All American - Billy Joel

 William Martin Joel

"Piano Man"

b. May 9, 1949

American singer, songwriter, & pianist

12 albums from 1971 to 1993

Genres - Pop, Rock

Classical album released in 2001

One of the world's best-selling music artists - over 160 million records sold worldwide

4th best-selling solo artist in the U.S.

Critical & commercial breakthrough - The Stranger (1977)

52nd Street (1978)

Billy Joel's first No. 1 on Billboard 200

No. 352 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)

"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" 

Billy Joel's first No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

(Glass Houses, 1980)

33 Top 40 hits in the U.S.

Billy Joel's No. 1 hits on Billboard Hot 100 -

"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" ... "Tell Her About It" ... "We Didn't Start the Fire"

23 Grammy Award nominations

6 Grammy Awards

1 American Music Award

4 Brit Award nominations

1 MTV Video Music Award nomination 

2 New York Emmy Awards

2 Primetime Emmy Award nominations

1 Tony Award

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992)

Inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame (1993)

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999)

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2004)

Inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006)

Johnny Mercer Award (2001, Songwriters Hall of Fame)

Kennedy Center Honors (2013)

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2014)

Doctor of Humane Letters (Fairfield University, 1991)

Doctor of Music (Berklee College of Music, 1993)

Doctor of Humane Letters (Hofstra University, 1997)

Doctor of Music (Southampton College, 2000)

Doctor of Fine Arts (Syracuse University, 2006)

Doctor of Musical Arts (Manhattan School of Music, 2008)

Doctor of Music (Stony Brook University, 2015)

MusiCares Person of the Year (2002)

Discography

(Wikipedia)