
|44
|—
|—
|12
|
*BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|1983
|align="left"|'''''[[Voice of the Heart]]'''''
* Released: October 18, 1983
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
|46
|54
|—
|41
|—
|—
|6
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|1984
|align="left"|'''''[[An Old-Fashioned Christmas]]'''''
* Released: 1984
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
|190
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
|1989
|align="left"|'''''[[Lovelines]]'''''
* Released: October 31, 1989
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|73
|
|-
|2001
|align="left"|'''''[[As Time Goes By (The Carpenters album)|As Time Goes By]]'''''
* Released: August 1, 2001
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|18
|—
|—
|—
|
*[[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>
|-
|align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

===Live albums===
There are two live albums that the Carpenters have released officially, though neither of them were issued in their homeland.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Title
!rowspan="2"|Title
!colspan="2"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Notes
!rowspan="2"|Sales and certifications
!rowspan="2"|Certifications<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
!colspan="3"|Chart positions
|-
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="JAP"/>
!width="100"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small>
!width="100"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
!width="100"|<small>[[Oricon|JP]]</small>
|-
|-
|1975
|align="center"|'''''[[Offering (album)|Ticket to Ride]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Live in Japan (The Carpenters album)|Live in Japan]]'''''
|
* Released on [[October 9]], [[1969]]
* Released: March 7, 1975<ref name="JAP"/>
* Recorded: June 1974
* First released under the title ''Offering''
* Label: [[A&M Records|A&M]]/[[King Records (Japan)|King]]
* Carpenters' debut album
* Released in Japan only
* Label: [[A&M Records]]
* Formats: [[LP album]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette tape]], [[Compact Disc|compact disc]], [[digital download]]
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette]],<ref name="JAP"/> [[Compact disc|CD]]<ref name="musicgooinfolij">{{cite web|url=http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/201038-1/index.html|title= music.goo.ne.jp CD information Carpenters - Live in Japan|access-date=2008-02-08}}</ref>
|8
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#150 (1971)
|
|align="center"|#20 (1972)<br>#35 (1975)
|align="center"|#88
|-
|-
|1976
|align="center"|'''''[[Close to You (Carpenters album)|Close to You]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Live at the Palladium (The Carpenters album)|Live at the Palladium]]'''''
|
* Released on [[August 19]], [[1970]]
* Released: December 1976
* Recorded: November 1976
* Carpenters' second album
* Label: A&M Records
* Label: A&M
* Not released in the U.S.
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
| 2,000,000 units<br>2× platinum<ref name="riaa">{{cite web |url= http://www.riaa.com/|title= Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database|accessdate=2008-01-16}}</ref>
* Formats: LP, cassette,<ref name="JAP"/> CD<ref name="musicgooinfolatp">{{cite web|url=http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/201037-1/index.html|title= music.goo.ne.jp CD information Carpenters - Live at the Palladium|access-date=2008-02-08}}</ref>
|24
|align="center"|#2
|28
|align="center"|#23
|
|align="center"|#53
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|}

===Compilation albums===
Following releases are "greatest-hits" albums of the Carpenters released in the United States, Canada, and/or the United Kingdom.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2" width="33"|Year
|align="center"|'''''[[Carpenters]]'''''
!rowspan="2"|Album details
|
!colspan="8"|Peak chart positions
* Released on [[May 14]], [[1971]]
!rowspan="2"|Certifications<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
* Carpenters' third album
* Label: A&M Records
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
| 4,000,000 units<br>4× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|#2
|align="center"|#12
|align="center"|#47
|-
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
|align="center"|'''''[[A Song for You (Carpenters album)|A Song for You]]'''''
!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>
* Released on [[June 13]], [[1972]]
!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>
* Carpenters' fourth album
!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>
* Label: A&M Records
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR Albums"/>
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name=nza/>
| 3,000,000 units<br>3× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
|align="center"|#4
|align="center"|#13
|align="center"|#5
|-
|-
|1973
|align="center"|'''''[[Now & Then]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[The Singles: 1969–1973]]'''''
|
* Released on [[May 9]], [[1973]]
* Released: November 9, 1973
* Label: [[A&M Records|A&M]]
* Carpenters' fifth album
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[8-track tape|8-track]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
* Label: A&M Records
|1
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|—
| 2,000,000 units<br>2× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|1
|align="center"|#2
|1
|align="center"|#2
|2
|align="center"|#1
|—
|—
|1
|
*RIAA: 7× Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="bpi"/>
*MC: Platinum<ref name="cria"/>
|-
|-
|1978
|align="center"|'''''[[Horizon (Carpenters album)|Horizon]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[The Singles: 1974–1978]]'''''
* Released: November 1978
* Label: A&M
* Formats: LP, cassette
|—
|—
|—
|42
|—
|—
|—
|2
|
|
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="bpi"/>
* Released on [[June 6]], [[1975]]
* Carpenters' sixth album
* Label: A&M Records
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
| 1,000,000 units<br>1× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|#13
|align="center"|#1
|align="center"|#1
|-
|-
|1985
|align="center"|'''''[[A Kind of Hush (album)|A Kind of Hush]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Yesterday Once More (album)|Yesterday Once More]]'''''
|
* Released on [[June 11]], [[1976]]
* Released: 1985
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' seventh album
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
* Label: A&M Records
|144
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|—
| 500,000 units<br>Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|—
|align="center"|#33
|35
|align="center"|#3
|—
|align="center"|#5
|—
|—
|10
|
*RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|1990
|align="center"|'''''[[Passage (Carpenters album)|Passage]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Only Yesterday (album)|Only Yesterday]]'''''
|
* Released on [[September 23]], [[1977]]
* Released: March 1990
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' eighth album
* Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
* Label: A&M Records
|—
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|9
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#49
|25
|align="center"|#12
|3
|align="center"|#7
|8
|1
|1
|
*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>
*BPI: 5× Platinum<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|1994
|align="center"|'''''[[Made in America (album)|Made in America]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration|Interpretations]]'''''
|
* Released on [[June 16]], [[1981]]
* Released: 1994
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' ninth album
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
* Label: A&M Records
|—
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#52
|—
|align="center"|#12
|—
|align="center"|#44
|—
|—
|29
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|1995
|align="center"|'''''[[Voice of the Heart (album)|Voice of the Heart]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Reflections (Carpenters album)|Reflections]]'''''
|
* Released on [[October 18]], [[1983]]
* Released: 1995
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' tenth album (Karen's first posthumous album)
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download{{ref|Reflections|[I]}}
* Label: A&M Records
|—
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#46
|—
|align="center"|#6
|—
|align="center"|#41
|—
|—
|—
|
*BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|1997
|align="center"|'''''[[Lovelines]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[Love Songs (Carpenters album)|Love Songs]]'''''
|
* Released on [[October 31]], [[1989]]
* Released: 1997
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' eleventh album (Karen's second posthumous album)
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
* Label: A&M Records
|106
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#73
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|34
|—
|47
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|2000
|align="center"|'''''[[As Time Goes By (Carpenters album)|As Time Goes By]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[The Singles: 1969–1981]]'''''
|
* Released on [[August 1]], [[2002]]
* Released: 2000
* Label: A&M
* Carpenters' twelfth album (Karen's second posthumous album)
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
* Label: A&M Records
|45
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|19
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|&mdash;
|73
|align="center"|&mdash;
|—
|align="center"|#18
|—
|—
|65
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|-
|2000
|align="center" colspan="11" style="font-size: 8pt"| "&mdash;" denotes albums that were released but did not chart or things that are not applicable.
|align="left"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits (Carpenters album)|Gold: Greatest Hits]]'''''
* Released: September 13, 2000
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
|101
|—
|—
|79
|—
|—
|17
|4
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
*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>
|-
|-
|2003
|align="left"|'''''[[Carpenters Perform Carpenter]]'''''
* Released: July 29, 2003
* Label: A&M
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
|2006
|align="left"|'''''[[The Ultimate Collection (Carpenters album)|The Ultimate Collection]]'''''
* Released: November 26, 2006
* Label: A&M
* Formats: CD, digital download
|—
|41
|—
|—
|17
|—
|—
|—
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|2009
|align="left"|'''''[[40/40 (Carpenters album)|40/40]]'''''
* Released: April 22, 2009
* Label: A&M / Universal
* Formats: CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|3
|—
|2
|—
|21
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
*RIAJ: Gold<ref name="riajcertification0906">{{cite web| url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200906.html| title= (RIAJ - Statistics - Certification Awards - June 2009)| language=ja| work=riaj.or.jp| publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]| access-date=October 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|align="left"|'''''Icon'''''
* Released: December 24, 2014
* Label: A&M / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
* Formats: CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
|2015
|align="left"|'''''The Complete Singles'''''
* Released: November 2015
* Label: A&M / TJL Productions / [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]
* Format: CD
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
|2016
|align="left"|'''''The Nation's Favourite Songs'''''
* Released: September 2016
* Label: A&M
* Format: CD, digital download
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|2
|
*BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|2018
|align="left"|'''''[[Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]'''''
* Released: December 7, 2018
* Label: A&M, [[Universal Music Enterprises]]
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
|—
|29
|—
|25
|—
|—
|—
|8
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
|-
|2019
|align="left"|'''''Collected'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/carpenters-collected-2lp-vinyl/|title=Carpenters / Collected 2LP vinyl|first=Paul|last=Sinclair|date=21 May 2019|accessdate=2024-09-20}}</ref>
* Released: June 28, 2019
* Label: Music On Vinyl
* Format: LP
|—
|—
|—
|—
|25
|—
|—
|—
|
|}
|}
{{note|Reflections|}} '''I''' Album only downloadable in the UK.<br />
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.


====Limited releases====
== Solo albums ==
*'''''Golden Prize''''' (Japan only)
After Karen's passing on [[February 4]], [[1983]], Richard started a solo career that had lukewarm responses. Karen, too, had a solo career, though posthumous. Karen's only solo album to date was her [[eponym]]ous album, released in 1996. The CD, out of print, includes songs recorded by Karen in [[New York City]] in 1979 with producer [[Phil Ramone]]. None of these solo albums have charted, nor have they been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.
**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]])<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>
----
*'''''Ketteiban (The Definitive)''''' (Japan only)
**Released: June 21, 1982
**Label: A&M/[[Alfa Records|Alfa]]
**Format(s): Cassette
**Chart position(s): #61 (JPN)
----
*'''''[[The Very Best of the Carpenters]]''''' (Australia and New Zealand only)
**Released: 1982
**Label: A&M/[[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]]
**Format(s): LP
**Chart position(s): #1 (AUS), #2 (NZ)<ref name=nza/>
----
*'''''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>
----
*'''''Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters)''''' (Japan only)
**Released: November 10, 1995
**Label: A&M / [[Polydor Records|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]])<ref name="dutchcharts">{{cite web |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Yesterday+Once+More+%2D+De+Nederlandse+singles+collectie&cat=a|title= dutchcharts.nl - Carpenters -Yesterday Once More - De Nederlandse Singles Collectie|access-date=2008-07-03}}</ref>


==Box sets==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
! Title
!rowspan="2"|Album details
! Notes
!colspan="2"|Peak chart positions
|-
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US"/>
|align="center"|'''''[[Time (Richard Carpenter album)|Time]]'''''
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[MegaCharts|NED]]<br><ref name="NED Albums"/>
|
* Released in [[October]], [[1987]]
* Richard Carpenter's debut solo album
* Included guest singers [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Dionne Warwick]], and actor [[Scott Grimes]]
* Out of print
* Label: [[A&M Records]]
* Formats: [[LP album]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette tape]], [[Compact Disc|compact disc]]
|-
|-
|1991
|align="center"|'''''[[Karen Carpenter (album)|Karen Carpenter]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''[[From the Top (album)|From the Top]]'''''
|
* Released on [[October 8]], [[1996]]
* Released: 1991
* Label: A&M
* Karen's first and only posthumous solo album
* Formats: 4×CD, digital download
* Outtakes of Karen's recording sessions with [[Phil Ramone]] in [[New York City]] in [[1979]]-[[1980]]
|—
* Out of print in United States
|—
* Label: A&M Records
* Formats: Cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|-
|-
|1996
|align="center"|'''''[[Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor|Pianist, Arranger<br>Composer, Conductor]]'''''
|align="left"|'''''Christmas Collection'''''
|
* Released on [[January 27]], [[1998]]
* Released: 1996
* Label: A&M
* Richard's second and latest solo album
* Formats: 2×CD, digital download
* Includes instrumentals of popular songs of Carpenters
|158
* Dedicated to Richard's deceased mother, Agnes Carpenter<ref name="officialsite">{{cite web |url= http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/|title= Richard and Karen Carpenter - Official Website|accessdate=2008-01-17 |author= Carpenter, Richard}}</ref>
|118
* Out of print
* Label: A&M Records
* Formats: Cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|-
|-
|2002
|align="left"|'''''[[The Essential Collection: 1965–1997]]'''''
* Released: 2002
* Label: A&M
* Formats: 4×CD, digital download
|—
|—
|-
|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>
* Released: November 17, 2017
* Label: A&M
* Formats: 12×LP
|—
|—
|}
|}


==Compilations==
==Singles==
{|class="wikitable"
All of the certifications and sales data are taken from the Recording Industry Association of America website's [http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH searchable database].
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Single
!colspan="11"| Chart position
!rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| B-side
!rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
!rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Album
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="The Carpenters US Chart History">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carpenters/chart-history/hsi/|title=The Carpenters Chart History (Hot 100)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br /><ref name="The Carpenters US Chart History2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carpenters/chart-history/asi/|title=The Carpenters Chart History (Adult Contemporary)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>

!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| 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%"|[[GfK Entertainment Charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="German singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150626/http://www.officialcharts.de/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |title=German Chart |publisher=Charts.de [[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de |access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="Irish singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish Charts |publisher=Irish Charts |access-date=2014-09-21}}</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|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%"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>


{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| 1966
!rowspan="2"|Title
| "[[Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song)|Looking for Love]]" <small>(Karen Carpenter)</small>
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|align="center"| —
!rowspan="2"|Sales and certifications
|align="center"| —
!colspan="3"|Chart positions
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| <small>"I'll Be Yours"</small>
|
|Non-album single
|-
|-
| 1969
!width="100"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small>
| "[[Ticket to Ride (song)#The Carpenters|Ticket to Ride]]"
!width="100"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small>
|align="center"| 54
!width="100"|<small>[[Oricon|JP]]</small>
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 24
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| <small>"Your Wonderful Parade"</small>
|
|''Offering''
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1970
|align="center"|'''''[[The Singles: 1969-1973]]'''''
| "[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]"
|
|align="center"| 1
* Released on [[November 9]], [[1973]]
|align="center"| 1
* Carpenters' first compilation album
|align="center"| 1
* Best selling Carpenters album to date
|align="center"| 1
* Label: [[A&M Records]]
|align="center"| —
* Formats: [[LP album]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette tape]], [[Compact Disc|compact disc]], [[digital download]]
|align="center"| —
| 7,000,000 units<br>7× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|#1
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"|#1
|align="center"| 71
|align="center"|#1
|align="center"| 30
|align="center"| 9
|align="center"| 6
| <small>"I Kept on Loving You"</small>
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="Carpenters UK"/>
|rowspan=2|''Close to You''
|-
|-
| "[[We've Only Just Begun]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[The Singles: 1974-1978]]'''''
|align="center"| 2
|
|align="center"| 1
* Released in [[1978]]
|align="center"| 6
* Carpenters' second compilation album
|align="center"| 1
* Not released in the United States
|align="center"| 1
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| —
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| 71
|align="center"|#2
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 28
| <small>"All of My Life"</small>
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="Carpenters UK"/>
|-
|-
| "[[Merry Christmas Darling|Merry Christmas, Darling]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[Yesterday Once More (album)|Yesterday Once More]]'''''
|align="center"| —
|
|align="center"| —
* Released in [[April]] of [[1985]]
|align="center"| —
* Carpenters' third compilation album
|align="center"| 50
* Two-disc set
|align="center"| —
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| —
* Formats: LP album, cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|align="center"| —
| 2,000,000 units<br>2× platinum<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|#10
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 45
| <small>"Mr. Guder"</small>
|
|''Christmas Portrait''
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1971
|align="center"|'''''[[From the Top (Carpenters compilation)|From the Top]]'''''
| "[[For All We Know (1970 song)|For All We Know]]"
|
|align="center"| 3
* Released in [[1991]]
|align="center"| 1
* Carpenters' fourth compilation album (first [[box set]])
|align="center"| 10
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| 5
* Formats: Compact disc, digital download
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"| —
| <small>"Don't Be Afraid"</small>
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|rowspan=3|''Carpenters''
|-
|-
| "[[Rainy Days and Mondays]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration|Interpretations]]'''''
|align="center"| 2
|
|align="center"| 1
* Released on [[February 7]], [[1995]]
|align="center"| 35
* Carpenters' fifth compilation album
|align="center"| 3
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| 1
* Formats: Cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|#29
|align="center"| 72
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 53<sup>{{anchor|ref_A}}[[#endnote A|'''[A]''']]</sup>
| <small>"Saturday"</small>
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
|-
| "[[Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)|Superstar]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[Love Songs (Carpenters album)|Love Songs]]'''''
|align="center"| 2<sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote B|'''[B]''']]</sup>
|
|align="center"| 1
* Released in [[1997]]
|align="center"| 35
* Carpenters' sixth compilation album
|align="center"| 3
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| 1
* Formats: Cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
|align="center"| —
| 500,000 units<br>Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|#106
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|#47
|align="center"| 7
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| 9
|align="center"| 18<sup>{{anchor|ref_C}}[[#endnote C|'''[C]''']]</sup>
| <small>"Bless the Beasts and Children"</small>
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
|-
| "[[Bless the Beasts and Children (song)|Bless the Beasts and Children]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[Reflections (Carpenters album)|Reflections]]'''''
|align="center"| 67<sup>{{anchor|ref_D}}[[#endnote D|'''[D]''']]</sup>
|
|align="center"| 26
* Released on [[June 30]], [[1998]]
|align="center"| —
* Carpenters' seventh compilation album
|align="center"| —
* Features rare remixes of the less-popular songs
|align="center"| 25
* Label: A&M Records
|align="center"| —
* Formats: Compact disc, digital download (excludes [[United States]])
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| 85
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| <small>B-side of "Superstar"</small>
|
|rowspan=4|''A Song for You''
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1972
|align="center"|'''''[[The Singles: 1969-1981]]'''''
| "[[Hurting Each Other]]"
|
|align="center"| 2
* Released in [[2000]]
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* Carpenters' eighth compilation album
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* Label: A&M Records
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* Formats: Cassette tape, compact disc, digital download
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| <small>"Maybe It's You"</small>
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| "[[It's Going to Take Some Time]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[The Essential Collection: 1965-1997]]'''''
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* Released in [[2002]]
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* Carpenters' ninth compilation album (second box set)
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* Almost identical to ''From the Top''
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| <small>"[[Flat Baroque]]"</small>
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| "[[Goodbye to Love]]"
|align="center"|'''''[[Carpenters Perform Carpenter]]'''''
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* Released on [[July 29]], [[2003]]
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* Carpenters' tenth compilation album
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* Label: A&M Records
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| <small>"Crystal Lullaby"</small>
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| rowspan="3"| 1973
|align="center"|'''''[[Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition]]'''''
| "[[Sing (Joe Raposo song)|Sing]]"
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* Released on [[February 10]], [[2004]]
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* Carpenters' eleventh compilation album
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* Two disc set which is fully composed of remixes
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* Label: A&M Records
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| <small>"Druscilla Penny"</small>
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| "[[Yesterday Once More (song)|Yesterday Once More]]"
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| <small>"Road Ode"</small>
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* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
* 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]]"
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| <small>"Heather"</small>
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|''A Song for You''
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| "[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]]"
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| <small>"Mr. Guder"</small>
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|''Now & Then''
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| "[[I Won't Last a Day Without You]]"
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|align="center"| 32<sup>{{anchor|ref_F}}[[#endnote F|'''[F]''']]</sup>
| <small>"[[One Love (Carpenters song)|One Love]]"</small>
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|''A Song for You''
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| "[[Please Mr. Postman]]"
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| <small>"[[This Masquerade]]"</small>
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* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="Carpenters UK"/>
* MC: Gold<ref name="Carpenters Canada">{{cite web |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/#!/gp_search=carpenters |title=Canada Certifications |publisher=[[Music Canada]]}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|''Horizon''
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| rowspan="3"| 1975
| "[[Only Yesterday (song)|Only Yesterday]]"
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| <small>"Happy"</small>
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| "[[Santa Claus Is Coming to Town|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]"
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| <small>"Merry Christmas, Darling"</small>
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|''Christmas Portrait''
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| "[[Solitaire (Neil Sedaka song)|Solitaire]]"
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| <small>"Love Me for What I Am"</small>
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| rowspan="4"| 1976
| "[[There's a Kind of Hush]]"
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| <small>"(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You"</small>
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| "[[I Need to Be in Love]]"
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| <small>"Sandy"</small>
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| "[[Goofus (song)|Goofus]]"
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| <small>"Boat to Sail"</small>
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| "[[Breaking Up Is Hard to Do]]"
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| <small>"I Have You"</small>
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| rowspan="3"| 1977
| "[[All You Get from Love Is a Love Song]]"
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| <small>"I Have You"</small>
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|rowspan=2|''Passage''
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| "[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]"
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| <small>"[[Can't Smile Without You]]"</small>
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| "[[The Christmas Song|Christmas Song]]"
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| <small>"Merry Christmas Darling"</small>
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| "[[Sweet, Sweet Smile]]"
|align="center"| 44<sup>{{anchor|ref_G}}[[#endnote G|'''[G]''']]</sup>
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| <small>"I Have You"</small>
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| "[[I Believe You]]"
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| <small>"B'wana, She No Home"</small>
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| "[[Touch Me When We're Dancing]]"
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| <small>"Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)"</small>
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| "[[(Want You) Back in My Life Again]]"
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| <small>"Somebody's Been Lyin'"</small>
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| "[[Those Good Old Dreams]]"
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| <small>"When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)"</small>
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| 1982
| "[[Beechwood 4-5789]]"
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| <small>"Two Sides"</small>
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| "[[Make Believe It's Your First Time]]"
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| <small>"Look to Your Dreams"</small>
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| "[[Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore]]"
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| <small>"Sailing on the Tide"</small>
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| "[[Now (The Carpenters song)|Now]]"
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| <small>"Look to Your Dreams"</small>
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| "[[Little Altar Boy]]"
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| <small>"Do You Hear What I Hear?"</small>
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|''An Old Fashioned Christmas''
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| 1986
| "[[Honolulu City Lights]]"
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| <small>"I Just Fall in Love Again"</small>
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| 1989
| "[[If I Had You (The Carpenters song)|If I Had You]]" <small>(Karen Carpenter)</small>
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|align="center"| 18<ref name="Karen Carpenter US Chart History2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/karen-carpenter/chart-history/|title=Karen Carpenter Chart History (Adult Contemporary)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2024-09-19}}</ref>
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| <small>"The Uninvited Guest"</small>
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| 1990
| "Merry Christmas, Darling" <small>(re-issue)</small>
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| <small> "(They Long to Be) Close to You"</small>
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|''Christmas Portrait''
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| 1991
| "[[Let Me Be the One (Carpenters song)|Let Me Be the One]]" <small>(promotional single)</small>
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| "Rainy Days and Mondays" <small>(re-issue)</small>
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| <small>"Goodbye to Love"</small>
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| 1994
| "[[Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again]]"
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| <small>"Sing"</small>
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| 1995
| "I Need to Be in Love" <small>(Japan re-issue)</small>
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|''22 Hits of the Carpenters''
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| "[[Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)|Ave Maria]]"
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| 2001
| "[[Rainbow Connection|The Rainbow Connection]]"
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| "Top of the World" <small>(Japan re-issue)</small>
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|''Gold''
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== Videos ==
===Notes===
* A{{anchor|endnote_A}}'''[[#ref A|^]]''' Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List"
All of the certifications and sales data are taken from the Recording Industry Association of America website's [http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH searchable database].
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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>
* 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.


===Holiday 100 chart entries===
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-christmas-radio-20151222-story.html|title=Jingle bell rock: Why lots of radio stations go all-Christmas in December|last=Judkis|first=Maura|date=2015-12-22|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> 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",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8491032/andy-williams-the-ronettes-hot-100-chart-moves |title=Andy Williams Hits New High, The Ronettes 'Ride' Back After 52 Years & More Hot 100 Chart Moves|publisher=billboard.com |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Carey Brings Back 'Christmas'|date= 2013-12-14 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page=115}}</ref> 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.

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
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!rowspan="2"|Title
!colspan="13"|Holiday season peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Album
|- style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"
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!align=centre| 2013
!align=centre| 2014
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!align=centre| 2017
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!align=centre| 2020
!align=centre| 2021
!align=centre| 2022
!align=centre| 2023
|-
|align=left|"[[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]"
| 32<ref name = "havemerry">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-17|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094819/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-17|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 17, 2011 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 47<ref name = "havechristmas">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094729/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-08|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2012 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 55<ref name = "havemerrysleigh">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094632/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-14|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2013 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 82<ref name = "havehome">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-13|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-13|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 13, 2014 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 81<ref name = "haveholidays">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094423/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-12|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 12, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 64<ref name = "yourselfhome">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094320/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-10|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 10, 2016 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 74<ref name = "yourselfhomesleigh">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-09|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094222/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-09|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 9, 2017 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan = "2" align = center|''Christmas Portrait''
|-
| align=left | "[[Merry Christmas Darling]]"
| 35<ref name = havemerry/>
| 24<ref name = havechristmas/>
| 38<ref name = havemerrysleigh/>
| 53<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094510/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-27|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 27, 2014 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 63<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-26|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094355/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-26|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 26, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 25<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-31|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094245/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-31|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 31, 2016 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 57<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-01-03|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094159/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-01-03|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 3, 2018 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 38<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-01-05|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190223023907/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-01-05|url-status= dead|archive-date= 23 February 2019|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 5, 2019 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 40<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-14|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2019|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151038/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-14|archive-date= January 3, 2021}}</ref>
| 81<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-19|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 19, 2020|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210103235337/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-19|archive-date= January 3, 2021}}</ref>
| 73<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-12-25|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 25, 2021)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 2021|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| 73<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2023-01-07|title=Holiday 100 (Week of January 7, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 7, 2023|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>
| 83<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2023-12-16|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 16, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=left |"[[Home for the Holidays (song)|Home for the Holidays]]"
| —
| 41<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-15|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094718/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-15|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 15, 2012 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 45<ref name = havemerrysleigh/>
| 65<ref name = havehome/>
| 57<ref name = haveholidays/>
| 36<ref name = yourselfhome/>
| 92<ref name = yourselfhomesleigh/>
| 82<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190223024719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-08|url-status= dead|archive-date= 23 February 2019|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2018 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| 88<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-07|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 7, 2019|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210818011431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-07|archive-date= August 18, 2021}}</ref>
| —
| 97<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-12-04|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 4, 2021)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 4, 2021|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
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| —
| ''An Old-Fashioned Christmas''
|-
| align=left |"[[Sleigh Ride]]"
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| —
| 78<ref name = havemerrysleigh/>
| 99<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-01-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094435/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-01-10|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 10, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| —
| —
| 95<ref name = yourselfhomesleigh/>
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| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan = "2" align = center|''Christmas Portrait''
|-
| align=left | "[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]"
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| —
| —
| —
| 72<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094412/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-19|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2018|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 19, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
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|}

==Other appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="33"| Year
! Song
! Album
|-
| 1971
| "[[Bless the Beasts and Children (song)|Bless the Beasts and Children]]" <small>(soundtrack version)</small>
| ''[[Bless the Beasts and Children (soundtrack)|Bless the Beasts and Children]]''
|}

==Videos==
===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Notes
! Notes
! Certifications
! Track listing
! Sales and certifications
|-
|-
|1985
|align="center"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits]]'''''
|align="center"|'''''[[Gold: Greatest Hits (video)|Yesterday Once More]]'''''
|
|
* Released originally in 1985 under the name ''Yesterday Once More''
* Repackaged in 2002 on DVD under the name ''Gold: Greatest Hits''
* Repackaged in 2002 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]]
|
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
#"[[We've Only Just Begun]]"
* ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIADVDCert2010>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=The Carpenters|type=video|certyear=2010|access-date=December 16, 2021}}</ref>
#"Those Good Old Dreams"
* BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
#"[[Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)#Carpenters version|Superstar]]"
#"[[Rainy Days and Mondays]]"
#"[[All You Get from Love Is a Love Song]]"
#"[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]"
#"[[Ticket to Ride]]"
#"[[Only Yesterday]]"
#"[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]"
#"[[Beechwood 4-5789]]"
#"[[Touch Me When We're Dancing]]
#"[[Hurting Each Other]]"
#"[[Please Mr. Postman]]
#"[[There's a Kind of Hush|There's a Kind of Hush (All over the World)]]"
#"[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]"
|align="center"|&mdash;
|-
|-
|1995
|align="center"|'''''[[Interpretations (Carpenters DVD)|Interpretations]]'''''
|align="center"|'''''[[Interpretations (The Carpenters DVD)|Interpretations]]'''''
|
|
* 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
|
|
* BPI: Gold<ref name="bpi"/>
#"[[Without a Song]]"
#"Superstar"
#"Rainy Days and Mondays"
#"[[Reason to Believe]]"
#"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
#"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
#"[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]"
#"[[Bless the Beasts and Children (song)|Bless the Beasts and Children]]"
#"We've Only Just Begun"
#"[[When I Fall in Love (song)|When I Fall in Love]]"
#"[[From This Moment On (Cole Porter song)|From This Moment On]]"
|align="center"|&mdash;
|-
|-
| 1996
|align="center"|'''''[[Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters|Close to You:<br>Remembering the Carpenters]]'''''
|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>
|
|
* Released on [[March 1]], [[1998]]
* Released originally in September 26, 1996 on VHS & LD by [[PolyGram|PolyGram Japan]]
* DVD released March 8, 2017
* Carpenters' first DVD documentary
* Label: [[Universal Music Japan]]
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
|
|-
|1998
|align="center"|'''''[[Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters|Close to You:<br>Remembering the Carpenters]]'''''
|
* Released on March 1, 1998
* Label: MPI Home Video
* Label: MPI Home Video
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
* Formats: Video cassette, laserdisc, DVD
|
| 500,000 units<br>Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
|align="center"|&mdash;
|-
|align="center" colspan="11" style="font-size: 8pt"| "&mdash;" denotes albums that were released but did not chart or things that are not applicable.
|-
|-
|2016
|align="center"|'''''Carpenters: Christmas Memories'''''
|
* Released on 2016
* Available with PBS donation only
* Label: A&M Video
* Formats: DVD
|
|}
|}


== References ==
===Music videos===
*"[[Dancing in the Street]]" (1968)
{{Reflist}}
*"[[Ticket to Ride (song)#The Carpenters|Ticket to Ride]]" (1969)
*"[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]" (1970)
*"[[We've Only Just Begun]]" (1970)
*"[[For All We Know (1970 song)|For All We Know]]" (1971)
*"[[Rainy Days and Mondays]]" (1971)
*"[[Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)|Superstar]]" (1971)
*"[[Hurting Each Other]]" (1972)
*"[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]" (1973)
*"[[Yesterday Once More (song)|Yesterday Once More]]" (1973)
*"[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]]" (1974)
*"[[Sing (Joe Raposo song)|Sing]]" (1974)
*"[[Please Mr. Postman]]" (1974)
*"[[Only Yesterday (song)|Only Yesterday]]" (1975)
*"[[There's a Kind of Hush]]" (1976)
*"[[I Need to Be in Love]]" (1976)
*"[[Goofus (song)|Goofus]]" (1976)
*"[[All You Get from Love Is a Love Song]]" (1977)
*"[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]" (1977)
*"[[Sweet, Sweet Smile]]" (1978)
*"[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]" (1979)
*"[[When I Fall in Love]] (1980)
*"[[Touch Me When We're Dancing]]" (1981)
*"[[(Want You) Back in My Life Again]]" (1981)
*"[[Those Good Old Dreams]]" (1981)
*"[[Beechwood 4-5789]]" (1982)
*"[[Now (The Carpenters song)|Now]]" (1983)


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of songs by the Carpenters]]
* [[List of songs recorded by The Carpenters]]
* [[If I Were a Carpenter (tribute album)|''If I Were a Carpenter'' (tribute album)]]

==References==
*{{cite web | url= http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/| title= Richard and Karen Carpenter — Official website | access-date=2008-01-16}}
{{Reflist}}


{{The Carpenters}}
{{The Carpenters}}


[[Category:The Carpenters]]
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[[Category:The Carpenters|Discography]]
[[Category:Discographies of American artists|Carpenters, The]]
[[Category:Pop music group discographies]]

Latest revision as of 12:21, 27 November 2024

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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