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Elton John discography
Elton John on stage in July 2008
Studio albums30
Soundtrack albums3
Live albums4
Compilation albums17
Tribute albums3
Singles128

The discography of English musician/singer-songwriter Elton John. Over the course of his many-decades career, he has recorded approximately thirty albums in recording studios, some additional ones in concert and via motion picture soundtrack, and has seen many repackagings of his work.

Albums

Studio albums

1969–1979

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1969 Empty Sky
  • Released: 3 June 1969
  • Label: DJM
30 6
1970 Elton John
  • Released: 10 April 1970
  • Label: DJM
5 2 4 4
Tumbleweed Connection
  • Released: 30 October 1970
  • Label: DJM
2 4 4 5
1971 Madman Across the Water
  • Released: 5 November 1971
  • Label: DJM
41 8 13 8
  • US: 2× Platinum[11]
1972 Honky Château
  • Released: 19 May 1972
  • Label: DJM
2 4 3 43 8 1
1973 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
  • Released: 22 January 1973
  • Label: DJM
1 1 1 16 1 1
  • US: 3× Platinum[11]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Released: 5 October 1973
  • Label: DJM
1 1 1 41 9 5 1
1974 Caribou
  • Released: 28 June 1974
  • Label: DJM
1 1 1 30 20 6 1
1975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  • Released: 23 May 1975
  • Label: DJM
2 1 7 1 5 22 1 2 1
Rock of the Westies
  • Released: 24 October 1975
  • Label: DJM
5 4 1 33 4 6 6 1
1976 Blue Moves
  • Released: 22 October 1976
  • Label: Rocket
3 8 5 12 39 7 5 12 3
1978 A Single Man
  • Released: 1 October 1978
  • Label: Rocket
8 8 12 12 17 5 4 26 15
1979 Victim of Love
  • Released: 13 October 1979
  • Label: Rocket
41 20 28 44 18 35

1980–1989

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][14]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1980 21 at 33
  • Released: 13 May 1980
  • Label: Rocket
12 7 10 10 21 3 6 16 13
1981 The Fox
  • Released: 20 May 1981
  • Label: Rocket
12 2 11 43 10 34 6 5 25 21
1982 Jump Up!
  • Released: 9 April 1982
  • Label: Rocket
13 3 19 12 47 1 3 15 17
1983 Too Low for Zero
  • Released: 14 October 1983
  • Label: Rocket
7 2 17 11 5 2 6 30 25
1984 Breaking Hearts
  • Released: 9 July 1984
  • Label: Rocket
2 1 4 10 5 2 7 11 20
1985 Ice on Fire
  • Released: 7 November 1985
  • Label: Rocket
3 6 9 49 5 8 2 16 48
1986 Leather Jackets
  • Released: 15 October 1986
  • Label: Rocket
24 4 22 38 21 34 12 31 91
1988 Reg Strikes Back
  • Released: 24 June 1988
  • Label: Rocket
18 13 13 6 18 26 8 18 16
1989 Sleeping with the Past
  • Released: 29 August 1989
  • Label: Rocket
1 2 5 30 2 9 1 7 23 23
  • UK: 3× Platinum[12]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[13]
  • SWI: 2× Platinum[15]
  • US: Platinum[11]

1992–2010

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[14]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1992 The One
  • Released: 23 June 1992
  • Label: Rocket
2 2 1 7 1 1 7 2 8 8
1993 Duets
  • Released: 22 November 1993
  • Label: Rocket
5 12 1 14 10 16 3 20 25
1995 Made in England
  • Released: 17 March 1995
  • Label: Rocket
3 6 1 3 2 4 10 3 8 13
1997 The Big Picture
  • Released: 22 September 1997
  • Label: Rocket
3 5 1 14 4 8 7 2 2 9
2001 Songs from the West Coast
  • Released: 1 October 2001
  • Label: Mercury
2 7 15 9 19 14 24 2 8 15
2004 Peachtree Road
  • Released: 7 November 2004
  • Label: Mercury
21 44 27 11 63 31 34 16 38 17
2006 The Captain & the Kid
  • Released: 15 September 2006
  • Label: Mercury
6 37 37 12 56 25 10 27 18
2010 The Union
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Decca (US)
12
[23]
28 28 7 51 23 24 5 24 3

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][14]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4][10]
GER
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1971 17-11-70 (aka 11–17–70)
  • Released: 12 March 1971
  • Label: DJM
20 20 10 11
1976 Here and There
  • Released: 30 April 1976
  • Label: DJM
6 11 13 3 19 30 4
1987 Elton John live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: 13 June 1987
  • Label: Rocket
43 5 43 11 24
2000 Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 November 2000
  • Label: Mercury
7 32 20 21 10 14 16 65

Soundtrack albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[14]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NOR
[8]
US
[10]
1971 Friends 19 17 12 36
1999 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
  • Released: 22 March 1999
  • Label: Rocket
29 9 24 23 12 41
1999 The Muse
  • Released: 24 August 1999
  • Label: PolyGram
2000 The Road to El Dorado 40 63

Musical/movie scores

Year Album details
1994 The Lion King
2005 Billy Elliot the Musical
2006 Lestat: The Musical

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][14]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4][10]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1974 Elton John's Greatest Hits
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: DJM
1 1 1 43 5 3 1
1977 Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II
  • Released: 13 September 1977
  • Label: DJM
6 46 6 6 21
1980 Lady Samantha
  • Released: 1 March 1980
  • Label: DJM
56 74
The Very Best of Elton John
  • Released: 18 October 1980
  • Label: K-Tel
24 2
1982 Love Songs 39
1985 Your Songs
  • Released: 14 July 1985
  • Label: Rocket
1
1987 Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III
  • Released: 12 November 1987
  • Label: Geffen
33 84
1990 To Be Continued...
  • Released: 1 October 1990
  • Label: Rocket
21 82
The Very Best of Elton John
  • Released: 3 November 1990
  • Label: DJM
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
1992 Rare Masters
  • Released: 20 October 1992
  • Label: Polydor
Greatest Hits 1976–1986
  • Released: 3 November 1992
  • Label: MCA
1996 Love Songs
  • Released: 24 September 1996
  • Label: Mercury
4 7 4 12 7 1 1 2 24
2002 Greatest Hits 1970–2002
  • Released: 15 November 2002
  • Label: Mercury
3 6 19 18 3 19 8 6 12 12
  • AUS:2X Platinum[26]
  • US: 5x Platinum[11]
  • UK: 4x Platinum[12]
  • CAN: 4x Platinum[27]
2005 Elton John's Christmas Party
2007 Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
  • Released: 23 March 2007
  • Label: Mercury
2 10 32 8 47 5 3 6 9
  • US: Gold[11]
  • UK: Platinum[12]
  • NOR: Platinum
  • AUS: Gold
  • NZ: Gold
  • SWE: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
  • DEN: Platinum
  • BEL: Gold
  • BRA: Gold

Extended plays

Singles

1968–1974

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
GER
[28]
IRE
[29]
NL
[30]
NOR
[8]
US
1968 "I've Been Loving You" Single-only releases
1969 "Lady Samantha"
"It's Me That You Need"
1970 "Border Song" 34 29 92 Elton John
"Rock n' Roll Madonna" Single-only release
"From Denver to L.A." The Games soundtrack
"Your Song" 7 11 3 13 10 8 Elton John
1971 "Friends" 96 13 34 Friends soundtrack
"Levon" 94 6 24 Madman Across the Water
1972 "Tiny Dancer" 13 19 41
"Rocket Man" 2 8 18 6 6 Honky Château
"Honky Cat" 31 78 10 41 8
"Crocodile Rock" 5 2 1 3 10 12 3 1 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
1973 "Daniel" 4 7 1 27 4 14 8 2
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" 7 31 12 44 13 12 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" 6 3 1 49 4 20 9 2
"Step into Christmas" 24 Single-only release
1974 "Candle in the Wind" 11 5 8 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
"Bennie and the Jets" 37 1 18 1
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 16 13 1 17 24 2 Caribou
"The Bitch is Back" 15 53 1 26 4
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" 10 3 1 31 1 Single-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

1975–1979

Year Title Album UK AUS CAN US US A/C US R&B GER NL RIAA Certification[31]
1975 "Philadelphia Freedom" Single-only release 12 4 1 1 32 50 Platinum
"Bad Blood" (with Neil Sedaka} Neil Sedaka: The Hungry Years 1 25
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 22 54 2 4 36 26 Gold
"Island Girl" Rock of the Westies 14 12 4 1 27 42 tip15 Platinum
1976 "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" 8 14
"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" 8 14 21
"Pinball Wizard" Tommy soundtrack 7 88 tip6
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) Single-only release 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 Gold
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Blue Moves 11 19 3 6 1 29 14 Gold
1977 "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" 28 72 51 28
"Crazy Water" 27
"The Goaldigger's Song" Single-only releases
1978 "Ego" 34 40 21 34 tip16
"Part-Time Love" A Single Man 15 12 13 22 40 40 tip18
"Song for Guy" 4 14 110 37 22 6
1979 "Return To Paradise" tip11
"Are You Ready for Love" The Thom Bell Sessions (EP) 42 63
"Mama Can't Buy You Love" (N/R) 82 10 9 1 36 Gold
"Victim of Love" Victim of Love 38 46 31
"Johnny B. Goode"

1980s

Year Title Album UK AUS CAN US US A/C GER RIAA
certification[31]
1980 "Little Jeannie" 21 at 33 33 9 1 3 1 23 Gold
"Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" 44 91 57 39 45
"Dear God" 82
1981 "28 November 1974 EP" (with John Lennon) (features "I Saw Her Standing There", "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" & "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") 40 81
"Nobody Wins" The Fox 42 46 23 21 23 43
"Just Like Belgium"
"Chloe" 34 34 16
1982 "Blue Eyes" Jump Up! 8 4 5 12 1 51
"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" 51 63 8 13 18
"Ball and Chain"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
1983 "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Too Low for Zero 5 4 9 4 2 22
"I'm Still Standing" 4 3 1 12 28 10
"Kiss the Bride" 20 25 37 25 58
"Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)" / "Crystal" 33 12
1984 "Too Low for Zero" 52
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" Breaking Hearts 7 4 4 5 2 18
"Passengers" 5 9
"Who Wears These Shoes?" 50 76 36 16 11
"In Neon" 92 38 11
"Breaking Hearts (Ain't What it Used to Be)" 59
1985 "Act of War" (featuring Millie Jackson) Ice on Fire [original CD/cassette version only] 32 50 94 39
"Nikita" Ice on Fire 3 3 2 7 3 1
"Wrap Her Up" 12 22 26 20 54
1986 "Cry to Heaven" Ice on Fire 47 86
"Heartache All Over the World" Leather Jackets 45 7 58 55
"Slow Rivers" (featuring Cliff Richard) 44 82
1987 "Flames of Paradise" (with Jennifer Rush) Jennifer Rush: Heart Over Mind 59 31 17 36 32 8
"Your Song" [live] Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 85 100
"Candle in the Wind" [live] 5 92 5 6 2 55
1988 "Take Me to the Pilot" [live] 37
"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" Reg Strikes Back 30 16 1 2 1 22
"Town of Plenty" 74 95
"A Word in Spanish" 91 10 19 4 43
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)"
1989 "Through the Storm" (with Aretha Franklin) Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm 41 (N/R) 16 16 17 56
"Healing Hands" Sleeping with the Past 45 14 8 13 1 39
"Sacrifice" 55 7 19 18 3 36

1990s

Year Title Album UK AUS CAN US US A/C GER RIAA
certification[31]
1990 "Club at the End of the Street" Sleeping with the Past 47 19 12 28 2 45
"Sacrifice" / "Healing Hands" 1 (N/R) (N/R)
"You Gotta Love Someone" Days of Thunder soundtrack 33 32 1 43 1 43
"Easier to Walk Away" The Very Best of Elton John + To Be Continued... 63 59 (N/R) (N/R) 51
1991 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with George Michael) Duets 1 3 1 1 1 4 Gold
1992 "The One" The One 10 15 1 9 1 20
"Runaway Train" (with Eric Clapton) 31 (N/R) (N/R) 41
"The Last Song" 21 32 7 23 2 72
1993 "Simple Life" 44 3 30 1 63
"True Love" (with Kiki Dee) Duets 2 34 12 56 21 38
1994 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul) 7 45 92 62
"Shakey Ground" (with Don Henley) (N/R) (N/R) 64
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit) 24 (N/R) (N/R)
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" The Lion King soundtrack 14 9 1 4 1 14 Gold
"Circle of Life" 11 3 18 2 10
1995 "Believe" Made in England 15 23 1 13 1 56
"Made in England" 18 48 5 52 12 59
"Blessed" (N/R) 3 34 2 83
1996 "Please" 33 27 (N/R) (N/R)
"You Can Make History (Young Again)" Love Songs [US version] (N/R) 19 70 4
"Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti) Single-only release 9 (N/R) (N/R)
1997 "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" The Big Picture (N/R) 32 14 (N/R) 5 73
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" The Big Picture (except "Candle 1997" non-album) 1 1 1 1 1 1 11x Platinum
1998 "Recover Your Soul" The Big Picture 16 39 55 5 73
"If the River Can Bend" 32 (N/R) (N/R) 95
1999 "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida 10 35 29 2 79 Gold
"A Step Too Far" (N/R) 15

2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
US US A/C
2000 "Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)" 49 5 The Road to El Dorado soundtrack
"Friends Never Say Goodbye" 21
2001 "I Want Love" 9 110 6 Songs From the West Coast
2002 "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" 24 10
"Original Sin" 39 18
"Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) 4 Sport Relief charity single
2003 "Are You Ready for Love" [remix] 1 Single-only release
"The Heart of Every Girl" 24 Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack
2004 "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" 20 24 Peachtree Road
2005 "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" 32
"Answer in the Sky" 7
"Electricity" 4
"Where We Both Say Goodbye" (with Catherine Britt) Single-only release
2006 "The Bridge" 19 The Captain & the Kid
"Tinderbox"
2007 "Elton John's Christmas EP"
(features "Step into Christmas" & "Cold as Christmas")
53 Single-only release
"Calling It Christmas" (with Joss Stone) 123
2010 "If It Wasn't for Bad" (with Leon Russell) 194 The Union
Year Title Album UK AUS CAN US RIAA
certification[31]
1985 "That's What Friends Are For" (as part of Dionne Warwick & Friends) 16 (N/R) 1 1 Gold
1997 "Perfect Day" (Various Artists) 1
2002 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Blue featuring Elton John) Blue: One Love 1 43
2005 "Ghetto Gospel" (Tupac Shakur featuring Elton John) 2Pac: Loyal to the Game 1 1
2008 "Joseph, Better You Than Me" (The Killers featuring Elton John and Neil Tennant) 88 43
2009 "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (Ironik featuring Elton John) Ironik: No Point in Wasting Tears 3 41
2010 "Poker Face / Speechless / Your Song"
(live from the 52nd Grammy Awards) (Lady Gaga featuring Elton John)
94
2011 "All of the Lights" (Kanye West featuring Elton John, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 33 29

Video albums

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