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(Reuters) - American singer-songwriter Carole King will be awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the U.S. national library said on Thursday. 
  
 The multiple Grammy Award winner co-wrote her first No. 1 hit at age 17 with then-husband Gerry Goffin and was the first female solo artist to sell more than 10 million copies of a single album, with her 1971 release “Tapestry.” 
  
 The prize honors individuals for lifetime achievement in popular music, the library said. It is named after songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin. 
  
 King, now 70, topped the charts with the song “It’s Too Late” in 1971, but is best known for her work performed by others, including “You’ve Got a Friend” by James Taylor and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin. 
  
 “I was so pleased when the venerable Library of Congress began honoring writers of popular songs with the Gershwin Prize,” King said in a statement. “I’m proud to be the fifth such honoree and the first woman among such distinguished company.” 
  
 King and Goffin wrote some the biggest hits of the 1960s before their nine-year marriage ended in 1968. They rose to prominence in 1960 writing “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” for the Shirelles. 
  
 The duo also scored hits with “Take Good Care of My Baby,” performed by Bobby Vee in 1961, “The Loco-Motion,” performed by Little Eva in 1962 and “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” performed by The Monkees in 1967, among others. 
  
 New York-born King did not hit it big as a singer until 1971, when “Tapestry” topped the U.S. album charts for 15 weeks, then a record for a female solo artist. 
  
 Past recipients of the award include Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and songwriting tandem Burt Bacharach and Hal David. ||||| Carole King, right, joined by Alicia Keys at a recent salute in Hollywood to King's music, will receive the Library of Congress' 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images) 
  
 Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. 
  
 The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the 1960s including the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” the Chiffons’ “One Fine Day,” the Drifters’ “Up On the Roof” and the Monkees’ “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” among dozens of others, before becoming a star in her own right with her 1971 album “Tapestry,” one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. 
  
 King will be feted next spring in Washington, D.C., at a ceremony that typically features the recipient and a variety of top-name performers singing his or her songs. Previous Gershwin Prize winners are Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and the team of Hal David and Burt Bacharach. 
  
 “Carole King has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time,” Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “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.” 
  
 In the same statement, King said, “I was so pleased when the venerable Library of Congress began honoring writers of popular songs with the Gershwin Prize. I’m proud to be the fifth such honoree and the first woman among such distinguished company. I look forward to performing in the nation’s capital.” 
  
 “Tapestry” earned King a rare diamond award from the Recording Industry Assn. of America in recognition of sales of more than 10 million copies. The collection spent 15 weeks at No. 1 in 1971, earned Grammy Awards as album of the year, record of the year for “It’s Too Late,” song of the year for “You’ve Got a Friend” and female pop vocal to King for the title track. 
  
 More than 1,000 performers have recorded more than 400 of her songs, yielding 100 hit singles, according to the Library of Congress. 
  
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Carole King makes a little history next spring when she collects the 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the US Library of Congress. King is the first woman to win the honor, which salutes a body of songwriting, reports the LA Times. King, 70, made her name with the seminal 1971 album Tapestry, featuring "It's Too Late" and "You've Got a Friend." Before that, however, she had a hand in writing hits such as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "One Fine Day," and "Up on the Roof." Reuters notes that she might be best known for songs written by her but performed by others, including "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin and James Taylor's version of "You've Got a Friend." Previous winners of the award are Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, and the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.