Greatest Hits (Elton John album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Elton John
Released	8 November 1974
Recorded	1970–1974
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	44:12
Label	DJM MCA Polydor
Producer	Gus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Caribou (1974) Greatest Hits (1974) Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

Greatest Hits is the eleventh official album release for English musician Elton John, and the first compilation. Released on 8 November 1974,^[1] it spans the years 1970 to 1974, compiling ten of John's singles, with one track variation for releases in North America and for Europe and Australia. It topped the album chart in both the United States and the United Kingdom, staying at number one for ten consecutive weeks in the former nation and eleven weeks in the latter. In Canada, it was number one for 13 weeks between 14 December 1974, and 22 March 1975, missing only 28 December 1974, at number two to Jim Croce's Photographs & Memories.

It was the best-selling album of 1975 in the United States, and is his second best-selling album to date, being his first to have received an RIAA diamond certification for US sales of more than 10 million copies. As of April 2016 the album has been certified for 17 million units in the US.^[2] It remains John's best-selling album in the U.S. and one of the best-selling albums of all time, with 24 million copies sold worldwide.^[3] Although all of its songs are available as downloads, the album is currently out of print, having been superseded by four other greatest hits releases over the years: The Very Best of Elton John in 1990, Greatest Hits 1970–2002 in 2002, Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits in 2007 and Diamonds in 2017.