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David Bowie
Bowie in 2002
Born	David Robert Jones (1947-01-08)8 January 1947 London, England
Died	10 January 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 69) New York City, US
Occupations	\n Singer \n songwriter \n musician \n actor \n
Years active	1962\u20132016
Works	\n Discography \n songs \n videography \n filmography \n
Spouses	\n \n Angie Barnett \n (m. 1970; div. 1980) \n \n Iman (m. 1992) \n
Children	2, including Duncan Jones
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	\n Art rock \n glam rock \n pop \n electronic \n
Instruments	\n Vocals \n guitar \n keyboards \n saxophone \n harmonica \n
Labels	\n ISO \n RCA \n Virgin \n EMI \n Columbia \n Deram \n Mercury \n BMG \n Arista \n Pye \n Vocalion \n Parlophone \n Ryko \n
Formerly of	\n The Konrads \n The King Bees \n The Manish Boys \n The Lower Third \n The Riot Squad \n Hype \n Arnold Corns \n Tin Machine \n
Past members	Full list
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Website	davidbowie.com

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/\u02c8bo\u028ai/ 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 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft has had a significant impact on popular music.\n

Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. He released a string of unsuccessful singles with local bands and a self-titled solo album (1967) before achieving his first top-five entry on the UK singles chart with \"Space Oddity\" (1969). After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of the single \"Starman\" and its album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (both 1972), which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted towards a sound he characterised as \"plastic soul\", initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering his first major US crossover success with the number-one single \"Fame\" and the album Young Americans (both 1975). In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. In 1977, he again changed direction with the electronic-inflected album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. \"Heroes\" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top-five and received lasting critical praise.\n

After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single \"Ashes to Ashes\", its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) and \"Under Pressure\" (a 1981 collaboration with Queen). He achieved his greatest commercial success in the 1980s with Let's Dance (1983). Between 1988 and 1992, he fronted the hard rock band Tin Machine before resuming his solo career in 1993. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Phillip Jeffries in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Andy Warhol in the biopic Basquiat (1996), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He ceased touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. He returned from a decade-long recording hiatus in 2013 with The Next Day and remained musically active until his death from liver cancer in 2016. He died two days after both his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar.\n

During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million worldwide, made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Grammy Awards and four Brit Awards. Often dubbed the \"chameleon of rock\" due to his continual musical reinventions, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Rolling Stone ranked him among the greatest singers, songwriters and artists of all time. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.\n

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v t e David Bowie singles
\n Discography \n Songs \n
1960s	\n \"Liza Jane\" \n \"I Pity the Fool\" \n \"You've Got a Habit of Leaving\" \n \"Baby Loves That Way\" \n \"Can't Help Thinking About Me\" \n \"Do Anything You Say\" \n \"I Dig Everything\" \n \"Rubber Band\" \n \"The London Boys\" \n \"The Laughing Gnome\" \n \"Love You till Tuesday\" \n \"Space Oddity\" \n
1970s	\n \"The Prettiest Star\" \n \"Memory of a Free Festival\" \n \"Holy Holy\" \n \"Moonage Daydream\" \n \"Hang On to Yourself\" \n \"Changes\" \n \"Starman\" \n \"John, I'm Only Dancing\" \n \"The Jean Genie\" \n \"Drive-In Saturday\" \n \"Time\" \n \"Life on Mars\" \n \"Let's Spend the Night Together\" \n \"Sorrow\" \n \"Rebel Rebel\" \n \"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide\" \n \"Diamond Dogs\" \n \"1984\" \n \"Knock on Wood\" \n \"Rock 'n' Roll with Me\" \n \"Young Americans\" \n \"Fame\" \n \"Golden Years\" \n \"Station to Station\" (French promo) \n \"TVC 15\" \n \"Suffragette City\" \n \"Stay\" \n \"Sound and Vision\" \n \"Be My Wife\" \n \"'Heroes'\" \n \"Beauty and the Beast\" \n \"Breaking Glass\" \n \"Boys Keep Swinging\" \n \"D.J.\" \n \"Yassassin\" \n \"Look Back in Anger\" \n \"John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)\" \n
1980s	\n \"Alabama Song\" \n \"Crystal Japan\" \n \"Ashes to Ashes\" \n \"Fashion\" \n \"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)\" \n \"Up the Hill Backwards\" \n \"Under Pressure\" \n \"Wild Is the Wind\" \n \"The Drowned Girl\" \n \"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)\" \n \"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy\" \n \"Let's Dance\" \n \"China Girl\" \n \"Modern Love\" \n \"Without You\" \n \"White Light/White Heat\" \n \"Blue Jean\" \n \"Tonight\" \n \"This Is Not America\" \n \"Loving the Alien\" \n \"Dancing in the Street\" \n \"Absolute Beginners\" \n \"Underground\" \n \"When the Wind Blows\" \n \"Magic Dance\" \n \"Day-In Day-Out\" \n \"Time Will Crawl\" \n \"Never Let Me Down\" \n \"Under the God\" \n \"Heaven's in Here\" \n \"Tin Machine\" / \"Maggie's Farm (live)\" \n \"Prisoner of Love\" \n
1990s	\n \"Fame '90\" \n \"You Belong in Rock n' Roll\" \n \"Baby Universal\" \n \"One Shot\" \n \"Real Cool World\" \n \"Jump They Say\" \n \"Black Tie White Noise\" \n \"Miracle Goodnight\" \n \"The Buddha of Suburbia\" \n \"Ziggy Stardust\" \n \"The Hearts Filthy Lesson\" \n \"Strangers When We Meet\" / \"The Man Who Sold the World (live)\" \n \"Hallo Spaceboy\" \n \"Telling Lies\" \n \"Little Wonder\" \n \"Dead Man Walking\" \n \"Seven Years in Tibet\" \n \"Pallas Athena\" \n \"I'm Afraid of Americans\" \n \"I Can't Read\" \n \"Without You I'm Nothing\" \n \"Thursday's Child\" \n \"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell\" \n
2000s	\n \"Survive\" \n \"Seven\" \n \"Slow Burn\" \n \"Everyone Says 'Hi'\" \n \"I've Been Waiting for You\" \n \"Shadow Man\" \n \"New Killer Star\" \n \"Just for One Day (Heroes)\" \n \"Rebel Never Gets Old\" \n
2010s	\n \"Golden Years David Bowie vs KCRW\" \n \"Where Are We Now?\" \n \"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)\" \n \"The Next Day\" \n \"Valentine's Day\" \n \"Love Is Lost\" \n \"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore\" \n \"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)\" \n \"Blackstar\" \n \"Lazarus\" \n \"I Can't Give Everything Away\" \n
Other songs	\n \"Silly Boy Blue\" \n \"Let Me Sleep Beside You\" \n \"Karma Man\" \n \"Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed\" \n \"Cygnet Committee\" \n \"Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud\" \n \"The Width of a Circle\" \n \"All the Madmen\" \n \"Black Country Rock\" \n \"After All\" \n \"She Shook Me Cold\" \n \"The Man Who Sold the World\" \n \"The Supermen\" \n \"Oh! You Pretty Things\" \n \"Kooks\" \n \"Quicksand\" \n \"Andy Warhol\" \n \"Song for Bob Dylan\" \n \"Queen Bitch\" \n \"The Bewlay Brothers\" \n \"Bombers\" \n \"Five Years\" \n \"Soul Love\" \n \"Lady Stardust\" \n \"Velvet Goldmine\" \n \"Sweet Head\" \n \"Amsterdam\" \n \"Round and Round\" \n \"Watch That Man\" \n \"Aladdin Sane\" \n \"Panic in Detroit\" \n \"Cracked Actor\" \n \"Lady Grinning Soul\" \n \"All the Young Dudes\" \n \"Future Legend\" \n \"Sweet Thing\" \n \"Big Brother\" \n \"Can You Hear Me?\" \n \"Right\" \n \"Fascination\" \n \"Word on a Wing\" \n \"Speed of Life\" \n \"What in the World\" \n \"Always Crashing in the Same Car\" \n \"Warszawa\" \n \"Art Decade\" \n \"Weeping Wall\" \n \"Subterraneans\" \n \"Joe the Lion\" \n \"Sons of the Silent Age\" \n \"Blackout\" \n \"V-2 Schneider\" \n \"Sense of Doubt\" \n \"Neuk\u00f6ln\" \n \"Fantastic Voyage\" \n \"It's No Game\" \n \"Teenage Wildlife\" \n \"Scream Like a Baby\" \n \"As the World Falls Down\" \n \"Girls\" \n \"Nite Flights\" \n \"I'm Deranged\" \n \"Nature Boy\" \n \"Cactus\" \n \"Pablo Picasso\" \n \"The Loneliest Guy\" \n \"Try Some, Buy Some\" \n \"Fall Dog Bombs the Moon\" \n \"Bring Me the Disco King\" \n \"Girl Loves Me\" \n \"Dollar Days\" \n

v t e Major Tom
Songs	\n \"Space Oddity\" (1969, David Bowie) \n \"Rocket Man\" (1972, Elton John) \n \"Ashes to Ashes\" (1980, David Bowie) \n \"Major Tom\" (1983, Peter Schilling) \n \"Major Tom, Part II\" (1983, Peter Schilling) \n \"Hallo Spaceboy\" (1995, David Bowie) \n \"Mrs. Major Tom\" (2003, K.I.A.) \n \"Blackstar\" (2015, David Bowie) \n
Albums	\n Seeking Major Tom (2011, William Shatner) \n
Video	\n Love You till Tuesday (1984, David Bowie) \n \"Bowie's in Space\" (2007, Flight of the Conchords) \n ISS expedition 35 Space Oddity (2013, Chris Hadfield) \n

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Early life

Music career

1962\u20131967: Early career to debut album

1968\u20131971: Space Oddity to Hunky Dory

1972\u20131974: Glam rock era

1974\u20131976: \"Plastic soul\" and the Thin White Duke

1976\u20131979: Berlin era

1980\u20131988: New Romantic and pop era

1989\u20131991: Tin Machine

1992\u20131998: Electronic period

1999\u20132012: Neoclassicist era

2013\u20132016: Final years

Posthumous releases

Acting career

1960s and 1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s and posthumous notes

Other works

Painter and art collector

Writings

Bowie Bonds

Websites

Philanthropy

Musicianship

Personal life

Family

Other relationships

Coco Schwab

Sexuality

Spirituality and religion

Political views

Death

Legacy and influence

David Bowie Is

Stardust biopic

Moonage Daydream

Awards and achievements

Commemoration

Discography

Selected filmography

Tours

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

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