August 10, 2001 – Pop icon, singer/songwriter Carole King will release her first studio album of new material in eight years, Love Makes the World, September 25. Although offered several major label options, King is releasing the CD on her own label, Rockingale Records, through a KOCH partnership. "Making the album on my own, without the pressure of having to answer to a big record company, where decisions are made by committee, enabled me to make the album I wanted to make," said King.

Love Makes the World, produced primarily by King and Humberto Gatica, includes guest performances by several of King's good friends such as Kenny Edmonds (Babyface) on "You Can Do Anything," Celine Dion on "The Reason," Wynton Marsalis on "I Wasn't Going to Fall in Love," and k.d. lang on "An Uncommon Love." The songs, written in the inimitable King style, include the collaboration of a diverse set of writers such as PopRox, Babyface, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr and Carole Bayer Sager.

The album will be available at all traditional outlets as well as online. King will launch her own website, caroleking.com, in conjunction with the CD's release. The site will feature links to video interviews, extensive liner notes in installments for her new album, news, personal notes and thoughts from King herself on everything from family to the environment. A comprehensive timeline of her four-decade career is planned for future release on the website, as well as a detailed discography page listing work as both an artist and songwriter.