Elton John

**Sir Elton Hercules John**, CBE (born **Reginald Kenneth Dwight** on 25 Mairch 1947), is an Inglis rock sangster-sangwriter, componer, pianist an occasional actor. He haes wirked wi lyricist Bernie Taupin as his sangwriter pairtner syne 1967; thay hae collaboratit on mair nor 30 albums tae date.

In his fower-decade career John haes sauld mair nor 250&nbsp;million records, makin him ane o the maist successfu airtists o aw time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" haes sauld ower 33&nbsp;million copies warldwide, an is the best sellin single in the history o the UK Singles Chart an the US ''Billboard'' Het 100. He haes mair nor 50 Tap 40 hits, includin seiven consecutive No.&nbsp;1 US albums, 56 Tap 40 singles, 16 Tap 10, fower No.&nbsp;2 hits, an nine No.&nbsp;1 hits. He heas wan sax Grammy Awairds, fower Brit Awairds, an Academy Awaird, a Golden Globe Awaird an a Tony Awaird. In 2004, *Rolling Stone* rankit him Nummer 49 on its leet o the 100 greatest airtists o aw time.

John wis inductit intae the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Haein been namit a Commander o the Order o the Breetish Empire in 1996, John received a knichtheid frae Queen Elizabeth II for "services tae muisic an charitable services" in 1998. John haes performed at a nummer o ryal events, sic as the funeral o Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, an the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert ootside Buckingham Palace in 2012.

He haes been hivily involvit in the fecht against AIDS syne the late 1980s. In 1992, he establisht the Elton John AIDS Foundation an a year later began hostin the annual Academy Awaird Pairty, which haes syne acome ane o the heichest-profile Oscar pairties in the Hollywood film industrie. Syne its inception, the foundation haes raised ower $200 million.

John entered intae a ceevil partnership wi David Furnish on 21 Dizember 2005 an continues tae be a champion for LGBT social muivements. In 2008, *Billboard* magazine rankit him as the maist successfu male solo airtist on "The ''Billboard'' Het 100 Tap Aw-Time Airtists" (third oweraw, ahint anerly The Beatles an Madonna).

## Discografie

;Solo studio albums
* *[[Empty Sky]]* (1969)
* *[[Elton John (album)|Elton John]]* (1970)
* *[[Tumbleweed Connection]]* (1970)
* *[[Madman Across the Water]]* (1971)
* *[[Honky Château]]* (1972)
* *[[Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player]]* (1973)
* *[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]* (1973)
* *[[Caribou (album)|Caribou]]* (1974)
* *[[Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]* (1975)
* *[[Rock of the Westies]]* (1975)
* *[[Blue Moves]]* (1976)
* *[[A Single Man (album)|A Single Man]]* (1978)
* *[[Victim of Love (album)|Victim of Love]]* (1979)
* *[[21 at 33]]* (1980)
* *[[The Fox (Elton John album)|The Fox]]* (1981)
* *[[Jump Up!]]* (1982)
* *[[Too Low for Zero]]* (1983)
* *[[Breaking Hearts]]* (1984)
* *[[Ice on Fire]]* (1985)
* *[[Leather Jackets (album)|Leather Jackets]]* (1986)
* *[[Reg Strikes Back]]* (1988)
* *[[Sleeping with the Past]]* (1989)
* *[[The One (Elton John album)|The One]]* (1992)
* *[[Duets (Elton John album)|Duets]]* (1993)
* *[[Made in England (Elton John album)|Made in England]]* (1995)
* *[[The Big Picture (Elton John album)|The Big Picture]]* (1997)
* *[[Songs from the West Coast]]* (2001)
* *[[Peachtree Road (album)|Peachtree Road]]* (2004)
* *[[The Captain & the Kid]]* (2006)
* *[[The Diving Board]]* (2013)
* *Wonderful Crazy Night* (2016)
* *Regimental Sgt. Zippo* (2021)

;Collaborative albums
* *[[The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)|The Union]]* wi Leon Russell (2010)
* *[[Good Morning to the Night]]* wi Pnau (2012)

;Soondtracks, scores & theatre albums
* *[[Friends (soundtrack)|Friends]]* (1971)
* *[[The Lion King (soundtrack)|The Lion King]]* (1994)
* *[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]* (1998)
* *[[The Muse (1999 film)|The Muse]]* (1999)
* *[[The Road to El Dorado (soundtrack)|The Road to El Dorado]]* (2000)
* *[[Billy Elliot the Musical|Billy Elliot]]* (2005)
* *[[Lestat (musical)|Lestat]]* (2005)
* *[[Gnomeo & Juliet (soundtrack)|Gnomeo & Juliet]]* (2011)

;Films
* *[[Elton John: Me, Myself & I]]* (2007) autobiografie as hissel
* *[[The Country Bears]]*, US (2002) as hissel
* *[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]*, UK (1997) as hissel
* *[[Tommy (film)|Tommy]]*, UK (1975) as Pinball Wizard
* *[[Born to Boogie]]*, US (1972) as hissel wi Marc Bolan an Ringo Starr

## See an aw

## References

;Bibliografie
* Goodall, Nigel. *Elton John: A Visual Documentary*, Omnibus Press, 1993. ISBN 0-7119-3078-3/
* Rosenthal, Elizabeth. *His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John*, Billboard Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8230-8892-8/

## Freemit airtins

* Elton John's offeecial wabsteid