Editing Carole King (section)

===2010s===
[[File:You Can Close Your Eyes JT CK 2010 - crop.jpg|thumb|right|King and [[James Taylor]] performing during their 2010 [[Troubadour Reunion Tour]]]]
In 2010 King and [[James Taylor]] staged their [[Troubadour Reunion Tour]] together, recalling the first time they played at [[The Troubadour, West Hollywood]] in 1970. The pair had reunited to mark the club's 50th anniversary two and a half years earlier in 2007 with the band they used in 1970. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to take the band on the road for 2010. The touring band featured players from that original band: [[Russ Kunkel]], [[Leland Sklar]], and [[Danny Kortchmar]]. Also present was King's son-in-law, [[Robbie Kondor]] and Taylor's three backing singers. King played piano and Taylor guitar on each other's songs, and they sang together some of the numbers they were both associated with. The tour began in Australia in March, returning to the United States in May. It was a major commercial success, with King playing to some of the largest audiences of her career. Total ticket sales exceeded 700,000 and the tour grossed over 59 million dollars, making it one of the most successful tours of the year.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957335/james-taylor-and-carole-king-craft-seasons-hottest-tour |title=James Taylor and Carole King Craft Season's Hottest Tour |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920113123/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957335/james-taylor-and-carole-king-craft-seasons-hottest-tour |url-status=live }}</ref>

During their Troubadour Reunion Tour, King released two albums, one of new material recorded with Taylor. The first, released in April 2010, ''The Essential Carole King'', was a compilation album of King's work and artists covering her songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003C5FMO4 |title=The Essential Carole King: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> The second album, ''[[Live at the Troubadour (Carole King and James Taylor)|Live at the Troubadour]]'' was released in May 2010, a collaboration between King and Taylor. It debuted at No.4 in the United States with sales of 78,000 copies. ''Live at the Troubadour'' has since received a gold record from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the US and remained on the charts for 34 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958279/godsmack-grabs-third-no-1-album-eminem-wows-digitally |title=Godsmack Grabs Third No. 1 Album; Eminem Wows Digitally |magazine=Billboard|date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729180826/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958279/godsmack-grabs-third-no-1-album-eminem-wows-digitally |url-status=live }}</ref>

King's mother, Eugenia Gingold, died in December 2010 in [[Delray Beach, Florida]] aged 94, from congestive heart failure.<ref>Dolen, Christine. (July 31, 1916) [http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/01/1995973/eugenia-gold-carole-kings-mother.html Eugenia Gingold, Carole King's mother, dies at 94]. ''MiamiHerald''. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.</ref>

In the fall of 2011, King released ''[[A Holiday Carole]]'', an album of Christmas music and new songs written by her daughter Louise Goffin who co-produced the album. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Album.<ref>Rockingdale Records HRM-33267-02 UPC 8-88072-33267-6</ref>

King's autobiography, ''[[A Natural Woman (book)|A Natural Woman: A Memoir]],'' was published by [[Grand Central Publishing|Grand Central]] in the United States in April 2012. It entered ''[[The New York Times]]'' bestseller list at No.6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/book/ |title=A Natural Woman |publisher=Carole King |access-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405151701/http://www.caroleking.com/book/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://troubadourtribune.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/carole-king-a-natural-woman-a-memoir-on-sale-april-10/ |title=Carole King: A Natural Woman – A Memoir on-sale April 10 |work=The Troubadour Tribune |date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316051207/https://troubadourtribune.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/carole-king-a-natural-woman-a-memoir-on-sale-april-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2012, King announced her retirement from music. King herself doubted she would ever write another song and said that her 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour with James Taylor was probably the last tour of her life, saying that it "was a good way to go out." King also said she will most likely not be writing or recording any new music.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488698/carole-king-it-would-be-lovely-to-retire |title=Carole King: 'It Would be Lovely to Retire' |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530100136/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488698/carole-king-it-would-be-lovely-to-retire |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=VVN Music |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/carole-king-retires-20120511 |title=Carole King Retires |work=[[Noise11]] |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726142032/http://www.noise11.com/news/carole-king-retires-20120511 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that month, she wrote on her Facebook page that she never said she was actually retiring and insisted that she was taking a break. Carole campaigned for Idahoan [[Nicole LeFavour]] and [[Barack Obama]] in 2012.

Early in December 2012, King received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/archive/8907923/ |title=Carole King receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star; ABC |publisher=ABClocal.com |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206064720/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Fentertainment&id=8907923 |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012 she was given the benefit concert 'Painted Turtle – a celebration of Carole King'.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/05/photos-a-celebration-of-carole-king-and-her-music/ |title=A Celebration of Carole King And Her Music; Denver Post |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207080618/http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/05/photos-a-celebration-of-carole-king-and-her-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> King also did an Australian tour in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/carole-king-australian-tour-february-2013/|title=Carole King Australian Tour, February 2013; MUsic Feeds|date=November 12, 2012|publisher=musicfeeds (Australia)|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015944/http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/carole-king-australian-tour-february-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[Boston Marathon bombing]], she performed in Boston with James Taylor to help victims of the bombing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhMPF0S11cQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/GhMPF0S11cQ| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Boston Strong – Carole King & James Taylor – "Up on the Roof" – LIVE |publisher=YouTube |date=June 1, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{quote box||align=right|width=25em|quote=Carole King has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time. For more than five decades, she has written for and been recorded by many different types of artists for a wide range of audiences, communicating with beauty and dignity the universal human emotions of love, joy, pain and loss. Her body of work reflects the spirit of the Gershwin Prize with its originality, longevity and diversity of appeal.|salign=right|source=[[James H. Billington]]<br />Librarian of Congress<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/carole-king-is-winner-of-gershwin-prize-for-popular-song-200686 "Carole King Is Winner of Gershwin Prize for Popular Song"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115220720/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/carole-king-is-winner-of-gershwin-prize-for-popular-song-200686 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, ''Playbill'', December 13, 2012</ref>}}

In late 2012, the Library of Congress announced that King had been named the 2013 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/05/21/carole-king-gershwin-prize-library-of-congress-concert/2349441/ |title=Carole King on Gershwin Prize: 'Do not make me cry' |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Yohana |last=Desta |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709074409/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/05/21/carole-king-gershwin-prize-library-of-congress-concert/2349441/ |url-status=live }}</ref>—the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. President Barack Obama and [[Michelle Obama]] hosted the award concert at the [[White House]] on May 22, 2013, with the President presenting the prize and reading the citation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/news/president-and-first-lady-host-concert-honoring-carole-king-recipient-2013-library-congress |title=The President and First Lady Host Concert Honoring Carole King: Recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song |publisher=Carole King |date=May 23, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516233635/http://www.caroleking.com/news/president-and-first-lady-host-concert-honoring-carole-king-recipient-2013-library-congress |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2013, Carole King received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caroleking.com/media/berklee-college-music-honorary-doctorate-degree-2013 |title=Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctorate Degree 2013 |publisher=Carole King |access-date=March 3, 2017 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221144742/http://www.caroleking.com/media/berklee-college-music-honorary-doctorate-degree-2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2013, she campaigned in Massachusetts for US Representative [[Ed Markey]], the Democratic nominee in a special election for the US Senate to succeed John Kerry who had resigned to become Secretary of State.

King was honored as [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/carole-king-named-2014-musicares-person-of-the-year |title=Carole King Named 2014 MusiCares Person Of The Year |publisher=GRAMMY.com |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106011857/http://www.grammy.com/news/carole-king-named-2014-musicares-person-of-the-year |url-status=live }}</ref> 
On December 6, 2015, she was honored as a [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honoree]].

In 2016, King was the headline performer at the [[British Summer Time (concerts)|British Summer Time Festival]] held in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London, on July 3, 2016, playing all of ''[[Tapestry (Carole King album)|Tapestry]]'' live for the first time. An album of the concert was released in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36700451|title=Carole King makes UK stage return playing Tapestry in full|work=BBC News|date=July 3, 2016|access-date=July 4, 2016|archive-date=July 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704000334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36700451|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2018, King released a new version of her song, "One". In her first new recording since 2011, she was inspired to re-write the lyrics to her song "One" (originally on her 1977 album ''Simple Things'') as "One (2018)" to reflect her dream for America in the [[2018 United States elections]], as "Love won".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/10/carole-kings-midterm-dream-is-one-2018-new-video-from-tapestry-studio.html|title=Carole King's Midterm Dream Is "One (2018)" New Video From Tapestry Studio – Music News Net|website=Musicnewsnet.com|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035537/https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/10/carole-kings-midterm-dream-is-one-2018-new-video-from-tapestry-studio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>