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Elton John – a British singer, Pop superstar and Composer

ELTON JOHN
Sir Elton Hercules John

born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
( March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England)
Nationality: England
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singer, actor, composer
Specification: The biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s.
Genres: Rock, pop, glam rock, soft rock
Gender: Male
Representative Albums: “Honky Chateau”, “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”, “Greatest Hits, Vol. 2”

First Major Screen Credit: Friends” (1971).
Elton John has 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.
He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
John’s numerous awards include five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards; including for Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards. Music awards include the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King, the 1994 .
The 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Academy Award for Best Original Song both went to John for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”, shared with Taupin.

He is also the recipient of such honors as two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Disney Legend 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.

October 29, 2012 at 6:43 pm Leave a comment


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