by Editorial Staff |
Blackstar released on the 8th of January, two days before Bowie’s death and has performed well critically and commercially.
The seven-track album is Bowie’s first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US, successfully pushing Adele’s 25 down to the number two spot.
Blackstar received rave reviews and achieved an aggregate score of 87/100 on Metacritic making it a critical success. In terms of its commercial performance, the album debuted with 636,000 copies sold worldwide, topping the worldwide chart and pushing down Adele’s 25 to the second spot. Bowie’s album ‘Best of Bowie’ also made the worldwide chart coming in at number four.
Sputnikmusic review of Blackstar gave it a perfect score describing the album with the connotation:
“Only by placing the music in the context of David Bowie's death has that roadblock been removed--something I'm quite certain was deliberate on the part of the artist, as musical context so often is. And once that context is realized, so is the dark beauty of Blackstar.”
Bowie kept on getting it right throughout his career and he will greatly be missed.
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Blackstar received rave reviews and achieved an aggregate score of 87/100 on Metacritic making it a critical success. In terms of its commercial performance, the album debuted with 636,000 copies sold worldwide, topping the worldwide chart and pushing down Adele’s 25 to the second spot. Bowie’s album ‘Best of Bowie’ also made the worldwide chart coming in at number four.
Sputnikmusic review of Blackstar gave it a perfect score describing the album with the connotation:
“Only by placing the music in the context of David Bowie's death has that roadblock been removed--something I'm quite certain was deliberate on the part of the artist, as musical context so often is. And once that context is realized, so is the dark beauty of Blackstar.”
Bowie kept on getting it right throughout his career and he will greatly be missed.
More: Best Selling Albums of 2015
More: Top 20 Singles of 2015 – Worldwide
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