Question: Thoroughbred is an album released in 1976, by which American composer and singer-songwriter, and also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005?

Context articles: Silver Machine
Lollipop (Mika song)
Thoroughbred (album)
Country Grammar
Carole King
Gnarls Barkley discography
Boyzone
Tattooed Beat Messiah
Together (Anne Murray album)
Kate Bush

"Silver Machine" is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind.
 It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching number three on the UK singles chart.
 The single was re-issued in 1976, again in 1978 reaching number 34 on the UK singles charts, and once again in 1983 reaching number 67 on the UK singles charts.
 The original mix has been re-released on the remasters version of "In Search of Space".
"Lollipop" is a song by Mika from his 2007 debut album, "Life in Cartoon Motion".
 When the album was released, "Lollipop" had high numbers of downloads, even before it had been released as a single, charting in the Top 75 UK Singles Charts.
 In April 2007, it was released to radio in the UK, Norway, Switzerland, and Australia.
 On 31 December 2007, it was released as a double A-side single with "Relax, Take It Easy" in the UK.
 The single was available for digital download on 24 December 2007.
 Mika has said in interviews that the song was written as a message to his younger sister.
 The single performed well in the UK Singles Chart considering that it was released as a fifth single from "Life in Cartoon Motion", peaking in the UK Top 20 this time at #18.
 The song was covered a cappella in the 2015 film Pitch Perfect 2.
Thoroughbred is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1976.
 This is her final effort issued by Ode Records, and also the last album produced by Lou Adler who had been her collaborator since "Tapestry".
Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly.
 It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records (who released the album after listening to demos by Nelly, before signing a record deal with the rapper in 1999).
 The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats.
 Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album, with Epperson and City Spud also contributing.
 The album introduced a unique Saint Louis, Midwestern sound, and introduces Nelly's vocal style of pop-rap singalongs and Midwestern, Missouri twang.
 It was supported four successful singles: "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", "E.I.", "Ride wit Me" and "Batter Up".
 Its lead single, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", peaked at number 7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart.
 "E.I." charted at number 16, number 12 and number 11 on the Hot 100, UK Singles Chart and ARIA Singles Chart, respectively.
 "Ride wit Me" peaked within the top five on the Hot 100, ARIA Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart.
 The album's fourth and final single, "Batter Up" featuring Murphy Lee and Ali, achieved moderate chart success.
Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.
 She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999.
 King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005.
The discography of Gnarls Barkley, an American alternative hip hop duo composed of record producer Danger Mouse and soul singer Cee Lo Green, consists of two studio albums, two extended plays, seven singles and seven music videos.
 The duo originally met in the late 1990s, and began to record music together in 2003 following the release of Danger Mouse's 2003 album "Ghetto Pop Life".
 Their first single, "Crazy", was released in 2006; it achieved worldwide chart success, reaching number two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 – where it was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) – and reaching the top ten of the Australian, New Zealand and Swiss singles charts, among others.
 It also topped the UK Singles Chart, attracting considerable attention for becoming the first song ever to top the chart on digital download sales alone, following a change to the chart's eligibility rules allowing songs to chart purely on digital sales providing that it was given a physical release the following week.
 The song appeared on Gnarls Barkley's debut studio album, "St. Elsewhere", which peaked at number four on the US "Billboard" 200 as well as topping the New Zealand and United Kingdom albums charts.
 Three further singles – "Smiley Faces", which reached the top ten of the UK and Irish singles charts, "Who Cares?
" and a cover of the Violent Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" – were released from "St. Elsewhere", although none of them appeared on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Boyzone are an Irish boy band.
 Their most famous line-up was composed of Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch.
 Boyzone have had 21 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 22 singles in the Irish charts.
 The group have had 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12 of their 24 singles in the UK being in the UK Top 2.
 Boyzone are one of the most successful bands in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
 In total, Boyzone had 19 top 5 singles on the Irish Singles Chart, 18 top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, nine No. 1 Irish hit singles and six No. 1 UK hit singles and five No. 1 albums, with 25 million records sold by 2013 worldwide.
Tattooed Beat Messiah is the 1988 debut full-length studio release by Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction.
 Engineered by Femi Jiya and Mark Freegard.
 Mixed by Nigel Green.
 The album reached #132 on the US "Billboard" 200 and #20 on the UK album charts in March 1988 supported by music videos for the "Prime Mover" (single, April 1987), "Backseat Education" (single, October 1987, UK #49), and "Planet Girl" (single, March 1988, UK #63).
 Tracks included on the album that had been released in 1987 were remixed for inclusion on the album.
 "Prime Mover" would be the band's most successful single reaching #18 on the UK singles charts in May 1987, well in advance of the eventual album release.
 The single also charted in New Zealand hitting #12.
Together is the eleventh studio album by Anne Murray, released in November 1975.
 The album reached # #15 on the U.S. country album charts and #142 on the pop albums charts.
 It was one of Murray's few albums during this time period that did not chart in Canada.
 Two singles were released from the album: "The Call" (also sometimes referred to as "Long Distance Call"), which reached #19 and #6 on the U.S. country and A/C singles charts respectively, and "Sunday Sunrise", which reached #49 on the country singles charts, and #13 on the A/C singles charts.
 "The Call" was a rerecording of a song, which Murray had originally included on her "Honey, Wheat and Laughter" album in 1970.
Catherine "Kate" Bush, CBE (born 30 July 1958 ) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer.
 Bush first came to note in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number-one with a self-written song.
 She has since released twenty-five UK Top 40 singles, including the top ten hits "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and "King of the Mountain".
 She has released ten studio albums, all of which reached the UK Top 10, including the UK number-one albums "Never for Ever" (1980), "Hounds of Love" (1985), and the compilation "The Whole Story" (1986).
 She is the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at number-one.