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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 6 April 2016 an animated lyric video was released, created by Jonathan Barnbrook, who also designed the album's artwork. He explained his motives behind the video as follows: “This is really a very simple little video that I wanted to be ultimately positive,” Barnbrook says.
"Blackstar" (stylised as "★") [1] is a song by English rock musician David Bowie. It was released as the lead single from his twenty-sixth and final studio album of the same name on 19 November 2015. "Blackstar" peaked at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart, number 70 on the French Singles Chart and number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A beautiful secret, indeed. Bowie's 25th studio album, which came out on his 69th birthday and just two days before his death, was the first that did not feature his photo on the cover.. Sharing a ...
David Bowie’s final album Blackstar hasn’t given up all its secrets.
The video was directed by Johan Renck (who also directed the music video for Bowie's previous single, "Blackstar") in November 2015; during the week of shooting, doctors reportedly informed Bowie the cancer was terminal and that they were ending treatment. [16] The filming location was a studio in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. [17]
Bowie posthumously marked his biggest sales week for an album since Nielsen began electronically tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991.
The album was released on September 29, 1998, to critical acclaim. The title is a reference to the Black Star Line, a shipping line founded by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. The album deals with modern-day issues, philosophical ideas, [clarification needed] and life in Brooklyn, New York City as the two artists know it. [9]