Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, 
CBE (born 10 January 1945)
[1] is a British singer-songwriter, born and raised in 
North London, England, and currently residing in 
Epping. He is of Scottish and English
[2] ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with 
The Jeff Beck Group and then 
Faces. He launched his solo career in 1969 with his debut album 
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (US: The Rod Stewart Album). His work with The Jeff Beck Group and Faces influenced 
heavy metal genres.
[3][4] 

Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the 
best selling artists of all time.
[5] In the UK, he has had six consecutive 
number one albums, and his tally of 62 
hit singles include 31 that reached the top 10, six of which gained the number one position.
[6] He has had 16 top ten singles in the U.S, with four of these reaching number one on the 
Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, 
Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "
The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists".
[7] A 
Grammy and 
Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in 
Q Magazine's list of the top 100 Greatest Singers of all time,
[8] and No. 59 on 
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of all time.
[9] As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US 
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the 
UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and was inducted a second time into the US Hall of Fame, as a member of 
The Faces, in 2012
 
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