David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

(1947–2016) was an English musician and actor. Throughout his career, he won 49 awards from a total of 113 nominations. He began his singing career under the name David Bowie in 1966 and won his first award in 1969, when he won an

Ivor Novello Award The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been ...

for the song "

Space Oddity "Space Oddity" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips Records as a 7-inch single, then as the opening track of his second studio album ''David Bowie''. After the commercial f ...

". Bowie's first hit album was ''

Hunky Dory ''Hunky Dory'' is the fourth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 17December 1971 through RCA Records. Following the release of his 1970 album, '' The Man Who Sold the World'', Bowie took time off from recording and tourin ...

'' in 1971 which reached number three in the

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...

. Despite his next eleven studio albums all making the UK Top 10—including four number one albums—he did not receive any more music awards or nominations until the early 1980s. He has since won numerous awards for his music, including: four

BRIT Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

—Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1984 and 2014 BRIT Awards, an Outstanding Contribution Award at the 1996 BRIT Awards and an Icon Award at the 2016 Brit Awards which was awarded to him posthumously; six

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

s including Best Video, Short Form for the ''David Bowie'' video at the

1985 Grammy Awards The 27th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1985, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and were broadcast live in the United States by CBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1984. Award winners Record of the ...

and a

Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions. Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include: A * A.C. ...

at the

2006 Grammy Awards The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. Irish rock band U2 wer ...

; and four MTV Video Music Awards—

Best Male Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video was one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, though, the award was briefly renamed Male Artist of the Year, and ...

for "

China Girl China Girl may refer to: Music *China Girl (song), "China Girl" (song), a 1977 song by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, rerecorded and released as a single by Bowie in 1983 *"China Girl", a song by John Cougar, released in 1982 on the album ''American Foo ...

" and a

Video Vanguard Award The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, also known as the Video Vanguard Award or the Lifetime Achievement Award, is a merit given to recording artists and music video directors at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), a ceremony that was establ ...

at the

1984 MTV Video Music Awards The 1984 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 14, 1984. The inaugural ceremony honored the best music videos released between May 2, 1983 and May 2, 1984, and was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler at the Radio City Music Hall in New ...

, Best Overall Performance in a Video for "

Dancing in the Street "Dancing in the Street" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas whose version reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

" at the

1986 MTV Video Music Awards The 1986 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1986, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1985, to May 1, 1986. The show was hosted by MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, and Dweezil Zappa, ...

, and Best Art Direction for "

Blackstar ''Blackstar'' is an American animated science fantasy television series, produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being '' The Freedom Force'', a segment of '' ...

" at the

2016 MTV Video Music Awards The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Sunday night, August 28, 2016 at 9:00–11:54pm EDT at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Adele's " Hello" was the most nominated video with seven categories. This marked the 33rd edition of the live ...

. Bowie began his acting career in the 1967

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

''The Image''. His first leading role was in the 1976 science fiction film ''

The Man Who Fell to Earth ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' is a 1976 British science fiction drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial (Thomas Jerome Newt ...

'', a role for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor at the 1976 Saturn Awards. He has also had an innovative presence on the Internet which led to his being awarded a lifetime achievement

Webby Award The Webby Awards are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories includ ...

in 2007 for "pushing the boundaries of art and technology with his digital empire".

AMFT Awards

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" , Best Rock Song , , - , Best Rock Solo Performance ,

American Music Awards

The

American Music Award The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Produ ...

s are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Bowie has received one nomination.

BAFTA Awards

The

BAFTA Television Awards The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the BAFTA. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Background The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until ...

are awarded by the

British Academy of Film and Television Arts British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

. Bowie has received one nomination. The

BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards The British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA) annually hosted the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia entertainment between 1998 and 2003. In 2003, BAFTA announced the award would be split into two separate ceremonies � ...

were awarded by the

for multimedia entertainment. Bowie has received one win.

BMI Pop Awards

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Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

" , Award-Winning Song , ,

Billboard Music Awards

The ''Billboard'' Music Awards are held to honour artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by '' Billboard''.

Sweden GAFFA Awards

Delivered since 2010, the GAFFA Awards (Swedish: GAFFA Priset) are a Swedish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name. ! , - , 2013 , Himself , Best Foreign Solo Act , , style="text-align:center;" , , -

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are awarded by the

Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who report on the entertainment industry activity and interests in the United States for media (newspaper, magazine and book publication ...

in the United States. Bowie has received one nomination.

GQ Awards

The GQ Award is an annual awards ceremony founded by the men's magazine '' GQ''. Bowie has received one award from one nomination. , - , 2000 , David Bowie , Most Stylish Man of the Year ,

Grammy Awards

The

s are awarded annually by the

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; abbreviated NARAS) is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy Aw ...

in the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Bowie has won five competitive awards from seventeen nominations. In 2006, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, David Bowie's song "

Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a song by English musician David Bowie released on 17 November 2014 as the lead single from the 2014 compilation album ''Nothing Has Changed''. Co-produced by Bowie and longtime collaborator Tony Viscon ...

" won the Grammy for the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals for bandleader

Maria Schneider Maria Schneider may refer to: * Maria Schneider (politician) (born 1923), East German politician * Maria Schneider (actress) (1952–2011), French actress * Maria Schneider (musician) Maria Lynn Schneider (born November 27, 1960) is an Americ ...

at the

58th Annual Grammy Awards The 58th Annual Grammy Awards was held on February 15, 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which was from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 20 ...

Grammy Lifetime Achievement

Hungarian Music Awards

Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992. The award categories are similar to Grammy Awards in the United States and Brit Awards in the United Kingdom. The awards were known as the ''Golden ...

is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz. , - , 2000 , '' Hours'' , rowspan=2, Best Foreign Rock Album , , - , 2003 , '' Heathen'' , , - , 2014 , ''

The Next Day ''The Next Day'' is the 25th studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in March 2013. It was his first studio release in ten years, having retreated from public view after his 2004 heart attack. Co-produced by Bowie and longtime c ...

'' , rowspan=2, Pop/Rock Album of the Year , , - , 2017 , ''

'' ,

Ivor Novello Awards

The

Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been a ...

are awarded annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters to honour

songwriting A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and composing. Bowie has won four award from five nomination. On 10 May 1970, David Bowie performed that night in awards accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. , - , rowspan="2" , 1984 , '' Let's Dance'' , International Album of the Year , , - , " Let's Dance" , International Single of the Year ,

Mercury Prize

The

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

is awarded by the British Phonographic Industry and the British Association of Record Dealers for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. Bowie has received three nominations.

Mojo Awards

The MOJO Awards are awarded by the British music magazine ''

Mojo Mojo may refer to: * Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * MOJO HD, an American television network * ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film * ' ...

''. Bowie has received four nominations.

MTV

MTV Movie Awards

The

MTV Movie Awards The MTV Movie & TV Awards (formerly the MTV Movie Awards) is a film and television awards show presented annually on MTV. The first MTV Movie Awards were presented in 1992. The ceremony was renamed the MTV Movie & TV Awards for its 26th editio ...

are awarded by the television channel MTV for best in film. Bowie has received one nomination.

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top

music videos A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

of the year. Bowie has won three awards from nine nominations.

iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards

The

iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards The iHeartRadio MMVAs were an annual awards show broadcast on Much to honour the year's best music videos that was last held in 2018. Originally debuting in 1990 as the Canadian Music Video Awards, the awards were renamed in 1995 to the MuchMu ...

are annually presented by the Canadian music video channel Much to honour the year's best music videos. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Music Video Production Awards

The MVPA Awards are annually presented by a Los Angeles-based music trade organization to honor the year's best music videos. , - , rowspan="4" , 2013 , rowspan="4" , "

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is a song by English musician David Bowie; it serves as the second single from his twenty-fourth studio album '' The Next Day''. The song's official music video was released on 25 February 2013 and the song itself w ...

" , Best Hair , , - , Best Director of a Male Artist , , - , Best Art Direction , , - , Best Colorist ,

NME Awards

The

NME Awards The ''NME'' Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine '' NME'' (''New Musical Express''). The first awards show was held in 1953 as the ''NME'' Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding ...

is an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME, where the winners are decided by public votes. David Bowie has received eleven awards from eleven nominations. , - , align="center" rowspan="2" , 1973 , , rowspan=13, David Bowie , , World Male Singer , , , - , British Male Singer , , , - , align="center" rowspan="3" , 1974 , , World Male Singer , , , - , British Male Singer , , , - , Best Producer , , , - , align="center" rowspan="1" , 1977 , , Best Male Singer , , , - , align="center" rowspan="1" , 1978 , , Best Male Singer , , , - , align="center" rowspan="1" , 1981 , , Best Male Singer , , , - , align="center" rowspan="2" , 1983 , , Best Male Singer , , , - , Best Dressed Male , , , - , 1996 , , rowspan=2, Best Solo Artist , , , - , 2000 , , , - , align="center" rowspan="2" , 2013 , , Hero of the Year , , , - , "

Where Are We Now? "Where Are We Now?" is a song by English musician David Bowie. Recorded in secret between September and October 2011 at the Magic Shop in New York City, it was released by ISO and Columbia Records as the lead single of his 25th studio album '' ...

" , , Best Video , , , - , align="center" rowspan="2" , 2014 , , David Bowie , , Best Solo Artist , , , - , David Bowie , , Hero of the Year , , , - , align="center" rowspan="1" , 2016 , , Five Years (1969–1973) , , Best Reissue , , , - , 2017 , , David Bowie , , Hero of the Year , ,

New Music Awards

The

New Music Awards The New Music Awards are honors given annually in music to both recording artists and radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a pu ...

are given for excellence in

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

to both

recording artist A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w ...

s and

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

s by ''

New Music Weekly ''New Music Weekly'' is a nationally distributed trade magazine for the US radio and music industries. Following the tradition of Bill Gavin and the Gavin Report, ''New Music Weekly'' interprets data from the ''Spins Tracking System''. Weekly ...

'' magazine. , - , 2017 , Himself , College Artist of the Year ,

Polstar Concert Industry Awards

The

Pollstar ''Pollstar'' is a trade publication for the concert and live music industry. The publication was purchased by Oak View Group, a venue consultancy founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff, in July 2017. History and profile Founded in 1981 in Fr ...

Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry. , - , rowspan=2, 1988 , Himself , Comeback of the Year , , - ,

Glass Spider Tour The Glass Spider Tour was a 1987 worldwide concert tour by English musician David Bowie, launched in support of his album '' Never Let Me Down'' and named for that album's track "Glass Spider". It began in May 1987 and was preceded by a two-wee ...

, rowspan=3, Most Creative Stage Production , , - , 1991 ,

Sound+Vision Tour In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...

, , - , 1996 ,

Outside Tour The Outside Tour was a tour by English rock musician David Bowie, opening in September 1995 and lasting over a year. The opening shows preceded the release of the '' 1. Outside'' album which it supported. The tour visited stops in North Americ ...

(w/ Nine Inch Nails) , , - , 1998 ,

Earthling Tour The Earthling Tour was a concert tour by British musician David Bowie, in promotion of his album '' Earthling'', released in 1997, The tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany, continuing through Europe, North Am ...

, Small Hall Tour of the Year ,

Porin

Q Awards

The

Q Awards The Q Awards were the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine '' Q''. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards became one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony included Abbey Road Studios ...

are hosted annually by the British music magazine '' Q''. Bowie has won one award from nine nominations.

Rockbjörnen

The

Rockbjörnen Rockbjörnen (Swedish: ''the Rock Bear'') is a music prize in Sweden, divided into several categories, which is awarded annually by the newspaper ''Aftonbladet''. The prize was first awarded in 1979, and is mostly centered on pop and rock. In 2 ...

is a music award ceremony in Sweden, established in 1979 by the '' Aftonbladet'', one of the largest newspapers in Nordic countries. , - , 1982 , rowspan="2" , Himself , rowspan="2" , Best Foreign Artist , , - , 1983 ,

Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the United States. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Silver Clef Awards

The

Silver Clef Award The O2 Silver Clef Awards is an annual UK Popular music, music awards lunch which has been running since 1976. History The Silver Clef fundraising committee was founded in 1976 by musicians and managers from across the British music industry, who ...

are an annual UK music awards lunch which has been running since 1976. Bowie has received one award. , - , 1987 , Himself , Silver Celf Award ,

The Daily Californian Art Awards

!Ref. , - , 2016 , " ★" , Best Music Video , ,

UK Music Video Awards

The

UK Music Video Awards The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music. The awards began in 2008. There is a wide range of opportunities for UK individuals and companies to ...

is an annual award ceremony founded in 2008 to recognise creativity, technical excellence and innovation in

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

s and moving images for music. Bowie has received one award from three nominations. , - , rowspan="3" , 2016 , rowspan="2 , "

" , Best Production Design , , - , rowspan="2" , Best Rock/Indie Video , , - , " Lazarus" ,

WB Radio Music Awards

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Radio Music Awards The Radio Music Awards was an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio. Nominations were based on the amount of airplay recording artists receive on radio stations in various formats using chart inform ...

are awarded annually in the United States to honour performers and on-air radio personalities. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Webby Awards

Presented by the

International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences or IADAS is an international organization founded in 1998 in New York City to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive and ...

s are awarded for excellence on the Internet. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Žebřík Music Awards

!Ref. , - , rowspan=2, 1996 , rowspan=3, David Bowie , Best International Enjoyment , , rowspan=2, , - , Best International Personality , , - , rowspan=2, 1997 , Best International Male , , rowspan=12, , - , '' Earthling'' , rowspan=2, Best International Album , , - , rowspan=4, 1999 , '' Hours'' , , - , " Thursday's Child" , Best International Song , , - , rowspan=5, David Bowie , rowspan=1, Best International Male , , - , rowspan=3, Best International Personality , , - , 2000 , , - , rowspan=3, 2002 , , - , Best International Male , , - , '' Heathen'' , Best International Album , , - , rowspan=2, 2003 , rowspan=2, David Bowie , rowspan=1, Best International Male , , - , rowspan=1, Best International Personality , , - , rowspan=2, 2015 , " ★" , Best International Song , , rowspan=7, , - , rowspan=2, David Bowie , rowspan=2, Best International Male , , - , rowspan=5, 2016 , , - , The death of David Bowie , Best International Průser , , - , '' ★'' , Best International Album , , - , rowspan=2, " Lazarus" , Best International Song , , - , Best International Video ,

Other honours

Bowie's first award was at the Malta International Song Festival in July 1969 where he won best-produced record. Bowie was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997, which is located at 7201 Hollywood Blvd. In 1999, Bowie was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and he received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. He has been reported to have declined the British honour

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(CBE) in 2000, and a

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

hood in 2003. Bowie was inducted by the

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized ...

in June 2013. In September 2011, Bowie became one of several prominent local figures to feature on the

Brixton Pound Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th centu ...

, a

local currency In economics, a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations. A regional currency is a form of local currency encompassing a larger geographical area, while a community curren ...

that is available as an alternative to the pound sterling in the Brixton area. Bowie's face appears on the B£10 note. The spider '' Heteropoda davidbowie'' is named in his honour and, following his death on 10 January, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that the first animal born in 2016 – a blue penguin chick – would be named Bowie after the late singer. On 5 January 2015, a few days before his 68th birthday, a main-belt asteroid was named (342843) Davidbowie in his honour. On 13 January 2016, Belgian astronomers at MIRA Public Observatory in conjunction with radio station Studio Brussels registered a new asterism of seven stars in the vicinity of Mars at the date of Bowie's death that, when connected, form the lightning bolt seen on Bowie's face on the cover of his Aladdin Sane album.Kreps, Daniel (16 January 2016).
Belgian Astronomers Pay Tribute to David Bowie With New Constellation
. Rolling Stone.

References

External links

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