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 figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come 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.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come 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.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
Known for
Eno
Jim Henson Idea Man
Hits That Missed at the BBC
Devo
Queride Bowie
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Long Day's Journay Into Night
WHAM!
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
LOLA
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Moonage Daydream
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Velvet Underground
Moby Doc
The Dancing Man of L.A.
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
David Bowie: Out of this World
This Is Pop
Zappa
70 Years of Youth Revolt
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
My Music: A Classic Christmas
WBCN and the American Revolution
David Bowie: Finding Fame
Glastonbury 2000
David Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
Lazarus
Der Reichstag
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Glam Rock at the BBC
Sound and Vision
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Bowie at the BBC
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
Burden
Night Flight: Born Again
Das Prinzip Dada
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
David Bowie: Starman
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
David Bowie: Blackstar
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Soul Boys of the Western World
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
David Bowie Is Happening Now
David Bowie: Five Years
The Frame
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
Clockwork Orange County
The Genius of David Bowie
The Love We Make
Acoustic At The BBC
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
The Sacred Triangle: Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
Bandslam
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
Kings of Glam
August
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
David Gilmour - Remember That Night
Journey Through the Labyrinth
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
Seven Ages of Rock
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
David Bowie - Music in Review
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Prestige
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
Trailer for Forbidden Lovers
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
TV Party
Extras
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Live Aid Against All Odds
Inside the Music
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Live Aid
The Nomi Song
Bowie: A Reality Tour
Rockthology 2
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Laurel Canyon
Supergroups
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
David Bowie: Live by Request
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
David Bowie - Live at Hammersmith Studios in London
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Concert for New York City
The Changing Same
Zoolander
Mr. Rice's Secret
David Bowie: Live BBC Radio Theatre
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
The Filth and the Fury
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Everybody Loves Sunshine
Gunslinger's Revenge
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
The Hunger
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Basquiat
David Bowie: Rockpalast
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
The World of Jim Henson
Magic Hunter
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
The Buddha of Suburbia
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Queen: Greatest Flix II
The Linguini Incident
Dream On
Twin Peaks
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
Imagine: John Lennon
The Last Temptation of Christ
David Bowie: Glass Spider
Inside the Labyrinth
When the Wind Blows
Labyrinth
Absolute Beginners
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
David Bowie at Live Aid
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto
Into the Night
Video AID
MTV Video Music Awards
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
Ricochet
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
The Oshima Gang
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
Yellowbeard
Group Madness
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Hunger
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
We Will Rock You
Cat People
Baal
Champs-Elysées
Christiane F.
Wetten, dass..?
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Radio On
Young Music Show
Just a Gigolo
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
David Bowie On Stage
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Auf los geht's los
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Night Lunch
Saturday Night Live
Cher
Cracked Actor
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
The 1980 Floor Show
Musikladen
The Virgin Soldiers
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
The Dick Cavett Show
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
Ready Steady Go!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson