Elton John is enjoying a return to the top of the UK albums chart, with a debut record released in 2017.
The BBC reported that Sir Elton's collection is a greatest hits diamond It reached number one in the UK after 374 weeks on the charts, marking the musician's ninth number one album, at the age of 77.
The album includes classic songs including: Little dancer, I'm still standing and Rocket manhas been on the charts since its release seven years ago, but received a sales boost last week with its re-release on Blu-ray, cassette and diamond vinyl. The BBC says it has sold more than 1.5 million copies in total.
Sir Elton has also seen a spike in streaming numbers since the release of the Disney+ documentary last month It's not too lateWhich witnessed the artist discussing his artistic career so far, and the conclusion of his farewell tour in 2023. Through clips, memoirs, and audio interviews that had never been shown before for his memoirs. I and animated sequences depicting Sir Elton's memories, the film follows his turbulent formative years, his meteoric rise to fame as he struggles with and overcome drug addiction, and his final North American performances leading up to his farewell concert at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles.
Sir Elton's debut albums span six decades, and this was his first Don't shoot me, I'm just a pianistreleased in 1973. His most successful debut album topped the charts a year later.
“I still love playing piano. I'm waiting to get back in the studio. I can't wait to release new stuff. I'm raring to go,” he recently said in an interview with Deadline.
