Sir Elton’s previous number one albums span six decades, his first being Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player, released in 1973. His first greatest hits album topped the charts a year later.

Sir Elton John's career-spanning greatest hits collection, Diamonds, has reached number one - after 374 weeks on the charts. Featuring signature songs like Tiny Dancer, I'm Still Standing and Rocket ...

Elton John pretty much ruled radio in the mid ‘70s. He released an unbroken string of six No. 1 albums, starting with his first classic, 1972’s ‘Honky Chateau,’ and including his 1973 ...

Elton John charts a new No. 1 album in the U.K. as his Diamonds compilation reaches the top spot more than half a decade ...

Diamonds now joins Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Caribou (1974), Elton John's Greatest Hits (1974 ... a UK Number 1 album with Diamonds.

Sir Elton John's career-spanning greatest hits collection ... starting with 1973's Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player. His first greatest hits album topped the charts a year later.

Elton John is enjoying a return to the top of the UK album chart, with a record first released in 2017. The BBC reports that Sir Elton’s greatest hits collection Diamonds has gone to number one ...

For most of the Seventies, Elton John and lyricist ... and a 1974 greatest-hits compilation that held fast at Number One for 10 weeks. In 1973 John formed Rocket, his own MCA-distributed label ...

Sir Elton John stepped back from touring last year, but his music continues to sell [Getty Images] ...