DISCOGRAPHY

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	US: Gold[11]
	Tumbleweed Connection Released: 30 October 1970 Label: DJM	2	4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	5	US: Platinum[11]
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	US: Platinum[11]
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	UK: Platinum[12] US: 7× Platinum[11]
1974	Caribou Released: 28 June 1974 Label: DJM	1	1	—	1	—	30	20	6	—	1	UK: Gold[12] US: 2× Platinum[11]
1975	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Released: 19 May 1975 Label: DJM	2	1	7	1	1	22	1	2	—	1	UK: Gold[12] US: 3× Platinum[11]
	Rock of the Westies Released: 24 October 1975 Label: DJM	5	4	—	1	5	33	4	6	6	1	UK: Gold[12] CAN: Platinum[13] US: Platinum[11]
1976	Blue Moves Released: 22 October 1976 Label: Rocket	3	8	—	5	12	39	7	5	12	3	UK: Gold[12] CAN: Gold[13] FRA: Gold[14] US: Platinum[11]
1978	A Single Man Released: 1 October 1978 Label: Rocket	8	8	—	12	12	17	5	4	26	15	UK: Gold[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Gold[14] NLD: Gold[15] US: Platinum[11]
1979	Victim of Love Released: 13 October 1979 Label: Rocket	41	20	—	28	21	—	44	18	—	35	CAN: Gold[13]

1980–1989

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2][16]	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	CAN: Gold[13] FRA: Gold[14] US: Gold[11]
1981	The Fox Released: 20 May 1981 Label: Rocket	12	2	11	43	5	34	6	5	25	21	UK: Silver[12]
1982	Jump Up! Released: 9 April 1982 Label: Rocket	13	3	—	19	12	47	1	3	15	17	UK: Silver[12] US: Gold[11]
1983	Too Low for Zero Released: 14 October 1983 Label: Rocket	7	2	—	17	11	5	2	6	30	25	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] GER: Gold [17] FRA: Gold[14] US: Platinum[11]
1984	Breaking Hearts Released: 9 July 1984 Label: Rocket	2	1	4	10	—	5	2	7	11	20	UK: Gold[12] US: Platinum[11]
1985	Ice on Fire Released: 7 November 1985 Label: Rocket	3	6	9	49	14	5	8	2	16	48	FRA: Gold[14] GER: Gold [17] NLD: Gold[15] SWI: 2× Platinum[18] SWE: Platinum[19] UK: Platinum[12] US: Gold[11]
1986	Leather Jackets Released: 15 October 1986 Label: Rocket	24	4	22	38	—	21	34	12	31	91	UK: Gold[12]
1988	Reg Strikes Back Released: 24 June 1988 Label: Rocket	18	13	13	6	30	18	26	8	18	16	UK: Silver[12] CAN: 2× Platinum[13] FRA: Gold[14] US: Gold[11]
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] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold [17] NLD: Gold[15] SWI: 2× Platinum[18] US: Platinum[11

1992–2010

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [16]	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	UK: Gold[12] AUT: Platinum[20] CAN: 3× Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold [17] SWI: 2× Platinum[18] US: 2× Platinum[11]
1993	Duets Released: 22 November 1993 Label: Rocket	5	12	1	14	—	10	16	3	20	25	UK: Platinum[12] AUT: Platinum[20] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: 2× Gold[14] SWI: Platinum[18] NOR: Platinum[21] US: Platinum[11]
1995	Made in England Released: 17 March 1995 Label: Rocket	3	6	1	3	2	4	10	3	8	13	AUT: Platinum[20] CAN: 2× Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold [17] SWI: Platinum[18] SWE: Gold[19] UK: Gold[12] US: Platinum[11]
1997	The Big Picture Released: 22 September 1997 Label: Rocket	3	5	1	14	4	8	7	2	2	9	UK: Platinum[12] AUS: Platinum[22] AUT: Gold[20] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Gold[14] NOR: Platinum[21] SWI: Platinum[18] SWE: Gold[19] US: Platinum[11]
2001	Songs from the West Coast Released: 1 October 2001 Label: Mercury	2	7	15	9	19	14	24	2	8	15	UK: 2× Platinum[12] CAN: Gold[23] US: Gold[11] NOR: Gold[21] SWI: Gold[18] SWE: Gold[24] AUS: Gold[25]
2004	Peachtree Road Released: 7 November 2004 Label: Mercury	21	44	27	11	63	31	34	16	38	17	UK: Gold[12] US: Gold[11] SWI: Gold[18]
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 [26]	28	28	7	51	23	24	5	24	3	UK: Silver[27] CAN: Gold[28]

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2][16]	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	UK: Silver[12] US: Platinum[11] CAN: Gold[13]
1987	Elton John live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Released: 13 June 1987 Label: Rocket	43	5	—	43	—	11	—	—	24	CAN: 2× Platinum[13] US: Platinum[11]
2000	Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Released: 21 November 2000 Label: Mercury	7	32	20	—	21	10	14	16	65	UK: Platinum[12] AUS: Gold[29] AUT: Gold[20] CAN: Gold[13] SWI: Gold[18] US: Gold[11]

Singles

1968–1974

Year	Single	Peak chart positions								Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [4]	GER [31]	IRE [32]	NL [33]	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	US: Platinum[11]
	"Rocket Man"	2	13	8	18	6	—	—	6		Honky Château
	"Honky Cat"	31	78	10	41	—	—	—	8
	"Crocodile Rock"	5	2	1	3	10	12	3	1	US: Platinum[11]	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
1973	"Daniel"	4	7	1	27	4	14	8	2	US: Gold[11]
	"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	US: Platinum[11]
	"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	US: Platinum[11]
	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	16	13	1	—	17	24	—	2	US: Gold[11]	Caribou
	"The Bitch Is Back"	15	53	1	—	—	26	—	4	US: Gold[11]
	"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"	10	3	1	31	—	—	—	1	US: Gold[11]	Single-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

1975–1979

Year	Title	UK	AUS	CAN	US	US A/C	US R&B	GER	NL	RIAA certification[34]	Album
1975	"Philadelphia Freedom"	12	4	1	1	—	32	50	—	Platinum	Single-only release
	"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"	22	54	2	4	36	—	—	26	Gold	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
	"Island Girl"	14	12	4	1	27	—	42	tip15	Platinum	Rock of the Westies
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"	7	88	—	—	—	—	—	tip6	—	Tommy soundtrack
	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)	1	1	1	1	1	—	5	2	Gold	Single-only release
	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	11	19	3	6	1	—	29	14	Gold	Blue Moves
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"	15	12	13	22	40	—	40	tip18	—	A Single Man
	"Song for Guy"	4	14	—	110	37	—	22	6	—
1979	"Return to Paradise"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	tip11	—
	"Are You Ready for Love"	42	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Thom Bell Sessions (EP)
	"Mama Can't Buy You Love"	(N/R)	82	10	9	1	36	—	—	Gold
	"Victim of Love"	—	38	46	31	—	—	—	—	—	Victim of Love
	"Johnny B. Goode"

1980s

Year	Title	UK	AUS	CAN	US	US A/C	GER	RIAA certification[34]	Album
1980	"Little Jeannie"	33	9	1	3	1	23	Gold	21 at 33
	"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"	42	46	23	21	23	43	—	The Fox
	"Just Like Belgium" Released as a single in Belgium only	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Chloe"	—	—	34	34	16	—	—
1982	"Blue Eyes"	8	4	5	12	1	51	—	Jump Up!
	"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"	5	4	9	4	2	22	—	Too Low for Zero
	"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)"	7	4	4	5	2	18	—	Breaking Hearts
	"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)	32	50	94	—	—	39	—	Ice on Fire [original CD/cassette version only]
	"Nikita"	3	3	2	7	3	1	—	Ice on Fire
	"Wrap Her Up" (featuring George Michael on uncredited vocal)	12	22	26	20	—	54	—
1986	"Cry to Heaven"	47	86	—	—	—	—	—
	"Heartache All Over the World"	45	7	58	55	—	—	—	Leather Jackets
	"Slow Rivers" (featuring Cliff Richard)	44	82	—	—	—	—	—
1987	"Flames of Paradise" (with Jennifer Rush)	59	31	17	36	32	8	—	Jennifer Rush: Heart Over Mind
	"Your Song" [live]	85	100	—	—	—	—	—	Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
	"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"	30	16	1	2	1	22	—	Reg Strikes Back
	"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)	41	63	16	16	17	56	—	Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm
	"Healing Hands"	45	14	8	13	1	39	—	Sleeping with the Past
	"Sacrifice"	55	7	19	18	3	36

1990s

Year	Title	UK	AUS	CAN	US	US A/C	GER	RIAA certification[34]	Album
1990	"Club at the End of the Street"	47	19	12	28	2	45	—	Sleeping with the Past
	"Sacrifice" / "Healing Hands"	1	—	—	(N/R)	(N/R)	—	—
	"You Gotta Love Someone"	33	32	1	43	1	43	—	Days of Thunder soundtrack
	"Easier to Walk Away"	63	—	59	(N/R)	(N/R)	51	—	The Very Best of Elton John and To Be Continued...
1991	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with George Michael)	1	3	1	1	1	4	Gold	Duets
1992	"The One"	10	15	1	9	1	20	—	The One
	"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)	2	34	12	56	21	38	—	Duets
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"	14	9	1	4	1	14	Gold	The Lion King soundtrack
	"Circle of Life"	11	—	3	18	2	10	—
1995	"Believe"	15	23	1	13	1	56	—	Made in England
	"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)"	(N/R)	—	19	70	4	—	—	Love Songs [US version]
	"Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti)	9	—	—	(N/R)	(N/R)	—	—	Single-only release
1997	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	(N/R)	32	14	(N/R)	5	73	—	The Big Picture
	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"	1	1	1	1	1	1	11× Platinum	The Big Picture / Single-only release
1998	"Recover Your Soul"	16	—	39	55	5	73	—	The Big Picture
	"If the River Can Bend"	32	—	—	(N/R)	(N/R)	95	—
1999	"Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes)	10	—	35	29	2	79	Gold	Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
	"A Step Too Far"

2000s–present

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	—	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	—	—	Single-only release
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	—	—	Peachtree Road [2005 CD re-issue only]
	"Where We Both Say Goodbye" (with Catherine Britt)A	—	—	—	Single-only release
2006	"The Bridge"	—	—	19	The Captain & the Kid
	"Tinderbox"	—	—	—
2007	"Calling It Christmas" (with Joss Stone)	123	—	—	Single-only release
2010	"If It Wasn't for Bad" (with Leon Russell)	194	—	—	The Union

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