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This article is about the musician. For the album, see Elton John (album). For other uses, see Elton John (disambiguation).

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Sir Elton John CH CBE
John at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival
Born	Reginald Kenneth Dwight (1947-03-25) 25 March 1947 (age 77) Pinner, Middlesex, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Music
Occupations	\n Singer \n composer \n pianist \n
Years active	1962\u2013present
Spouses	\n \n Renate Blauel \n (m. 1984; div. 1988) \n \n David Furnish (m. 2014) \n
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	\n Rock \n pop rock \n glam rock \n soft rock \n blues \n
Instruments	\n Vocals \n piano \n keyboards \n
Discography	\n Albums \n singles \n
Labels	\n Philips \n Congress \n DJM \n Uni \n Paramount \n MCA \n Geffen \n Rocket \n Island \n Mercury \n Island Def Jam \n Interscope \n Virgin EMI \n EMI \n
Member of	Elton John Band
Formerly of	Bluesology
Website	eltonjohn.com
\n Musical artist

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947)^[1] is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. Acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s, his music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry.^[2] His songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history.^[3]\n

John was raised in Pinner and learned to play piano at an early age, winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied for five years. He formed the blues band Bluesology in 1962, but left in 1967 to embark on a solo career and met Taupin that same year. For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked as a session musician. In 1969, John released his debut album Empty Sky, and a year later formed the Elton John Band, also releasing his first hit single, \"Your Song\".^[4] John's critical and commercial success was at its peak in the 1970s, when he released a string of chart-topping albums both in the US and UK, which began with Honky Ch\u00e2teau (1972) and culminated with Rock of the Westies (1975).^[5] His success continued in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit singles and albums in both decades,^[6]^[7] and he has continued to record new music since.^[8]^[9] John has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing music for The Lion King (1994), Aida (2000), and Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). John's final tour, Farewell Yellow Brick Road (2018\u20132023), became the highest-grossing tour ever at the time.^[10] His life and career were dramatised in the 2019 biopic Rocketman.\n

John is an HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser and has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s.^[11]^[12]^[13] He established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over \u00a3300 million since its inception, and a year later he began hosting his annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry.^[14] John was the chairman and director of Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987, and again from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club.^[15]^[16] From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, John developed a severe addiction to drugs and alcohol, but has been clean and sober since 1990.^[17] In 2005, he entered a civil partnership with his long-term partner, the Canadian filmmaker David Furnish. They married in 2014, when same-sex marriage was legalized in England and Wales.^[18]\n

John has had more than fifty top-40 hits on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number ones in both countries, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US.^[19]^[20] He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.^[21] He is the most successful solo artist in the history of the US Billboard charts.^[22] His tribute single to Diana, Princess of Wales, \"Candle in the Wind 1997\", a rewritten version of his 1974 single, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single of all time.^[23]^[24]^[25] In 2021, he became the first solo artist with UK top 10 singles across six decades.^[26]^[27]^[28] Among John's numerous awards, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards, and a Tony Award.^[29]^[30] He also won two Golden Globes, a Laurence Olivier Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and is a fellow of The Ivors Academy. He was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to music and charity in 1998 and was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2020.^[31]\n

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v t e Elton John
\n Songs \n Albums \n Singles \n Concerts \n Videos \n Awards \n
Studio albums	\n Empty Sky \n Elton John \n Tumbleweed Connection \n Madman Across the Water \n Honky Ch\u00e2teau \n Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player \n Goodbye Yellow Brick Road \n Caribou \n Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy \n Rock of the Westies \n Blue Moves \n A Single Man \n Victim of Love \n 21 at 33 \n The Fox \n Jump Up! \n Too Low for Zero \n Breaking Hearts \n Ice on Fire \n Leather Jackets \n Reg Strikes Back \n Sleeping with the Past \n The One \n Duets \n Made in England \n The Big Picture \n Songs from the West Coast \n Peachtree Road \n The Captain & the Kid \n The Diving Board \n Wonderful Crazy Night \n Regimental Sgt. Zippo \n The Lockdown Sessions \n
Live albums	\n 17-11-70 \n Here and There \n Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra \n Elton John One Night Only \u2013 The Greatest Hits \n Elton 60 \u2013 Live at Madison Square Garden \n Live from Moscow 1979 \n
Soundtrack albums	\n Friends \n The Lion King (1994) \n Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida \n The Muse \n The Road to El Dorado \n Gnomeo & Juliet \n Rocketman \n The Lion King (2019) \n
Compilation albums	\n Greatest Hits \n Greatest Hits Volume II \n The Thom Bell Sessions \n Lady Samantha \n Love Songs (1982) \n Greatest Hits Vol. 3 \n The Complete Thom Bell Sessions \n To Be Continued \n The Very Best of Elton John \n Rare Masters \n Greatest Hits 1976\u20131986 \n Chartbusters Go Pop \n Classic Elton John \n Love Songs (1995) \n Prologue \n Greatest Hits 1970\u20132002 \n Elton John's Christmas Party \n Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits \n Diamonds \n Elton: Jewel Box \n
Extended plays	\n \"I've Been Loving You\" \n The Thom Bell Sessions \n Remixed \n
Other albums	\n Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin \n The Union \n Good Morning to the Night \n Revamp & Restoration \n Who Believes in Angels? \n
Video albums	\n The Afternoon Concert \n The Night Time Concert \n Night and Day Concert \n Live in Australia \n The Very Best of Elton John \n Live in Barcelona \n Love Songs \n Elton John One Night Only \u2013 The Greatest Hits \n Dream Ticket \n Elton 60 \u2013 Live at Madison Square Garden \n The Red Piano \n
Concert tours	\n 1970 World Tour \n Rock of the Westies Tour \n Louder Than Concorde Tour \n 1979 tour of the Soviet Union \n 1980 World Tour \n Jump Up Tour \n Too Low for Zero Tour \n European Express Tour \n Breaking Hearts Tour \n Ice on Fire Tour \n Tour De Force \n Sleeping with the Past Tour \n The One Tour \n Face to Face 1994 \n Face to Face 1995 \n Made in England Tour \n Face to Face 1998 \n An Evening with Elton John \n Medusa Tour \n Stately Home Tour \n Face to Face 2001 \n Songs from the West Coast Tour \n Face to Face 2002 \n A Journey Through Time \n 2003 Tour \n Face to Face 2003 \n 2004 Tour \n Peachtree Road Tour \n 2006 European Tour \n The Captain and the Kid Tour \n Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live \n Face to Face 2009 \n Face to Face 2010 \n 2010 European Tour \n Greatest Hits Tour \n 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man \n The Diving Board Tour \n Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour \n All the Hits Tour \n The Final Curtain Tour \n Wonderful Crazy Night Tour \n Farewell Yellow Brick Road \n
Concert residencies	\n The Red Piano \n The Million Dollar Piano \n
Miscellaneous performances	\n List of Elton John and Ray Cooper concert tours \n The Union Tour \n
Musicals	\n The Lion King\n 1994 film \n 2019 film \n 1997 musical \n The Road to El Dorado \n Aida \n Billy Elliot the Musical \n Lestat \n The Devil Wears Prada \n Tammy Faye \n
Documentaries	\n Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras \n Elton John: Me, Myself & I \n The Union \n Elton John: Never Too Late \n
Related articles	\n Bernie Taupin \n Elton John Band \n Gus Dudgeon \n Paul Buckmaster \n John Reid \n Ray Williams \n Dick James \n DJM Records \n David Furnish \n Kiki Dee \n Elton John AIDS Foundation \n Watford F.C. \n Bluesology \n Hookfoot \n Woodside, Old Windsor \n Rocket Pictures \n Elton John: The Classic Years \n Rocketman (film) \n Me \n
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v t e Elton John songs
\n Discography \n
1960s	\n \"I've Been Loving You\" (1968) \n \"Skyline Pigeon\" (1968) \n \"Lady Samantha\" (1969) \n \"It's Me That You Need\" (1969) \n
1970s	\n \"Border Song\" (1970) \n \"Rock and Roll Madonna\" (1970) \n \"From Denver to L.A.\" (1970) \n \"Take Me to the Pilot\" (1970) \n \"Your Song\" (1970) \n \"Come Down in Time\" (1970) \n \"Friends\" (1971) \n \"Levon\" (1971) \n \"Indian Sunset\" (1971) \n \"Tiny Dancer\" (1972) \n \"Rocket Man\" (1972) \n \"Honky Cat\" (1972) \n \"I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself\" (1972) \n \"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters\" (1972) \n \"Crocodile Rock\" (1972) \n \"Elderberry Wine\" (1972) \n \"Daniel\" (1972) \n \"Have Mercy on the Criminal\" (1972) \n \"Teacher I Need You\" (1973) \n \"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding\" (1973) \n \"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting\" (1973) \n \"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road\" (1973) \n \"Step into Christmas\" (1973) \n \"Candle in the Wind\" (1974) \n \"Bennie and the Jets\" (1974) \n \"Harmony\" (1974) \n \"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me\" (1974) \n \"The Bitch Is Back\" (1974) \n \"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds\" (1974) \n \"Philadelphia Freedom\" (1975) \n \"I Saw Her Standing There\" (1975) \n \"Someone Saved My Life Tonight\" (1975) \n \"We All Fall in Love Sometimes\" (1975) \n \"Island Girl\" (1975) \n \"Grow Some Funk of Your Own\" (1976) \n \"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)\" (1976) \n \"Pinball Wizard\" (1976) \n \"Don't Go Breaking My Heart\" (1976) \n \"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word\" (1976) \n \"Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)\" (1977) \n \"Crazy Water\" (1977) \n \"The Goaldiggers Song\" (1977) \n \"Ego\" (1978) \n \"Part-Time Love\" (1978) \n \"Song for Guy\" (1978) \n \"Are You Ready for Love\" (1979) \n \"Mama Can't Buy You Love\" (1979) \n \"Johnny B. Goode\" (1979) \n
1980s	\n \"Little Jeannie\" (1980) \n \"Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)\" (1980) \n \"Dear God\" (1980) \n \"Whatever Gets You thru the Night\" (1981) \n \"Nobody Wins\" (1981) \n \"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever\" (1981) \n \"Blue Eyes\" (1982) \n \"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)\" (1982) \n \"Ball and Chain\" (1982) \n \"All Quiet on the Western Front\" (1982) \n \"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues\" (1983) \n \"I'm Still Standing\" (1983) \n \"Kiss the Bride\" (1983) \n \"Sad Songs (Say So Much)\" (1984) \n \"Passengers\" (1984) \n \"Who Wears These Shoes? (1984) \n \"Nikita\" (1985) \n \"That's What Friends Are For\" (1985) \n \"Wrap Her Up\" (1985) \n \"Heartache All Over the World\" (1986) \n \"Slow Rivers\" (1986) \n \"Take Me to the Pilot\" (1988) \n \"I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That\" (1988) \n \"Town of Plenty\" (1988) \n \"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)\" (1988) \n \"Through the Storm\" (1989) \n \"Healing Hands\" (1989) \n \"Sacrifice\" (1989) \n
1990s	\n \"Club at the End of the Street\" (1990) \n \"You Gotta Love Someone\" (1990) \n \"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me\" (1991) \n \"The One\" (1992) \n \"Runaway Train\" (1992) \n \"The Last Song\" (1992) \n \"Simple Life\" (1993) \n \"True Love\" (1993) \n \"Shakey Ground\" (1994) \n \"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing\" (1994) \n \"Can You Feel the Love Tonight\" (1994) \n \"Circle of Life\" (1994) \n \"Believe\" (1995) \n \"Made in England\" (1995) \n \"When the Money's Gone\" (1995) \n \"You Can Make History (Young Again)\" (1996) \n \"Live Like Horses\" (1996) \n \"The Madness of King Scar\" (1997) \n \"Something About the Way You Look Tonight\" (1997) \n \"Candle in the Wind 1997\" (1997) \n \"Written in the Stars\" (1999) \n
2000s	\n \"Someday Out of the Blue\" (2000) \n \"I Want Love\" (2001) \n \"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore\" (2002) \n \"Original Sin\" (2002) \n \"Are You Ready for Love\" (2003) \n \"Ghetto Gospel\" (2005) \n \"Electricity\" (2005) \n \"The Bridge\" (2006) \n \"Joseph, Better You than Me\" (2008) \n \"Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)\" (2009) \n
2010s	\n \"All of the Lights\" (2010) \n \"Good Morning to the Night\" (2012) \n \"Sad\" (2012) \n \"Looking Up\" (2015) \n \"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again\" (2019) \n
2020s	\n \"Ordinary Man\" (2020) \n \"Sine from Above\" (2020) \n \"The Pink Phantom\" (2020) \n \"It's a Sin\" (2021) \n \"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)\" (2021) \n \"Merry Christmas\" (2021) \n \"Sausage Rolls for Everyone\" (2021) \n \"Hold Me Closer\" (2022) \n \"Never Too Late\" (2024) \n
Related	\n Albums discography \n Videography \n
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v t e People who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards
listed by duration and year of completion
Competitive EGOTs	\n Richard Rodgers (1946\u20131962) \n Helen Hayes (1932\u20131977) \n Rita Moreno (1962\u20131977) \n John Gielgud (1948\u20131991) \n Audrey Hepburn (1954\u20131994) \n Marvin Hamlisch (1974\u20131995) \n Jonathan Tunick (1978\u20131997) \n Mel Brooks (1967\u20132001) \n Mike Nichols (1961\u20132001) \n Whoopi Goldberg (1985\u20132002) \n Scott Rudin (1984\u20132012) \n Robert Lopez (2004\u20132014) \n John Legend (2006\u20132018) \n Andrew Lloyd Webber (1980\u20132018) \n Tim Rice (1980\u20132018) \n Alan Menken (1990\u20132020) \n Jennifer Hudson (2007\u20132022) \n Viola Davis (2001\u20132023) \n Elton John (1987\u20132024) \n Benj Pasek (2017\u20132024) \n Justin Paul (2017\u20132024) \n
Honorary recipients	\n Barbra Streisand (1964\u20131970) \n Liza Minnelli (1965\u20131990) \n James Earl Jones (1969\u20132011) \n Harry Belafonte (1954\u20132014) \n Quincy Jones (1964\u20132016) \n Frank Marshall (2019\u20132023) \n

v t e Watford Football Club
The club	\n History \n Seasons \n Players\n 50+ appearances \n 1\u201349 appearances \n Players of the season \n Managers \n Records \n Watford Ladies \n Academy \n Europe \n Notable matches \n Current season \n
Stadiums	\n Cassio Road \n Vicarage Road \n
Training Ground	\n Watford Training Ground \n
Supporters	\n Elton John \n Luton Town rivalry \n Theme from Z-Cars \n
Sister clubs	\n Udinese Calcio \n Granada CF \n

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Early life and education

Career

1962\u20131969: Pub pianist to staff songwriter

1969\u20131973: Empty Sky to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1974\u20131980: The Rocket Record Company to 21 at 33

1981\u20131989: The Fox to Sleeping with the Past

1990\u20131999: \"Sacrifice\" to Aida

2000\u20132009: Billy Elliot the Musical and 60th birthday

2010\u20132018: The Union to Wonderful Crazy Night

2018\u2013present: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, biopic, and upcoming new music

Personal life

Sexuality and family

Wealth

Other

Football

Political views

Friendship with the British royal family

Health

Philanthropy

AIDS foundation

Other charity work

Artistry

Influences

Musicianship

Honours and awards

Rankings

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Live albums

Selected filmography

Tours

References

Further reading

External links

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