Elton John's total of Top-10 AC hits!
Here is a summary of his songs that reached the
top-10 of Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart :
"Your Song," No. 9 (1970)
"Honky Cat," No. 6 (1972)
"Daniel," No. 1 for 2 weeks (1973)
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," No. 7 (1973)
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," No. 1 for 1 week (1974)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart," No. 1 for 1 week (1976) [Elton John & Kiki Dee]
"Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word," No. 1 for 1 week (1976)
"Mama Can't Buy You Love," No. 1 for 1 week (1979)
"Little Jeannie," No. 1 for 2 weeks (1980)
"Blue Eyes," No. 1 for 2 weeks (1982)
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues," No. 2 (1983)
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)," No. 2 (1986)
"Nikita," No. 3 (1986)
"Candle in the Wind," No. 2 (1987)
"I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That," No. 1 for 1 week (1988)
"A Word in Spanish," No. 4 (1988)
"Through the Storm," No. 3 (1989) [Aretha Franklin & Elton John]
"Healing Hands," No. 1 for 1 week (1989)
"Sacrifice," No. 3 (1989)
"Club at the End of the Street," No. 2 (1990)
"You Gotta Love Someone," No. 1 for 5 weeks (1990)
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," No. 1 for 2 weeks [George Michael/Elton
John]
"The One," No. 1 for 6 weeks [1992]
"The Last Song," No. 2 (1992)
"Simple Life," No. 1 for 3 weeks (1993)
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight," No. 1 for 8 weeks (1994)
"Circle of Life," No. 2 (1994)
"Believe," No. 1 for 2 weeks (1995)
"Blessed," No. 2 (1995)
"You Can Make History (Young Again)," No. 4 (1996)
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," No. 1 for 10 weeks (1997)
"Candle in the Wind 1997," No. 5 (1997)
"Recover Your Soul," No. 5 (1998)
"Written in the Stars," No. 2 (1999) [Elton John & LeAnn Rimes]
"Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)," No. 5 (2000)
"I Want Love," No. 6 (2001)
"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore," No. 10 (2002)
So this up-to-date total is 37. That's good enough for first place,
ahead of Neil Diamond (36) and Barbra Streisand (35).
Elton John's total of Top-10 AC hits!
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