Elton John
British singer, songwriter and musician (born 1947) · United Kingdom · Musicians
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Something wrong?The pianist who turned pop into theatre - flamboyant costumes, grand gestures, and a songwriting chemistry with Bernie Taupin that produced some of the biggest singles in chart history. Over 300 million records sold, and a farewell tour that became the highest-grossing ever.
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Wonderful Crazy NightAlbum2013Johnny Mercer AwardAwardThe Diving BoardAlbum2012“Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.”In their words1 May 2012Ridiculing the idea of "celebrity chefs"; quoted in the Evening Standard, Tue 1 May 2012, p. 162007“The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff.”In their words2 August 2007Elton John, blaming the internet for destroying good music (2 August 2007)2006The Captain & The KidAlbum2001“There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.”In their wordsAfter performing with Eminem at the 2001 Grammy awards
Songs From the West CoastAlbum, 20012000MusiCares Person of the YearAwardTony AwardsAward1999Grammy Legend AwardAward1997
The Big PictureAlbum1995Academy AwardsAwardCommander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardGolden GlobesAward1994Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward1993Officer of Arts and LettersAward
DuetsAlbum, 19931989
Sleeping With the PastAlbum1986Leather JacketsAlbum1985Ice on FireAlbum1983
Too Low for ZeroAlbum1981The FoxAlbum198021 at 33Album1978A Single ManAlbum1976“People should be very free with sex, but they should draw the line at goats.”In their wordsfrom 1976 interview with Rolling Stone magazine1975Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1947Born25 March 1947Also in Deutsch
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, Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.
The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff.
There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.
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TSThe Lockdown Sessions
WNWonderful Crazy Night
TPThe Big Picture
MEMade in England
DUDuets
TOThe One
TZToo Low for ZeroAwards
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Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music as a child and spent the 1960s in the blues band Bluesology, writing songs and session work before his 1969 debut. Across six decades he released 32 studio albums - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Honky Château, The One - and composed for The Lion King, Aida, and Billy Elliot the Musical, eventually earning EGOT status. From the late '70s to the late '80s he battled severe addiction to drugs and alcohol; he's been sober since 1990. In 1992 he founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised over £300 million. He married filmmaker David Furnish in 2014, was knighted in 1998, and closed with the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour from 2018 to 2023.
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