I don't think he'd be either of those. I can't actually name one person with any discernible talent that's been influenced by Elton John, and now he's doing duets with boybanRAB to boost his flagging popularity.
Wheres the proof that he is?? Are you Crazy?..
* Nearly all of his albums have been to No.1 on the Charts
* His album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' is probably the greatest album of all time, and that debut at No.1 before it was even released.
* He has had the record for selling a single in a week... sold over 150 million copies in a week.
* And he has had the biggest solo concert of all time.. over 400,000 people at Central Park in New York
^ one of those is just your opinion, and you can't label any musician the greatest, because everyone has different tastes, so please do not go on all day, just stop now.