Elton John / discography

Elton John  - discography
Elton John (2011)
Publications
Studio albums	32
Live albums	4th
Compilations	13
Remix albums	1
Soundtracks	4th
EPs	1
Singles	129

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British singer , composer and pianist Elton John . According to the sources, he has sold 350 to 450 million records in his career, over 27.8 million of them in his home country alone. Elton John's most successful release is the 1997 single Candle in the Wind with around 37 million units sold. With over 9.5 million records sold, Elton John is one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany .

Albums

Twice albums with the same title but different content were released:

• Love Songs (1982/1995) and
• The Very Best of Elton John (1980/1990)

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1969	Empty sky	-	-	-	-	US6 (18 weeks) US	1969 unplaced, published in the USA in 1975 First published on June 3, 1969
1970	Elton John	-	-	-	UK5 (22 weeks) UK	US4th gold (51 weeks)US	Rolling Stone 500 ranked 468th First published: April 10, 1970 Sales: + 500,000
1971	Tumbleweed Connection	-	-	-	UK2 (20 weeks) UK	US5 platinum (37 weeks)US	Rolling Stone 500 ranked 463rd First published: October 30, 1970 Sales: + 1,000,000
1972	Madman Across the Water	-	-	-	UK41 silver (2 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)US	First published: November 5, 1971 Sales: + 2,060,000
	Honky Château	DE43 (½ month) DE	-	-	UK2 (23 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (61 weeks)US	Rolling Stone 500 ranked 357th First published: May 19, 1972 Sales: + 1,000,000
1973	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	DE16 (1½ month) DE	-	-	UK1 (42 weeks) UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (89 weeks)US	First published: Jan 22, 1973 Sales: +3,000,000
	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DE41 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK1 platinum (101 weeks)UK	US1 × 8 Eight times platinum (111 weeks)US	91st Rolling Stone 500 / Grammy Hall of Fame First published: October 5, 1973; Sales: + 30,000,000
1974	Caribou	DE30 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK1 gold (18 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (54 weeks)US	First published: June 28, 1974 Sales: + 2,100,000
1975	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	DE22 (3 weeks) DE	AT7 (2 months) AT	-	UK2 Gold + Silver (re-release) (24 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (43 weeks)US	the first album in US chart history, which entered the US at number 1, number 158 on the Rolling Stone 500 First release: May 19, 1975, re-release: December 31, 1993; Sales: 3,160,000
	Rock of the Westies	DE33 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK5 gold (12 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: October 24th, 1975 Sales: + 1,200,000
1976	Blue moves	DE39 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK3 gold (15 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: October 22, 1976 Sales: + 1,250,000
1978	A single man	DE17 (4 months) DE	-	-	UK8th gold (26 weeks)UK	US15th platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: October 1, 1978 Sales: + 1,365,000
1979	The Thom Bell Sessions (EP)	-	-	-	-	US51 (18 weeks) US	First published: June 1979
	Victim of Love	-	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	US35 (10 weeks) US	First published: October 13, 1979 Sales: + 50,000
1980	21 at 33	DE21 (23 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (13 weeks) UK	US13 gold (21 weeks)US	First published: May 13, 1980 Sales: +650,000
1981	The Fox	DE34 (13 weeks) DE	AT11 (1 month) AT	-	UK12 silver (12 weeks)UK	US21 (19 weeks) US	First published: May 20, 1981 Sales: + 60,000
1982	Jump up!	DE47 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 silver (12 weeks)UK	US17th gold (33 weeks)US	First published: April 9, 1982 Sales: + 575,000
1983	Too Low for Zero	DE5 gold (62 weeks)DE	-	CH6 (16 weeks) CH	UK7th platinum (73 weeks)UK	US25th platinum (54 weeks)US	First published: October 14, 1983 Sales: + 1,765,000
1984	Breaking Hearts	DE5 (22 weeks) DE	AT4 (2½ months) AT	CH1 (18 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (23 weeks)UK	US20th platinum (34 weeks)US	First published: July 9, 1984 Sales: + 1,100,000
1985	Ice on Fire	DE5 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT9 gold (7 months)AT	CH2 × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US48 gold (28 weeks)US	First published: November 7, 1985 Sales: + 1,415,000
1986	Leather jackets	DE21 (7 weeks) DE	AT22 (1½ Mt.) AT	CH13 gold (6 weeks)CH	UK24 gold (9 weeks)UK	US91 (9 weeks) US	First published: October 15, 1986 Sales: + 142,500
1988	Reg strikes back	DE18 (15 weeks) DE	AT13 (4 months) AT	CH5 (11 weeks) CH	UK18th silver (6 weeks)UK	US16 gold (29 weeks)US	First published: June 24th, 1988 Sales: + 895,000
1989	Sleeping with the past	DE9 gold (52 weeks)DE	AT5 (27 weeks) AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (42 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (53 weeks)US	First published: Aug 29, 1989 Sales: + 3,287,500
1992	The One	DE1 gold (33 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (18 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (18 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)US	First published: June 23, 1992 Sales: + 3,355,000
1993	Duets	DE10 (17 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (17 weeks)AT	CH3 platinum (26 weeks)CH	UK5 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US25th platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: November 22, 1993 Sales: + 1,885,000
1995	Made in England	DE4th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (22 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (25 weeks)CH	UK3 gold (14 weeks)UK	US13 platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: March 17, 1995 Sales: +2,307,500
1997	The big picture	DE8 (17 weeks) DE	AT1 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (22 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (25 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: September 22, 1997 Sales: + 2,195,000
2001	Songs from the West Coast	DE14 (7 weeks) DE	AT15 (7 weeks) AT	CH7th gold (9 weeks)CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (35 weeks)UK	US15th gold (24 weeks)US	First published: October 1, 2001 Sales: + 1,585,000
2004	Peachtree Road	DE31 (5 weeks) DE	AT27 (5 weeks) AT	CH11 gold (8 weeks)CH	UK21st gold (10 weeks)UK	US17th gold (10 weeks)US	First published: November 7, 2004 Sales: +640,000
2006	The Captain & the Kid	DE25 (4 weeks) DE	AT37 (2 weeks) AT	CH10 (6 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (4 weeks)UK	US18 (6 weeks) US	First published: September 15, 2006 Sales: + 60,000
2010	The Union	DE23 (4 weeks) DE	AT28 (4 weeks) AT	CH27 (4 weeks) CH	UK12 silver (5 weeks)UK	US3 (17 weeks) US	with Leon Russell First published: October 19, 2010 Sales: + 100,000
2013	The Diving Board	DE11 (3 weeks) DE	AT13 (3 weeks) AT	CH7 (6 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (11 weeks)UK	US4 (8 weeks) US	First published: September 13, 2013 Sales: + 60,000
2016	Wonderful Crazy Night	DE10 (3 weeks) DE	AT8 (3 weeks) AT	CH7 (7 weeks) CH	UK6 (5 weeks) UK	US8 (4 weeks) US	First published: February 5, 2016

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	17-11-70 11-17-70 (US only)	-	-	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	US11 (23 weeks) US	Live concert in New York on November 17, 1970 First published: April 9, 1971
1976	Here and There	-	-	-	UK6th silver (9 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: April 30, 1976 Sales: + 1,060,000
1987	Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	DE29 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (9 weeks) CH	UK43 (7 weeks) UK	US24 platinum (41 weeks)US	Live concert in Sydney on December 14, 1986 First published: June 13, 1987 Sales: + 1,200,000
2000	One Night Only - The Greatest Hits	DE21 (7 weeks) DE	AT20th gold (11 weeks)AT	CH12 gold (12 weeks)CH	UK7th platinum (25 weeks)UK	US65 gold (18 weeks)US	Live concert at Madison Square Garden in October 2000 First published: November 21, 2000 Sales: + 1,620,000

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Remix albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Good morning to the night	-	-	-	UK1 (5 weeks) UK	-	Remix album with Pnau First release: July 16, 2012

Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	Friends	-	-	-	-	US36 gold (19 weeks)US	Soundtrack for the film Friends First published: March 24, 1971 Sales: + 500,000
1994	The Lion King	DE7th × 3 Triple platinum (23 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (22 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (27 weeks)CH	UK- platinum UK	US1 diamond (… Where.)US	Soundtrack for the film The Lion King First published: May 31, 1994; with Hans Zimmer and Tim Rice Sales: + 13,995,000
1999	Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida	DE23 (7 weeks) DE	AT9 gold (11 weeks)AT	CH13 (8 weeks) CH	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US- gold US	Soundtrack for the musical Aida First published: March 22, 1999 Sales: + 550,000
2000	The Road to El Dorado	DE91 (1 week) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	-	-	US63 (8 weeks) US	Soundtrack for the film The Way to El Dorado First published: October 9, 2000

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Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Greatest hits	DE43 (1 month) DE	-	-	UK1 platinum (84 weeks)UK	US1 × 7 Diamond + seven times platinum (106 weeks)US	135th place in the Rolling Stone 500 First published: November 8, 1974 Sales: + 18,600,000
1977	Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II	-	-	-	UK6th gold (24 weeks)UK	US21st × 5 Quintuple platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: September 13, 1977 Sales: + 5,100,000
1980	Lady Samantha	-	-	-	UK56 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1, 1980
	The Very Best of Elton John [K-Tel NE 1094]	-	-	-	UK24 (13 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 18, 1980
1982	Love Songs [TV TVA 3]	-	-	-	UK39 (13 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 29, 1982
	Your songs	DE1 gold (15 weeks)DE	-	-	-	US- gold US	First published: November 1982 Sales: + 850,000
1987	Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III, 1979–1987	-	-	-	-	US84 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: November 12, 1987 Sales: +2,000,000
1990	The Very Best of Elton John [Rocket 8469471]	DE2 × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)DE	AT1 × 3 Triple platinum (33 weeks)AT	CH1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (30 weeks)CH	UK1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (117 weeks)UK	-	Double CD First release: October 1, 1990 Sales: + 6,360,000
	To Be Continued ...	-	-	-	-	US82 × 2 Double platinum (13 weeks)US	First published: November 8, 1990 < Sales: + 2,050,000
1996	Love Songs [Rocket 5287882 / MCA 11481 / Polystar]	DE7th platinum (53 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (34 weeks)AT	CH2 × 2 Double platinum (31 weeks)CH	UK4th × 3 Triple platinum (70 weeks)UK	US24 × 3 Triple platinum (76 weeks)US	First published: September 24, 1996 Sales: + 8,745,000
2002	Greatest Hits 1970–2002	DE19th gold (29 weeks)DE	AT19th gold (21 weeks)AT	CH12 gold (28 weeks)CH	UK3 × 5 Quintuple platinum (92 weeks)UK	US12 × 6 Six-fold platinum (145 weeks)US	First published: November 11, 2002 Sales: + 8,550,000
2007	Rocket Man - The Definitive Hits Rocket Man: The Number Ones (US only)	DE47 (4 weeks) DE	AT32 (12 weeks) AT	CH13 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (46 weeks)UK	US9 × 3 Triple platinum (88 weeks)US	First published: March 26, 2007 Sales: + 3,695,000
2017	Diamonds	DE31 (11 weeks) DE	AT33 (7 weeks) AT	CH18 (21 weeks) CH	UK5 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)UK	US7th platinum (… Where.)US	First published: November 10, 2017 Sales: +2,007,000

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Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)						Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	A. C.
1970	Border song Elton John	-	-	-	-	US92 (5 weeks) US	-
1971	Your Song Elton John	-	AT73 (1 week) AT	-	UK7th platinum (12 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (14 weeks)US	A. C.9 (11 weeks) A. C.	First placed in Austria in February 2013 when the cover version by Ellie Goulding entered fourth place
	Friends "Friends"	-	-	-	-	US34 gold (9 weeks)US	A. C.17 (7 weeks) A. C.	Theme song from the British film Friends
	Levon Madman Across the Water	-	-	-	-	US24 gold (10 weeks)US	-
1972	Tiny Dancer Madman Across the Water	-	-	-	UK- platinum UK	US41 × 3 Triple platinum (7 weeks)US	A. C.35 (3 weeks) A. C.
	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Honky Château	DE18 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 platinum (15 weeks)UK	US6th × 3 Triple platinum (15 weeks)US	A. C.39 (2 weeks) A. C.
	Honky Cat Honky Château	DE41 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK31 (6 weeks) UK	US8 (10 weeks) US	A. C.6 (8 weeks) A. C.
	Crocodile Rock Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	DE3 (21 weeks) DE	AT6 (4 months) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (14 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (17 weeks)US	A. C.11 (8 weeks) A. C.
1973	Daniel Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	DE27 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH5 (9 weeks) CH	UK4 (10 weeks) UK	US2 platinum (15 weeks)US	A. C.1 (13 weeks) A. C.
	Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DE44 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th silver (9 weeks)UK	US12 gold (12 weeks)US	-
	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DE49 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK6th silver (16 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)US	A. C.7 (18 weeks) A. C.
	Step into Christmas	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	AT68 (2 weeks) AT	CH72 (2 weeks) CH	UK8th platinum (38 weeks)UK	-	-
1974	Bennie and the Jets Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	-	-	-	UK37 silver (5 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Platinum + double platinum (18 weeks)US	-	Live recording; in UK only in 1976 with the release on the live album Here and There in the charts
	Candle in the Wind Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	-	-	-	UK11 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	-	Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe ; Live version hit the charts again in 1987; newly texted version 1997
	Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Caribou	-	-	-	UK16 (8 weeks) UK	US2 gold (15 weeks)US	A. C.3 (13 weeks) A. C.	as guest singers: Brian Wilson , Bruce Johnston and Toni Tennille
	The Bitch Is Back Caribou	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US4th gold (14 weeks)US	-
	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	DE31 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	US1 gold (14 weeks)US	-	Original: The Beatles ; Guest musician: John Lennon (guitar)
1975	Philadelphia Freedom	DE50 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK12 (9 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (… Where.)US	-	Dedicated as Elton John Band to tennis player Billie Jean King , who was also part of the Philadelphia Freedoms team
	Someone Saved My Life Tonight Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	-	-	-	UK22 (5 weeks) UK	US4th gold (13 weeks)US	A. C.36 (6 weeks) A. C.
	Island Girl Rock of the Westies	DE42 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (15 weeks)US	A. C.27 (8 weeks) A. C.
1976	Grow Some Funk of Your Own / I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) Rock of the Westies	-	-	-	-	US14 (... weeks) US	A. C.21 (8 weeks) A. C.
	Pinball Wizard Tommy (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	UK7 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	Elton John played the role of Pinball Wizard in the music film Tommy himself and sang the The Who song
	Love Song Here and There	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.18 (7 weeks) A. C.
	Don't go breaking my heart	DE5 (19 weeks) DE	AT8 (2 months) AT	CH4 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 Gold + gold (14 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (20 weeks)US	A. C.1 (13 weeks) A. C.	with Kiki Dee
	Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Blue Moves	-	-	-	UK11 (10 weeks) UK	US6th gold (14 weeks)US	A. C.1 (15 weeks) A. C.
1977	Crazy Water Blue Moves	-	-	-	UK27 (6 weeks) UK	-	-
	Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance) Blue Moves	-	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	US28 (6 weeks) US	-	titled Chicago by Kiki Dee on a single
1978	ego	-	-	-	UK34 (6 weeks) UK	US34 (8 weeks) US	-
	Part Time Love A Single Man	-	-	-	UK15th silver (13 weeks)UK	US22 (10 weeks) US	A. C.40 (7 weeks) A. C.
	Song for Guy A Single Man	DE22 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (10 weeks)UK	-	A. C.37 (4 weeks) A. C.	Instrumental (except for the text line "Life isn't everything")
1979	Are You Ready for Love The Thom Bell Sessions (EP)	-	-	-	UK42 (6 weeks) UK	-	-
	Mama Can't Buy You Love The Thom Bell Sessions (EP)	-	-	-	-	US9 gold (18 weeks)US	A. C.1 (18 weeks) A. C.
	Victim of Love Victim of Love	-	-	-	-	US31 (10 weeks) US	-
1980	Little Jeannie 21 at 33	DE23 (18 weeks) DE	-	CH4 (11 weeks) CH	UK33 (7 weeks) UK	US3 gold (21 weeks)US	A. C.1 (20 weeks) A. C.
	Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Play This Game No More?) 21 at 33	-	-	-	UK44 (5 weeks) UK	US39 (12 weeks) US	A. C.45 (6 weeks) A. C.
1981	I saw her standing there	-	-	-	UK40 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	Elton John Band featuring John Lennon & the Muscle Shoals Horns
	Nobody Wins The Fox	DE43 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK42 (5 weeks) UK	US21 (13 weeks) US	A. C.23 (11 weeks) A. C.
	Chloe The Fox	-	-	-	-	US34 (13 weeks) US	A. C.16 (12 weeks) A. C.
1982	Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) Jump Up!	-	-	-	UK51 (4 weeks) UK	US13 (17 weeks) US	A. C.18 (18 weeks) A. C.	dedicated to John Lennon , who was murdered in 1980
	Blue Eyes Jump Up!	DE51 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (5 weeks) CH	UK8 (10 weeks) UK	US12 (18 weeks) US	A. C.1 (22 weeks) A. C.
1983	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Too Low for Zero	DE22 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH12 (4 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (15 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (23 weeks)US	A. C.2 (24 weeks) A. C.	as guest musician: Stevie Wonder (harmonica)
	I'm Still Standing Too Low for Zero	DE10 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK4th Silver + platinum (digital) (11 weeks)UK	US12 gold (16 weeks)US	-
	Kiss the Bride Too Low for Zero	DE58 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (7 weeks) UK	US25 (12 weeks) US	-
	Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year) Too Low for Zero	-	-	-	UK33 (6 weeks) UK	-	-
1984	Sad Songs (Say So Much) Breaking Hearts	DE18 (16 weeks) DE	AT4 (3 months) AT	CH3 (14 weeks) CH	UK7 (12 weeks) UK	US5 (19 weeks) US	A. C.2 (20 weeks) A. C.
	Passengers Breaking Hearts	-	-	CH27 (3 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (11 weeks)UK	-	-
	Who Wears These Shoes Breaking Hearts	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	US16 (14 weeks) US	A. C.11 (12 weeks) A. C.
	In Neon Breaking Hearts	-	-	-	-	US38 (13 weeks) US	A. C.11 (15 weeks) A. C.
1985	Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used to Be) Breaking Hearts	-	AT- gold AT	-	UK59 (3 weeks) UK	-	-
	Act of War	DE39 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (6 weeks) CH	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	with Millie Jackson
	Nikita Ice on Fire	DE1 (20 weeks) DE	AT3 (4½ months) AT	CH1 (19 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (13 weeks)UK	US7 (18 weeks) US	A. C.3 (18 weeks) A. C.	as guest singer: George Michael
	Wrap Her Up Ice on Fire	DE54 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (10 weeks) UK	US20 (14 weeks) US	-	as guest singer: George Michael
1986	Cry to Heaven, Ice on Fire	-	-	-	UK47 (4 weeks) UK	-	-
	Heartache All over the World Leather Jackets	-	-	-	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	US55 (8 weeks) US	-
	Slow Rivers Leather Jackets	-	-	-	UK44 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	with Cliff Richard
1988	Candle in the Wind Live in Australia	DE55 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 (11 weeks) UK	US6 (... weeks) US	A. C.2 (24 weeks) A. C.	Live recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra , original from 1973
	Take Me to the Pilot Live in Australia	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.37 (5 weeks) A. C.	Live recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra , original from 1970
	I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That Reg Strikes Back	DE22 (19 weeks) DE	AT6 (4½ months) AT	CH10 (13 weeks) CH	UK30 (8 weeks) UK	US2 (36 weeks) US	A. C.1 (23 weeks) A. C.
	Town of Plenty Reg Strikes Back	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	-	-
	A Word in Spanish Reg Strikes Back	DE43 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH27 (1 week) CH	-	US19 (13 weeks) US	A. C.4 (19 weeks) A. C.
1989	Through the storm	-	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	US16 (... weeks) US	A. C.3 (18 weeks) A. C.	with Aretha Franklin
	Healing Hands Sleeping with the Past	DE39 (18 weeks) DE	AT10 (3½ months) AT	CH13 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (20 weeks)UK	US13 (15 weeks) US	A. C.1 (19 weeks) A. C.	in UK on single with Sacrifice ; as a single publication it only reached number 45
	Sacrifice Sleeping with the Past	DE36 (31 weeks) DE	-	CH23 (3 weeks) CH[UK: ↑]		US18 (17 weeks) US	A. C.3 (28 weeks) A. C.	in the UK on a single with Healing Hands ; as a single publication, it only reached 55th place
1990	Club at the End of the Street Sleeping with the Past	DE45 (23 weeks) DE	AT30 (1 week) AT	-	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	US28 (16 weeks) US	A. C.2 (25 weeks) A. C.
	You gotta love someone	DE46 (19 weeks) DE	AT12 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	US43 (13 weeks) US	A. C.1 (23 weeks) A. C.
	Easier to walk away	DE51 (19 weeks) DE	AT23 (11 weeks) AT	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	-	-
1991	Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me	DE4 (23 weeks) DE	AT2 (25 weeks) AT	CH1 (27 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (10 weeks)UK	US1 (... week) US	A. C.1 (23 weeks) A. C.	with George Michael live recording of a joint appearance in March 1991 in London
1992	The One The One	DE20 (18 weeks) DE	AT11 (12 weeks) AT	CH5 (15 weeks) CH	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	US9 (22 weeks) US	A. C.1 (30 weeks) A. C.
	Runaway Train The One	DE41 (11 weeks) DE	AT22 (5 weeks) AT	CH15 (8 weeks) CH	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	with Eric Clapton in USA B-side of True Love
	True Love Duets	DE38 (6 weeks) DE	AT22 (9 weeks) AT	CH11 (11 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (10 weeks)UK	US56 (... weeks) US	A. C.21 (14 weeks) A. C.	with Kiki Dee Original: Cole Porter
	The Last Song The One	DE72 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (4 weeks) UK	US23 (20 weeks) US	A. C.2 (30 weeks) A. C.
1993	Simple Life The One	DE63 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	US30 (16 weeks) US	A. C.1 (27 weeks) A. C.
1994	Don't Go Breaking My Heart Duets	DE62 (7 weeks) DE	AT25 (2 weeks) AT	CH28 (5 weeks) CH	UK7 (7 weeks) UK	US92 (... weeks) US	-	with RuPaul
	Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing Duets	-	-	-	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	with Marcella Detroit
	Can You Feel the Love Tonight The Lion King (film soundtrack)	DE14 (26 weeks) DE	AT4th gold (13 weeks)AT	CH10 (15 weeks) CH	UK14th gold (9 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (… Where.)US	A. C.1 (27 weeks) A. C.	Oscar for best movie song The Lion King Guest Singers: Kiki Dee , Rick Astley and Gary Barlow
	Circle of Life The Lion King (film soundtrack)	DE10 gold (19 weeks)DE	AT30 (1 week) AT	CH2 (19 weeks) CH	UK11 silver (12 weeks)UK	US18 (... weeks) US	A. C.2 (26 weeks) A. C.	from the movie The Lion King
1995	Believe Made in England	DE56 (11 weeks) DE	AT21 (9 weeks) AT	CH20 (15 weeks) CH	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US13 (20 weeks) US	A. C.1 (26 weeks) A. C.
	Made in England Made in England	DE59 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH40 (6 weeks) CH	UK18 (5 weeks) UK	US52 (10 weeks) US	A. C.12 (14 weeks) A. C.
	Blessed Made in England	DE83 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US34 (20 weeks) US	A. C.2 (48 weeks) A. C.
1996	Please Made in England	-	-	-	UK33 (3 weeks) UK	-	-
	You Can Make History (Young Again) Love Songs	-	-	-	-	US70 (17 weeks) US	A. C.4 (26 weeks) A. C.
	Live Like Horses The Big Picture	-	AT35 (1 week) AT	-	UK9 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	with Luciano Pavarotti
1997	Something About the Way You Look Tonight The Big Picture	DE73 (1 week) DE	AT20 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	A. C.1 (68 weeks) A. C.	mostly as a double A-side or B-side of Candle in the Wind 1997 listed
	Candle in the Wind 1997	DE1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (22 weeks)DE	AT1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (25 weeks)AT	CH1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (30 weeks)CH	UK1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (24 weeks)UK	US1 Diamond + platinum (41 weeks)US	A. C.5 (26 weeks) A. C.	Original is from 1973, originally dedicated to Marilyn Monroe, rewritten in memory of her after the death of Princess Diana ; the most successful single of all time with over 37 million copies sold
1998	Recover Your Soul The Big Picture	DE73 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (3 weeks) UK	US55 (20 weeks) US	A. C.5 (26 weeks) A. C.
	If the River Can Bend The Big Picture	DE95 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-	-
1999	Written in the Stars	DE79 (9 weeks) DE	AT28 (8 weeks) AT	CH34 (4 weeks) CH	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	US29 gold (… Where.)US	A. C.2 (26 weeks) A. C.	with LeAnn Rimes
	A Step Too Far The Road to El Dorado (film soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.15 (10 weeks) A. C.	with Heather Headley & Sherie Scott
2000	Someday out of the Blue The Road to El Dorado (film soundtrack)	DE69 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH40 (13 weeks) CH	-	US49 (15 weeks) US	A. C.5 (28 weeks) A. C.	Theme from El Dorado (from the movie The Road to El Dorado )
	Friends Never Say Goodbye The Road to El Dorado (Film Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.21 (10 weeks) A. C.
2001	I Want Love Songs from the West Coast	-	-	CH31 (9 weeks) CH	UK9 (10 weeks) UK	-	A. C.6 (26 weeks) A. C.
2002	This Train Don't Stop There Anymore Songs from the West Coast	-	-	-	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	-	A. C.10 (17 weeks) A. C.
	Original Sin Songs from the West Coast	-	-	-	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	-	A. C.18 (24 weeks) A. C.
	Your song	-	-	-	UK4th silver (11 weeks)UK	-	-	with Alessandro Safina
2003	Are You Ready for Love (Remix)	DE75 (4 weeks) DE	AT49 (3 weeks) AT	CH78 (1 week) CH	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	-	-	Number 1 dance hit in the US
	The Heart of Every Girl Mona Lisa Smile (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.24 (6 weeks) A. C.
2004	Answer in the Sky Peachtree Road	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.7 (26 weeks) A. C.
	All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) Peachtree Road	-	-	-	UK20 (7 weeks) UK	-	A. C.24 (10 weeks) A. C.
2005	Turn the Lights out When You Leave Peachtree Road	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-	-
	Electricity Peachtree Road	-	-	-	UK4 (4 weeks) UK	-	A. C.17 (14 weeks) A. C.
2006	The Bridge The Captain & the Kid	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.19 (20 weeks) A. C.
2012	Sad good morning to the night	-	-	-	UK48 (1 week) UK	-	-	with Pnau
2013	Home Again The Diving Board	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.14 (20 weeks) A. C.
2014	Can't Stay Alone Tonight The Diving Board	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.18 (8 weeks) A. C.
2015	Looking Up Wonderful Crazy Night	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.12 (17 weeks) A. C.
2016	A Good Heart Wonderful Crazy Night	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.17 (11 weeks) A. C.
2019	(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.15 (... weeks) A. C.	with Taron Egerton

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Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	A. C.
1985	That's what friends are for	DE36 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (8 weeks) CH	UK16 (9 weeks) UK	US1 (... week) US	A. C.1 (22 weeks) A. C.	as Dionne & Friends (Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder ) Original: Rod Stewart (film: Nightshift ); Benefit single in aid of AIDS research
1987	Flames of Paradise	DE8 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH7 (9 weeks) CH	UK59 (3 weeks) UK	US36 (13 weeks) US	A. C.32 (4 weeks) A. C.	Jennifer Rush with Elton John
2002	Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word	DE3 (18 weeks) DE	AT4 (21 weeks) AT	CH3 gold (24 weeks)CH	UK1 gold (17 weeks)UK	-	-	Blue feat. Elton John
2005	Ghetto Gospel	DE3 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT3 (31 weeks) AT	CH7 (21 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	-	-	2Pac feat. Elton John
2006	Dreamland Intersections (1985-2005)	-	-	-	-	-	A. C.23 (16 weeks) A. C.	Bruce Hornsby feat. Elton John
2009	Joseph, Better You Than Me	-	AT64 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	-	The Killers feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant
	Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)	-	-	-	UK3 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	-	Ironik feat. Chipmunk & Elton John

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of the chart successes of Elton John in the album and single charts.

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE2DE AT5AT CH7thCH UK7thUK US8thUS Top 10 albums DE13DE AT13AT CH17thCH UK32UK US21stUS Albums in the charts DE39DE AT26thAT CH25thCH UK47UK US48US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  A. C. Number one singles DE2DE AT1AT CH5CH UK7thUK US9US A. C.16A. C. Top 10 singles DE10DE AT11AT CH17thCH UK33UK US27US A. C.39A. C. Singles in the charts DE52DE AT27AT CH34CH UK86UK US67US A. C.72A. C.

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	128,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	9 × gold9	49 × platinum49	-	3,332,500	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	5 × gold5	14 × platinum14th	-	865,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	5 × gold5	4 × platinum4th	-	685,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	8 × gold8th	5 × platinum5	-	625,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	9 × gold9	15 × platinum15th	-	9,550,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	14 × platinum14th	-	(14,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	163,481	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	3 × silver3	16 × gold16	5 × platinum5	2 × diamond2	12,046,900	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	platinum1	-	15,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	145,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	8 × gold8th	5 × platinum5	-	1,050,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	11 × gold11	46 × platinum46	2 × diamond2	6,780,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	200,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	6 × gold6th	19 × platinum19th	-	307,500	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	4 × gold4th	11 × platinum11	-	1,115,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	16 × platinum16	-	430,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	7 × gold7th	14 × platinum14th	-	900,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	300,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Russia (NFPF)	-	-	platinum1	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	7 × gold7th	9 × platinum9	-	640,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	7 × gold7th	26 × platinum26th	-	1,438,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	13 × platinum13	-	1,100,000	promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	25 × gold25th	106 × platinum106	3 × diamond3	135,550,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	27 × silver27	17 × gold17th	51 × platinum51	-	27,875,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	30 × silver30th	157 × gold157	433 × platinum433	7 × diamond7th

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1. ↑ Sir Elton John adds new dates . In: The Daily Telegraph , April 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
2. ↑ Cynthia Johnston: Elton John brings "million dollar piano" to Vegas . In: Reuters , September 29, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011. 
3. ^ Peter Willis: Elton John in Rome . In: bedandbreakfast , September 14, 2010. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 31, 2011.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Guinness Book of Records 2000, ISBN 3-89681-003-0 .
5. ↑ Mark Savage: Elton John: On the Yellow Brick Road. (No longer available online.) BBC News, March 24, 2014, formerly original ; accessed on August 6, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Are You Ready for Love (Remix) in the US dance charts

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