On David Bowie's birth anniversary, check out the awards and recognition bestowed on him

David Bowie is kwn to be one of most influential musicians of twentieth century. He was an English singer and songwriter who has also worked as an actor in Hollywood. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stcraft having a significant impact on popular music.

During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide. This me him one of  world's best-selling music artists.

In UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold, and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

On occasion of David Bowie’s birth anniversary, here are awards and recognition of singer.

David Bowie's awards

David Bowie's first major commercial breakthrough came in 1969 with song Oddity. This song won him an Ivor vello Special Award for Originality. He also tried his hand in acting and it turned out to be a major success for him. He won a Saturn Award for Best Actor for movie Man Who Fell to Earth.

In following years of his career, singer won numerous awards and gained a lot of recognition both in music and acting industry. singer developed a firm foot in Hollywood with his performances and music.

David Bowie holds some prestigious awards like Grammy Awards, BRIT awards and VMA’s. He was minated for Grammy’s in 1984 for album Let’s Dance. Hw won his first Grammy in 1990 for best album pack and best music video.

In 1998, he was minated in category Best Rock Vocal Performance for album De Man Walking. At  2006 Grammy awards, he won Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017, actor won Grammy’s in category Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Engineered Album.

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David Bowie won four BRIT awards in his entire career trajectory. He was awarded his first-ever BRIT in year 1996 in category of Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Late in 2014, he was minated in category Best British Album for album Next Day and he won a BRIT in same year for category Best British Male Solo Artist. He also won award BRITs Icon Award in same category.

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David Bowie is also an awardee of MTV Video Music Awards (VMA). He received his first VMA in year 1984 for album China Girl in category Best Overall performance in video. In 1986, he was awarded a VMA for album Dancing in Street in category Best Overall Performance in video. He is also bestowed with BAFTA Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards.    

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