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William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA. His compilation album ''Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2'' is the third-best-selling album in the United States by discs shipped. Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2008, ''Billboard'' magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Billy Joel positioned at No. 23. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," Joel stopped writing and recording popular music after 1993's ''River of Dreams'', but he continued to tour extensively until 2010.

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Further Than Heaven Compilation 2011-06-01 itunes amazon
Live On Air Live 2011-03-14 itunes amazon
Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert Live 2011-03-11 itunes amazon
The Hits Compilation 2010-11-16 itunes amazon
She's Always A Woman: Love Songs Compilation 2010 itunes amazon
The Piano Men Live 2009-02-02 itunes amazon
The Piano Men: Live in Tokyo Live 2009-01-28 itunes amazon
All My Life Single 2007-02-27 itunes amazon
12 Gardens Live Live 2006-06-09 itunes amazon
My Lives Compilation 2005-11-22 itunes amazon
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel Compilation 2004-11-15 itunes amazon
Face to Face Live in Columbia 2003 Live 2003 itunes amazon
Movin’ Out (Original Broadway Cast) Soundtrack 2002-10-15 itunes amazon
The Essential Billy Joel Compilation 2001-10-02 itunes amazon
Fantasies & Delusions Album 2001-09-28 itunes amazon
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