Elton John albums discography

Elton John albums discography
Studio albums	33
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	16
EPs	3
Soundtrack albums	7
Other albums	2

The albums discography of English musician/singer-songwriter Elton John consists of 33 studio albums, 4 live albums, 7 soundtrack albums, 16 compilation albums and 3 extended plays, as well as 2 other albums. John has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.^[1][2]

Albums

Studio albums

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

Notes

• A^ Album was not released and did not chart in the United States until 1975.

Collaboration albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Duets	Released: 22 November 1993 Label: Rocket Formats: CD, LP, cassette	5	12	1	14	—	10	3	16	20	25	BPI: Platinum[15] IFPI AUT: Platinum[23] MC: Platinum[16] SNEP: 2× Gold[17] IFPI NOR: Platinum[25] IFPI SWI: Platinum[21] RIAA: Platinum[14]
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	BPI: Silver[28] MC: Gold[29]
Good Morning to the Night (vs Pnau)	Released: 16 July 2012 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP	1	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Holiday album

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Elton John's Christmas Party	Released: 10 November 2005 Label: Hear Music Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Guest appearances

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Greatest Hits III Queen	Released: 8 November 1999 Label: Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood Records (North America) Formats: CD, LP	5	77	2	—	8	5	5	24	19	—

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [4][5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7][13]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
17-11-70	Released: 12 March 1971 Label: DJM Formats: LP	20	20	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	11
Here and There	Released: 30 April 1976 Label: DJM Formats: LP, cassette	6	11	—	13	—	—	19	3	30	4	BPI: Silver[15] RIAA: Platinum[14] MC: Gold[16]
Live in Australia (with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)	Released: 13 June 1987 Label: Rocket Formats: CD, LP, cassette	43	5	—	43	—	—	—	11	—	24	MC: 2× Platinum[16] RIAA: Platinum[14]
One Night Only – The Greatest Hits	Released: 21 November 2000 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, cassette	7	32	20	—	—	21	14	10	16	65	BPI: Platinum[15] ARIA: Gold[30] IFPI AUT: Gold[23] MC: Gold[16] IFPI SWI: Gold[21] RIAA: Gold[14]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Friends	Released: 24 March 1971 Label: Paramount Formats: LP	—	19	—	17	—	—	12	—	—	36	RIAA: Gold[14]
The Lion King	Released: 31 May 1994 Label: Walt Disney Formats: CD, cassette	—	3	4	1	1	7	—	—	—	1	BPI: Platinum[15] ARIA: Gold[31] MC: Diamond[32] SNEP: Diamond[17] IFPI SWE: Gold[20] IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21] RIAA: Diamond[14]
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida	Released: 22 March 1999 Label: Rocket Formats: CD, cassette	29	—	9	—	24	23	12	—	—	41	RIAA: Gold[14]
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [4][5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7][13]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Elton John's Greatest Hits	Released: 8 November 1974 Label: DJM Formats: LP, cassette	1	1	—	1	—	43	3	5	—	1	BPI: Platinum[15] MC: Diamond[16] SNEP: Gold[17] RIAA: Diamond (17× Platinum)[14]
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II	Released: 13 September 1977 Label: DJM Formats: LP, cassette	6	46	—	6	—	—	—	6	—	21	BPI: Gold[15] MC: Platinum[16] RIAA: 5× Platinum[14]
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	—	—	—	—	BVMI: Gold[19] RIAA: Gold[14]
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III	Released: 12 November 1987 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, LP, cassette	—	—	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	84	RIAA: 2× Platinum[14]
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[15] ARIA: 6× Platinum[30] IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum[23] SNEP: Diamond[17] BVMI: 2× Platinum[19] NVPI: 2× Platinum[18] IFPI SWI: 4× Platinum[21] ABPD: Gold[22]
To Be Continued...	Released: 8 November 1990 Label: Rocket Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	82	MC: Gold[16] RIAA: 2x Platinum[14]
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[14]
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[15] ARIA: 3× Platinum[30] IFPI AUT: Platinum[23] MC: 2× Platinum[16] SNEP: 2× Platinum[17] BVMI: Platinum[19] NVPI: Platinum[18] IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21] RIAA: 3× Platinum[14]
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[15] ARIA: 2× Platinum[30] IFPI AUT: Gold[23] MC: 4× Platinum[33] SNEP: Gold[17] BVMI: Gold[19] IFPI SWI: Gold[21] RIAA: 6× Platinum[14]
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[15] ARIA: 3× Platinum[30] RIAA: 2x Platinum[14] ABPD: Gold[22]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [3]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NOR [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
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

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Songwriters Hall of Fame

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