Eight #1 Bowie Albums Need Your Vote!

A throwback from someone’s LPs…

THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS COMPANY has launched a campaign to identify the definitive list of the most popular UK number one albums of all time to celebrate the official charts’ 50th anniversary… you can vote for up to fifty albums (or as few as one!) at their website.

There have been eight number one David Bowie albums in the UK, and here they are with the corresponding information for each. I.E. Aladdin Sane was the 125th number one album and it reached the top on 5/5/1973. (That’s the non-American dating system for obvious reasons)

125 ~ Aladdin Sane 5/5/1973

133 ~ Pin Ups 3/11/1973

142 ~ Diamond Dogs 8/6/1974

238 ~ Scary Monsters And Super Creeps 27/9/1980

280 ~ Let’s Dance 23/4/1983

301 ~ Tonight 6/10/1984

405 ~ Changesbowie 31/3/1990

477 ~ Black Tie White Noise 17/4/1993

It’s a surprising list when one considers what are now reckoned to be Bowie’s classic works. But record sales have never truly been about artistic value, otherwise David Bowie would be richer than Bill Gates!

Having said that, there have been nineteen other top ten Bowie albums in the UK, with fourteen of those reaching the top five. That’s twenty two top five albums in total…lord, he probably is as rich as Bill Gates!

Click on the CLICK HERE TO VOTE button above if you wish to take part, and why shouldn’t you? You can vote for fifty number one albums and there is also an opportunity to vote for a further ten that didn’t make the top spot.

Thanx to BowieNetter jungtheforeman for the pointer.