David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ Takes Over iTunes, 14 Of His Other Albums Jump Into The Top 40
Adele‘s 25 has finally been bumped off the top of the iTunes album chart, and sadly it took the death of a pop culture icon to cause it to happen. David Bowie‘s studio LP Blackstar, released on just two days before his death on Sunday (January 10), has jumped to the #1 position on iTunes. The British musician’s career-spanning 2002 hits collection Best Of Bowie, is currently #2 at the digital retailer.
With Adele now down at #3 on iTunes, several of Bowie’s past offerings are now flying up the retailer’s chart, including the following:
* His seminal 1972 LP The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is currently #4.
* 1971’s Hunky Dory, containing hits like “Changes” and “Life On Mars,” is at #6.
* 1998 collection The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 is at #11.
* The hugely successful, Nile Rodgers-produced Let’s Dance, from 1983, is #12.
* Bowie’s 1975 exploration into Philly soul, Young Americans, is at #17.
* 1973 glam rock classic Aladdin Sane is #18.
* The deluxe edition of 2014 retrospective Nothing Has Changed is #19.
* Yet another hits set, The Platinum Collection, is at #20.
* Low, a 1977 album and the first of Bowie’s so-called “Berlin Trilogy,” is #21.
* “Heroes”, also released in 1977 and the second of part of the “Berlin Trilogy,” is at #22.
* 2013’s The Next Day, the album Bowie released before Blackstar, is #23.
* Hits compilation Changesbowie, from 1990, is at #27.
* Bowie’s third LP, 1970’s The Man Who Sold The World, is currently sitting at #33.
* Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), a 1980 release with hits “Ashes To Ashes” and “Fashion,” is #38.
Meanwhile, as far as physical copies of David Bowie’s albums, the CD version of Blackstar is the top seller at Amazon, while the vinyl edition is at #2. At #5 is the Best Of Bowie set, while the Nothing Has Changed collection is #8.
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