They are Carpenter brothers and sisters, the highest-selling artists in the United States in the 1970s and one of the best-selling orchestras in the history of music. Karen Carpenter and his brother Richard Carpenter were born in Connecticut, USA. Richard is a talented artist who is good at singing, playing the piano and writing songs. After forming a band with his sister, he is willing to write songs and play a supporting role with her. They have a good musical environment since childhood. 1969, they traveled all over Los Angeles with their recorded music, and finally in A & amp； M record company was appreciated and they ushered in the dawn of success. 1969165438+1October 15 The first album "Close to You" was released, and the album's song of the same name instantly topped the charts. Since then, the career of the carpenter's singing group has been flourishing, and excellent works have been published continuously. During their short music career of 14 years, they recorded 1 1 album, but wrote many records that the younger generation in the music world could not catch up with! A total of 30 TOP20 singles in the national lyrics list and 65,438+08 TOP20 singles in the national hit singles list were created, with global sales exceeding 6,543.8+billion, three Grammy Awards and 65,438+0 American Music Awards, as well as countless gold records, and more brilliantly boarded the "Shining Star" on the Avenue of Stars and the Grammy Awards Hall of Fame. But it didn't last long. 1February 4, 983, Karen died in the arms of her parents who loved her deeply because of chronic anorexia and mental stress. She was only 32 when she died. The carpenter band also ended here. However, karen carpenters's fresh and healthy melody, slightly melancholy alto and cordial and natural singing will never be forgotten.