Carole King

Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff musicians at Brill building and later a solo artist. Considered one of the most famous, influential, and important folk rock artists of all time, King was the most successful female musician of the second half of the 20th century in the United States, having written or co-written She has written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King has also written 61 UK chart hits, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles chart since 1962. until 2005.

King's great success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become the norm for many artists. She has continued to write for other artists since then. King's success as her own performer didn't come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanied herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. . After a commercial disappointment with his debut album Writer, King scored his breakthrough with the album Tapestry, topping the US album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remaining on the chart for more than six years.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which holds the record for weeks at number 1 by a female artist for over 20 years. Her record sales are estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Composers Hall of Fame. She has been twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Award for Popular Song. , is the first woman to receive such an honor. She was also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree.