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David Bowie Finally Tops Chart in US After Death
David Bowie not only scored his first US number one album but became among the rare artists to have two in the top five, with his greatest hits collection Best of Bowie, released in 2002, hitting number four. Blackstar wrested number one from Adele's blockbuster 25, which had topped the chart for seven weeks
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David Bowie's Lazarus Breaks Adele's Hello Record
David Bowie has broken a record for most views of his music videos in the aftermath of his death. His song Lazarus scored 51 million views, which marked Vevo's highest number of views ever in a single day for an artist's catalog, wresting the record from fellow British artist Adele whose videos were seen 36 million times
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David Bowie Was Optimistic About Recovering From Cancer, Says Friend
David Bowie was also a record producer, painter and actor. His best known screen work is in The Man Who Fell To Earth, in which he played the lead, and as the Goblin King in Labyrinth. He made cameo appearances in Zoolander and The Last Temptation Of Christ
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10 Defining Moments of David Bowie's Career
David Bowie was perfectly cast as an alien adrift in the New Mexico desert in Nicholas Roeg's 1976 film, which opened up a parallel career path as an actor. He went on to play parts including a World War II prisoner of war in Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and a vampire in The Hunger
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The Life of David Bowie: A Farewell to The Thin White Duke
In the first of many re-inventions, he named himself David Bowie in 1966 to avoid confusion with Davy Jones, lead singer with Beatles rivals The Monkees, and studied Buddhism and mime. Mr Bowie died on Sunday "surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer," said a statement posted on his social media accounts
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David Bowie Finally Tops Chart in US After Death
David Bowie not only scored his first US number one album but became among the rare artists to have two in the top five, with his greatest hits collection Best of Bowie, released in 2002, hitting number four. Blackstar wrested number one from Adele's blockbuster 25, which had topped the chart for seven weeks
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David Bowie's Lazarus Breaks Adele's Hello Record
David Bowie has broken a record for most views of his music videos in the aftermath of his death. His song Lazarus scored 51 million views, which marked Vevo's highest number of views ever in a single day for an artist's catalog, wresting the record from fellow British artist Adele whose videos were seen 36 million times
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David Bowie Was Optimistic About Recovering From Cancer, Says Friend
David Bowie was also a record producer, painter and actor. His best known screen work is in The Man Who Fell To Earth, in which he played the lead, and as the Goblin King in Labyrinth. He made cameo appearances in Zoolander and The Last Temptation Of Christ
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10 Defining Moments of David Bowie's Career
David Bowie was perfectly cast as an alien adrift in the New Mexico desert in Nicholas Roeg's 1976 film, which opened up a parallel career path as an actor. He went on to play parts including a World War II prisoner of war in Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and a vampire in The Hunger
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The Life of David Bowie: A Farewell to The Thin White Duke
In the first of many re-inventions, he named himself David Bowie in 1966 to avoid confusion with Davy Jones, lead singer with Beatles rivals The Monkees, and studied Buddhism and mime. Mr Bowie died on Sunday "surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer," said a statement posted on his social media accounts
