Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ takes top spot on UK album chart

Bowie’s albums “Aladdin Sane”, “The Next Day”, “Low” and “Diamond Dogs” are also in the top 40.

Bowie died after an 18-month battle with cancer on January 10th. “Bowie made so many great albums, constantly reinventing himself, that everyone has their own favourites and fans are clearly reminding themselves of his massive contribution to popular music by buying these great, iconic works”.

Bowie has never had a number one album in America, but Blackstar is on course to top the nation’s Billboard 200 chart, when results are revealed on Tuesday.

Bowie also posthumously broke a record for his music videos.

The record was previously jointly held by the Beatles and Michael Jackson, who have both had 14 albums in our Top 100 in the same week. His highest-placing single is classic cut Space Oddity, which kicks things off for the Starman at #31, a few spots ahead of Heroes, which makes its re-entry at #36.

Representatives for the London-born artist declined to comment on a report in Britain’s Daily Mirror that said his body was cremated in NY, his adopted home, immediately after his death.

According to preliminary data from Hits Daily Double, Bowie’s “Blackstar” sold approximately 171,072 pure United States copies during the aforementioned tracking week.

But what is remarkable is that 25% of the United Kingdom album chart top 40 is now David Bowie albums.

As with the United Kingdom charts, Bowie-mania hasn’t quite penetrated the Singles stakes as deeply, though the celebrated performer’s eight entries, including two debuts, are still nothing to scoff at.

Bowie played numerous city’s music venues during his career including Glasgow’s SECC and Apollo.

The record which saw the biggest week-on-week uplift was 1977’s Heroes, which received an 8658% boost this week to land at Number 45.

Using this system, Blackstar has accrued 150,000 total combined sales, easily topping the list.

Blackstar is now No. 1 in New Zealand, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Hungary.

Fans have posted heartfelt pleas to the Bank of England boss, saying they would love to see Bowie’s face on their funds.