A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of David Bowie.
David Bowie (David Robert Jones) was a highly influential English singer-songwriter and actor, celebrated for his innovation and impact on popular music, especially during the 1970s. His career, spanning five decades, was characterized by constant reinvention and striking visual presentation. Bowie remains a critically acclaimed and influential figure in music history.
In 1969, David Bowie's song "Space Oddity" earned him the Ivor Novello Special Award For Originality, marking a commercial breakthrough in his career.
In 1975, the re-issue of David Bowie's 1969 single, 'Space Oddity' became Bowie's first number-one hit in the UK a few months after 'Fame' achieved the same in the US.
In 1975, David Bowie released the album 'Young Americans,' achieving commercial success in the US and UK. The song "Fame", a collaboration with John Lennon, became Bowie's first US number one. Bowie fired Defries as his manager.
According to Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, by 1980 David Bowie was "the most important and influential artist since the Beatles".
In 1983, David Bowie reached his peak of popularity and commercial success with Let's Dance. The album went platinum in both the UK and the US, and its title track reached number one.
At the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, David Bowie received two awards including the inaugural Video Vanguard Award.
In January 2013, the single "Where Are We Now?" entered the Top 10 for two decades (since "Jump They Say" in 1993)
In 1996, David Bowie received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, recognizing his significant impact on the music industry.
In 1996, David Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On February 12, 1997, David Bowie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1999, David Bowie was appointed Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music.
In 2002, David Bowie was ranked 29th in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked David Bowie 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
In 2005, David Bowie was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
On February 8, 2006, David Bowie was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2006, David Bowie was voted the fourth greatest living British icon in a poll by the BBC's Culture Show.
In 2013, David Bowie was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and named best-dressed Briton in history by BBC History magazine.
In 2016, David Bowie posthumously received the Brits Icon award for his "lasting impact on British culture".
In the 2020 revision of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, multiple David Bowie albums were included: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars at number 40, Station to Station at 52, Hunky Dory at 88, Low at 206, and Scary Monsters at 443.
In the 2021 revision of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, several David Bowie songs were included: "'Heroes'" at number 23, "Life on Mars?" at 105, "Space Oddity" at 189, "Changes" at 200, "Young Americans" at 204, "Station to Station" at 400, and "Under Pressure" at 429.
As of 2022, David Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.
In 2022, Sky Arts ranked David Bowie as the most influential artist in Britain of the last 50 years "owing to his transcendent influence on British culture".
In 2023, David Bowie ranked 32nd on the Rolling Stone list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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