The Carpenters View Sheet Music for this ArtistThe Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply "Carpenters", without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and faster-paced rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
The Carpenters' melodic pop charted a record-breaking score of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, becoming leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and adult contemporary genres. The Carpenters had three #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen #1 hits on the Adult Contemporary Singles Charts. In addition, they had twelve top 10 hits (including their #1 hits). It has been estimated that the Carpenters' album and single sales total to more than 100 million units.
During their fourteen year career, the Carpenters had eleven albums, five of which contained top 10 singles (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then and Horizon), thirty one singles, five television specials, and one television series. They had numerous tours internationally, in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Holland and Belgium. Their recording career ended with Karen's death on February 4, 1983; she succumbed to cardiac arrest due to complications of anorexia nervosa. Extensive news coverage of the circumstances surrounding her death increased public awareness of the consequences of eating disorders.
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