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Back In Time: David Bowie criticizes MTV for not playing videos by black artists

Published on 01/31/2018

Back in 1983 David Bowie had some questions and criticisms about MTV’s lack of videos featuring black artists.

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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), was a leading figure in popular music for over five decades, acclaimed by critics and other musicians for his innovative work. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music.

During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world’s best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

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