 Bowie topped
the UK singles chart for 2 weeks with
"Ashes To Ashes."
Bowie topped
the UK LP chart for 2 weeks with Scary
Monsters... And Super Creeps.
 # 117
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bowie hit the Top 40 helping out
Queen with "Under Pressure" from the Queen's LP Hot
Space.
 # 155
Singles Artist of the Year
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bowie hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Let's Dance" from the LP Let's
Dance.
Bowie hit #1 for a week with "Let's Dance."
 Bowie hit the Top 40 with "China Girl" from the LP Let's
Dance.
Bowie hit the Top 10 with "China Girl."
Bowie hit the Top 40 with "Modern Love" from the LP Let's
Dance.
 # 68
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bowie was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Bowie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year
(Let's
Dance) and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Cat People (Putting Out Fire)").
The video for "China Girl" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video and was nominated for Best Overall Performance and Best Cinematography, and "Modern Love" was nominated
for Best Stage Performance
Video.
 # 81
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bowie won a Grammy Award for Best Video, Short
Form ("David Bowie") and was
nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Bue Jean").
The video for "Blue
Jean" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance Video.
 # 192
Singles Artist of the Year
The video for "Dancing In
The Streets" with Mick Jagger won
a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Overall Performance.
 # 70
Singles Artist of the Year
The video for "Day In Day
Out" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video.
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Ashes
To Ashes" at # 38, "China Girl" at # 48, and "Blue
Jean" at # 65.
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes
""Fame," "Space
Oddity," and "Ziggy Stardust."
Business Age magazine
reported that Bowie topped other Brits when
it comes to money. Bowie is reportedly worth
over $900 million, making him the richest
rock performer and surpassing former rich
brit, Paul
McCartney.
Bowie was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Earthling) and Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Dead Man Walking").
Ranked # 7 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 14 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
Bowie received an honorary
doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of
Music and won an Eye Poppper Award at the
MuchMusic Video Awards.
Bowie launched "BowieNet" - his own
Internet service provider. The benefit for
Bowie fans include "exclusive
content" on the site including
unreleased material and cybercasts.
Bowie was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video ("I'm Afraid Of
Americans").
 Bowie allowed fans to
download his entire new LP, hours, from the Internet,
making him the first major artist to do so.
Bowie said of the move: "I couldn't be
more pleased to have the opportunity of
moving the music industry closer to the
process of making digital download available
as the norm and not the expectation."
The LP was "traditionally"
available in stores in October.
Bowie took part in NetAid.
Bowie won the Legend Award at
the WB Radio Music Awards.
hours was released in record
stores.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Ashes To Ashes" at # 58.
VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs includes Bowie's
"Space Oddity" at # 60.
Bowie was
nominated for a Brit Award for Best British
Male Solo Artist.
Bowie and his wife Iman became
parents to a baby girl.
 Bowie released the live
collection: 1968
- 72 - Bowie At The Beeb.
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs includes Bowie's
"Let's Dance" at # 71.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes
"Changes" at # 38.
England's New Music Express
took a poll asking hundreds of musicians to
name their biggest musical influences and
Bowie came out on top.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes Bowie's Hunky Dory at # 47 and The Rise And Fall
Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars at
# 48.
Bowie was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Thursday's Child").
 Bowie teamed up with Puff
Daddy to rework Bowie's hit
"This Is Not America" into
"American Dream" for the Training
Day soundtrack.
Bowie performed at The
Concert For New York City benefit concert in New
York City (later released as an LP) with
proceeds going to 9/11 chartities.
 Bowie released Heathen.
Bowie ranked #
12 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
A double-DVD
set, The
Best Of Bowie, of over 40 Bowie videos and
concert performances was released as was the
CD set - The
Best Of Bowie.
 Bowie was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Slow Burn").
Bowie released Reality.
Bowie performed on The Today
Show Summer Concert Series.
Bowie toured Europe in October
through November. The tour then extended into
North America, but was sidelined when Bowie
came down with the flu and postponed his
opening shows.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 35:
The
Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The
Spiders From Mars, # 107:
Hunky Dory, # 249:
Low, # 277:
Aladdin
Sane, # 323: Station
To Station, # 425: Changes.
Bowie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male ("New
Killer Star").
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Bowie at # 39.
The
Best Of Bowie was certified gold.
Bowie had to cancel his tour in
Europe after injuring his shoulder.
It was reported that Bowie had
emergency heart surgery due to a blocked
artery. The problem was found after Bowie had
what he thought was a pinched nerve treated.
# 178 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Bowie received the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Under Pressure" at # 31.
The live set Live
In Santa Monica '72 was released.
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David Bowie
Released: 1967
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Uncle
Arthur" - "Sell Me A Coat"
- "Rubber Band)" - "Love
You Till Tuesday" - "There Is A
Happy Land" - "We Are Hungry
Men" - "When I Live My
Dream" - "Little
Bombadier" - "Silly Boy
Blue" - "Come And Buy My
Toys" - "Join The Gang" -
"She's Got Medals" - "Maid
Of Bond Street" - "Please Mr.
Gravedigger" |
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Space Oddity
Released: 1969
Billboard
peak:
# 16
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Space
Oddity" - "Unwashed And
Somewhat Slightly Dazed" -
"Don't Sit Down" - "Letter
To Hermione" - "Cygnet
Commitee" - "Janine" -
"An Occaisional Dream" -
"Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud"
- "God Know I'm Good" -
"Memory Of A Free Festival" -
"Conversation Piece" -
"Memory Of A Free Frestival Part
1" - "Memory Of A Free Festival
Part 2" |
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The Man Who Sold The
World
Released: 1971
Billboard
peak:
# 105
Tracks: "Width Of A
Circle" - "All The Madmen"
- "Black County Rock" -
"After All" - "Running Gun
Blues" - "Saviour Machine"
- "She Shook Me Cold" -
"The Man Who Sold The World" -
"The Superman" -
"Lightning Frightning" -
"Holy Holy" - "Moonage
Daydream" - "Hang Onto
Yourself" |
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Hunky Dory
Released: 1971
Billboard
peak:
# 93
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Changes" - "Oh! You
Pretty Things" - "Eight Line
Poem" - "Life On Mars?" -
"Kooks" - "Quicksand"
- "Fill Your Heart" -
"Andy Warhol" - "Song For
Bob Dylan" - "Queen Bitch"
- "The Belway Brothers" -
"Bombers" - "The
Supermen" (Alternate Version) -
"Quicksand" (Demo Version) -
"The Belway Brothers"
(Alternate Mix) |
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The Rise And Fall Of
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Released: 1972
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 75
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Five
Years" - "Soul Love" -
"Moonage Daydream" -
"Starman" - "It Ain't
Easy" - "Lady Stardust" -
"Star" - "Hang Onto
Yourself" - "Ziggy
Stardust" - "Suffragette
City" - "Rock 'N' Roll
Suicide" - "John, I'm Only
Dancing" - "Velvet
Goldmine" - "Sweet Head" -
"Ziggy Stardust" (Demo) -
"Lady Stardust" (Demo) |
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Aladdin Sane
Released: 1973
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Watch That
Man" - "Aladdin Sane" -
"Drive In Saturday" -
"Panic Iin Detroit" -
"Cracked Actor" - "The
Prettiest Star" - "Let's Spend
The Night Together" - "The Jean
Genie" - "Lady Grinning
Soul" |
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Pinups
Released: 1973
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Tracks:
"Rosalyn" - "Here Comes
The Night" - "I Wish You
Would" - "See Emily Play"
- "Everything's Alright" -
"I Can't Explain" -
"Friday On My Mind" -
"Sorrow" - "Don't Bring Me
Down" - "Shape Of Things"
- "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" -
"Where Have All The Good Times
Gone" - "Growin' Up" -
"Port Of Amsterdam" |
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