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English musician and actor (1947–2016) Other uses protection padlock|small=yes Featured article Use British English August 2023 March 2025 Infobox person | image = David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski-cropped.jpg | alt = | caption = Bowie in 2002 | birth_name = David Robert Jones | birth_date = Birth date||1947/01/08 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = death date and age|es|2016/1/10|1947/1/8 | death_place = New York City, US | death_cause = | occupation = flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * musician * actor | years_active = 1962–2016 | works = flatlist| * David Bowie discography|Discography * List of songs recorded by David Bowie|songs * David Bowie videography|videography * David Bowie filmography|filmography | spouse = plainlist| * marriage|Angie Bowie|Angie Barnett|19 March 1970|8 February 1980|end=divorced * marriage|Iman (model)|Iman|24 April 1992| | children = 2, including Duncan Jones | awards = List of awards and nominations received by David Bowie|Full list | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | instruments = flatlist| * Vocals * guitar * keyboards * saxophone * harmonica | genre = flatlist| * Art rock * glam rock * pop * Electronic music|electronic | label = flatlist| * ISO * RCA Records|RCA * Virgin Records * EMI Records|EMI * Columbia Records|Columbia * Deram Records|Deram * Mercury Records|Mercury * Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG * Arista Records|Arista * Pye Records|Pye * Vocalion * Parlophone * Ryko | past_member_of = flatlist| * The Konrads * The King Bees * The Manish Boys * The Lower Third * The Riot Squad * The Hype (band)|Hype * Arnold Corns * Tin Machine List of David Bowie band members|Full list | signature = | website = URL|davidbowie.com ''David Robert Jones'' (8 January 1947spnd10 January 2016, known professionally as ''David Bowie'' (IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|i respell|BOH|ee),cite web How to say: Bowie https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/01/how_to_say_bowie.shtml BBC 8 January 2008 16 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20210308185641/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/01/how_to_say_bowie.shtml 8 March 2021 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 50-year career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a great impact on popular music. 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 David Bowie (1967 album)|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 (character)|Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of the single "Starman (song)|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 (David Bowie song)|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 music|electronic-inflected album ''Low (David Bowie album)|Low'', the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. ''"Heroes" (David Bowie album)|"Heroes"'' (1977) and ''Lodger (album)|Lodger'' (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top-five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes", its album ''Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)'' and "Under Pressure" (a 1981 collaboration with Queen (band)|Queen). He achieved his greatest commercial success in the 1980s with ''Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|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 music|industrial and Jungle music|jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'' (1983, Jareth the Goblin King in ''Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth'' (1986, Phillip Jeffries in ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992, Andy Warhol in the biopic ''Basquiat (film)|Basquiat'' (1996, and Nikola Tesla in ''The Prestige (film)|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 of David Bowie|death from liver cancer in 2016. He died two days after both his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, ''Blackstar (album)|Blackstar''. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million worldwide, made him one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling musicians of all time. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by David Bowie|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 Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|singers, Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time|songwriters and Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|artists of all time. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.
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