Elton John albums discography

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Elton John albums discography
File:Eltonjohn photo 1971.jpg
John in 1971
Studio albums 31
Live albums 5
Compilation albums 22
Internet albums 3
EPs 4
Soundtrack albums 9
Tribute albums 3
Collaboration albums 4
Holiday albums 2

The albums discography of English musician and singer-songwriter Elton John consists of 31 studio albums, 5 live albums, 9 soundtrack albums, 22 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, 3 tribute albums, 4 collaboration albums, and 2 holiday albums.

In 1969, John's debut album, Empty Sky, was released. In 1970, John released his self-titled second album Elton John, which featured his first hit single, "Your Song". John's commercial success was at its peak in the 1970s, when he released a streak of chart-topping albums in the US and UK, including Honky Château (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Caribou (1974), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), and Rock of the Westies (1975). John continued his success in the 1980s and 1990s, having several hit albums including 21 at 33 (1980), Too Low for Zero (1983), Sleeping with the Past (1989), The One (1992), Made in England (1995), and The Big Picture (1997).[1][2] John has continued to record new music since then, including the albums Songs from the West Coast (2001), The Diving Board (2013), Wonderful Crazy Night (2016), and The Lockdown Sessions (2021).[3][4] In 2017, John released the greatest hits album Diamonds, spanning his hits from 1970 to 2016.[5]

Throughout his career, John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artist of all time.[6][7] John's biggest selling studio album is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and ranks among the best-selling albums worldwide.[8][9][10] According to RIAA, he has sold 79 million albums in the United States, making him the 6th best-selling male solo artist in history.[11] In 2019, Billboard ranked him as the greatest solo artist of all time (third overall behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones).[12] John has accumulated 9 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 7 No. 1 albums on Billboard 200.[13] John is also Billboard's greatest male solo artist on the Hot 100 of all time (third overall behind the Beatles and Madonna).[14]

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
AUS
[16][17][18]
CAN
[19]
FRA
[20]
GER
[21]
NLD
[22][23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
SWE
[26][27]
US
[28]
Empty Sky
  • Released: 6 June 1969
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
30 31 6[upper-alpha 1]
Elton John
  • Released: 10 April 1970
  • Label: DJM/Uni (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5 2 4 2 4
Tumbleweed Connection
  • Released: 30 October 1970
  • Label: DJM/Uni (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 4 4 4 14 5
  • RIAA: Platinum[29]
Madman Across the Water
  • Released: 5 November 1971
  • Label: DJM/Uni (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
41 8 13 32 14 8
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[29]
Honky Château
  • Released: 19 May 1972
  • Label: DJM/Uni (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 4 3 43 9 8 11 1
  • RIAA: Platinum[29]
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
  • Released: 22 January 1973
  • Label: DJM/MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, reel tape
1 1 1 16 2 1 2 1
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[29]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Released: 5 October 1973
  • Label: DJM/MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, 8-Track, Reel Tape
1 1 1 41 74 5 9 2 1
Caribou
  • Released: 28 June 1974
  • Label: DJM/MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 1 1 30 40 6 20 4 1
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  • Released: 19 May 1975
  • Label: DJM/MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 1 1 1 22 14 2 1 2 1
Rock of the Westies
  • Released: 24 October 1975
  • Label: DJM/MCA (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5 4 1 5 33 22 6 4 6 1
Blue Moves
  • Released: 22 October 1976
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
3 8 5 12 39 7 5 7 12 3
A Single Man
  • Released: 16 October 1978
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
8 8 12 12 17 16 4 5 26 15
Victim of Love
  • Released: 13 October 1979
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
41 20 28 21 18 44 35
21 at 33
  • Released: 13 May 1980
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12 7 10 10 21 41 6 3 16 13
The Fox
  • Released: 20 May 1981
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12 2 43 5 34 20 5 6 25 21
Jump Up!
  • Released: 9 April 1982
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
13 3 19 12 47 26 3 1 15 17
Too Low for Zero
  • Released: 30 May 1983
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
7 2 17 11 5 28 6 2 30 25
Breaking Hearts
  • Released: 9 July 1984
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 1 10 5 41 7 2 11 20
Ice on Fire
  • Released: 7 November 1985
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 6 49 14 5 6 2 8 16 48
Leather Jackets
  • Released: 15 October 1986
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
24 4 38 21 34 12 34 31 91
Reg Strikes Back
  • Released: 24 June 1988
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
18 13 6 30 18 56 8 26 18 16
Sleeping with the Past
  • Released: 29 August 1989
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 2 23 2 9 5 7 1 23 23
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: Gold[37]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[39]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[32]
  • RIAA: Platinum[29]
The One
  • Released: 22 June 1992
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 2 7 1 1 14 2 7 8 8
  • BPI: Gold[30]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[40]
  • BVMI: Gold[37]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[39]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[32]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[29]
Made in England
  • Released: 17 March 1995
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 6 3 2 4 11 3 10 8 13
The Big Picture
  • Released: 22 September 1997
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 5 14 4 8 8 2 7 2 9
Songs from the West Coast
  • Released: 1 October 2001
  • Label: Rocket/Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2 7 9 19 14 13 2 24 8 15
Peachtree Road
  • Released: 9 November 2004
  • Label: Rocket/Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP
21 44 11 63 31 97 16 34 38 17
The Captain & the Kid
  • Released: 18 September 2006
  • Label: Mercury/Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP
6 37 12 56 25 43 10 27 18
The Diving Board
  • Released: 13 September 2013
  • Label: Mercury/Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3 26 7 24 11 22 10 20 42 4
Wonderful Crazy Night
  • Released: 5 February 2016
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
6 11 18 35 10 43 17 11 15 8
Regimental Sgt. Zippo
  • Released: 12 June 2021[45]
  • Label: Island/Mercury
  • Formats: LP
197
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Notes

  1. Album was not released and did not chart in the United States until 1975.

Collaboration albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
AUS
[17]
AUT
[46]
CAN
[19][47]
FRA
[20]
GER
[21]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
SWE
[26]
US
[28]
Duets
  • Released: 22 November 1993
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
5 12 1 14 10 3 16 20 25
The Union
(with Leon Russell)
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Mercury/Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
12 28 28 7 51 23 5 24 24 3
Good Morning to the Night
(vs Pnau)
  • Released: 16 July 2012
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP
1 40
The Lockdown Sessions[50]
  • Released: 22 October 2021
  • Label: EMI, Mercury, Interscope
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, LP, streaming
1 2
[51]
6 5 8
[52]
5 14
[53]
4
[54]
41
[55]
10
[56]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Holiday albums

Title Album details
Elton John's Christmas E.P.
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP
Elton John's Christmas Party
  • Released: 10 November 2005
  • Label: Hear Music
  • Formats: CD

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
AUS
[16][17]
CAN
[19][28]
FRA
[20]
GER
[21]
NLD
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
SWE
[26]
US
[28]
17-11-70
  • Released: 9 April 1971
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP
20 20 10 32 11
Here and There
  • Released: 30 April 1976
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
6 11 13 19 3 30 4
Live in Australia
(with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
  • Released: 13 June 1987
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
43 5 43 43 11 24
  • ARIA: Platinum[18]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[32]
  • RIAA: Platinum[29]
One Night Only – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 13 November 2000
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7 32 21 50 14 10 16 65
Live from Moscow 1979
(with Ray Cooper)
  • Released: 24 January 2020
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
166
[58]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
AUS
[17]
AUT
[46]
CAN
[19]
FRA
[20]
GER
[21]
NLD
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
US
[28]
Friends
  • Released: 24 March 1971
  • Label: Paramount
  • Formats: LP
19 17 37 12 36
The Lion King
  • Released: 31 May 1994
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 4 1 1 7 5 1
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
  • Released: 22 March 1999
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, cassette
29 9 24 23 12 41
The Muse
  • Released: 24 August 1999
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Formats: CD
The Road to El Dorado
  • Released: 14 March 2000
  • Label: DreamWorks
  • Formats: CD, cassette
40 63
Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Released: 7 February 2006
  • Label: Decca Broadway
  • Formats: CD
Gnomeo & Juliet
  • Released: 8 February 2011
  • Label: Buena Vista
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rocketman
  • Released: 24 May 2019
  • Label: EMI, Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
5 6 38 55 67 81 9 4
The Lion King
  • Released: 11 July 2019
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 15 18 35 32 10 28 5 13
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[15]
AUS
[16][17]
AUT
[46]
CAN
[19][28]
FRA
[20]
GER
[21]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[25]
SWE
[26]
US
[28]
Elton John's Greatest Hits
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 1 1 43 3 5 1
  • BPI: Platinum[30]
  • MC: Diamond[32]
  • RIAA: Diamond (17× Platinum)[29]
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II
  • Released: 13 September 1977
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
6 46 6 6 21
The Complete Picture – Milestones
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: K-Tel
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Lady Samantha
  • Released: 1 March 1980
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
56 74
The Very Best of Elton John
  • Released: 18 October 1980
  • Label: K-Tel
  • Formats: LP, cassette
24 2
Love Songs
  • Released: 29 October 1982
  • Label: TV Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette
39
The Superior Sound of Elton John (1970–1975)
  • Released: 1983/1984
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Your Songs
  • Released: 14 July 1985
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III
  • Released: 12 November 1987
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
33 84
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[29]
The Collection
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, CD, Cassette
The Very Best of Elton John
  • Released: 1 October 1990
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
  • BPI: 9× Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: 6× Platinum[57]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[37]
  • IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum[48]
  • IFPI SWI: 4× Platinum[39]
To Be Continued...
  • Released: 8 November 1990
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, cassette
21 82
Love Songs
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
Song Book
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
Rare Masters
  • Released: 20 October 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Greatest Hits 1976–1986
  • Released: 3 November 1992
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[29]
Chartbusters Go Pop
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: RPM
  • Formats: CD
Love Songs
  • Released: 6 November 1995
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
4 7 4 12 7 1 1 2 24
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[57]
  • BVMI: Platinum[37]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[48]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[39]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[32]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[29]
Greatest Hits 1970–2002
  • Released: 11 November 2002
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
3 6 19 18 3 19 6 8 12 12
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[57]
  • BVMI: Gold[37]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[48]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[39]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[61]
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum[29]
Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
  • Released: 26 March 2007
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 10 32 8 47 3 5 6 9
  • BPI: Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[57]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[29]
Diamonds
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: Virgin EMI, Island, UMe
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
5 3
[62]
26 5
[63]
9
[64]
31 2
[65]
7
[66]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[30]
  • ARIA: Platinum[31]
  • RIAA: Platinum[29]
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum[67]
Elton: Jewel Box
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: EMI, Universal Music Catalogue
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, streaming
68 24
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Tribute albums

Title Album details Certifications
Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
  • Released: 22 October 1991
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, CD
  • ARIA: Platinum[18]
Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin[68][69]
  • Released: 6 April 2018
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Format: Digital download
Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin[70][69]
  • Released: 6 April 2018
  • Label: Universal Music Group Nashville
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
US
[28]
I've Been Loving You
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: LP
The Thom Bell Sessions
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP
51
The Complete Thom Bell Sessions
  • Released: February 1989
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP
Remixed
  • Released: 30 December 2003
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

See also

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