David Bowie

David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in London) is a British rock musician and actor.

Overview

He is commonly known as a chameleon of popular music, predicting trends and adjusting his style and persona, while holding on to his own ideas and creativity. He first rose to prominence with the heady, 1969 folk rock single "Space Oddity" but is perhaps best known for the flamboyant, androgynous glam rock of Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), and Aladdin Sane (1973). Subsequent albums have explored blue-eyed soul, electronica and new wave, often predating these genres' popularity or even the point at which they were defined as genres.

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Chameleon - Popular music - 1969 - Folk rock - Single - Space Oddity - Glam rock - Hunky Dory - 1971 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 1972 - Aladdin Sane - 1973 - Blue-eyed soul - Electronica - New wave

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Bowie has had a profound influence on rock music from the 1970s to the present. In the cable music network VH1's 2000 list of the 100 greatest artists of rock and roll, Bowie ranked seventh. In the British Broadcasting Corporation's list of 100 greatest Britons, Bowie ranked 29. He has sold an estimated 136 million albums in his career and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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1970s - VH1 - 2000 - British Broadcasting Corporation - Briton - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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In addition to his musical career, Bowie has had limited success as an actor, starring in 1976's The Man Who Fell to Earth 1983`s The Hunger, 1986's Labyrinth and 1996's Basquiat.

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1976 - The Man Who Fell to Earth - 1983 - The Hunger - 1986 - Labyrinth - 1996 - Basquiat

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