Sir Elton John has thanked his fans for making 2019 the ''most successful'' year of his career.

Axar.az reports citing Contactmusic this year has been a landmark 12 months for Elton, as he travels the world with Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour, which is intended to be the 'Tiny Dancer' hitmaker's final tour before retirement.

Also this year, Taron Egerton portrayed Elton in the hit biopic 'Rocketman' whilst the 72-year-old music icon has also released his autobiography, 'Me'.

In an Instagram video message posted on Christmas Day (25.12.19), Elton said: ''Merry Christmas everybody, and thank you for making 2019 probably the most successful year of my career. Wow, at 72 years of age, I'm blown away.