David Bowie Named 2016’s Most Popular UK Recoding Artist

David Bowie was the UK’s top selling recording artist of 2016. His last album Blackstar sold the equivalent of 1.65 million copies through vinyl, streaming, and other formats.More »

By on May 21, 2017

David Bowie was the UK’s top selling recording artist of 2016. His last album Blackstar sold the equivalent of 1.65 million copies through vinyl, streaming, and other formats. Bowie released his final album just before his death in January 2016. The singer died right before his 60th birthday. Boyd Hilton, the entertainment editor at Heat magazine stated, “There is always a huge amount of interest when a legendary artist dies so the upturn in sales will partly be down to that.” Hilton explained, “Bowie suddenly got loads more airplay and the Blackstar album, videos and artwork were so extraordinary anyway that they captured the public’s imagination even more than a regular new Bowie album might.” Bowie outsold Adele who had 1.1 million in sales as well as Drake who sold 1.09 million records. Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «