Sir Elton John's Record Is The Most Popular On The Neighbourhood.

Recorded when his farewell tour was postponed due to the pandemic, the footage includes collaborations with Dua Lipa, Stevie Nicks, Gorillaz, and Lil Nas X. Many of the duets take place via Zoom, others in the studio under strict security rules. Sir Elton said he ended up signing with the artist "separated by a wall of glass."

On the album cover, the star even wears an Elton John gemstone face mask. Sir Elton, 74, said he enjoyed the experience of being "forced out of his comfort zone" and working with unexpected collaborators. "I realized there was something odd about working this way," he said in a statement accompanying the album announcement. "Early in my career, in the late 1960s, I worked as a session musician. Working with different artists for a block reminded me of that.

"I want to close the loop: I'm doing another music session. And it's still fun."

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The album was preceded by Dua Lipa's song Cold Heart (Pnau Remix), a mix of Sir Elton's hits Rocket Man, Sacrifice, Kiss the Bride, and tracks from the 1976 album Where's The Shoorah?

Two to two weeks ago, the single hit number made Sir Elton the first artist to top the UK singles chart for six decades. This also led to the album's success by hitting new records by Lana Del Rey, Duran Duran, and Biffi Clayro and taking first place with 31,000 sales.

Second place went to Del Rey with The Blue Banisters, his second album this year. With better reviews than the soundtrack Chemtrails Over the Country Club, the record is the best-selling vinyl of the week.

Duran Duran's Future Past made it into the top 3, making it the band's entire album of 2004, while Biffy Clyro's debuted The Myth of Happily Ever After at the age of four. Last week's number one, Coldplay's Music of the Spheres, has dropped to number five.

Adele topped the singles chart for the second week after her divorce from Easy On Me with her song, making an impressive 103,000 sales. This was roughly the first week and a half when the song broke streaming records and was released 24 million times in just seven days.

Elton John and Dua Lipa took second with Cold Heart, Ed Sheeran's Shivers with three, and TikTok beat Nigerian artist Ckay's Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah) with four. Sleep song Glass Animals Heat Waves rose again to number five and equaled its previous high on the charts exactly one year after its release.