Elton John

Elton John Biography

Sir Elton Hercules John is an English singer, pianist and composer. Elton John has had a commercially successful solo career since the 1970s, having recorded 31 albums since 1969. He is known as the “Rocket Man” after his 1972 smash single of the same name. Elton John has been collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967, and he is praised by critics and musicians for his work in the 1970s, as well as his lasting influence on the music industry. Elton John’s songs and performance had a huge influence on popular music. One of the most successful songwriting collaborations in history is with Taupin.

Elton John was born in Pinner, Middlesex, on March 25, 1947. He began playing the piano at a young age and, by 1962, had joined Bluesology, a blues band with which he remained until 1967. In 1967, he met his longterm musical companion Taupin after responding to a call for songwriters. They wrote songs for other musicians for two years, and Elton worked as a session musician for other artists.

Elton John’s debut album, Empty Sky, was released in 1969. In 1970, he created the Elton John Band and released “Your Song,” his first hit record, which reached the top ten in both the UK and the US. Elton’s critical acclaim peaked in the 1970s, when he had a string of chart-topping albums in the United States and the United Kingdom, beginning with Honky Château in 1972 and ending with Rock of the Westies in 1975.

Elton’s popularity continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with many hit singles and albums in each decade, and he has continued to release new music since then. He also composed music for The Lion King and its stage adaptation, Aida, and Billy Elliot the Musical, among other musical films and theater productions. Diamonds, a greatest hits album encompassing his successes from 1970 to 2016, was published in 2017. In 2018, Elton began his Farewell Yellow Brick Road farewell tour, which would run until 2023. Me, Elton John’s autobiography, was released in 2019. Rocketman, a biopic on his life and music career, was released the same year. Elton has made cameo appearances in numerous films and television shows, despite the fact that he did not star in his own biopic.

Elton John is a fundraiser for HIV/AIDS charities and has been involved in the battle against AIDS since the late 1980s. In 1992, Elton founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and a year later, he began holding his annual Foundation Academy Awards Party, which has since grown to become one of Hollywood’s most high-profile Oscar parties. The organization has raised nearly £300 million since its founding. Elton is an honorary life president of Watford F.C., which he owned from 1976 to 1987 and again from 1997 to 2002.

In 1976, Elton stated that he was bisexual, and since 1988, he has been publicly gay.

In 2005, he married Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in a civil partnership; they married in 2014, once same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales.

In his six-decade career in music, Elton John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 songs in the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number ones in both the UK and the US, and seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, a double album released in 1973, and Greatest Hits, a compilation album released in 1974, are among the best-selling albums in the world.

“Candle in the Wind 1997,” a reworked version of his 1974 single dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, has sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single of all time. Elton John was named the highest solo artist in US chart history (third overall) and the top Adult Contemporary musician of all time by Billboard in 2019. Elton John became the first solo musician to have six Top 10 singles in the UK in 2021.

Elton John has won five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, including one for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends Award, and a Kennedy Center Honor. He was named 49th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 most important musicians of the rock & roll era in 2004. He is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors and was elected into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 1998, Queen Elizabeth II knighted him for his contributions to music and charity work. In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron honored Elton with the Legion d’honneur, France’s highest civilian award, calling him a “melodic genius” and praising his work on behalf of the LGBT community.

Discography

Wonderful Crazy Night
The Diving Board
Peachtree Road
Songs from the West Coast
The Big Picture
Made in England
A Single Man
Blue Moves
Rock of the Westies
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Caribou
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
Madman Across the Water
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Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Elton John’S Most Successful Song?

Elton John’s most successful song is “Candle in the Wind.

Elton John?

Elton John is one of the most popular singers in the has sold more than 300 million records and has won five Grammy Awards. Elton John was born on March 25, 1947, in Pinner, Middlesex, England. His birth name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

How Many No 1S Has Elton John Had?

Elton John has had seven No 1 singles in the UK and nine in the US. He has also had many other Top 40 hits, including ‘Candle in the Wind’, which reached No 1 in both the UK and US following Princess Diana’s death in 1997.

What Was Elton JohnS First Number 1?

He last topped the singles chart in 2005, when he appeared on US rapper 2Pac‘s posthumous single Ghetto Gospel.

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