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BILLY JOEL

Billy Joel was born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949 in The Bronx in New York and is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist. Billy Joel was reluctant to learn the piano at first, but was soon skipping school to play in bars as he got into it, deciding to pursue a music career after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1963. Billy Joel’s third album, 1973’s Piano Man, became something of a signature, despite sales being on the slack side, and he’s finished pretty much every concert with the title track ever since. Billy Joel scored his one UK Official Singles Chart Number 1 in 1983 with Uptown Girl, which came from his multi-platinum album An Innocent Man. Billy Joel is one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 150 million records sold worldwide. Billy Joel has won five Grammys, including Album of the Year for 52nd Street and Song of the Year and Record of the Year for Just the Way You Are.

BILLY JOEL Songs stats

UK No. 1s
1
UK Top 10s
5
UK Top 40s
15
UK Top 75s
21
Weeks in the Top 1
5
Weeks in the Top 10
27
Weeks in the Top 40
101
Weeks in the Top 75
149

BILLY JOEL Albums stats

UK No. 1s
0
UK Top 10s
8
UK Top 40s
13
UK Top 75s
16
Weeks in the Top 1
0
Weeks in the Top 10
56
Weeks in the Top 40
220
Weeks in the Top 75
458

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