David Bowie / discography
David Bowie - discography
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David Bowie, 2002
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Publications | |
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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 | ||||
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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
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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
(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
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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 |
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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
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1973 | Aladdin Sane | - | - | - |
UK1
platinum
(83 weeks)UK |
US17th
gold
(23 weeks)US |
Re-released in 1990 in UK again at number 43
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Pinups | - | - | - |
UK1
gold
(40 weeks)UK |
US23 (21 weeks) US |
Re-released in 1990 in UK again at number 52
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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
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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
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"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
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1979 | Lodger | - |
AT13 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
UK4th
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
US20 (15 weeks) US |
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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
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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 |
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1984 | Tonight |
DE8 (11 weeks) DE |
AT8 (16 weeks) AT |
CH8 (6 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(19 weeks)UK |
US11
platinum
(24 weeks)US |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1997 | Earthling |
DE11 (8 weeks) DE |
AT15 (11 weeks) AT |
CH20 (7 weeks) CH |
UK6th
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
US39 (6 weeks) US |
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1999 | Hours ... |
DE4 (10 weeks) DE |
AT2 (10 weeks) AT |
CH18 (6 weeks) CH |
UK5
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
US47 (4 weeks) US |
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2002 | Heathen |
DE4 (19 weeks) DE |
AT4 (16 weeks) AT |
CH7 (15 weeks) CH |
UK5
gold
(20 weeks)UK |
US14 (9 weeks) US |
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2003 | Reality |
DE3 (8 weeks) DE |
AT3 (8 weeks) AT |
CH5 (8 weeks) CH |
UK3
gold
(5 weeks)UK |
US29 (4 weeks) US |
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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 |
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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 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Concert albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1974 | David Live | - | - | - |
UK2 (13 weeks) UK |
US8th
gold
(21 weeks)US |
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1978 | Stage | - | - | - |
UK5
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
US44 (13 weeks) US |
recorded on April 28, 1978 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia
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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
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2016 | Back in Anger - Live | - | - | - |
UK89 (1 week) UK |
- |
Nine Inch Nails featuring David Bowie
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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
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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
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Glastonbury 2000 |
DE31 (2 weeks) DE |
AT50 (1 week) AT |
CH53 (1 week) CH |
UK25 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1973 | Images 1966–1967 | - | - | - | - |
US144 (9 weeks) US |
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1976 | ChangesOneBowie | - | - | - |
UK2 (28 weeks) UK |
US10
platinum
(39 weeks)US |
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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 |
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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 |
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1984 | Fame and Fashion (David Bowie's All Time Greatest Hits) | - | - | - |
UK40 (6 weeks) UK |
US147 (6 weeks) US |
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1985 | David Bowie: The Collection | - | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
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- | |
1989 | Sound + vision | - | - | - |
UK-
platinum
UK
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US97
gold
(16 weeks)US |
Compilation of recordings between 1969 and 1980
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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 |
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1993 | The Singles Collection |
DE64 (8 weeks) DE |
AT37 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK-
platinum
UK
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- | |
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
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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
(163 weeks)UK |
US4th
platinum
(55 weeks)US |
Highest ranking in US only in 2016
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2005 | The Platinum Collection | - | - | - |
UK53
gold
(5 weeks)UK |
US65 (1 week) US |
in US only in the charts in 2016
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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
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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
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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 |
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Bowie Legacy |
DE59 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK5
platinum
(… Where.)UK |
US78 (10 weeks) US |
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2017 | Bowpromo | - | - | - |
UK38 (1 week) UK |
- |
Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2017
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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 |
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2018 | Bowie Now | - | - | - |
UK43 (1 week) UK |
- |
Vinyl release as part of Record Store Day 2018
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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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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | ||||
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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
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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
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1984 | Love You Till Tuesday OST | - | - | - |
UK53 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Compilation soundtrack for the corporate film of the same name
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1986 | Labyrinth EAST |
DE29 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
US68 (8 weeks) US |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Soundtrack contributions
year | title |
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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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1982 | Baal's hymn | - | - | - |
UK29 (5 weeks) UK |
- | |
2017 | No Plan (EP) | - | - | - | - |
US138 (1 week) US |
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2020 | Is It Any Wonder? | - | - | - |
UK10 (... wk.) UK |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1967 | The Laughing Gnome | - | - | - |
UK6th
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
- |
Placements only when re-published in 1973
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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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
- | ||
1974 | Rebel Rebel Diamond Dogs |
DE33 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK5
silver
(8 weeks)UK |
US64 (8 weeks) US |
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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
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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 |
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Golden Years Station to Station |
- | - | - |
UK8 (10 weeks) UK |
US10 (21 weeks) US |
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1976 | TVC 15 station to station |
- | - | - |
UK33 (4 weeks) UK |
US64 (5 weeks) US |
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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
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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 |
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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
(… Where.)US |
with Queen
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Wild Is the Wind ChangesTwoBowie |
- | - | - |
UK24 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
Cover of the original by Johnny Mathis from 1957
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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
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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)
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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 |
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Modern Love Let's Dance |
DE27 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH17 (4 weeks) CH |
UK2
silver
(8 weeks)UK |
US14 (13 weeks) US |
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Without You Let's Dance |
- | - | - | - |
US73 (4 weeks) US |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Underground |
DE20 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH14 (7 weeks) CH |
UK21 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
Soundtrack for the film The Journey into the Labyrinth
|
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When the Wind Blows | - | - | - |
UK44 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Soundtrack for the film When the wind blows
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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 |
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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!
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|
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
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|
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 |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2002 | Best of Bowie |
DE76
gold
(1 week)DE |
- | - |
UK- × 3
|
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 | |
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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
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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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
- ↑ Andy Gill: Rebel, rebel: We profile singing legend David Bowie. Belfast Telegraph, January 2, 2016, accessed January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ 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