SPOTIFY COUNTS DOWN TO ROCKETMAN LAUNCH

As Friday’s opening of the Elton John biopic Rocketman approaches, Spotify has assembled data on Sir Elton’s streams and created a playlist of his hits.

The numbers: He’s been streamed more than 2b times and appears in more than 39m playlists on Spotify. “Rocket Man” is his most popular song—it has been streamed more than 250m times—and the album it appears on, Honky Chateau, is his most-streamed album.

Intriguingly, his #1 demo is males, 18- to 24-years-old. The guys who bought his top-streaming albums on vinyl when they were new are his #5 demo.

The Top-Streamed Elton John Songs Globally

1. “Rocket Man”
2. “Tiny Dancer”
3. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” w/Kiki Dee
4. “Your Song”
5. “I’m Still Standing”
6. “Bennie & the Jets”
7. “Sacrifice”
8. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
9. “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. “Crocodile Rock”

Top-Streamed Elton John Albums Globally

1. Honky Chateau
2. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
3. Madman Across the Water
4. Rock of the Westies
5. Elton John

Countries That Stream the Most Elton John Music

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Brazil
6. Germany
7. Mexico
8. Netherlands
9. Sweden
10. Spain