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Musician
The Resume
(March 25, 1947- )
Birth name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Top 5 best-selling solo artist of all time with over 60 million albums sold
Knighted Sir Elton John by the Queen of England
Recorded 'Rocketman,' 'Pinball Wizard,' 'Levon,' 'Candle in the Wind' and 'Crocodile Rock'
Why he might be annoying
He blamed his advisor for going bankrupt over his daily need of flowers.
He wears those stupid looking glasses.
He ranked #10 in 1975 on Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dress List.
He had a hair transplant.
He suffers from depression.
Why he might not be annoying
He is openly gay.
He doesn't get angry when someone makes a joke about gay people.
He is ranked in People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People (1997).
He was the first western artist to perform in the Soviet Union (May 21, 1979).
He sued and won $518,700 when the Sunday Mirror published a false report of his diet (November 4, 1993).
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Year In Review:
For 2019, as of last week, Out of 171 Votes: 52.05% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 224 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 94 Votes: 65.96% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 97 Votes: 69.07% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 154 Votes: 51.95% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 96 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 60 Votes: 48.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 88 Votes: 53.41% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 97 Votes: 49.48% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 196 Votes: 64.80% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 164 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 175 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 403 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 401 Votes: 56.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 654 Votes: 50.46% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 913 Votes: 54.22% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1212 Votes: 55.53% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2896 Votes: 61.67% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 7885 Votes: 60.16% Annoying
Featured in the following Annoying Collections:
- 10 Celebrities, Boys Want to Be [1977] (Ranked: 10)
- 100 Worst Britons [Channel 4 Britain - May 10, 2003] (Ranked: 55)
- 2007 Least Annoying 101-200 (Ranked: 198)
- About.com's Top 10 Wackiest Atlanta Celebrities (Ranked: 3)
- Allegedly Gay Men
- Allegedly Gay Men Who Married Women
- American Music Award for Favorite Adult Comtemporary Artist (Ranked: 1998)
- American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist (Ranked: 1977)
- American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single (Ranked: 1977)
- American Music Award's Hosts (Ranked: 1980)
- Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
- Appeared in Black Face
- AskMen's Top 49 Men [2014]
- Bankruptcy
- Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People [1997]
- BBC Radio 2's Sold on Song Top 100 Greatest Songs Ever [Performer] (Ranked: 67)
- Best Male Singer of the Century (Ranked: 5)
- Billboard Hot 100 Single of the Year (Ranked: 1997)
- Billboard Top Album of the Year (Ranked: 1974)
- Billboard Top Album of the Year (Ranked: 1975)
- Billboard Top Single of the Year (Ranked: 1997)
- Billboard's 100 Biggest Chart Hits - 50 Year Anniversary [1958-2008] (Ranked: 41)
- Billboard's 100 Biggest Chart Hits - 50 Year Anniversary [1958-2008] (Ranked: 61)
- Billboard's Top Tours [2009] (Ranked: 8)
- Blender Magazine's 25 Gayest Moments in Rock & Roll (Ranked: 2)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever [April 2004] (Ranked: 50)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances [December 2005] (Ranked: 5)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Hottest Rock & Roll Couples of All Time [November 2003] (Ranked: 37)
- Blue Eyed Soul Artists
- Brit Awards' Best British Male Solo Artist (Ranked: 1991)
- Brit Awards' Best Outstanding Contribution (Ranked: 1986)
- Brit Awards' Best Outstanding Contribution (Ranked: 1995)
- Brit Awards' Best Outstanding Contribution (Ranked: 2014)
- British Rockers
- British VH-1's 100 Most Important Men in Music [2002] partial (Ranked: 7)
- Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
- Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
- Canadian Idol Themes (Ranked: 1)
- Celebrity Atlanta Brave Fans
- Celebrity Toronto Maple Leaf Fans
- Celebrity Watford Fans
- Central Park Concerts (Ranked: 1980)
- Cher Show Guests
- Concert for New York City [October 20, 2001]
- Condoleezza Rice's Top Ten [May 2006] (Ranked: 8)
- Disney Legends Award (Ranked: 2006)
- E!'s 101 Even Bigger Celebrity Oops! [2005] (Ranked: 19)
- Eminem References
- Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Love Songs [Performer] (Ranked: 22)
- Entertainment Weekly's Covers [2004]
- Entertainment Weekly's Top 12 Entertainers of the Year [1997] (Ranked: 5)
- Fag Stags [Men Loved by Gay Men]
- Falsettos
- Film Composers
- First 50 Profiles (Ranked: 31)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2002] (Ranked: 25)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2005] (Ranked: 9)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2006] (Ranked: 16)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2007] (Ranked: 7)
- Forbes Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2011] (Ranked: 5)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2012] (Ranked: 17)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2015] (Ranked: 31)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2016] (Ranked: 61)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by E-Score [2006] (Ranked: 50)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Press [2005] (Ranked: 19)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Salary [2005] (Ranked: 15)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Salary [2006] (Ranked: 32)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Salary [2007] (Ranked: 14)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by TV [2005] (Ranked: 24)
- Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking by Web Hits [2005] (Ranked: 10)
- Forbes Magazine's 20 Most Expensive Celebrity Weddings [July 2007] (Ranked: 7)
- Forbes Music's Top 10 Money Makers [2005] (Ranked: 10)
- Glam Rockers
- Got Milk Advertisers
- GQ's 10 Best Dressed British Males [2002] (Ranked: 10)
- GQ's 100 Best Dressed British Males [2004] (Ranked: 22)
- GQ's 100 Best Dressed British Males [2005] (Ranked: 18)
- GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males [2003] (Ranked: 26)
- GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males [2006] (Ranked: 17)
- GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males [2008] (Ranked: 17)
- GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 15)
- Grammy for Best Pop Group (Ranked: 1987)
- Grammy for Best Pop Male (Ranked: 1995)
- Grammy for Best Pop Male (Ranked: 1998)
- Guest Voices on the Simpsons
- Heat Magazine's U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1998] (Ranked: 3)
- Heat Magazine's U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1999] (Ranked: 2)
- Heat Magazine's U.K.'s Richest Rockers [2000] (Ranked: 3)
- Heat Magazine's U.K.'s Richest Rockers [2001] (Ranked: 3)
- Heat Magazine's U.K.'s Richest Rockers [2003] (Ranked: 3)
- Horatio Sanz Impersonations
- Huge Eye Wear
- I am Bar Mitzvah Music
- I Attended Donald Trump-Melania Knauss' Wedding [January 22, 2005]
- I Attended Elizabeth Hurley-Arun Nayar's Wedding [March 2-4, 2007]
- I Attended Madonna-Guy Ritchie's Wedding [December 22, 2004]
- I Attended Prince Harry-Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding [May 19, 2018]
- I Attended Prince William-Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding [April 29, 2011]
- I Attended Princess Diana's Funeral [September 6, 1997]
- I Covered a Beach Boys Song
- I Covered a Beatles Song
- I Covered a Who Song
- I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
- I Don't Like Simon Cowell
- I Drive a Rolls-Royce
- I Drive an Acura NSX
- I Had Corrective Eye Laser Surgery
- I Have a Pacemaker
- I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
- I Have Eating Disorders [Bulimia/Anorexia]
- I Have My Own Fragrance
- I Inspired a Musical
- I Married an Allegedly Gay Man
- I Married in 1984
- I Married in 2005
- I Own a Sports Team
- I Performed at Hyde Park
- I Performed at Live 8 [July 2, 2005]
- I Performed at Live Aid [July 13, 1985]
- I Performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert [1992]
- I Performed on 'Chef Aid:The South Park Album' [1998]
- I Performed with Slash
- I Record Music That Sounds Kinda Gay
- I Recorded a Concept Album
- I Recorded a Diamond Album
- I Recorded the Oscar Winning Best Original Song (Ranked: 1994)
- I Sang at Sun City During Apartheid
- I Sing About a Cage
- I Sing About a Highway
- I Sing About a Sacrifice
- I Sing About an Eye Color
- I Sing About Los Angeles
- I Sing About Marilyn Monroe
- I Sing About Masturbation
- I Sing About My Parents
- I Sing About New York
- I Sing About Peaches
- I Sing About Suicide
- I Sing About the New York Times
- I Sing About Triangles
- I was Escorted Off an Airplane
- I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
- I'm Depressed [Reportedly Uni-polar]
- I'm Sorry [Public Apologies]
- Invited to Donald Trump-Melania Knauss' Wedding [January 22, 2005]
- Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 2004)
- Knights
- Las Vegas Walk of Stars Honorees
- Late Night TV/Talk
- Late Show Starring Joan Rivers' First Show [1989]
- London Sunday Times Top 10 Highest Paid Music and Media Stars [2001] (Ranked: 6)
- London Sunday Times Top 10 Highest Paid Music and Media Stars [2003] (Ranked: 9)
- Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Crown
- Lycos' Top 8 John Searches [July 2001] (Ranked: 6)
- Mac Cosmetics Models
- Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2001] (Ranked: 14)
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Covered My Song
- Men Caught Weeping in Public
- Men in Dresses
- Men Who Should Have Been Women
- Military Brats
- Model Railroaders
- Most Played Christmas Songs During the Noughties [2000-2009] (Ranked: 9)
- Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed [1975] (Ranked: 10)
- Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed Males (Ranked: 1975)
- MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Losers [Season 2]
- MTV's Unplugged
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 10 Gay Icons in Music [2005] (Ranked: 2)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Divine Divas (Ranked: 6)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Richest Rockers [2007] (Ranked: 4)
- Muppet Show Guests
- MusiCares Person of the Year (Ranked: 2000)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1972)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1973)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1974)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1975)
- My Grammy Night's 25 Fan Favorites [November 30, 2007] (Ranked: 17)
- My Music Was Used On An 'American Idol' Theme Night
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1973)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1974)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1975)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1976)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1986)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1992)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1997)
- My Song is Featured on Guitar Hero 5
- My Song is Featured on Lego Rock Band
- My Song is Featured on Rock Band 3
- My Song was Banned on the BBC
- My Song was Covered by Tori Amos
- My Song was Parodied on Bill Nye the Science Guy
- My Song was Temporarily Banned After 9/11
- New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [2006] (Ranked: 62)
- New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1983] (Ranked: 25)
- Nobody Told Me I'm Old
- Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
- Oscar for Best Original Song (Ranked: 1994)
- Pale Faces
- Paste Magazine's 100 Best Living Songwriters [2006] (Ranked: 23)
- People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1997]
- People with John or Mary in their Names
- Phil Hartman Impersonations
- Pittsburgh Tribune's Top 10 Most Pointless Celebrities [September 2005]
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 37)
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 22)
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 33)
- Pollstar's Top Grossing Tours of the Year (Ranked: 1998)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1989] (Ranked: 8)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1992] (Ranked: 7)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1994] (Ranked: 6)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1995] (Ranked: 9)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1995] (Ranked: 10)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1998] (Ranked: 1)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1999] (Ranked: 8)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2001] (Ranked: 28)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2001] (Ranked: 5)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2002] (Ranked: 4)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2003] (Ranked: 9)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2003] (Ranked: 55)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2004] (Ranked: 10)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2005] (Ranked: 6)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2006] (Ranked: 10)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2007] (Ranked: 16)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [Mid Year 2006] (Ranked: 18)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [Mid Year 2008] (Ranked: 39)
- Powdered Wig Wearers
- PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 23)
- PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 35)
- Prima Magazine's Best Dressed [2004]
- Profiles 1-250 (Ranked: 31)
- Q Magazine's 100 Songs that Changed the World [Artists] (Ranked: 50)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Covered My Song
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1994)
- Rocky
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists (Ranked: 49)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era [2008] (Ranked: 38)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters (Ranked: 48)
- Rolling Stone's 30 Richest Rockers [2006] (Ranked: 5)
- Rolling Stone's 50 Richest Rockers [2003] (Ranked: 22)
- Rolling Stone's 50 Richest Rockers [2004] (Ranked: 4)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 135)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 158)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 91)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 357)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 463)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 468)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 136)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 242)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 347)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 380)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 387)
- Rolling Stone's Top 30 Albums of 2010 (Ranked: 3)
- Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2013 (Ranked: 25)
- Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2016 (Ranked: 39)
- Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records of 2004
- Satirized on the Simpsons
- Saturday Night Live Hosts [2006-10] (Ranked: 2010)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1980-84] (Ranked: 1981)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [2006-10] (Ranked: 2010)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter Knuckleheads of the Year [2004]
- Shea Stadium Concerts
- Short Fuses
- Sissies
- Slimed at the Kid's Choice Awards (Ranked: 1990)
- Soda Advertisers
- Star Magazine's Top 10 Most Annoying [2004] (Ranked: 7)
- Studio 54 Regulars
- Sued the Tabloids
- Sung on 'Tears in Heaven' for Tsunami Relief
- Superman Songs
- Tatler's 100 Most Invited [2004] (Ranked: 64)
- Tatler's 100 Most Invited [2005] (Ranked: 51)
- Tatler's 100 Most Invited [2006] (Ranked: 53)
- The Chipmunks Covered My Song
- There is Something about Crocodiles
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2010 [May 2010]
- Tony Bennett's Duets [2006]
- Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
- Toupee Wearers and Hair Transplants
- Triumph the Insult Dog's 'I Keed' References
- Tsunami Aid Telethon Participants [January 15, 2005]
- U.K. Top 10 Earning Rockers [2000] (Ranked: 3)
- U.K. Top 10 Earning Rockers [2001] (Ranked: 3)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1993] (Ranked: 2)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1994] (Ranked: 2)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1996] (Ranked: 2)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [1997] (Ranked: 5)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [2000] (Ranked: 2)
- U.K.'s Richest Rockers [2003] (Ranked: 2)
- UK's Top 10 Most Popular Funeral Songs [October 2006] (Ranked: 6)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2001] (Ranked: 14)
- VH-1/TV Guide's 100 Greatest Moments that Rocked TV (Ranked: 8)
- VH-1/TV Guide's 100 Greatest Moments that Rocked TV (Ranked: 22)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists [2010] (Ranked: 28)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock (Ranked: 17)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Love Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 8)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments (Ranked: 12)
- VH-1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons [1-100] (Ranked: 55)
- VH-1's 25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos (Ranked: 15)
- VH-1's 40 Greatest Celebrity Feuds (Ranked: 25)
- VH-1's 40 Most Awesomely Bad #1 Song Performers (Ranked: 38)
- VH-1's Behind the Music
- VH-1's Divas and Friends (Ranked: 1999)
- VH-1's Divas and Friends [1999]
- VH-1's Mojo 40 (Ranked: 36)
- VH-1's Storytellers
- VH-1-UK's Nation's 20 Favorite Christmas Songs (Ranked: 13)
- Vizzavi's Top 10 Pop Idols of All Time (Ranked: 10)
- Voices on South Park
- We Got Married on New Year's Eve [December 31st] (Ranked: 2005)
- We Got Married on Valentine's Day [February 14th] (Ranked: 1984)
- Will and Grace - Cameos
- Will and Grace - Guest Stars
- Will Ferrell Impersonations
- Will Sasso's Mad TV Impersonations
- William Shatner Butchered My Song
- World Cup Opening Ceremony [Performers] (Ranked: 2010)
- World Music Awards Legend Award (Ranked: 1991)
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