A midweek update from the charts company has revealed that “Blackstar” is now holding its own on the number one spot, while albums including his 2014 release “Nothing Has Changed” (currently sat at number seven), are also set to feature in the final countdown.
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Quoting lyrics from Bowie’s iconic 1969 hit, Space Oddity, the moving message reads: “The Stars Look Very Different Today”.
Leibovitz was speaking at the launch of her exhibition, Women: New Portraits, in a former power station by the River Thames in Wapping, east London.
“When someone that great passes, I just lament that I didn’t have that opportunity”. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way.
Dust awaits us all; Bowie, in his oddness, just decided to make it his life’s work to point out that performance and what passes for reality are one and the same.
Tributes will be paid to rock legend David Bowie for his “extraordinary life and work” at the Brit Awards next month.
On Amazon, the three top selling albums are all by Bowie.
Singer Tina Turner is the latest celebrity to pay tribute to Bowie, saying “a piece of my heart has broken”. An icon. Irreplaceable loving friend.
Spotify said Monday that streams of Bowie’s songs had increased by 2,700% compared to the day before.
The likes of Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John are said to be among the names invited to play in the tribute.
Fallon also said Bowie had “one of the greatest senses of humor of anyone I’ve ever met”, adding that they would sometimes email jokes to each other.
He explained: “I think, generally, I just can not really envision life without writing, and producing records, and singing”.
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David Bowie was told he had terminal liver cancer 12 months ago and told his friends.
