LONDON (AP) — David Bowie’s final album “Blackstar,” released two days before his death, has shot to No. 1 on the British album chart.
Ten of the 40 top-selling albums announced Friday, January 15, 2016, are by Bowie, who died Sunday of cancer aged 69.
“Blackstar,” whose lyrics ponder life and mortality, sold almost 150,000 copies in all formats, giving Bowie his 10th No. 1 album and knocking Adele’s “25” off the top spot.
Also in the top 40 are Bowie compilation “Nothing Has Changed,” in fifth spot; “The Best Of 1969/1974” at 11; “Hunky Dory” at 14; “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” at 17; and “Best of Bowie” at 18.
Bowie’s albums “Aladdin Sane,” ”The Next Day,” ”Low” and “Diamond Dogs” are also in the top 40.
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These are the iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending Jan. 14, 2016:
Top Songs
1. Love Yourself, Justin Bieber
2. Stressed Out, twenty one pilots
3. Hello, Adele
4. Sorry, Justin Bieber
5. My House, Flo Rida
6. Roses (feat. ROZES), The Chainsmokers
7. I Know What You Did Last Summer, Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
8. Me, Myself & I, G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha
9. One Call Away, Charlie Puth
10. Die a Happy Man, Thomas Rhett
Top Albums
1. Blackstar, David Bowie
2. Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At the Disco
3. Best of Bowie, David Bowie
4. 25, Adele
5. Purpose, Justin Bieber
6. Traveller, Chris Stapleton
7. Blurryface, twenty one pilots
8. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
9. T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller
10. These Days, Mike Stud
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