Posted January 11, 20169 yr David Bowie’s Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Downloads revealed! 11 January 2016 By Justin Myers http://i66.tinypic.com/ju9tv9.jpg The music world was in mourning on January 11, 2016 following the announcement of the death of rock legend David Bowie. From his humble beginnings as David Jones in Brixton, south London, to worldwide megastardom, David Bowie was never far from the charts. In recognition of his hugely successful career, spanning six decades, we count down David Bowie's Digital Top 40, the most downloaded songs from his impressive chart history. Life On Mars It's perhaps no surprise that Life On Mars is Bowie's most downloaded song in the UK. Originally featuring on 1971 album Hunky Dory, it wasn't until Bowie found success with his Ziggy Stardust album that Life On Mars got some recognition. It finally became a single in 1973 and reached Number 3. Life On Mars found new fans when it was featured in a BBC drama of the same name. The show's follow-up, Ashes To Ashes, was also named after a Bowie hit (Number 9 on this countdown). Under Pressure This 1981 Number 1 was a true megastar collaboration, bringing together David and fellow UK rock legends Queen, with David and lead singer Freddie Mercury locked in a powerful vocal face-off. The talented pair even improvised some of the lyrics during the recording. Under Pressure was heavily sampled for Vanilla Ice's 1990 Number 1 Ice Ice Baby. Heroes Despite originally missing the Top 20 upon original release in 1977, Heroes has found new fans in the digital age. Bowie's uplifting anthem was covered by 2010's X Factor finalists – including One Direction – for a charity single, taking it to Number 1, and was adopted as theme song by Team GB during their 2012 London Olympics campaign. Let's Dance Bowie's most recent solo Number 1 in 1983 – he'd go on to top the charts with Mick Jagger on a cover of Dancing In The Street in 1985 – spent three weeks at the summit. It's also his best selling single in the UK. Space Oddity The song that started it all, Space Oddity was Bowie's debut chart hit back in 1969. The haunting track also scored another first for David – when re-released in 1975, it became his very first chart-topper. Four more would follow. David Bowie ChartFacts Official Top 40 singles: 61 Official Number 1 singles: 5 Official Number 1 albums: 9 (so far!) All-time biggest selling UK single: Let’s Dance All-time biggest selling UK album: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars David Bowie's Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Downloads TRACK PEAK POSITION YEAR 1 LIFE ON MARS 3 1973 2 UNDER PRESSURE (WITH QUEEN) 1 1981 3 HEROES 24 1977 4 LET'S DANCE 1 1983 5 SPACE ODDITY 1 1969/1975 6 STARMAN 10 1972 7 CHANGES N/A 1972 8 ASHES TO ASHES 1 1980 9 WHERE ARE WE NOW 6 2013 10 REBEL REBEL 5 1974 11 PEACE ON EARTH/LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 3 1982 12 MODERN LOVE 2 1983 13 CHINA GIRL 2 1983 14 THE JEAN GENIE 2 1972 15 SOUND AND VISION 3 1977 16 ZIGGY STARDUST N/A 1972 17 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES N/A 1995 18 DANCING IN THE STREET (WITH MICK JAGGER) 1 1985 19 MAGIC DANCE E.P. N/A 1986 20 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 2 1986 21 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD 39* 1971 22 GOLDEN YEARS 8 1975 23 YOUNG AMERICANS 18 1975 24 OH YOU PRETTY THINGS N/A 1971 25 QUEEN BITCH N/A 1971 26 SUFFRAGETTE CITY N/A 1972 27 FASHION 5 1980 28 SORROW 3 1973 29 THE LAUGHING GNOME 6 1973 30 CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE) 26 1982 31 FAME '90 E.P. 28 1990 32 AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN N/A 1986 33 LIVE EP (WITH ARCADE FIRE) N/A 2005 34 JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING 12 1972 35 MOONAGE DAYDREAM N/A 1972 36 WILD IS THE WIND 24 1981 37 ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE 22 1974 38 FIVE YEARS N/A 1972 39 KOOKS N/A 1971 40 DRIVE IN SATURDAY 3 1973 *Released as double-A side with Strangers When We Meet in 1995. ©2016 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved.
January 11, 20169 yr I'm surprised Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy isn't higher, given the fact that it's downloaded every Christmas.
January 11, 20169 yr Author A link to the previous thread in 2013: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...70&hl=bowie 2015 Pos. | 2013 Pos. | Single | Peak | Year 01 (01) LIFE ON MARS 3 1973 02 (02) UNDER PRESSURE (WITH QUEEN) 1 1981 03 (03) HEROES 24 1977 04 (04) LET'S DANCE 1 1983 05 (05) SPACE ODDITY 1 1969/1975 06 (06) STARMAN 10 1972 07 (08) CHANGES N/A 1972 08 (07) ASHES TO ASHES 1 1980 09 (09) WHERE ARE WE NOW 6 2013 10 (10) REBEL REBEL 5 1974 11 (11) PEACE ON EARTH/LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 3 1982 12 (13) MODERN LOVE 2 1983 13 (14) CHINA GIRL 2 1983 14 (12) THE JEAN GENIE 2 1972 15 (20) SOUND AND VISION 3 1977 16 (15) ZIGGY STARDUST N/A 1972 17 (16) ALL THE YOUNG DUDES N/A 1995 18 (17) DANCING IN THE STREET (WITH MICK JAGGER) 1 1985 19 (18) MAGIC DANCE E.P. N/A 1986 20 (23) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 2 1986 21 (21) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD 39* 1971 22 (19) GOLDEN YEARS 8 1975 23 (22) YOUNG AMERICANS 18 1975 24 (25) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS N/A 1971 25 (27) QUEEN BITCH N/A 1971 26 (24) SUFFRAGETTE CITY N/A 1972 27 (31) FASHION 5 1980 28 (26) SORROW 3 1973 29 (29) THE LAUGHING GNOME 6 1973 30 (30) CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE) 26 1982 31 (32) FAME '90 E.P. 28 1990 32 (33) AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN N/A 1986 33 (28) LIVE EP (WITH ARCADE FIRE) N/A 2005 34 (34) JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING 12 1972 35 (39) MOONAGE DAYDREAM N/A 1972 36 (35) WILD IS THE WIND 24 1981 37 (37) ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE 22 1974 38 (36) FIVE YEARS N/A 1972 39 (38) KOOKS N/A 1971 40 (40) DRIVE IN SATURDAY 3 1973
January 11, 20169 yr Wouldn't it have been kinder if they had "accidentally" lost the number 29, and then moved the others up one?
January 11, 20169 yr Author FYI, 'Life on Mars' was certified Silver for downloads/streams of 200k in October 2015.
January 11, 20169 yr I know they must have an idea of the sales like. Life on Mars was a pretty big to show back in 2006-2008 so could have helped it get to no1 in this chart!
January 11, 20169 yr I guess we'll be given a lot of sales information come friday - as quite a lot of his tracks should enter re-enter the top 100. Not to mention he'll have many albums top 100 too.
January 13, 20169 yr Although the asterisk rightly points out that The Man Who Sold The World was a double A-side with Strangers When We Meet in 1995 it doesn't point out that the 1995 version was a live recording and is unlikely to have contributed much in the downloads
January 13, 20169 yr AFAICT the 1995 version of 'Man Who Sold The World' isn't available to download at all. It's very different from the version people know anyway.
January 14, 20169 yr All-time biggest selling UK album: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars ©2016 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved. Assume they mean best-selling studio album as I think some compilations may have sold more than Ziggy.
January 14, 20169 yr Author Assume they mean best-selling studio album as I think some compilations may have sold more than Ziggy. No it's definitely his best seller (on at least 1.5m) - his top compilation is 2002's Best of Bowie which sold 1.1m.
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