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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie (), was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter, and actor. He was a figure in  for over five decades, and was considered by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft significantly impacted popular music. During his lifetime, he sold an estimated 140 million records worldwide. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released . In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the  in 1996.

Born and raised in , Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "" became his first top-five entry on the  after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the  era with his flamboyant and androgynous  Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "" and album , and it won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "" and the album . In 1976, Bowie began a sporadic acting career, starring in the cult film . The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the -inflected album (1977), the first of three collaborations with  that would come to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy".  (1977) and  (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.

After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "", its parent album , and "", a 1981 collaboration with . He then reached a new commercial peak in 1983 with , with its  topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including  and . Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in  (1983), the Goblin King  in  (1986),  in  (1988), and  in  (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004, and last performed live at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of . He remained musically active until his death on 10 January 2016, two days after the release of his final album, .