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  • glam rock
  • art rock
  • United Kingdom
  • born 1947, Brixton
  • died 2016, New York
  • 3 albums
  • 29 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 1983–2016

David Bowie is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton and died on 10 January 2016 in New York. The collection holds three albums, released between 1983 and 2016: Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Legacy (2016). On top of that, David Bowie appears on three albums by others. In all, 29 records reached the Dutch Top 40, four of them the top spot. The highest was Dancing in the Street: number 1 in week 41 of 1985.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by David Bowie

By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Let's Dance – 1983Let's Dance1983Tonight – 1984Tonight1984Legacy – 2016Legacy2016

Sound of David Bowie

David Bowie sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 124 bpm.

Across 42 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of David Bowie

The years of David Bowie with albums in the collection. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart.

David Bowie197519801985199019952000200520102015Let's Dance1983Tonight1984Legacy2016Dancing in the Streetnumber 1 in week 41 of 1985 · 13 weeksTonightnumber 1 in week 4 of 1989 · 13 weeksLet's Dancenumber 1 in week 17 of 1983 · 11 weeksUnder Pressurenumber 1 in week 50 of 1981 · 10 weeksSound and Visionnumber 2 in week 19 of 1977 · 12 weeksChina Girlnumber 2 in week 27 of 1983 · 10 weeksSpace Odditynumber 4 in week 50 of 1975 · 17 weeksAbsolute Beginnersnumber 4 in week 15 of 1986 · 10 weeksFamenumber 4 in week 45 of 1975 · 8 weeksGolden Yearsnumber 6 in week 5 of 1976 · 9 weeksUndergroundnumber 6 in week 28 of 1986 · 8 weeksThe Jean Genienumber 7 in week 10 of 1973 · 9 weeksHeroesnumber 8 in week 52 of 1977 · 12 weeksModern Lovenumber 9 in week 40 of 1983 · 5 weeksBlue Jeannumber 10 in week 41 of 1984 · 8 weeksAshes to Ashesnumber 11 in week 41 of 1980 · 8 weeksRebel Rebelnumber 12 in week 12 of 1974 · 6 weeksDay-In Day-Outnumber 14 in week 18 of 1987 · 8 weeksChangesnumber 15 in week 17 of 2014 · 14 weeksBoys Keep Swingingnumber 17 in week 25 of 1979 · 8 weeksJump They Saynumber 17 in week 17 of 1993 · 6 weeksFame 90number 17 in week 19 of 1990 · 5 weeksLet's Spend the Night Togethernumber 21 in week 39 of 1973 · 5 weeksReal Cool Worldnumber 21 in week 38 of 1992 · 4 weeksHallo Spaceboynumber 24 in week 15 of 1996 · 4 weeksLoving The Aliennumber 25 in week 24 of 1985 · 4 weeksWhere Are We Now?number 28 in week 3 of 2013 · 2 weeksLittle Wondernumber 32 in week 7 of 1997 · 2 weeksLazarusnumber 32 in week 3 of 2016 · 2 weeks

Years with albums in the collectionAlbumDutch Top 40

Also appears on

David Bowie also appears on three albums by others, from compilations to soundtracks.

Greatest Hits II – QueenGreatest Hits IIQueen Sixties Collected Vol. 1 – Space OdditySixties Collected Vol. 1Space Oddity Labyrinth – Opening Titles Including Underground · Magic Dance · Chilly Down · As The World Falls Down · Within You · UndergroundLabyrinthOpening Titles Including Underground · Magic Dance · Chilly Down · As The World Falls Down · Within You · Underground

Biggest hits of David Bowie

In the Dutch Top 40, David Bowie had 29 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

1peak position
week 50, 1981233weeks in the chart
with 29 records1969first entry
week 38, 19692016latest entry
week 4, 201626years with an entry
  1. 1Dancing in the Street
    David Bowie, Mick Jagger
    198513 weeks
  2. 1Tonight
    Tina Turner, David Bowie
    198813 weeks
  3. 1Let's Dance
    David Bowie
    198311 weeks
  4. 1Under Pressure
    Queen, David Bowie
    198110 weeks
  5. 2Sound and Vision
    David Bowie
    197712 weeks

All 29 records by David Bowie in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Together with David Bowie

On tracks of albums in the collection, David Bowie appears with Mick Jagger, Queen and Trevor Jones.

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by David Bowie are in the collection?

There are three, released between 1983 and 2016: Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Legacy (2016).

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did David Bowie have?

David Bowie had 29 records in the Dutch Top 40, four of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Dancing in the Street, which reached number 1 in week 41 of 1985.

Which albums by other artists feature David Bowie?

David Bowie appears on three albums by others: Greatest Hits II (Queen), Sixties Collected Vol. 1 and Labyrinth.

How do you play the music of David Bowie?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

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