In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era. He has received six Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards – winning two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the first Brits Icon in 2013, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Disney Legend award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. His single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is "the best-selling single of all time". 1 hits on US Adult Contemporary Chart (16 No. For 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four No. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967 they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor. Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, LP, streaming1973 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Playerġ975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
^ Album was not released and did not chart in the United States until 1975."-" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. Formats: LP, cassette, 8-Track, Reel TapeĬaptain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.John is also Billboard 's greatest male solo artist on the Hot 100 of all time (third overall behind the Beatles and Madonna). 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 7 No. In 2019, Billboard ranked him as the greatest solo artist of all time (third overall behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones). According to RIAA, he has sold 79 million albums in the United States, making him the 6th best-selling male solo artist in history. John's biggest selling studio album is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and ranks among the best-selling albums worldwide. Throughout his career, John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artist of all time. In 2017, John released the greatest hits album Diamonds, spanning his hits from 1970 to 2016. John has continued to record new music since then, including the albums Songs from the West Coast (2001), The Diving Board (2013), Wonderful Crazy Night (2016), and The Lockdown Sessions (2021). John continued his success in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit albums including 21 at 33 (1980), Too Low for Zero (1983), Sleeping with the Past (1989), The One (1992), Made in England (1995), and The Big Picture (1997). John's commercial success was at its peak in the 1970s, when he released a streak of chart-topping albums in the US and UK, including Honky Château (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Caribou (1974), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), and Rock of the Westies (1975). In 1970, John released his self-titled second album Elton John, which featured his first hit single, " Your Song". In 1969, John's debut album, Empty Sky, was released. The albums discography of British musician and singer-songwriter Elton John consists of 31 studio albums, 5 live albums, 9 soundtrack albums, 22 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, 3 tribute albums, 4 collaboration albums, and 2 holiday albums.
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