Sir Elton John celebrates ‘extraordinary’ 10th UK number one album

Sir Elton John says he is “impressed” after scoring the tenth number one album in his career.

Who believes in Los Angeles? A collaboration with the EE Country star. Uu. Brandi Carlile, has exceeded the lists 52 years after the first issue of the star.

“It seems quite extraordinary that my career has spent so much time,” Sir Elton told the BBC.

“It always feels good to lead a list, no matter where. And with this album, I am especially excited because I think it is the best album I have done for a long time.”

Written and recorded about three weeks at the end of 2023, who believes in Los Angeles? He has received excellent reviews from critics, who have called it “A brave and extravagant tear“ALREADY”High Late Carrera“

But the album had a difficult station, which was captured in a wart documentary and everything published on YouTube.

Sir Elton was seen hitting his headphones, shouting at his collaborators, starting song lyrics and threatening to quit smoking.

The star was “nervous” and “irritable”, partly because he was recovering from a hip replacement, he said, but also because he was working in a new way: writing live in the study with Carlile, producer Andrew Watt and Tautin in the long term.

“It was a huge challenge, gathering those four people,” he told the BBC. “And the challenge really was at my feet.

“I was very nervous [because] I wanted the album to interpose in a certain way, but you cannot always guarantee that it will.

“I think my nerves and my insecurities and my doubt led to some moments of bath behavior, which was frustrations within me.”

Once they registered the Opening song, Laura Nyro’s rose, “Everything fell in its place,” said Sir Elton.

“In two and a half week, we recorded 14 songs and we finished them.”

The launch of the album was delayed last year after a Ocular infection left the star with vision difficulties. Last week, he told Times Hey I couldn’t see his children playing rugby.

With the album finally released, there have been particular praise for the swing for fences, which Carlile conceived as a rally call for the LGBTQ community.

“I am a gay woman, Elton is a gay man and we both have families, and our dreams have come true.” She told the NME.

“I was thinking, wouldn’t it be great to write a hymn for young gay that calls them a larger, more elegant and more fabulous life? As” he sees, sees! Don’t let anything stop you! “

“It is a difficult time for people LGBTQ+,” Sir Elton told BBC News.

“At this time that Brandi wrote this letter, she wanted to say:” Listen, fight for yourself. Find out proud or yourself, never, never ashaled who you are, and win. “

In the United Kingdom, the album sold more than 15,000 copies in its first two days and was the Best Seller of the week in vinyl.

Sir Elton has now taken the level of Abba, Queen, Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson on the list of artists with most number one albums in the United Kingdom.

The Beatles and Robbie Williams share first place, with 15 numbers each.

• Don’t shoot me, I’m just the pianist (1973)
• Goodbye Road of Yellow Bricks (1973)
• Caribou (1974)
• Elton John’s best successes (1974)
• Sleep with the past (1989)
• The best of Elton John (1990)
• Good morning at night (with pnau) (2012)
• Diamonds (2017)
• Blocking sessions (2021)
• Who believes in Los Angeles? (2025)

The other new entry in this week’s independent band Black Country, New Road, whose third Forever Howlong album debuted at number three.

The first launch of the band from the game of the leader Isaac Wood, exchanges guitar riffs with itching in the center for a more relaxing and baroque sound, with letters that focus on friendship and camaraderie.

It was the largest seller of the week in independent record stores, according to the official Carts company.

In the singles list, Alex Warren’s ordinary remained in the Pole Position for the fourth week, with the Piny Pony Club of Chappell Roan in number two.

Ed Sheeran had the new highest entry in number three with his return single Azizam.

He Persian flavor track It is the 42nd success of the star in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom, but it is the first time since the beginning of his career that the main single of an album has failed to enter the number one list.