David Bowie

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English person actor human record producer rock musician singer-songwriter

David Bowie was an influential English singer, songwriter, and actor renowned for his innovative music, distinctive visual style, and continual reinvention across a five-decade career.

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Label Occurrences
David Bowie canonical 116
David Bowie (backing vocals on title track) 1
David Robert Jones 1

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
rock musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2016 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1962 ⓘ
alterEgo Aladdin Sane ⓘ
Velvet Goldmine ⓘ
surface form: The Thin White Duke

Ziggy Stardust ⓘ
associatedAct Brian Eno ⓘ
Iggy Pop ⓘ
Mick Ronson ⓘ
Queen ⓘ
The Spiders from Mars ⓘ
Tin Machine ⓘ
Tony Visconti ⓘ
awardReceived BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthDate 1947-01-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Brixton ⓘ
surface form: Brixton, London, England
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
child Alexandria Zahra Jones ⓘ
Duncan Jones ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 2016-01-10 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
fullName David Bowie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: David Robert Jones
gender male ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
honor Ranked among the greatest artists in popular music history ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor continual artistic reinvention ⓘ
distinctive visual style ⓘ
innovative music ⓘ
movement art rock ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ
notableRole Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth ⓘ
Nikola Tesla in The Prestige ⓘ
Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth ⓘ
notableWork Aladdin Sane ⓘ
Ashes to Ashes ⓘ
Blackstar ⓘ
Changes ⓘ
China Girl ⓘ
Diamond Dogs ⓘ
Fame ⓘ
Hunky Dory ⓘ
Lazarus ⓘ
Let’s Dance ⓘ
Let’s Dance ⓘ
surface form: Let’s Dance (song)

Life on Mars ⓘ
surface form: Life on Mars?

Lodger ⓘ
Low ⓘ
Modern Love ⓘ
Rebel Rebel ⓘ
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) ⓘ
Space Oddity ⓘ
Station to Station ⓘ
The Man Who Sold the World ⓘ
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ⓘ
Under Pressure ⓘ
Where Are We Now? ⓘ
Young Americans ⓘ
“Heroes” ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
arranger ⓘ
art collector ⓘ
musician ⓘ
painter ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin, Germany

London, England ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Angie Bowie ⓘ
Iman ⓘ
stageName David Bowie self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (118)

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Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist → notableWinner → David Bowie ⓘ
Decca Records → notableArtistRecorded → David Bowie ⓘ
Stevie Ray Vaughan → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Lady Gaga → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
The Killers → hasInfluence → David Bowie ⓘ
The Prestige → actor → David Bowie ⓘ
Harry Styles → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Marilyn Manson → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Isle of Wight Festival → headliner → David Bowie ⓘ
Velvet Goldmine → inspiredBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Zoolander → castMember → David Bowie ⓘ
David Bowie → fullName → David Bowie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Robert Jones
David Bowie → stageName → David Bowie self-link ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich → influenced → David Bowie ⓘ
Parlophone → signedArtist → David Bowie ⓘ
BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music → hasRecipient → David Bowie ⓘ
Bernard Edwards → collaboratedWith → David Bowie ⓘ
New Romantic movement → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
EMI → signedArtist → David Bowie ⓘ
EMI Records → notableArtist → David Bowie ⓘ
Iggy Pop → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Warner Chappell Music → hasNotableSongwriter → David Bowie ⓘ
The Velvet Underground → influencedArtist → David Bowie ⓘ
Labyrinth → starring → David Bowie ⓘ
Labyrinth → castMember → David Bowie ⓘ
Labyrinth → musicBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Labyrinth → songPerformer → David Bowie ⓘ
Nile Rodgers → collaboratedWith → David Bowie ⓘ
Brian Eno → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Point Depot, Dublin → hostedArtist → David Bowie ⓘ
Hansa Studios, Berlin → recordedAt → David Bowie ⓘ
Slane Castle → hostedPerformer → David Bowie ⓘ
Boy George → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Janelle Monáe → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Nine Inch Nails → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Candy Clark → workedWith → David Bowie ⓘ
Sir Michael Parkinson → notableInterviewee → David Bowie ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Parkinson
Joy Division → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Rykodisc → releasedMusicOf → David Bowie ⓘ
Adrian Belew → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Simple Minds → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Matt Chamberlain → associatedAct → David Bowie ⓘ
Britpop → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
The Falcon and the Snowman → originalSongPerformer → David Bowie ⓘ
Extras (TV series) → hasNotableGuestStars → David Bowie ⓘ
subject surface form: Extras
Brandon Flowers → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
Q Lifetime Achievement Award → hasNotableRecipient → David Bowie ⓘ
Kate Bush → influencedBy → David Bowie ⓘ
The Power Station, New York City → associatedWith → David Bowie ⓘ
subject surface form: The Power Station (recording studio)