David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947. He is a multi talented artist. He sings, writes songs, plays instruments, does engineering for audio, and produces music. He has brought pop and rock to a more sophisticated level due to his background in philosophy and literature. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists in rock. David Bowie got his big break during 1969 when "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK singles chart. During 1972's glam rock era, he released the hit single "Star Man" and the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." David Bowie got a lot of success in America when he released the hit single "Fame" and the hit album "Young Americans." He made it big again when he released the "Berlin Trilogy." The hit single "Heroes" was a milestone in the rock and the pop genre.

In the 80's, Bowie got success on the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes." This was in the album "Scary Monsters," which also got a lot of success. David Bowie is on the list of the 100 Greatest Britons, being ranked number 29. He has sold over 130 million albums worldwide. In the Rolling Stone Magazine, he is ranked number 39 in the one hundred greatest artists of all time. His sparkling career aside, David Bowie got married to his wife Angie on March 19, 1970 in England. They have a son named Zowie born on May 30, 1971.

David and Angie divorced on February 8, 1980. David Bowie got married again to his second wife, Iman Abdulmajid in 1992. She is a Somali born model. They have a daughter by the name of Alexandria Zahra Jones. He also has a stepdaughter from the first marriage of Iman. Iman and David live in Manhattan.