In 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music. The 2001 album ‘Songs From The West Coast’ gave him another smash hit single with ‘I Want Love’. In the 1980s he had hits with the albums ‘21 At 3’, ‘Jump Up!’ and ‘Too Low For Zero’ - the home of two of Elton's live favourites, ‘I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues’ and ‘I'm Still Standing’.įive decades since the 1969 release of his first album, ‘Empty Sky’, Elton John is creating some of the finest music of his career. In 1970 Elton's self-titled breakthrough album and evergreen hit ‘Your Song’ introduced him to an international stage, and in the period between 1970-76 with producer Gus Dudgeon at the helm, Elton and his song writing partner Bernie Taupin they made an astonishing fourteen albums, including the legendary’ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,’ and ‘Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy’ - the first album ever to enter the Billboard Chart at Number One. Since his career began in 1969, Elton has played over 3,000 concerts worldwide. Elton has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, and holds the record for the biggest selling single of all time, ‘Candle in the Wind ’97’, which sold over 33 million copies. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, achieving 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, and he has had 29 consecutive US Top 40 hits. The monumental career of international singer/songwriter and performer Elton John has spanned more than five decades.
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