Julie Taymor won the 1998 Tony Award ® for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumes for The Lion King. An epic fantasy musical motion picture of Elton’s life ‘Rocketman’ has been a box office smash, taking close to $200m at the box office, receiving a GRAMMY and four BAFTA Award nominations and winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Original Song.

2019 also saw the release of the critically acclaimed ‘Rocketman’ and global bestselling autobiography, ‘Me’. In May 2019 it was named Billboard’s Top Rock Tour. Encompassing 5 continents, and over 350 dates, this 3-year-long tour started in September 2018 and marks his retirement from touring after more than 50 years on the road. Elton announced the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour at New York’s Gotham Hall in January 2018. In 2003, Elton was honored as the first recipient of the prestigious BRITs Icon Award. In 2004, Elton received the Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contributions to American culture and excellence through the performing arts. In 1998, the Queen of England knighted him Sir Elton John, CBE. In 1992, Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading nonprofit HIV/AIDS organizations. Billy Elliot was nominated for a record-tying 15 Tony Awards and won 10, including Best Musical. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles: “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” The Tony Award-winning Broadway productions of The Lion King and Aida both awarded Elton with Grammy Awards for Best Musical Show Album. In the early 1990s, Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the soundtrack for The Lion King, winning him an Academy Award.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences had awarded Elton multiple Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Legend Award. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 1 diamond, 40 platinum or multi-platinum, and 23 gold albums and more than 300 million records sold worldwide. Since launching his first tour in 1970, Elton has delivered over 4,000 performances in more than 80 countries. The monumental career of international singer/songwriter and performer, Elton John, has spanned more than three decades.

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