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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. . Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1
Bowie also released 28 video albums and 72 music videos. [1] Throughout his lifetime, Bowie sold at least 100 million records worldwide. [ 2 ] In 2012, Bowie was ranked ninth best selling singles artist in United Kingdom with 10.6 million singles sold. [ 3 ]
The art rock and jazz album was Bowie's intended swan song, featuring several lyrics that revolved around his impending death. [51] [52] [53] Three new songs from the Blackstar sessions were released on the EP No Plan in 2017. [54] Bowie's unreleased album Toy, recorded in 2000, was posthumously released in 2021. [55]
Young Americans was voted Bowie's ninth best album in a 2013 readers' poll for Rolling Stone. The magazine argued that its style shift helped introduce Bowie to a wider audience. [125] That same year, NME ranked the album at number 175 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [126]
The world lost a music legend when David Bowie died on Jan. 10, 2016.. The British-born Bowie burst onto the music scene in 1969 with his song “Space Oddity” and spent the next 40 years as one ...
Blackstar (stylised as ★) [1] is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by the English musician David Bowie.Released on 8 January 2016, Bowie's 69th birthday, the album was recorded in secret in New York City with his longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians: Donny McCaslin, Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre and Mark Guiliana.
On 3 October 1999, David Bowie was the musical guest on the 25th season of the television program "Saturday Night Live", performing "Thursday's Child" and "Rebel Rebel".A live version recorded in Paris in October 1999 was released on the single "Survive" in January 2000, and the full concert from which it was taken was released in 2021 as Something in the Air (Live Paris 99).
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