Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, report producer, and occasional actor. He has labored with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter associate since 1967; they’ve collaborated on greater than 30 albums so far.
In his five-decade profession Elton John has offered greater than 300 million data, making him one of many best-selling music artists on the earth. He has greater than fifty High 40 hits, together with seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard High 40 singles, 27 High 10, 4 No. 2 and 9 No. 1. For 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had a minimum of one track within the Billboard Scorching 100. His single “One thing Concerning the Manner You Look Tonight”/”Candle within the Wind 1997” offered over 33 million copies worldwide and is “the best-selling single of all time”.
He has acquired six Grammy Awards, 5 Brit Awards – profitable two awards for Excellent Contribution to Music and the primary Brits Icon in 2013 for his “lasting affect on British tradition”, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Disney Legend award, and the Kennedy Heart Honors in 2004.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Quantity 49 on its checklist of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll period. In 2013, Billboard ranked him essentially the most profitable male solo artist on “The Billboard Scorching 100 High All-Time Artists” (third total behind The Beatles and Madonna).
Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1994, is an inductee into the Songwriter’s Corridor of Fame, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John acquired a knighthood from Elizabeth II for “companies to music and charitable companies” in 1998.
John has carried out at a lot of royal occasions, such because the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Get together on the Palace in 2002 and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Live performance exterior Buckingham Palace in 2012.
