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Elton John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Rolling Stone has ranked him among the greatest artists, greatest singers, and greatest songwriters of all time.
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on the 25th of March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, now part of the London Borough of Harrow. He legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John on the 7th of January 1972.
"Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John is the best-selling chart single of all time, having sold over 33 million copies globally. John performed it live only once, at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Westminster Abbey on the 6th of September 1997. The song's proceeds of approximately £55 million were donated to Diana's charities.
Bernie Taupin is the lyricist who has been Elton John's primary songwriting partner since 1967. Their collaboration began when both answered the same advertisement in New Musical Express placed by Liberty Records A&R manager Ray Williams. Taupin writes the lyrics and John writes the music, often completing a song in under two hours between them.
The Elton John AIDS Foundation is a charity John established in 1992 that has raised over £300 million since its inception. John has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s and hosts an annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Party that has become one of Hollywood's most prominent Oscars events.
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour ran from the 8th of September 2018 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to the 8th of July 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden, comprising more than 300 concerts worldwide. At the time of its conclusion it was the highest-grossing tour in history. John retired from touring to spend more time with his husband David Furnish and their two sons.