Elton John's Lifestyle 2021 ★ Wife & Husband, Net Worth, Houses & Cars

but it's like people think I wear crazy glasses still you know like normal tonight I am I bought them in a proper relatively normal silver trousers I do have a Elton John is an English singer-songwriter pianist and composer he has sold more than 300 million records making him one of the best-selling music artists he has more than 50 top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100 including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US he is work with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 they've collaborated on more than 30 albums his tribute single candle in the wind from 1997 rewritten in dedication to Diana Princess of Wales sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts he has also produced records and occasionally acted in films John owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002 he's an honorary live president of the club which was fascinating to say apparently because it's winter the temperature in your dressing room had to be 68 degrees Fahrenheit precisely his full name is Sir Elton Hercules John also known as the Rocket Man the pinball wizard Reggie and Sharon as of this production he is 73 years old and was born on March 25th 1947 in pinna Middlesex England he stands at one point seven two meters tall of 5 feet 8 inches Elton John enjoys playing tennis his favorite food is Indian food Jim Reeves is his favorite singer when he was young his dad wanted him to be a banker Elton John married German recording engineer Renee blue on February 14 1984 in darling Point John had come out as bisexual in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone but after his divorce from blue L in 1988 he told the magazine in nineteen ninety-two that he was quite comfortable about being gay in 1993 John began a relationship with David Furnish a former advertising executive and now filmmaker originally from Toronto on December 21st 2005 the day the civil partnership Act came into force John and Furnish were among the first couples to form a civil partnership in the United Kingdom which was held at Windsor Guildhall after gay marriage became legal in the United Kingdom in March 2014 John and Furnish married in Windsor Berkshire on December 21st 2014 the 9th anniversary of their civil partnership they have two sons the elder Zachary Jackson Levin furnish John was born to a surrogate mother on December 25th 2010 in California the younger Elijah Joseph Daniel furnished John was born on January 11 2013 to the same woman John also has 10 God children including Sean Lennon David and Victoria Beckham sons Brooklyn and Romeo Elizabeth Hurley son Damien Hurley and Seymour Stein's daughter I have no guilt appears on the money I pay my taxes I've never lived anywhere else but Britain I can do what if I want to be value true Elton John was born Reginald white on March 25th 1947 in Middlesex England he began playing piano at the age of three on his grandmother's piano he started formal lessons at age seven and won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music at eleven his father a military man tried unsuccessfully to steer him to a more traditional career in banking his parents divorced when he was 14 his mother then married Fred Fairbrother a local painter who proved to be a caring and supportive stepfather Elton his mother and stepfather moved into an apartment where years later he would continue to live even at a time when he had four top 40 albums in the United States his stepfather helped a 15 year old Reginald land a weekend gig playing piano in 1966 he and his friends form the band blues ology it was around the same time he took on the name el and John the name was a homage to blues legends Elton Dean and Long John Baldry this is also when Elton began his long-standing collaboration with songwriter Bernie Taupin Elton John released his first albums empty sky and Elton John in 1969 and 1970 respectively he saw seven consecutive albums topped the charts between 1972 and 1975 he formed his own record label the rocket record company in 1973 which released albums by Neil Sedaka interestingly he opted not to release his own music on his own label and instead signed an eight million dollar deal with MCA that's the same as around 40 million dollars after adjusting for inflation Elton released successful albums throughout the 1980s and in 1992 he in Turpan signed a 39 million dollar twelve year contract with Warner Brothers Records it was the largest cash advance in music history up to that point in 1994 he composed the music for the Disney animated movie The Lion King which earned a Grammy Award for Best Song and was certified diamond 1999 for selling 15 million copies in 1997 in response to the death of Princess Diana of Wales John Murray released his 1973 classic candle in the wind this 1997 version became the best-selling single in recording history and earned John his only Grammy for Best Male Pop recording Elton John continues to tour compose for the stage and released best selling albums Elton John is perennially one of the highest-paid entertainers on the planet between June 2017 and June 2018 John and forty five million dollars between 2011 and 2013 Elton held a Las Vegas residency called the million dollar piano he negotiated a deal where he would receive 88% of the door' revenues for every show this translated to around $500,000 in earnings per show for Elton Elton John's net worth was 100 million dollars in the year 2000 at this time in his life he was well known as a profligate spender he would later admit to spending two million dollars a month during the late 90s roughly 40 million dollars total over the period for example in one six-month period alone in 1996 he spent more than twelve million dollars on homes half a million dollars on flowers and he acquired a museum level collection of cars in June 2001 he sold 20 cars that he had never even driven his sales included a three hundred thousand 1993 Jaguar Ferraris Bentleys and Rolls Royces by 2009 his personal fortune stood at 265 million dollars his net worth raised to 300 million in 2013 and by 2019 the value of his assets had grown to a point where he was worth a full half a billion dollars Elton John's primary home for many years had been a large estate called Woodside in Old Windsor Berkshire England Woodside is a 37 acre estate that dates back to the 1750s he acquired the property in 1974 for 400,000 pounds roughly the same as around five million dollars today after inflation and currency changes as we mentioned previously up to that point he was still living primarily with his mother and stepfather in their small apartment in 1988 he sold the entire contents of the house for eight million dollars at auction he then set about refurbishing and refurnishing the entire property Elton John also owned homes in Atlanta Los Angeles nice London and Venice he acquired his Beverly Hills estate for thirty three million dollars in October 2015 the home is a nearly 20 acre gated property that was custom built in 2001 for the previous owner guest co-founder Armand Marciano the for Elton brought the property it was one point on the market for 63 million dollars the main house is 25,000 square feet and comes with an 11 car subterranean garage screening room wine cellar gym and much more so let's take a look at the cars that Elton John has in his huge garage a 1956 Bentley s1 Continental sports saloon in 1997 Aston Martin v8 Vantage V 550 a 2005 Maserati Quattroporte V a 1985 Bentley Continental convertible Nikita a 1960 Bentley s2 Continental Flying Spur a 1963 rolls-royce Silver Cloud 3 a 1965 Jaguar e-type 4.2 roadster a 1973 rolls-royce phantom 6 limousine by HJ Mulliner a 1975 Bentley corniche convertible a 1978 Aston Martin v8 Vantage a 1964 Bentley s3 Continental convertible a 1985 Aston Martin v8 Vantage the 1986 ferrari 412 coupe a an 1987 Aston Martin v8 Vantage Volante a 1987 Ferrari Testarossa in 1992 Ferrari 512 TR [Music]

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Published: Wed Apr 22 2020