Carpenters: Every Year-End Hit
Carpenters has 11 entries on the year-end Top 100 between 1970 and 1975, covering 11 different songs. The biggest was “(They Long To Be) Close To You”, No. 2 of 1970.
Year-end entries1111 songs
Best finishNo. 2(They Long To Be) Close To You, 1970
First and last1970–19756 years
Year-end No. 1s0none yet
Carpenters’s biggest year was 1971, with 3 songs on the list.
Hits by year
19562025
All 11 entries
| Year | # | Song | Credit | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2 | (They Long To Be) Close To You | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1970 | 65 | We've Only Just Begun | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1971 | 30 | Superstar | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1971 | 35 | For All We Know | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1971 | 38 | Rainy Days And Mondays | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1972 | 65 | Hurting Each Other | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1973 | 59 | Sing | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1973 | 70 | Yesterday Once More | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1974 | 39 | Top Of The World | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1975 | 32 | Please Mr. Postman | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
| 1975 | 94 | Only Yesterday | Carpenters | ▶♪ |
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Counts include songs where Carpenters was a lead or featured artist on the year-end Top 100 (1956–2025). A song that charted in two years counts once per year.