The Tragic Story of The Carpenters

Published on 07/15/2018
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Mild Success

Karen and Richard were able to release their first album in 1969. However, it did not perform well during its initial run as it was heavily criticized and only had 18,000 sales. Luckily, A&M Records decided to support the pair and even launched a rebranding to cater to the international market. This would prove to be a great move as “Ticket to Ride” ended up selling 250,000 copies.

Mild Success

Mild Success

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