David Bowie / discography

David Bowie  - discography
David Bowie, 2002
Publications
Studio albums	25th
Live albums	15th
Compilations	60
Soundtracks	4th
EPs	8th
Singles	115
Video albums	5

This discography is an overview of the musical works of British singer David Bowie . According to the sources, he has sold more than 100 million records in his career, more than 17.2 million of them in his home country alone, making him one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The most successful release by David Bowie is the album Best of Bowie with around 3.1 million units sold.

Albums

The following tables show the highest chart positions that David Bowie achieved with the respective album in the charts of Germany (DE), Austria (AT), Switzerland (CH), the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) and all of the music sales awards he has received in these countries and Canada.

For the publications with Tin Machine, see the corresponding article.

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1967	David Bowie	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Hunky Dory	-	AT52 (1 week) AT	CH32 (3 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (149 weeks)UK	US57 (19 weeks) US	only placed in 1972, re-published 1990 in UK again at number 39; Highest ranking in the US and chart entry in Switzerland only in 2016
1972	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	DE95 (2 weeks) DE	AT34 (4 weeks) AT	CH21 (3 weeks) CH	UK5 × 2 Double platinum (198 weeks)UK	US21st gold (88 weeks)US	Re-released 1990 in UK again at number 10, in US at number 93; Highest ranking in the US and chart entry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland only in 2016 after Bowie's death
	David Bowie (Space Oddity)	DE63 (1 week) DE	-	CH66 (2 weeks) CH	UK17th gold (42 weeks)UK	US16 (36 weeks) US	First published in 1969 under the title Man of Words, Man of Music Republished in 1990 in UK again at 64th place. Chart entry in Switzerland only 2016 Chart entry in Germany only 2020
	The Man Who Sold the World	-	-	-	UK24 gold (31 weeks)UK	US105 (23 weeks) US	First published in 1970, re-published in 1990 in UK again at 66th place
1973	Aladdin Sane	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (83 weeks)UK	US17th gold (23 weeks)US	Re-released in 1990 in UK again at number 43
	Pinups	-	-	-	UK1 gold (40 weeks)UK	US23 (21 weeks) US	Re-released in 1990 in UK again at number 52
1974	Diamond Dogs	DE40 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK1 gold (42 weeks)UK	US5 gold (25 weeks)US	Re-released in 1990 in UK again at number 67
1975	Young Americans	-	-	CH92 (2 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (17 weeks)UK	US9 gold (51 weeks)US	Republished in 1991 in UK again at number 54. Chart entry in Switzerland only in 2016
1976	Station to station	DE91 (1 week) DE	AT47 (1 week) AT	CH65 (2 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (23 weeks)UK	US3 gold (32 weeks)US	Republished in 1991 in UK again at number 57, chart entry in Switzerland only in 2016
1977	Low	DE84 (1 week) DE	AT16 (11 weeks) AT	CH40 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (30 weeks)UK	US11 (20 weeks) US	Re-released in 1991 in UK again at number 64; Chart entry in Germany and Switzerland only in 2016
	"Heroes"	DE44 (1 week) DE	AT19 (10 weeks) AT	CH34 (4 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (32 weeks)UK	US35 (19 weeks) US	Chart entry in Germany and Switzerland only in 2016
1979	Lodger	-	AT13 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK4th gold (17 weeks)UK	US20 (15 weeks) US
1980	Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	DE8 (28 weeks) DE	AT20 (3 weeks) AT	CH75 (2 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (32 weeks)UK	US12 (27 weeks) US	Chart entry in Switzerland only in 2016
1983	Let's dance	DE2 (36 weeks) DE	AT2 gold (31 weeks)AT	CH17 (7 weeks) CH	UK1 Silver (re-release) (… Where.)UK	US4th platinum (69 weeks)US
1984	Tonight	DE8 (11 weeks) DE	AT8 (16 weeks) AT	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (19 weeks)UK	US11 platinum (24 weeks)US
1987	Never Let Me Down	DE11 (19 weeks) DE	AT3 (16 weeks) AT	CH18 (3 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (16 weeks)UK	US34 gold (26 weeks)US
1993	Black Tie White Noise	DE15 (13 weeks) DE	AT18 (11 weeks) AT	CH18 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (11 weeks)UK	US39 (8 weeks) US
1995	Outside - The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle	DE33 (9 weeks) DE	AT22 (18 weeks) AT	CH22 (4 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (6 weeks)UK	US21 (6 weeks) US
1997	Earthling	DE11 (8 weeks) DE	AT15 (11 weeks) AT	CH20 (7 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (6 weeks)UK	US39 (6 weeks) US
1999	Hours ...	DE4 (10 weeks) DE	AT2 (10 weeks) AT	CH18 (6 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (6 weeks)UK	US47 (4 weeks) US
2002	Heathen	DE4 (19 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH7 (15 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (20 weeks)UK	US14 (9 weeks) US
2003	Reality	DE3 (8 weeks) DE	AT3 (8 weeks) AT	CH5 (8 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (5 weeks)UK	US29 (4 weeks) US
2013	The next day	DE1 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (36 weeks)UK	US2 (13 weeks) US
2016	Blackstar (★)	DE1 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (18 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (18 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (38 weeks)UK	US1 gold (12 weeks)US

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Concert albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	David Live	-	-	-	UK2 (13 weeks) UK	US8th gold (21 weeks)US
1978	Stage	-	-	-	UK5 gold (10 weeks)UK	US44 (13 weeks) US	recorded on April 28, 1978 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia
1994	Santa Monica '72	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	-
2008	Live Santa Monica '72	-	-	-	UK61 (1 week) UK	-
2010	A reality tour	DE39 (6 weeks) DE	AT18 (7 weeks) AT	CH39 (4 weeks) CH	UK53 (1 week) UK	-	in Austria and Switzerland, highest ranking only in 2016
2016	Back in Anger - Live	-	-	-	UK89 (1 week) UK	-	Nine Inch Nails featuring David Bowie
2017	Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)	DE88 (1 week) DE	AT73 (1 week) AT	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	-	Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2017
2018	Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)	DE58 (1 week) DE	AT55 (1 week) AT	CH75 (1 week) CH	UK16 (1 week) UK	-	Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2018
	Glastonbury 2000	DE31 (2 weeks) DE	AT50 (1 week) AT	CH53 (1 week) CH	UK25 (3 weeks) UK	-

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More concert albums

• 2000: BBC Radio Theater - London, June 27 2000
• 2008: Glass Spider Live
• 2009: VH1 Storytellers
• 2017: Live Nassau Coliseum '76
• 2019: Serious Moonlight (Live '83)
• 2019: Glass Spider (Live Montreal '87)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	Images 1966–1967	-	-	-	-	US144 (9 weeks) US
1976	ChangesOneBowie	-	-	-	UK2 (28 weeks) UK	US10 platinum (39 weeks)US
1980	The Very Best of David Bowie	-	AT12 (14 weeks) AT	-	UK3 platinum (20 weeks)UK	-
1981	ChangesTwoBowie	-	-	-	UK24 gold (17 weeks)UK	US68 (18 weeks) US
1982	Bowie Rare	DE13 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK34 (11 weeks) UK	-
1983	Golden Years	DE50 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	US99 (9 weeks) US
1984	Fame and Fashion (David Bowie's All Time Greatest Hits)	-	-	-	UK40 (6 weeks) UK	US147 (6 weeks) US
1985	David Bowie: The Collection	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	-
1989	Sound + vision	-	-	-	UK- platinum UK	US97 gold (16 weeks)US	Compilation of recordings between 1969 and 1980
1990	Changesbowie	DE7th gold (29 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH18 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 (31 weeks) UK	US39 platinum (27 weeks)US
1993	The Singles Collection	DE64 (8 weeks) DE	AT37 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK- platinum UK	-
1997	The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974	-	-	CH58 (1 week) CH	UK11 platinum (29 weeks)UK	-	in Switzerland only in the charts in 2016
1998	The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979	-	-	-	UK39 gold (3 weeks)UK	-
2000	Bowie at the Beeb	DE69 (1 week) DE	-	CH88 (3 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (6 weeks)UK	US181 (1 week) US	Recordings for the BBC between 1968 and 1972 in Germany only posthumously in 2016 as a vinyl box re-release in the charts
2002	Best of Bowie	DE16 (14 weeks) DE	AT12 (14 weeks) AT	CH15 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (163 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (55 weeks)US	Highest ranking in US only in 2016
2005	The Platinum Collection	-	-	-	UK53 gold (5 weeks)UK	US65 (1 week) US	in US only in the charts in 2016
2007	The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987	-	AT44 (1 week) AT	-	UK34 (3 weeks) UK	-
2014	Sound + Vision box set repack	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	-	4-CD box with recordings from 1969 to 1994
	Nothing Has Changed (The Very Best of David Bowie)	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	AT4 (15 weeks) AT	CH5 (12 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (54 weeks)UK	US57 (4 weeks) US	highest ranking in Switzerland only in 2016
2015	Five Years (1969-1973)	DE63 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	-
2016	Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976)	DE28 (1 week) DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	-	UK21 (1 week) UK	US192 (1 week) US
	Bowie Legacy	DE59 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 platinum (… Where.)UK	US78 (10 weeks) US
2017	Bowpromo	-	-	-	UK38 (1 week) UK	-	Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2017
	A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)	DE24 (1 week) DE	AT59 (1 week) AT	-	UK19 (1 week) UK	US151 (1 week) US
2018	Bowie Now	-	-	-	UK43 (1 week) UK	-	Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2018
	Loving the Alien (1983-1988)	DE18 (1 week) DE	AT48 (1 week) AT	CH56 (1 week) CH	UK19 (1 week) UK	-
2019	Spying through a keyhole	-	-	-	UK55 (1 week) UK	-	Vinyl single box with 9 demo versions

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The year indicated is the year of publication in Great Britain or the USA .

More compilations

• 1970: The World of David Bowie
• 1973: Best Deluxe
• 1977: Starting Point
• 1979: Rock Concert
• 1979: Chameleon
• 1979: La Grande Storia Del Rock
• 1979: Profiles
• 1981: Another Face
• 1982: Fashions
• 1982: superstar
• 1983: A Second Face
• 1983: Prime Cuts
• 1983: The White Series - Extra Edition
• 1983: Space Oddity / The Man Who Sold The World
• 1989: Starman
• 1990: Rock Reflections
• 1990: David Bowie
• 1991: Early On (1964–1966)
• 1993: The Ultimate Singles Collection (UK:platinum)
• 1993: The Gospel According to David Bowie
• 1995: Rarest One Bowie
• 1996: London Boy
• 1997: The Deram Anthology 1966–1968
• 1998: Rarest Series
• 2001: All Saints
• 2003: Club Bowie
• 2003: Musical Storyland
• 2005: The Collection
• 2008: iSelect
• 2019: Clareville Grove Demos
• 2019: The Mercury Demos
• 2019: Live
• 2019: Live 2

Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	Christiane F. - We children from Zoo OST station	DE5 (25 weeks) DE	AT3 (18 weeks) AT	-	-	US135 (7 weeks) US	Soundtrack for the film of the same name
1983	Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture OST	-	-	-	UK17 (7 weeks) UK	US89 (15 weeks) US	Live soundtrack to the film of the same name about Ziggy Stardust's last concert on July 3, 1973 at Hammersmith Odeon in London
1984	Love You Till Tuesday OST	-	-	-	UK53 (4 weeks) UK	-	Compilation soundtrack for the corporate film of the same name
1986	Labyrinth EAST	DE29 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	US68 (8 weeks) US	with Trevor Jones soundtrack to the film of the same name

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Soundtrack contributions

year	title
1982	Cat People (MCA) 1
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman (EMI America) 1
1986	Absolute Beginners (Virgin) 1
	When The Wind Blows (EMI) 1
1992	Songs from the Cool World (Warner) 1
1993	Buddha of Suburbia (BMG / Arista) 1
1995	Showgirls (Interscope) 1
1996	Basquiat (Iceland) 1
1999	Omikron: The Nomad Soul (soundtrack for the computer game)
2000	American Psycho (film) (Koch Records)
2001	Moulin Rouge (Twentieth Century Fox / Interscope)
	Training Day (Priority)
2004	Mayor Of Sunset Strip (Shout! Factory DK)
	Shrek 2 (Dreamworks / Geffen)
	The Deep Sea Divers (Hollywood 2061)
2005	Stealth - Under the Radar (Epic / Sony)

¹ Soundtracks that, at the time of publication, contained rare (e.g. B-sides ) or completely unreleased songs (e.g. demos or outtakes ).

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Baal's hymn	-	-	-	UK29 (5 weeks) UK	-
2017	No Plan (EP)	-	-	-	-	US138 (1 week) US
2020	Is It Any Wonder?	-	-	-	UK10 (... wk.) UK	-

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More EPs

• 1981: Don't Be Fooled by the Name (released under the name London Boys in Spain and Italy)
• 1982: The Mannish Boys / Davy Jones and the Lower Third
• 1988: 1966 (mini album / CD with recordings from 1966; released in Great Britain and France)
• 2005: Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) (feat. Arcade Fire)
• 2009: Space Oddity (this is an EP version of the 1969 song)

Singles

All singles published by David Bowie are listed in this table. The table also shows the highest chart positions that he achieved with the respective single in the single charts of Germany (DE), Austria (AT), Switzerland (CH), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) has reached. The table also contains comments on the singles, including cover versions .

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1967	The Laughing Gnome	-	-	-	UK6th silver (12 weeks)UK	-	Placements only when re-published in 1973
1969	Space Oddity Space Oddity	DE40 (2 weeks) DE	AT27 (2 weeks) AT	CH15 (2 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (10 weeks)UK	US15 (15 weeks) US
1972	Changes Hunky Dory	-	-	-	UK49 silver (2 weeks)UK	US41 (18 weeks) US	in UK only in 2016 after Bowie's death in the charts
	Starman The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	-	AT55 (1 week) AT	-	UK10 platinum (14 weeks)UK	US65 (9 weeks) US	in Austria only in 2016 after Bowie's death in the charts
	John, I'm only dancing	-	-	-	UK21 (10 weeks) UK	-
	The Jean Genie Aladdin Sane	DE37 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK2 (13 weeks) UK	US71 (5 weeks) US
1973	Drive-In Saturday Aladdin Sane	-	-	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	-
	Life on Mars? Hunky Dory	DE39 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH48 (1 week) CH	UK3 platinum (18 weeks)UK	-
	Sorrow pinups	DE39 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK27 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	Cover of the original by The McCoys from 1965; the B-side is the title Amsterdam by Jacques Brel
1974	Rebel Rebel Diamond Dogs	DE33 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 silver (8 weeks)UK	US64 (8 weeks) US
	Rock 'n' Roll Suicide	-	-	-	UK22 (7 weeks) UK	-
	Diamond Dogs Diamond Dogs	-	-	-	UK21 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Knock on Wood David Live	-	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	Cover of the original by Eddie Floyd from 1966
1975	Young Americans Young Americans	-	-	-	UK18 (7 weeks) UK	US28 (11 weeks) US
	Fame Young Americans	-	-	-	UK17 (8 weeks) UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US
	Golden Years Station to Station	-	-	-	UK8 (10 weeks) UK	US10 (21 weeks) US
1976	TVC 15 station to station	-	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	US64 (5 weeks) US
1977	Sound and Vision Low	DE6 (20 weeks) DE	AT15 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK3 (11 weeks) UK	US69 (6 weeks) US
	“Heroes” “Heroes”	DE19 (2 weeks) DE	AT14 (10 weeks) AT	CH17 (2 weeks) CH	UK12 platinum (11 weeks)UK	-	reached the German and Swiss charts for the first time after Bowie's death in 2016 and new top positions in Austria and UK
1978	Beauty and the Beast "Heroes"	-	-	-	UK39 (3 weeks) UK	-
1979	Breaking Glass Stage	-	-	-	UK54 (7 weeks) UK	-
	Boys Keep Swinging Lodger	-	-	-	UK7 (10 weeks) UK	-
	DJ Lodger	-	-	-	UK29 (5 weeks) UK	-
	John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)	-	-	-	UK12 (8 weeks) UK	-
1980	Alabama song	-	-	-	UK23 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Ashes to Ashes Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	DE9 (21 weeks) DE	AT6 (6 weeks) AT	CH11 (7 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (11 weeks)UK	-
	Fashion Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	DE34 (15 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	US70 (9 weeks) US
1981	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	-	-	-	UK20 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Up the Hill Backwards Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)	-	-	-	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Under Pressure Hot Space (1982) Queen album	DE21 (18 weeks) DE	AT10 (10 weeks) AT	CH10 (5 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US29 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)US	with Queen
	Wild Is the Wind ChangesTwoBowie	-	-	-	UK24 (10 weeks) UK	-	Cover of the original by Johnny Mathis from 1957
1982	Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	-	-	CH8 (4 weeks) CH	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	US67 (10 weeks) US
	Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy Bowie: The Singles 1969–1993	-	AT53 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	in Austria only placed in 2007
1983	Let's Dance Let's Dance	DE2 (23 weeks) DE	AT2 (15 weeks) AT	CH1 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 Gold + platinum (digital) (18 weeks)UK	US1 gold (20 weeks)US	as guest musician: Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitar), Nile Rodgers (guitar)
	China Girl Let's Dance	DE6 (16 weeks) DE	AT9 (10 weeks) AT	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (9 weeks)UK	US10 (18 weeks) US
	Modern Love Let's Dance	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH17 (4 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (8 weeks)UK	US14 (13 weeks) US
	Without You Let's Dance	-	-	-	-	US73 (4 weeks) US
	White light / white heat	-	-	-	UK46 (3 weeks) UK	-
1984	Blue Jean Tonight	DE21 (12 weeks) DE	AT16 (12 weeks) AT	CH14 (9 weeks) CH	UK6 (9 weeks) UK	US8 (18 weeks) US
	Tonight Tonight	-	AT22 (6 weeks) AT	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK53 (5 weeks) UK	US53 (9 weeks) US	with Tina Turner
1985	This Is Not America The Falcon and the Snowman (Soundtrack)	DE5 (20 weeks) DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH6 (12 weeks) CH	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	US32 (12 weeks) US	with Pat Metheny
	Loving the Alien Tonight	DE27 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Dancing in the street	DE6 (13 weeks) DE	AT6 (10 weeks) AT	CH9 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (15 weeks)UK	US7 (14 weeks) US	with Mick Jagger
1986	Absolute beginners	DE7 (14 weeks) DE	AT2 (15 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (9 weeks)UK	US53 (9 weeks) US	Soundtrack for the film Absolute Beginners - Junge Helden
	Underground	DE20 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH14 (7 weeks) CH	UK21 (7 weeks) UK	-	Soundtrack for the film The Journey into the Labyrinth
	When the Wind Blows	-	-	-	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	-	Soundtrack for the film When the wind blows
1987	Day-In Day-Out Never Let Me Down	DE25 (11 weeks) DE	AT25 (2 weeks) AT	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	UK17 (6 weeks) UK	US21 (12 weeks) US
	Time Will Crawl Never Let Me Down	DE57 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	-
	Never Let Me Down Never Let Me Down	-	-	-	UK34 (6 weeks) UK	US27 (11 weeks) US
1989	Tonight (Live)	DE39 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH17 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	with Tina Turner
1990	Fame '90	DE36 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH29 (1 week) CH	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-	Remix of the 1975 song
1992	Real Cool World Songs from the Cool World	DE83 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK53 (1 week) UK	-	Soundtrack to the film
1993	Jump They Say Black Tie White Noise	DE43 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH40 (1 week) CH	UK9 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Black Tie White Noise Black Tie White Noise	-	-	-	UK36 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Al B. Sure!
	Miracle Goodnight Black Tie White Noise	-	-	-	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	-
	The Buddha of Suburbia	-	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	-	with Lenny Kravitz
1995	The Hearts Filthy Lesson Outside	-	-	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	US92 (2 weeks) US
	Strangers When We Meet / The Man Who Sold the World Outside	-	-	-	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	-
1996	Hello Spaceboy Outside	DE59 (10 weeks) DE	AT37 (1 week) AT	-	UK12 (4 weeks) UK	-
1997	Little Wonder Earthling	-	-	-	UK14 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Dead Man Walking Earthling	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Seven Years in Tibet Earthling	-	-	-	UK61 (2 weeks) UK	-
	I'm Afraid of Americans Earthling	-	-	-	-	US66 (16 weeks) US	Soundtrack for the film Showgirls
	I Can't Read Earthling	-	-	-	UK73 (2 weeks) UK	-
1999	Thursday's Child Hours ...	DE62 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (5 weeks) UK	-
2000	Survive Hours ...	-	-	-	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Seven Hours ...	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-
2002	Slow Burn Heathen	-	AT69 (1 week) AT	CH80 (4 weeks) CH	UK94 (1 week) UK	-
	Everyone Says 'Hi' Heathen	DE83 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	-
2004	Rebel Never Gets Old	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	-	a mashup of the songs Rebel Rebel and Never Get Old
2006	Arnold Layne	-	-	-	UK19 (3 weeks) UK	-
2013	Where Are We Now? The next day	DE47 (4 weeks) DE	AT40 (3 weeks) AT	CH52 (1 week) CH	UK6 (2 weeks) UK	-
2014	Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) Nothing Has Changed / Blackstar	-	-	CH54 (1 week) CH	UK81 (1 week) UK	-
2015	Blackstar Blackstar	DE97 (1 week) DE	AT69 (1 week) AT	CH20 (1 week) CH	UK61 (1 week) UK	US78 (1 week) US
2016	Lazarus Blackstar	DE77 (1 week) DE	AT38 (1 week) AT	CH16 (2 weeks) CH	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	US40 (1 week) US
	I Can't Give Everything Away Blackstar	-	-	CH45 (1 week) CH	-	-
	Dollar Days Blackstar	-	-	CH46 (1 week) CH	-	-
	Ziggy Stardust The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	-	-	-	UK76 silver (1 week)UK	-	dates from 1972, but was only in the charts posthumously
2017	No plan, no plan	-	-	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	-

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More singles

• 1964: Liza Jane (with the King Bees)
• 1965: I Pity the Fool (published under The Manish Boys, originally by Bobby Bland from 1961)
• 1965: You've Got a Habit of Leaving (published under Davy Jones and the Lower Third)
• 1966: Can't Help Thinking About Me (with The Lower Third)
• 1966: Do Anything You Say
• 1966: I Dig Everything
• 1966: Rubber Band
• 1967: Love You Till Tuesday
• 1969: Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola
• 1970: The Prettiest Star (this song he dedicated to his former partner Angela Barnett Memory of a Free Festival)
• 1971: Holy Holy (B-side of Diamond Dogs)
• 1971: Moonage Daydream (published under the pseudonym Arnold Corns , UK:silver)
• 1971: Hang On to Yourself (B-side of Moonage Daydream, published under the pseudonym Arnold Corns)
• 1973: Time
• 1973: Let's Spend the Night Together (Cover of the 1967 original The Rolling Stones)
• 1973: The Man Who Sold the World
• 1974: Rock'n'Roll with Me
• 1976: Suffragette City
• 1976: Stay (Soundtrack to the film Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo)
• 1977: Be My Wife
• 1979: Yassasin (published in the Netherlands and Turkey only)
• 1979: Look Back in Anger
• 1980: Crystal Japan
• 1986: Magic Dance (soundtrack to the film Die Reise ins Labyrinth)
• 1996: Telling Lies
• 1997: Pallas Athena (published under the pseudonym Tao Jones Index)
• 1999: Without You I'm Nothing (with placebo)
• 1999: The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
• 2002: I've Been Waiting for You (Cover of the 1968 original by Neil Young)
• 2003: New Killer Star
• 2004: Never Get Old
• 2013: The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
• 2013: The Next Day
• 2013: Valentine's Day
• 2018: Let's Dance (vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2018)
• 2018: Zeroes (2018) (Radio Edit) / Beat Of Your Drum (2018) (Radio Edit) (vinyl release; double A-side [limited picture disc 7])

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Best of Bowie	DE76 gold (1 week)DE	-	-	UK- × 3 Triple platinum UK	US- platinum US	in Germany only placed in 2007
2004	A reality tour	DE59 platinum (2 weeks)DE	-	-	UK- platinum UK	US- platinum US	in Germany only placed in 2008
2007	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	-	-	-	UK- gold UK	-

More video albums

• 1985: Serious Moonlight
• 1988: The Glass Spider Tour 1987

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of David Bowie's chart successes in the album, single and music DVD charts.

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE2DE AT1AT CH2CH UK11UK US1US Top 10 albums DE11DE AT10AT CH6thCH UK34UK US9US Albums in the charts DE35DE AT32AT CH28CH UK60UK US46US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK5UK US2US Top 10 singles DE7thDE AT6thAT CH7thCH UK25thUK US6thUS Singles in the charts DE31DE AT20thAT CH26thCH UK74UK US28US

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one video albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 video albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Video albums on the charts	DE2DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : David Bowie / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	8,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	14 × platinum14th	740,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	platinum1	45,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	140,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	platinum1	775,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	71,158	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	11 × gold11	7 × platinum7th	2,270,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	gold1	-	7,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	8 × gold8th	6 × platinum6th	515,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	2 × gold2	-	200,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	13 × gold13	20 × platinum20th	2,465,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	8 × gold8th	7 × platinum7th	160,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	465,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	97,500	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	platinum1	50,000	zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	D65.000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	225,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	35,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	210,000	promusicae.es ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	13 × gold13	11 × platinum11	17,200,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	17 × silver17th	24 × gold24	31 × platinum31	17,225,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	17 × silver17th	109 × gold109	118 × platinum118

swell

1. ↑ Andy Gill: Rebel, rebel: We profile singing legend David Bowie. Belfast Telegraph, January 2, 2016, accessed January 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ David Bowie / Bowie at the Beep / four-LP vinyl box set , Paul Sinclair, Super Deluxe Edition, January 7, 2016

Web links

• US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US