David Bowie David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling
David Bowie discography to the UK Albums Chart with "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972), which peaked at number five. Following the success of "Ziggy Stardust", sales of "Hunky Dory" improved and it eventually peaked at number three in the UK. RCA re-released the 1969" David Bowie" under the title Space Oddity (with an updated Ziggy Stardust-era photo) and "The Man Who Sold the World", which reached numbers 17 and 26 in the UK respectively. Bowie released nine more studio albums with RCA, all of which reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, of