- glam rock
- art rock
- United Kingdom
- born 1947, Brixton
- died 2016, New York
- 3 albums
- 29 Dutch Top 40 hits
David Bowie is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton and died on 10 January 2016 in New York. The collection holds three albums by David Bowie, released between 1983 and 2016: Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Legacy (2016). On top of that, David Bowie appears on three albums by others: Greatest Hits II (Queen), Sixties Collected Vol. 1 and Labyrinth. In the Dutch Top 40 there were 29 records, four of them reaching the top spot. The highest was Dancing in the Street: number 1 in week 41 of 1985.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Sound of David Bowie
David Bowie sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 124 bpm.
Across 42 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of David Bowie
The years of the albums by David Bowie in the collection. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart.
David Bowie197519801985199019952000200520102015Years with concertsAlbumDutch Top 40
Albums by David Bowie
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Also appears on
David Bowie also turns up beyond the own albums: on three albums by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
Biggest hits of David Bowie
David Bowie had 29 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries.
week 50, 1981233weeks in the chart
with 29 records1969first entry
week 38, 19692016latest entry
week 4, 201626years with an entry
- 1Dancing in the StreetDavid Bowie, Mick Jagger198513 weeks
- 1TonightTina Turner, David Bowie198813 weeks
- 1Let's DanceDavid Bowie198311 weeks
- 1Under PressureQueen, David Bowie198110 weeks
- 2Sound and VisionDavid Bowie197712 weeks
All Dutch Top 40 entries of David Bowie
Source: top40.nl
Together with David Bowie
On tracks of albums in the collection, David Bowie appears with Mick Jagger, Queen and Trevor Jones.
Mick Jagger1 trackQueen1 track
Trevor Jones1 track
Frequently asked questions
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did David Bowie have?
In the Dutch Top 40 there were 29 records, four of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Dancing in the Street, which reached number 1 in week 41 of 1985. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
Which albums by other artists feature David Bowie?
On 3 albums: Greatest Hits II (Queen), Sixties Collected Vol. 1 (Various), Labyrinth (Various). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by David Bowie are in the collection?
There are three, released between 1983 and 2016: Let's Dance (1983), Tonight (1984) and Legacy (2016). A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear David Bowie?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.