“I never thought I’d need so many people”
David Bowie is the Starman of the Official Chart as the nation pays tribute to a music icon
Over half a million Bowie records sold in the UK this week
Bowie commands one quarter of the Official Albums Chart Top 40
19 Bowie albums and 13 singles enter the Top 100
As the nation mourns the sad passing of David Bowie this week, the star’s continued impact on music shows as he dominates this week’s Official Chart.
Bowie’s new album Blackstar debuts at Number 1 with combined sales of almost 150,000, giving him his tenth chart-topping record and the fastest selling album of the year so far.
Importantly, Blackstar was already headed for Number 1 before news of Bowie’s death broke; early sales flashes last weekend revealed the record was head and shoulders above the competition.
Including Blackstar, over half a million Bowie records were picked up this week in the UK – totalling 623,000 combined sales and streams. The figure includes 241,000 album sales, 167,000 singles purchased, and Bowie tracks were streamed over 19 million times on audio streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Deezer and more.
Ten of the late icon’s albums command one quarter of this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 40, and 19 entries in the albums Top 100.
His 2014 retrospective Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best Of is the highest re-entry at Number 5, followed by The Best Of 1969/1974 at Number 11.
The full list of his 19 albums in this week’s Official Albums Chart appears below:
01 – BLACKSTAR – RCA
05 – NOTHING HAS CHANGED – THE VERY BEST OF DAVID BOWIE – PARLOPHONE
11 – THE BEST OF 1969/1974 – PARLOPHONE
14 – HUNKY DORY – PARLOPHONE
17 – THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – PARLOPHONE
18 – BEST OF BOWIE – PARLOPHONE
23 – ALADDIN SANE – PARLOPHONE
25 – THE NEXT DAY – RCA
31 – LOW – PARLOPHONE
37 – DIAMOND DOGS – PARLOPHONE
42 – LET’S DANCE – PARLOPHONE
45 – “HEROES” – PARLOPHONE
55 – STATION TO STATION – PARLOPHONE
59 – THE BEST OF – 1980/1987 PARLOPHONE
60 – YOUNG AMERICANS – PARLOPHONE
61 – SCARY MONSTERS – PARLOPHONE
89 – THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD – PARLOPHONE
95 – SPACE ODDITY – PARLOPHONE
97 – FIVE YEARS – 1969-1973 – PARLOPHONE
View the full Albums Top 100 here
Bowie’s entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart:
12 – HEROES – PARLOPHONE
16 – LIFE ON MARS – PARLOPHONE
18 – STARMAN – PARLOPHONE
23 – LET’S DANCE – PARLOPHONE
24 – SPACE ODDITY – PARLOPHONE
43 – UNDER PRESSURE – QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE – VIRGIN
45 – LAZARUS – RCA
49 – CHANGES – PARLOPHONE
61 – BLACKSTAR – RCA
62 – ASHES TO ASHES – PARLOPHONE
65 – REBEL REBEL – PARLOPHONE
76 – ZIGGY STARDUST – PARLOPHONE
97 – CHINA GIRL – PARLOPHONE
View the full Singles Top 100 here
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