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Records Set By The King!

-Estimated that Elvis sold over 1 billion records worldwide, with more every year.

- Most Top 10 Pop Singles(40).

- Over 132 albums and singles to reach Gold, platinum, and or multi-platinum status.(ME)

- Over One billion albums/singles sold worldwide.(ME)

- One of the top 40 best-selling artists of all time.

-149 songs appeared on Billboard's Hot 100. Of these 114 reached the top 40.

- Over 90 charted albums.

- 14 Grammy Nominations

- 3 Grammy Awards

'How Great Thou Art' :1967

'He Touched Me' :1972

'How Great Thou Art' :1974

-Elvis has five songs that are in the Grammy Hall of Fame (2002).

- Most weeks at Number 1 with records(80).(ME)

- 21 Records on British Charts(maybe more).

- 18 Singles on British Charts.(ME)

- 31 feature films and two concert films.

- 11 movie soundtracks went to the Top 10. Of those 10, four went to number 1.

-Until just recently Elvis had the longest standing album on the charts ever, G.I. Blues: 111 weeks.

- Named Artist Of The Century! and King Of Rock 'N' Roll!

- Rock 'N' Roll, Country, and Gospel Hall of Fame Member. Only artist named to all three.

-1969: Elvis breaks all Las vegas attendance records.

He returns in 1970 to break his own record. Elvis played to 207,494

people at the Houston Astrodome and in 1972:

Elvis had four sold-out shows in New York.

-During his concert years Elvis gave nearly 1,100 concert performances.

- 1970: Elvis is named one of The Ten Most Outstanding Men of The Year!

- 1971: Won the Lifetime Achievment Award from the NARAS. He was only 36.

- 1973: First performer to give a satellite concert worldwide to almost 38 countries and 1.5 billion people: Aloha From Hawaii!

- 1973: Boulevard infront of Graceland was officially named

Elvis Presley Boulevard by the state of Tennessee!

1986: Elvis is one of the first artists inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.

-1992: Elvis' younger image is put on theUnited States Postage Stamp. The USA voted between a 50's Elvis and 70's Elvis, 1.2 million people voted!

-Over 625 active Elvis fan clubs today! Half of Graceland's vistors are under the age of 35.

- Graceland is second most visited house in America.

- August 16th: Fans from all over the world come to honor Elvis!

-Elvis is the first performer to have a concert after their death. EPE constructed Elvis: The Concert, a digital yet live concert for fans!

-In 2002, Elvis debut at Number 1 for the first time in his carrer and set a new record! First Artist to achieve number 1 album and single 25 years after their passing. ELV1S 30 Number 1 Hits has received gold, platnium and multi-platnium status in over 29 countries!

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Welcome to The Artist! During his great 23 year music career, Elvis not only broke records but he also made them. In movies, he had box office hit after hit. In music, he had album after album that went to the charts. Records went Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum. His live performances broke attendance records wherever he went and the Television Specials became hall marks of the 20th century music legacy. He was truley great at everything in entertainment and in the end he conqured it all. Even after his death, Elvis set new records, like in 1992 when he was the first artist to receive his/her image on a U.S. Postage stamp. Here is an overview of his achievements and some facts you may or may not know about including some nice album covers. For information on Elvis' albums, movies and concerts, click on the links above accordingly. Enjoy! 

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