One of the world’s elite international superstars can be found in Elton John. A musician since age 4, a record breaker and setter in the music industry and a crowd stopping live performer, Elton John still shows no signs of slowing down after a 40 year career. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947 in Middlesex, England, Elton’s first hit in 1970 with “Your Song” made him an instant favorite on the pop charts in both England and the US. In 1993, he surpassed the King, Elvis Presley, by having the most consecutive years of top 40 hits on the Billboard charts; he is the only artist in history to have reached the top 30 for 24 straight years. During the 70’s he broke another record by having a number one album for seven consecutive years, with 16 top 20 hits in row between the years of 1972 to 1975. Blockbuster sales have never been a stranger to Elton John and even his “minimal” records have gone gold.

Part of Elton John’s amazing record can be attributed to his writing partner, Bernie Taupin. The two together have written some of rock music’s most memorable songs. “Levon,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” are just a few of the number one hits the two have pounded out. They are so in tune with one another that several of their hits they have written the music and words in less than two hours, for example; “A Candle in the Wind,” a tribute to Marilyn Monroe and later rewritten for Princess Diana was written in less than an hour.

Elton John’s live performances also live up to his famous hits. He is one of the only performers in Las Vegas history to have the most consecutive sold-out shows. Elton John concert tickets sell out in every nation that he performs in, whether the US, England, Japan or Brazil, he performs live to packed stadiums across the world. The list of performers that he has worked with is no small feat either. Elton John has collaborated with John Lennon, Little Richard, Don Henley, George Michael and Bonnie Raitt, to name a few. He also has an academy award for Best Original Song under his belt with The Lion King’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” It is safe to say that with this type of resume that Elton John is one of the music industry’s true legends.